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Anonymous Wed 05 Oct 2016 19:21:48 No.869877 View View Reply Original Report

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Anonymous Wed 05 Oct 2016 19:25:08 No.869882 Report

Quoted By: >>869903

>>869768
Cut it open and see if it has spaghetti-like flesh inside or not. It may be a hybrid cultivar.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 05 Oct 2016 19:58:12 No.869895 Report

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>>869768
That's a rare tactical squash, with digital camo.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 05 Oct 2016 20:17:22 No.869903 Report

Quoted By: >>869942

>>869882
I kind of want to keep it as a decoration
There are other things growing on the plant maybe ill cut them open

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Anonymous Wed 05 Oct 2016 20:24:30 No.869907 Report

Quoted By: >>869908 >>869937 >>869942 >>875561 >>875576 >>876822

can anyone tell me what this is? it sprouted out of dead orchid roots. the little buds are purple and white. it looks like shit but i pruned the fuck out of it and things are growing back really fast. most of those puds are new.

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Anonymous Wed 05 Oct 2016 20:25:57 No.869908 Report

Quoted By: >>869937 >>869942 >>875561

>>869907

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Anonymous Wed 05 Oct 2016 20:46:55 No.869924 Report

Quoted By: >>869938 >>869942

Can anybody help me out here? Leaves are curling and getting white and brown spots in my grow tent. I've got 2 26w (100w equivalent) CFLs and a 24w led on them about ten inches from the top of the cups. Temperature isn't too warm or too cool.

Additionally the plants that don't have the curled leaves seem to be growing very slowly or not at all.

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Anonymous Wed 05 Oct 2016 20:49:51 No.869926 Report

Quoted By: >>869938 >>869942

The perlite is also turning green so I assume there's algae growth, but is that a problem?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 05 Oct 2016 21:11:33 No.869937 Report

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>>869907
>>869908
I also happen to had it in one of my plants' pot.
Maybe some kind of Amaranthus?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 05 Oct 2016 21:12:47 No.869938 Report

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>>869924
>>869926
If you have alguae on perlite, you may be watering too much?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 05 Oct 2016 21:24:26 No.869942 Report

Quoted By: >>869946 >>869947

>>869903
Spaghetti squash don't keep well at all, fyi.

>>869907
>>869908
A type of knotweed. Probably similar to lady's thumb, but I can't see the darker print, though it sometimes won't show up.

>>869924
>>869926
Nutrient deficiency due to overwatering? What kind of drainage does it have?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 05 Oct 2016 21:29:24 No.869946 Report

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>>869942
the flower indeed looks like knotweed, thanks for the input

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 05 Oct 2016 21:30:07 No.869947 Report

Quoted By: >>869950

>>869942
it's 2 cups, one with a hole or two in it and the second one catches the drainage. they have osmocote plant food in the soil as well as some miraclegrow

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 05 Oct 2016 21:30:45 No.869948 Report

Quoted By: >>869950 >>870292

How do I grow weed?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 05 Oct 2016 21:33:31 No.869950 Report

Quoted By: >>869959 >>870057

>>869947
When you overwater, the roots loose the ability to take in nutrients even when there is abundant nutrients. Also, over fertilizing can cause the same problem.

>>869948
>>>/b/
420chan.org

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 05 Oct 2016 21:44:05 No.869959 Report

Quoted By: >>869964

>>869950
i guess i did water too much. there was a big storm like 3 weeks ago when my plants were still outside and they got flooded, and i figured it had been long enough to water them but i guess not. takes forever for the soil to dry out huh?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 05 Oct 2016 21:46:46 No.869964 Report

Quoted By: >>869966

>>869959
It depends on the soil composition. If there is lots of organic material then it will take longer to dry out. Adding in sand to the mix will improve drainage. Having soil that is too well-draining is better than having soil that doesn't drain well because you can always add more water to the well-draining soil.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 05 Oct 2016 21:56:21 No.869966 Report

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>>869964
i guess when the plants get better i'll repot them with a better mixture. the mixture i used (my moms leftover shit) was like 50% perlite 50% soil and the flooded cups had a lot of the perlite float to the top and i got rid of some of it.

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Anonymous Thu 06 Oct 2016 00:54:37 No.870050 Report

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>>869768
It bears resemblance to a delicata squash, albeit much fatter.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Oct 2016 01:08:07 No.870057 Report

Quoted By: >>870077 >>870179 >>870292

>>869950
why can't i ask for weed growing advice here?

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Anonymous Thu 06 Oct 2016 01:44:41 No.870069 Report

Quoted By: >>870077 >>870274 >>876824

My aloe is dying, seems to be drying up but I do try to give them water every other day. I don't really know much about caring for plants, what's a good resource for them
Also what kind of plants are these? I was gifted them

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Oct 2016 02:12:47 No.870077 Report

Quoted By:

>>870069
>water every other day

Sounds like too much water. It may be rotting.

>>870057
Against the rules.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Oct 2016 05:36:51 No.870179 Report

Quoted By: >>870207 >>870230 >>870292

>>870057
For one thing, it's a very specialized application, often involving hydroponics and is thus somewhat dissimilar to the kinds of gardening that most of us do.

For another, we don't really want the "dude weed lmao" crowd drowning out the rest of our conversation, especially when there's a whole other site for just that. The sort of people who would ask vague zero-effort questions and contribute nothing.

Finally, it's illegal where the servers are hosted and therefore prohibited here.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Oct 2016 07:26:40 No.870207 Report

Quoted By: >>870208 >>870261 >>870292

>>870179
Out of curiosity, is it actually illegal to merely discuss growing marijuana in the US?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Oct 2016 07:31:35 No.870208 Report

Quoted By: >>870292

>>870207
It's not illegal to discuss, but in the state where the servers are, everything else about it is. And discussion is adequate evidence for them to seize "evidence" which could include servers.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Oct 2016 09:03:06 No.870230 Report

Quoted By: >>870274 >>870292

>>870179

>Growing weed is a specialized application

It's called weed for a reason. Shit will grow just about anywhere.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Oct 2016 11:19:44 No.870261 Report

Quoted By: >>870269 >>870292

>>870207
Paraniod faggots is the real reason.

They know if we started talking about growing bud it would consume everyone's attention because that plant has the most beautiful varieties, scents,and medicinal/other uses.

They mad at the superiority of it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Oct 2016 11:56:19 No.870269 Report

Quoted By: >>870292

>>870261
Big pharma is scared of less opioid profits.
Washington is scared of less felons and more democracy.
Media is scared of one less scapegoat formula.
Newmoot is scared of legal trolling.
I am scared of freshman growmaster invasions asking the same dumb questions every thread, then sticking around and bringing the average way down.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Oct 2016 12:13:05 No.870274 Report

Quoted By: >>870292

>>870069
Right is euphorbia millii but it could be something close to it. Check the roots if you think somethings wrong since watering every day might cause rot. From my experience it stops growing late autumn to late winter which is when you'd want to gradually reduce watering. Looks very healthy to me though. Nice plant.
Left is Pachyphytum something.
>>870230
Don't you need specific daylight hours in order to induce flowering?
I might be wrong but I heard that it's only harvested when in flower.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Oct 2016 13:55:54 No.870292 Report

Quoted By: >>870421 >>870431 >>870889

>>870208
>>870207
>>870179
>>870057
>>869948
>>870230
>>870274
>>870261
>>870269
1. You will not upload, post, discuss, request, or link to anything that violates local or United States law.

>discuss

http://www.4chan.org/rules

Now get the fuck out of Homegrowmen threads you fucking worthless drug addicts.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Oct 2016 18:24:23 No.870421 Report

Quoted By: >>870429

>>870292
>6 months of constant arse kissing later and he still hasn't got his janitor application approved
D'awww... but no need to cry, maybe they'll consider you next decade

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Oct 2016 18:45:21 No.870429 Report

Quoted By: >>870570

>>870421
What you are saying is that you're a newfag that's been on 4chan for the past 6 months whining about weed.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Oct 2016 18:46:36 No.870431 Report

Quoted By:

>>870292
>muh roolz
Literally the least important reason. Mods don't actually enforce rules that don't have a legal reason unless someone reports it or it's actually causing problems.

Also, only two of those posts are even what you're complaining about. Chill out.

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Anonymous Thu 06 Oct 2016 19:34:22 No.870458 Report

Quoted By: >>870468 >>871686

Newfag here, I posted the same question to /an/

Can the cold draft harm my plant if it's positioned like this in my dorm room? My room is facing East if relevant (for sunlight etc).

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Oct 2016 19:52:56 No.870468 Report

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>>870458
Most certainly. If it starts dropping leaves that will be why.

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Anonymous Thu 06 Oct 2016 22:45:31 No.870570 Report

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>>870429
I've not once been asking/posting anything here about le 420, ever.
Never grown it myself, and only smoked a handful of times in my whole life, the last time in 2008, when I found it's not my thing.
But I've seen you no-fun-allowed shitcunt post the same copy-paste crap for at least half a year here
Sure, 24/7 stoners are an annoying kind, but rule sticklers like you are at least 100x more annoying
If you want to report a post because of "muh woolz", then do so, but don't announce your report either directly, nor indirectly like you did and have been doing for ages on here, but just STFU about it and don't derail our comfy thread
And if you're man enough, at least post your copypasta with a trip, or point out your other "constructive" contributions ITT, so that I can at least recognise you and never reply to you ever again on unrelated topics, because I hate Spießer like you to death (sorry no English equivalent but you fall exactly into that category), because it's stuck-up cunts like you who give gardeners a bad reputation of being insufferable fags who call the PoPo if someone in the neighbourhood is playing music at 31dB instead of 30 at 10:01pm

As a bonus, have this super evil illegal plant that contains shitloads of myristicin which can be easily converted to ecstacy and meth, are you gonna complain about people growing that too?

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Anonymous Fri 07 Oct 2016 13:37:35 No.870889 Report

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>>870292
Legal in my country senpai. Legal in the US fairly soon, too.

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Anonymous Fri 07 Oct 2016 15:52:08 No.870933 Report

Quoted By: >>870943

Anyone know what kind of plant this is

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 07 Oct 2016 16:09:01 No.870943 Report

Quoted By: >>870957

>>870933
Are the leaves rubbery or more like paper?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 07 Oct 2016 16:21:06 No.870957 Report

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>>870943
Feels rough and it's looks more rubbery

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plont !S0xZFbp/pY Fri 07 Oct 2016 20:00:29 No.871060 Report

Quoted By: >>871077 >>880794

anyone know any plants that'll go well with perovskia atriplicifolia besides eupatorium?

zone 8a, sandy soil with plenty of organic matter, full-sun.

I feel like I've overlooked some options.

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Anonymous Fri 07 Oct 2016 20:42:18 No.871077 Report

Quoted By: >>871133

>>871060

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 07 Oct 2016 20:53:51 No.871083 Report

Quoted By: >>871133

When should I bring my potted plants in? Zone 9 here.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 07 Oct 2016 21:51:38 No.871133 Report

Quoted By:

>>871083
Check local weather and bring them in either before the first frost or before nighttime temps are down to what that plant type dislikes.

>>871077
>replying to hidden posts

Oh boy, here we go again and right after the pro-weed pothead posts no less.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Oct 2016 14:45:23 No.871464 Report

Quoted By: >>871465

I've been looking for oil extracting kits but they all seem so expensive, like $200+ while missing necessary parts.
Is there any cheaper kits anyone know about?

Don't really know where to ask, sorry if this isn't the best place.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Oct 2016 14:47:27 No.871465 Report

Quoted By: >>871466

>>871464
Oil pressing or essential oil making?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Oct 2016 14:49:10 No.871466 Report

Quoted By: >>871469

>>871465
Essential oil making.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Oct 2016 14:53:05 No.871469 Report

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>>871466
You can make a simple steam distillation setup at home with stuff you may already have. There are several methods just search, "Essential oil making diy".

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Anonymous Sat 08 Oct 2016 20:44:27 No.871597 Report

Quoted By: >>871608 >>871660

Hey all,

I have 3 California Wonder 300 TMR sweet pepper plants, each with several large, green peppers on them.

The literature I find online is confusing as fuck concerning their final color.

Some sources say that different varieties are different colors, while other sources say letting them ripen will cause their color to change from green to their 'final color,' whatever that is.

They're all green now and quite large, with one of them starting to turn colors to purple/red or something like that.

The seed package shows both green and red peppers.

Should I assume then that with additional ripening time, all of the peppers on my plants will turn red to reach maximum sweetness?

Or are green peppers and red peppers inherently different and grow on different plants?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Oct 2016 21:02:08 No.871608 Report

Quoted By: >>871610

>>871597
Yes, they will be fully red when fully ripe. The problem with large bell peppers is that many of them rot on the plant before reaching full ripeness. Thus most people pick them while they are still green and you end up with "green bell pepper" in stores. Some varieties are easier to get to full ripeness than others. If you want to save seeds, they will need to be fully red. Bitterness will also go away once fully ripe.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Oct 2016 21:05:15 No.871610 Report

Quoted By: >>871625 >>871627

>>871608

Interesting, none of my peppers look like they're rotting (except for the one that I let get sunburned because I'm a fucking idiot and rotated the pot after 3 months of it facing one way towards the sun) so I'll likely let them stay on the plant until first frost or they start looking mushy.

Would they turn ripen and turn red even if I pick them while they're still green?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Oct 2016 21:37:13 No.871624 Report

Quoted By: >>871630 >>871645 >>871662

i've got some white fuzzy mold growing on the topsoil of some of my pots. should i repot or is it mostly harmless?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Oct 2016 21:38:01 No.871625 Report

Quoted By:

>>871610
If they're close to turning/blushing color, they may fully ripen inside. Or they may do that mush thing... so I'd just leave them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Oct 2016 21:41:49 No.871627 Report

Quoted By:

>>871610
Peppers are ethylene-sensitive if you want to help it, but ripening after picking is quite random (if not already very close to ripening before picking)

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Oct 2016 21:45:51 No.871630 Report

Quoted By: >>871631 >>871645 >>871662

>>871624
You probably used balcony soil for potting flowers. That stuff is over fertilized. That's why you get fungi.

If you find them unaesthetic you can flip them over. You won't get rid of them. 'And they aren't harmful. Quite the opposite in fact. Some planting mixes have fungi added for more resistant plants.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Oct 2016 21:51:18 No.871631 Report

Quoted By: >>871645

>>871630
i didnt notice the mold pop up until recently after i watered the plants with a miraclegrow solution as well as the osmocote i already added around a month ago. the pots are definitely too wet as well so im sure the excess water didn't help.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Oct 2016 22:29:15 No.871645 Report

Quoted By:

>>871624
>>871630
>>871631
Overwatering will do it every time. Also, potted plants need way less fertilizer than open-ground planted plants.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Oct 2016 23:00:07 No.871660 Report

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>>871597
Growing the same cultivar (or rather have been, temps right now mean that there won't be any significant further growth for the rest of season), and yeah they take a very long time to do so, but eventually will turn red if it's warm/sunny for long enough - for example my first green fruit appeared in early July, but only fully reddened by mid August (got many other red fruits out of it of later appearing ones)
But they're also edible when green. I've read about pulling out the whole plant when the first frost approaches and hang it somewhere protected upside down to allow for some after-ripening, might have to try that in a couple weeks (got about 20 plants total in the ground and only plan on trying to dig out, pot, prune and winter around 3 of them)

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Oct 2016 23:04:26 No.871662 Report

Quoted By:

>>871624
>>871630
Yeah, potting mixes very often contain uncomposted organic matter, so especially in wet condition, lots of shrooms may pop up. Usually harmless and often even beneficial, as they break down the organic matter and make nutrients bio-available again to your seedlings

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Anonymous Sat 08 Oct 2016 23:27:34 No.871668 Report

Quoted By: >>871680

Finally, after about 18-20 days of watering and rain showers my asparagus started sprouting. 13 groups so far. Evidently, it takes three weeks to sprout. Hopefully, they will grow enough between now and when it gets frosty to make it through the winter. I did the same thing with the patch of asparagus I have now and they did really well. I have 1,000s of seeds so I can replant all I need, in the Spring, if they don't make it.

They are so tiny and thin. The chickweed will help trap slugs away from them I'm hoping.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Oct 2016 00:00:42 No.871680 Report

Quoted By: >>871780 >>871958

>>871668
>I can replant all I need, in the Spring
You do realize that they won't bear stalks that you can harvest for 3 years? You get one stalk per plant in year 2.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Oct 2016 00:09:28 No.871682 Report

Quoted By: >>871781

>>869877
do you guys have any air plants?

i just got one and was thinking about just letting him sit on my desk.

i wasn't going to put him in a box or tie him up with wire.

just let him be.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Oct 2016 00:11:47 No.871685 Report

Quoted By: >>871690 >>882010

how important is air flow in a grow tent or greenhouse?

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Anonymous Sun 09 Oct 2016 00:13:22 No.871686 Report

Quoted By:

>>870458
Some plants do better in the cold than others. I'd just wait it out and see if it drops any leaves. If it does, move it somewhere else immediately.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Oct 2016 00:16:31 No.871690 Report

Quoted By: >>871695

>>871685
Pretty important for two reasons

1) gas exchange to keep the plants from suffocating

2) to build up strength in the plant tissue before replanting outside

For 1 a tiny fan on a schedule is enough.
For 2 you need something that shakes the leaves.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Oct 2016 00:42:20 No.871695 Report

Quoted By: >>871707

>>871690
i suppose leaving my grow tent open during the day with a fan blowing in should suffice?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Oct 2016 00:53:07 No.871707 Report

Quoted By: >>871714

>>871695
If it's not a fireproof sealing tent then don't worry about it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Oct 2016 01:01:38 No.871714 Report

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>>871707
it's just pvc wrapped in pandafilm. everything except the front flap is pretty tight

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Anonymous Sun 09 Oct 2016 02:14:13 No.871765 Report

Quoted By: >>871774 >>871778

hey dudes, i'm looking to buy ~15 acres for a hobby farm. i wan't to get a good deal, but i also want to be able to grow stuff on it. how do i know if a piece of land is good for growing?

also, is it possible to "fix up" dirt to make it good for growing? meaning if i bought a piece of land that wasn't good, could i till/fertilize/whatever to make it better?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Oct 2016 02:33:22 No.871774 Report

Quoted By: >>871778

>>871765
>how do i know if a piece of land is good for growing?
A lifetime of experience.
Generally, you want flat land, and the soil type will depend a bit on what you're growing.

>also, is it possible to "fix up" dirt to make it good for growing?
You can always add fertilizer and shit. Tilling should be done with any soil. Your best bet, if money isn't a major issue, for soil improvement can be to grow things like clover and tillage mustard only, and then plow them into the soil rather than harvest. If you're not fertilizing heavily, you probably want to divide your land up into multiple fields and rotate so that you do some like this each year. This is more or less what was done in medieval times, and organic farmers still do it now. The portion of fields you do this with, and the type of plants you use, depends on things like how heavily you fertilize, with what, and what your soil is like.

What you can't effectively fix is shit drainage. That means clay. Exactly how much drainage you need depends on what you're growing (blueberries like soil that's pretty much sand, for example) but if your dirt is hard as a rock and dusty/powdery, it's probably shit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Oct 2016 02:43:12 No.871778 Report

Quoted By:

>>871774
>>871765

It's more important to secure your water.

I see some property where the water rights cost more then the land.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Oct 2016 02:56:59 No.871780 Report

Quoted By: >>871838

>>871680
I'm making a large bed of them. The parent plants are only 1 year old. Once these are established they actually send up shoots during the entire growing season when properly attended. The bed is large enough to have a few stalks every week, when maintained correctly.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Oct 2016 02:58:12 No.871781 Report

Quoted By:

>>871682
Be careful where you get those. Some are literally just dried plants that have been spray painted to look green.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Oct 2016 05:52:33 No.871838 Report

Quoted By: >>871898 >>871958

>>871780
Can you actually divide asparagus like you can with rhubarb? Any tips anon?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Oct 2016 06:26:22 No.871845 Report

Quoted By: >>871898

Is there a way to limit fruit trees' root growth for like 4-8 years? I'm going to need to rent a house for college but want to get a head start on a small fruit tree stand for a property I'm planning on buying eventually. My land lord is cool with whatever as long as I pay a deposit on replacement sod and fertilizer once they get pulled so I won't need to worry about them getting chopped.

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plont !S0xZFbp/pY Sun 09 Oct 2016 09:22:27 No.871898 Report

Quoted By: >>871908

>>871838
every division needs a crown and some roots.
>>871845
just get a tree with a dwarfing rootstock.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Oct 2016 09:58:40 No.871908 Report

Quoted By: >>871923

>>871898
This, either dwarf rootstocks or you can prune your roots. Dwarf rootstocks will save you a lot of work over root pruning but some sources say that they can't take abuse and underwatering very well, can anyone confirm or deny that?

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plont !S0xZFbp/pY Sun 09 Oct 2016 10:22:11 No.871923 Report

Quoted By: >>871924

>>871908
fruit trees in general can't take abuse and underwatering very well.

it doesn't have anything to do with the dwarfed rootstock.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Oct 2016 10:25:44 No.871924 Report

Quoted By: >>871930

>>871923
How arrive yields on them? Mainly planning on Figs, persimmons, apples and Citron. I live in a Zone 7a area if that helps.

Would making a slate underground border or a raised bed be a good way to stop normal rootstock from growing too much or would it cause bind?

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plont !S0xZFbp/pY Sun 09 Oct 2016 10:53:52 No.871930 Report

Quoted By: >>871933

>>871924
just remove the useless growth and you'll be fine.

I'm only familiar with traditional european fruit trees like apples and pears, they don't grow many figs or persimmons here.

>making a slate underground border or a raised bed

no, you'll just end up making the ground unstable and you'll lose your tree during the first storm that hits it.

you don't need to prune dwarfed rootstocks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Oct 2016 11:10:17 No.871933 Report

Quoted By: >>871935

>>871930
No pruning? That sounds a little too good to be true but reading up on yeilds it is pretty promising.

plont !S0xZFbp/pY

plont !S0xZFbp/pY Sun 09 Oct 2016 11:14:05 No.871935 Report

Quoted By:

>>871933
no pruning the roots, the tree itself still needs to be pruned every year if not twice.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Oct 2016 12:41:54 No.871958 Report

Quoted By:

>>871838
Yes, but I don't do that. I use seeds to propagate them. I play the long game. You can do both though. In a few years, I will need to divide them up, which will improve them.

>>871680
You know it is odd, I'm reading that all over the internet, but my 1st year asparagus, from seed, was over 5 feet tall, had spears as thick as pencils, and had tons of shoots this season. They also fruited. I didn't eat any because I wanted 100% growth.

I think people are confusing "don't eat them for 2 years so they can establish properly" and "they won't produce for two years".

infinite/out/

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infinite/out/ Mon 10 Oct 2016 00:05:55 No.872312 Report

Quoted By: >>872362 >>872369

What is this?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Oct 2016 01:17:33 No.872362 Report

Quoted By:

>>872312
Some kind of lily, looks like. Would need a key for your area, and possibly to look at the inside of it, to narrow it down. Only an experienced local where you're at will be able to tell you exactly what it is without that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Oct 2016 01:30:23 No.872369 Report

Quoted By: >>872371

>>872312
Amaryllis "Naked Ladies"

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Oct 2016 01:33:43 No.872371 Report

Quoted By: >>872376

>>872369
Weird variety if so.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Oct 2016 01:47:12 No.872376 Report

Quoted By:

>>872371
Then perhaps the camera washed out the color and it is instead "Lycoris radiata var. radiata", though I've seen Amaryllis very similar to these.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 10 Oct 2016 21:52:52 No.872815 Report

Quoted By: >>872820 >>872834 >>872952 >>873066

The first frosts are here. Time to pick the pumpkins. All these came from a single plant (Dickinson).

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plont !S0xZFbp/pY Mon 10 Oct 2016 21:56:33 No.872820 Report

Quoted By: >>872834

>>872815
same here, I brought my canna inside for the winter.

the brugmansias will soon follow.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 10 Oct 2016 22:07:18 No.872834 Report

Quoted By: >>872836 >>872843 >>873235

>>872815
>>872820
After an unusually warm September (went up to 32°C in the middle of the month), October has been very cool so far here but it has yet to drop below +5
Nevertheless I already brought my lemons (seedlings from 21015, no graft - I might experiment with that next year now that they have side shoots I can cut away, but I have no idea where to get Citrus trifoliata seeds from which should make a good rootstock) inside as they don't like it when it's constantly below +13 else they drop leaves (because the roots halt activity while the leaves still evaporate water)
As it's not freezing yet, the bell peppers and most of the tomatoes (especially the volunteers that seem to be very hardy against blight) are not dead yet and are just growing on slowly but steadily which if I'm very lucky might last into December (2014 first frost was on Dec 27, average is Nov 5 though), so at least one upside of our cloudy oceanic climate despite being 50°N
The "everbearing" strawberries aren't really producing anymore though which is kinda disappointing, I guess they got too much stress from the late summer drought (many wilted heavily)

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Oct 2016 22:08:28 No.872836 Report

Quoted By:

>>872834
>21015
*2015, back to the past

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Anonymous Mon 10 Oct 2016 22:21:52 No.872843 Report

Quoted By: >>872880 >>873454

>>872834
Also made some quince jelly yesterday
>dat intense smoky apple smell all around the house

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Oct 2016 23:31:38 No.872880 Report

Quoted By: >>872911

>>872843
Oh nice. I only have more common type apples in my orchard. Y.Delicious R.Delicious, Macintosh, and Granny Smith. but old cultivars of those. So the red delicious doesn't look like the school teacher version.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 11 Oct 2016 00:15:42 No.872911 Report

Quoted By: >>872917

>>872880
That is great. But a quince is no apple.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 11 Oct 2016 00:25:13 No.872917 Report

Quoted By:

>>872911
Exactly my point, same genus though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 11 Oct 2016 01:33:17 No.872952 Report

Quoted By:

>>872815
fucking dank harvest lad

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 11 Oct 2016 01:42:21 No.872958 Report

Quoted By: >>872962 >>872963

Who /frost warning tonight/ here?

Guess gardening is over for the season for me.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 11 Oct 2016 01:44:56 No.872962 Report

Quoted By:

>>872958
it's only just begun m8

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 11 Oct 2016 01:47:44 No.872963 Report

Quoted By:

>>872958
>Guess gardening is over for the season for me.

Now is the time to put up the hoops and plastic to extend your season. I just finished putting clear plastic cups over all my asparagus sprouts. I need to get some hoops up for greens now too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 11 Oct 2016 03:47:17 No.873066 Report

Quoted By: >>873191

>>872815
I got a crop of 27 pumpkins from 5 plants with Winter Luxury. It's delicious as a Sweet Dumpling squash and you don't need to cook it down to get water out.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 11 Oct 2016 07:53:59 No.873147 Report

Quoted By: >>873191

My soil is up to about 20C pretty consistently now, I put plastic bottle tops over my chilli seeds to trap in a bit of moisture and heat. Will the mini greenhouses be enough to get decent germination lads?
Pic unrelated

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 11 Oct 2016 12:17:16 No.873191 Report

Quoted By:

>>873147
Yeah, they will indeed help. It will still take a long time.

>>873066
Wow, nice crop. I just wish I had planted the pumpkins earlier and had more than 1 plant. Well, there's always next year and I have even more garden space to use.

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plont !S0xZFbp/pY Tue 11 Oct 2016 15:17:19 No.873235 Report

Quoted By: >>873245

>>872834
atleast it's been dry so far.

the potato farmers in the south are whining about it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 11 Oct 2016 15:38:01 No.873245 Report

Quoted By: >>873481

>>873235
Our potatoes are long gone. I had early ones that were ready in July, friend had late ones he dug out about 2 weeks ago

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 11 Oct 2016 20:14:17 No.873454 Report

Quoted By: >>873606

>>872843

i guess jelly is the only way they are good, i find them raw particularly unappealing

i might try to make jelly next year

plont !S0xZFbp/pY

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plont !S0xZFbp/pY Tue 11 Oct 2016 20:42:38 No.873481 Report

Quoted By:

>>873245
ours are too, but we have different soil in the north than they do in the south, they can't harvest their potatoes when it's dry in the south.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 11 Oct 2016 21:33:29 No.873514 Report

Quoted By: >>873559 >>873635

I don't think the soil in my yard is very good.

What kind of soil should I buy for plants that I grow in pots and then transfer to the ground? Just potting soil? Or something else?
Potting soil is what I've been using so far and everything's still green, but beyond that I don't know how well it's working.

plont !S0xZFbp/pY

plont !S0xZFbp/pY Tue 11 Oct 2016 22:09:31 No.873559 Report

Quoted By: >>873616

>>873514
plants don't need 'very good' soil to do well.

you can get your soil tested for free at most gardening centers.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 11 Oct 2016 23:10:24 No.873606 Report

Quoted By:

>>873454
Yeah, those grown here in temperate climates are generally too bitter/sour to eat raw (when making the jelly I tried a chunk and it did taste like an overly sour apple, not inedible but not really nice either), apparently there are sweeter varieties in Southern Europe and the Middle East which probably would take too long here and not fully ripen (even the "regular" ones are among the latest fruits here so it makes sense we can't grow those that need even longer maturing periods)

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 11 Oct 2016 23:21:48 No.873616 Report

Quoted By:

>>873559
god damnit why are you back? Fucking autistic retard.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 11 Oct 2016 23:57:01 No.873635 Report

Quoted By:

>>873514
Potting soil works, but making your own via composting kitchen scraps and manure is the best option. You can add sand and other amendments to match whatever type of plants you want to grow.

If you will be buying your soil, make sure you keep it. don't just till it into the local ground, that is counter productive. Instead you can make holes in the ground and treat those holes like a grow pot. When you need to dig up something, that is all the tilling you'll need to do. It'll be like container growing, only with a bit more water needed.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 12 Oct 2016 01:04:49 No.873669 Report

Quoted By: >>873791

Anyone know any interesting algae to culture? I'm doing common ones currently- chlorella vulgaris, pyrocystis fusiformis (bioluminescent fun!), Spirulina (stupid easy to grow), Nanocholropsis Oculata, Isochrysis galbana and Porphyridium cruentum. All the greens are doing great.

I found several vendors with a ton of additional strains. I was looking at Closterium because of the neat cell shape, and was just curious if anyone had any other types of algae they like.

>but why

Same as gardening... trying to learn to do it well. And they do have purposes such as food uses and fluorescent dyes. Though it's mainly just a hobby for me. They can be very easy to propagate. You put a couple ml in a gallon grow tank and shortly later you have enough algae to start hundreds of gallons of grow tanks.

>but why

I'm enjoying it more than watching cabbage moths eat my plants. No pests. Fun to setup. Interesting to maintain optimum growth conditions (salt ppm, ph, temp, etc.) And I have 4 aquariums so I can use the algae as feed sometimes if needed.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 12 Oct 2016 03:47:59 No.873791 Report

Quoted By: >>874029

>>873669
Of these C. sorokiniana, C. zofingiensis, C. pyrenoidosa, and C. vulgaris, which one is the fastest growing one? Hopefully, C. vulgaris since you already have it. I can't figure out which strain is "CH2". It would be good for biofuels, food, and CO2 scrubbing/oxygen replenishing. Though for food, their cell walls are too tough and need to be broken first.

I think "Merismopedia glauca" is neat-looking.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 12 Oct 2016 09:08:50 No.873915 Report

Quoted By: >>873987

My pepper/capsicum plant is finally showing some signs of coming out of dormancy hopefully the new growth brings me a few decent fruit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 12 Oct 2016 10:33:41 No.873940 Report

Quoted By:

Any UK fags here?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 12 Oct 2016 13:27:40 No.873987 Report

Quoted By: >>874004

>>873915
Pepper plants don't go dormant, fyi. When you overwinter them, they should be blooming and fruiting the entire time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 12 Oct 2016 13:47:05 No.874004 Report

Quoted By: >>874021

>>873987
I pruned it way back near the end of winter and it spent about 4-6 weeks with no signs of growth, do you think it'll fruit properly again?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 12 Oct 2016 14:33:59 No.874021 Report

Quoted By:

>>874004
Eventually. I take it that it was kept in the cold during that time? That retards the growth, but it isn't dormant. I only trim mine to make them more manageable when moving them around indoors.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 12 Oct 2016 15:00:22 No.874029 Report

Quoted By:

>>873791

Oh awesome, Merismopedia glauca does look really interesting. Thanks.

Of the others you listed, I've unfortunately only done C. Vulgaris. It's very fast and the learning curve on it is great because it's fresh water, ph 7 and a little higher than room temp for best growth. So having to fiddle with the water is not much of a task.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 12 Oct 2016 16:54:54 No.874111 Report

Quoted By: >>874115 >>874134

>>869877

I need your help /out/

i came back home from university after 3 months and i found 3 of my 4 peach trees infested with bark beetles (pic related but there is still tree sap), 2 of my cherry trees also with those fucking beetles and a lot more, but the rest of the damages is manageable.
My trees are all 40+ years old so i guess they basically reached the end of their life but it still sucks.

My question are:
1) Burning down the trees on their spot is enough to get rid of them or they live even in the roots?
2) Do you know if there is any biologic countermeasure to those insects? The only things i found searching online are that they come when the plant is already stressed (i.e. water scarcity, age. etc) and when you have them you are basically fucked.
Is there any plant or flower that keeps them away?
3) Some website says they attack even grape vines? Can you confirm?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 12 Oct 2016 16:58:00 No.874115 Report

Quoted By: >>874134

>>874111

4) Do you know if there are varieties of peaches, cherries and apricot that don't catch them?

I'm in northern Italy btw

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 12 Oct 2016 17:17:34 No.874134 Report

Quoted By: >>874274

>>874111
Your old trees are weaker and more susceptible to the shothole borer. Cut them down, burn them, replace them. You can burn them on top of their own stump in order to help get rid of the stump. The beetles won't spread from them after that. You'll need to do this with all deadfall and diseased trees in the entire area. Always pick up all deadfall in your area at all times of the year to help prevent the beetles from overwintering.

Wait 1-2 years before planting new trees in hopes to break the local cycle.

Use aggregation pheromones to attract the shothole borer's predator "checkered beetles". Put up a bird feeder for your spotted woodpeckers to be attracted to the area. They also eat the shothole borer beetle. In my area the checkered beetles love flowers like yarrow and golden rod. Basically any flower that is yellow/white and has profuse pollen. Those can be used to attract more of these beneficial predators to your area.

You can also use baited traps for the bad beetles. You can mix 1 part latex paint and 1 part water to paint the trunks.
>>874115
Healthy trees tend to do fine. It is older or diseased trees that have the most trouble. Only when beetle populations reach a high amount do they start to attack healthy trees.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 12 Oct 2016 18:46:18 No.874198 Report

Quoted By: >>878046 >>878064

The last pepper harvest of the year (Hungarian Wax)! I won't be overwintering any of the plants this winter. I need to raise a greenhouse before I do that again. I still have lots of tomatoes and volunteer tomatillos coming on. Even the volunteer roma is doing rather amazingly (I haven't planted roma tomatoes for 3 years & tomatillos for over 5 years!)

I also have more asparagus seeds than I know what to do with. I might plant them in the wild. More and more asparagus seedlings are popping up. I've covered them with clear cups to protect them from early frosts. I'm letting chickweed grow as a cover crop for that bed. Once it dies I'll mulch it with straw until next spring when the asparagus shoots up again then I'll remove the straw so slugs won't go rampant.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 12 Oct 2016 20:54:26 No.874274 Report

Quoted By:

>>874134

Thank you kind anon!
I'll burn them down after it rains, now is too arid and the forest guard department will complain if i do

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 12 Oct 2016 21:15:07 No.874293 Report

Quoted By: >>874729

>take some cilantro from my garden
>go to grab the stems off of my cutting board
>one moves
Mother fucker.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 13 Oct 2016 01:59:20 No.874437 Report

Quoted By: >>874484 >>874500 >>874540

Can anyone identify this? Im just starting out in a new rental that has a potentially good garden. In brisbane.

Trying to identify some plants and figure out what to do with them. The gardens are overgrown so im getting rid of the countless weeds to begin with.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Oct 2016 03:07:32 No.874484 Report

Quoted By: >>874513

>>874437
That's wild looking. Keep it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Oct 2016 03:40:32 No.874500 Report

Quoted By: >>874515

>>874437
That looks quite poisonous to mammals. I bet birds love it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Oct 2016 04:06:38 No.874513 Report

Quoted By:

>>874484
Thats kind of what im worried about. The plant seems to have spread to quite a few places. And only in the few years ot hasnt been looked after. My front garden is full of overgrown azaleas surrounded by whatever this is.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Oct 2016 04:09:33 No.874515 Report

Quoted By:

>>874500
I get to watch a magpie in the nest in the front yard swoop contracters that park in my street. Its good fun.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Oct 2016 05:09:32 No.874540 Report

Quoted By: >>874550

>>874437
UPDATE! So i identified it on an AU weed identifier site. Its an invasive species from south africa. "Ochna serrulata" Great for birds but gets out of control quick.
THEY GOTTA GO

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Oct 2016 05:14:10 No.874546 Report

Quoted By:

Dug the last of the carrots out of the garden yesterday. Overnight low was forecast to be -6 C, which is low enough to create ice in exposed parts of the root, making it go mushy.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Oct 2016 05:20:52 No.874550 Report

Quoted By: >>874603

>>874540
The Saw Leafed Nail Berry!
Or Mickey Mouse plant, apparently.
Yup, birds eat that shit. Stays red for months. Belongs in South Africa.

But I mean Oz is a lost cause, isn't it? Maybe NZ has a chance, but slim at best. Invasive species are just nature's way of shedding some biomass. A little monoculture, a little overpopulation, and then a simple infection can clean up a continent. Geology > Biology.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Oct 2016 06:42:05 No.874603 Report

Quoted By:

>>874550
That's all well and good but i don't want that whole process to take place within the bounds of my garden for the 3-5 years I'm living here.

I have enough scrub turkeys, possums, and swooping magpies to deal with anyway. They are going to want my berries.

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Anonymous Thu 13 Oct 2016 08:38:14 No.874634 Report

Quoted By: >>874661 >>875296 >>875362

Any idea what is the name of this flower?
It can be light pink or white

Location is south france

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Oct 2016 11:22:12 No.874661 Report

Quoted By:

>>874634
Probably an autumn crocus

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Oct 2016 14:51:06 No.874729 Report

Quoted By:

>>874293
Fuck those bastards

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Oct 2016 03:13:31 No.875191 Report

Quoted By: >>875200 >>875415

can anybody attest to the power of cinnamon as an anti-fungal agent? mixed up some potting mix with sand, potting soil, and a bit of cinnamon to replant my pepper sprouts as they had gotten flooded and the soil wasnt draining properly.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Oct 2016 03:23:04 No.875200 Report

Quoted By: >>875201 >>875415

>>875191
No and no.

I cannot confirm for lack of experience, not knowledge to the contrary.

And fungi are your plants' friends. They make nutrients much more available to the roots and also strengthen the plant immune system measurably. There are even plants that won't grow unless their roots go into symbiosis with certain fungi.

Of course not all fungi are always good for all plants. Fungi eat plants and anything else they find. But discovering a mold covering your soil is not a sign of poor plant health, quite the contrary.

Hydroculture roots are coated in a fungal mix because otherwise they won't grow right. This implies that on some level plant nutrients are made more available by fungi in any soil.

If you want to combat fungi combat humidity. The sand could do the trick already.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Oct 2016 03:25:38 No.875201 Report

Quoted By: >>875210

>>875200
i just didnt want the mold getting out of control as its an indoor grow tent and im not trying to breathe mold for the next 6 months

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Oct 2016 03:39:52 No.875210 Report

Quoted By: >>875415

>>875201
Water less, drain better. Fungi are more a symptom than a disease

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Oct 2016 05:40:58 No.875296 Report

Quoted By:

>>874634
A romulea?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Oct 2016 09:09:47 No.875362 Report

Quoted By:

>>874634
I'd guess Colchicum autumnale

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Oct 2016 12:27:26 No.875415 Report

Quoted By:

>>875191
Seconding what >>875200 & >>875210 state.

The only time fungi is bad is when your plants get smut or rust. Fungi covering the soil just means too much water. Mushrooms on the other hand aren't necessarily an indicator of too much water, but mold and algae are.

You certainly never want to use fungicides on the soil. Let the soil dry out a good bit, but don't let the plant wilt. That will control both mold and algae growth. You can also put a barrier over the soil, like plastic wrap, if that will ease your mind against black mold spores, though it isn't really needed.

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Anonymous Fri 14 Oct 2016 17:19:22 No.875553 Report

Quoted By: >>875556 >>875566

Little update on my indoor peppers. Habanero, birds eye, and cayenne from front to back.

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Anonymous Fri 14 Oct 2016 17:21:13 No.875556 Report

Quoted By: >>875566

>>875553
Not sure why the picture got rotated. Tabasco, Serrano, cayenne from front to back.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Oct 2016 17:25:37 No.875561 Report

Quoted By:

>>869907
>>869908
I'm almost positive that this is just a common weed, I see a bunch of them (if I'm correct in assuming that's what they are) growing out of sidewalk cracks all the time.

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Anonymous Fri 14 Oct 2016 17:26:40 No.875563 Report

Quoted By:

My niece raided my pumpkin patch, here are some of the survivors.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Oct 2016 17:30:02 No.875566 Report

Quoted By: >>875849

>>875553
>>875556
my bird's eyes and habaneros seem stunted compared to the cayenne and tabasco. Any ideas what could be wrong? I just repotted them in fresh soil and sand to help with drainage.

plont !S0xZFbp/pY

plont !S0xZFbp/pY Fri 14 Oct 2016 17:51:17 No.875576 Report

Quoted By:

>>869907
it's Persicaria maculosa.

kill it before it lays eggs.

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Anonymous Fri 14 Oct 2016 19:52:17 No.875656 Report

Quoted By: >>875666 >>875849

How do I into pruning?

plont !S0xZFbp/pY

plont !S0xZFbp/pY Fri 14 Oct 2016 20:02:40 No.875666 Report

Quoted By: >>875788

>>875656
depends on what you want to prune.

you can shape most trees by trimming branches back to nodes positioned in the direction you want them to grow.

that's how they grow roof Platanus.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Oct 2016 23:48:20 No.875788 Report

Quoted By: >>875849 >>876075

>>875666
>Platanus
(Not him) I really hate how they handle those streed-side here. Always an extremely radical pruning so that just the stem ramains (no side branch is left standing)
That causes them to shoot much later than they normally would in spring (only late April instead of late March/early April) and it will take until July/August until they look at least somewhat "tree-like" again

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Oct 2016 01:22:45 No.875849 Report

Quoted By: >>875907

>>875566
No idea, though... is it the same potting mix? Same distance to light? Did they germinate at the same time? Anyway your plants are doing great for the moment.

>>875788
Totally agree with you, this kind of pruning looks awful

>>875656
What do you want to prune, and for which purpose?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Oct 2016 01:35:16 No.875855 Report

Quoted By:

I'm going to grow herb fennel next year, and it seems the variety choices are slim.

All I've seen available is a green leaved variety called grosfruchtiger, and a bronze leaved variety simply called bronze.

Anyone else growing herb fennel, and if so, what variety did you have good results with?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Oct 2016 02:11:58 No.875872 Report

Quoted By: >>875920

So it's only the 2nd month of spring but my tomatillo seedlings already have buds growing on them.
Should I remove them so that they can spend more energy growing or should I just let it flower?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Oct 2016 03:04:12 No.875906 Report

Quoted By: >>876068

My rosemary lost its scent. How can I make it smell good again ?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Oct 2016 03:06:44 No.875907 Report

Quoted By: >>875952

>>875849
yeah theyre all pretty much same proximity to the light. the tabasco were started half a week after everything else.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Oct 2016 03:31:45 No.875920 Report

Quoted By:

>>875872
Let it go, they go wild all over the place with branches and blooms.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Oct 2016 04:18:33 No.875952 Report

Quoted By: >>875961

>>875907
Keep on eye on it if you worry, but I really wouldn't mind. That may very well be normal variability

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Oct 2016 04:22:11 No.875961 Report

Quoted By: >>875978

>>875952
i planted them all in the first week of september (2nd-6th), would you say theyre a normal size? i figure they're a bit small since they got drowned and spent the last 3 weeks recovering from that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Oct 2016 04:41:17 No.875978 Report

Quoted By: >>875980

>>875961
Not too small, it's ok. The pot is quite big for such young plants, so they also do a lot of roots, and proportionately less foliage.
How did you happen to drown them? Did you make a draining hole in your pots?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Oct 2016 04:45:40 No.875980 Report

Quoted By: >>875987

>>875978
a heavy rain storm came and they didnt drain fast enough. the soil didnt dry after like 3 weeks so i repotted in clean cups with more drainage holes

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Oct 2016 05:03:57 No.875987 Report

Quoted By: >>875991

>>875980
That's strange, you brought them back indoors after that? When I happen to over-water my plants in small pots like that, they usually dry in a few days at max.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Oct 2016 05:08:00 No.875991 Report

Quoted By: >>876002

>>875987
they were outside for probably a week after that, then i built my grow tent for the coming winter. a lot of the perlite floated to the top of the cups so it was nothing but dirt with less than ideal drainage.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Oct 2016 05:34:54 No.876002 Report

Quoted By:

>>875991
Ah, ok. I think they're in good shape now so once again don't worry.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Oct 2016 10:19:34 No.876068 Report

Quoted By: >>876477

>>875906
You haven't been watering or fertilising the rosemary have you? They need little water and a bit of pruning and that's it. Also, is it growing in free draining soil and getting plenty of sun?

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plont !S0xZFbp/pY Sat 15 Oct 2016 10:38:55 No.876075 Report

Quoted By: >>876076 >>876078

>>875788
that's how Tilia, Platanus and Salix are traditionally pruned, if you don't trim them like that they'll grow out of shape.

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plont !S0xZFbp/pY Sat 15 Oct 2016 10:40:02 No.876076 Report

Quoted By:

>>876075
these are crabapples that received similar pruning, I think it looks pretty nice.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Oct 2016 11:12:20 No.876078 Report

Quoted By: >>876082

>>876075
Nah, what I mean is just a single stem, like a candle, that way they'll look like ass 9 months of the year

plont !S0xZFbp/pY

plont !S0xZFbp/pY Sat 15 Oct 2016 11:22:36 No.876082 Report

Quoted By:

>>876078
it's called kandelaberen for a reason m8.

it's done so that the tree doesn't need as much space, nutrients and water.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 16 Oct 2016 01:52:29 No.876477 Report

Quoted By:

>>876068
Watering : Yes , Fertilising : No. I water it every 3 days. It is growing in free draining soil but not getting direct sunlight. I place it in my apartment's window.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 16 Oct 2016 13:33:31 No.876787 Report

Quoted By: >>876797

I want to raise chickens, but I only eat chicken breasts. Would it be a fair trade off if I let some farmer butcher my chickens for free and he keeps the rest?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 16 Oct 2016 13:51:19 No.876797 Report

Quoted By: >>876825

>>876787
Yes, it should be.

You can also look into using dark meat in other dishes like chicken and dumplings. In dishes such as that, the increased flavor of the dark meat will be far better than using only white meat, while not overpowering your senses.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 16 Oct 2016 14:28:45 No.876822 Report

Quoted By:

>>869907
you potted a noxious weed

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 16 Oct 2016 14:30:27 No.876824 Report

Quoted By:

>>870069
if youre managing to kill an aloe vera youre trying to hard.

Wack the cunt in the backyard and water it when every now and then

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plont !S0xZFbp/pY Sun 16 Oct 2016 14:31:08 No.876825 Report

Quoted By: >>876830

>>876797
it's gud for broth.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 16 Oct 2016 14:38:30 No.876830 Report

Quoted By: >>876832

>>876825
That is the implied meaning of using it for dumplings. American chicken and dumplings uses little chicken and lots of dumplings.

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plont !S0xZFbp/pY Sun 16 Oct 2016 14:41:13 No.876832 Report

Quoted By: >>876841

>>876830
I'm not familiar with dumplings, it's not a thing here, was thinking about chicken soup.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 16 Oct 2016 14:46:11 No.876841 Report

Quoted By:

>>876832
Same thing, but with dumplings. The dumplings are either drop-dumplings or pre-made dumplings. Those are flour, water, salt, and optional seasonings. They can be spooned into the boiling water as a sticky batter or made into a dough that is cut into small strips/pieces and tossed into the boiling water. Both produce a different type of dish; the drop-dumplings tend to thicken the broth quite a bit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 16 Oct 2016 16:41:36 No.876935 Report

Quoted By: >>876948

some of the leaves on some of my pepper plants are turning a black/purple color. any idea what causes it and is it a problem?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 16 Oct 2016 16:57:21 No.876948 Report

Quoted By: >>877059

>>876935
>>876935
Like, at the base of the leaf towards the stem?

That's just the coloration of some peppers. I had one that had purple at every joint and sprout by the time it was a few months old.

If it's on the leaf edges, it/s a vitamin deficiency/excess. Check google for molybdenum excess and Phosphorus deficiency.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 16 Oct 2016 19:01:29 No.877059 Report

Quoted By: >>877206

>>876948
it looks like the dark color is coming from the veins more than anything else

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 16 Oct 2016 23:24:32 No.877198 Report

Quoted By: >>877200 >>877234

Doesn't look like it spread out like that, but I dumped about a ton or more of compost (from cubic wood frame composter about 1x1x1m^3, fermented for 2 years) on the now fallow potato plot earlier today (kept 2 filled wheelbarrows for when the tomatoes and bell peppers are done in a couple weeks so once they're yanked out I can mix that shit under there as well)

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 16 Oct 2016 23:27:42 No.877200 Report

Quoted By: >>877234

>>877198
Also re-surfaced the bed limiting bricks (had sunk in over the years) and added some more + some grit where I planted rosemary and sage back in spring in my herbs bed

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 16 Oct 2016 23:36:42 No.877206 Report

Quoted By: >>877208

>>877059
Could you post some pics?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 16 Oct 2016 23:40:56 No.877208 Report

Quoted By: >>877215

>>877206
Best pic I could get really.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 16 Oct 2016 23:50:36 No.877215 Report

Quoted By:

>>877208

some peppers are just purple like that

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Oct 2016 00:17:09 No.877234 Report

Quoted By: >>877238

>>877198
>>877200
Looking good. Only a few more tons of good soil/compost left for perfection. lol

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Oct 2016 00:24:21 No.877238 Report

Quoted By: >>877241

>>877234
I actually have a ~2 year rotation, i.e. 4 piles that each need about 6 months to get filled up, so in spring and autumn respectively, I'll till under the contents of the oldest one at that point.
Of course I also use mineral fertiliser additionally, compost's main function is to loosen up the heavy clay soil a little

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Oct 2016 00:26:47 No.877241 Report

Quoted By: >>877246

>>877238
I went the raised bed route and haven't looked back since. Life is so much better.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Oct 2016 00:33:35 No.877246 Report

Quoted By: >>877812

>>877241
Only using small "hill" ridges for asparagus and potatoes, doesn't make sense for me here for pretty much anything else (haven't grown leek yet though but will so next year, it apparently profits from that too, as well as stalk celery which I might grow too, only ever did root and leaf varieties before)

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 17 Oct 2016 01:21:26 No.877284 Report

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Reminder that if you don't need precision, you can do a quick n dirty pH test by boiling red cabbage in distilled water

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 17 Oct 2016 08:06:16 No.877481 Report

Quoted By: >>877678 >>877809

How big a pot will i need to grow my cayenne chilli seedlings? Is it too early to plant them out?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Oct 2016 16:25:17 No.877678 Report

Quoted By:

>>877481
I usually grow them in a cup. Once they are around 10-15cm, I put them in a bigger pot. Some people just wait for true leaves before moving them.
All in all, you may keep your pot, but I believe it will take longer to grow as it has a lot of place to develop roots. Also you're gonna have to thin it, leaving only one plant per pot

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Oct 2016 21:35:41 No.877809 Report

Quoted By:

>>877481
When you want to put them in their final pot make sure it is at least 2.5 gallons in size per plant. As for when to set them out, do that after you've hardened them off and the danger of frost is over in your area, if you have frost.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Oct 2016 21:37:05 No.877812 Report

Quoted By:

>>877246
Try chard. It has many uses. There's even a giant variety that is so large 1 leaf is a meal. It is super easy to grow and loves cool weather.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Oct 2016 04:25:40 No.878046 Report

Quoted By:

>>874198
you're the shit m8

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Oct 2016 05:12:15 No.878064 Report

Quoted By: >>878242

>>874198
i wish i had that many peppers to make hot sauce with

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Anonymous Tue 18 Oct 2016 14:20:53 No.878242 Report

Quoted By: >>878468 >>881150

>>878064
I've been drying them and grinding them to coarse powder with a grain mill. Which is now vacuum sealed in jars. The current batch awaits grinding. I have many bags in my freezer too. I use the dried stuff as seasoning for just about everything. The frozen ones are diced and used in all sorts of stuff.

>reposted pic

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Anonymous Tue 18 Oct 2016 14:59:03 No.878263 Report

Quoted By: >>878317

I've been getting more and more uncomfortable with how tumultuous the world stage seems. I've got three months of emergency supplies in my car, but I think it's finally time to start growing.

I just find myself wondering how many tools will be available to me after infrastructure fails. Taking away pesticides, chemical based fertilizers, hydroponic equipment, and guides for how to use it will make things significantly more difficult.

What worries me most is land. I live in Georgia, and the only acreage I could afford is in north Georgia, and it's likely not very suitable for planting due to the hard clay. What can you do with bad soil?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Oct 2016 16:47:11 No.878315 Report

Quoted By: >>878320 >>878321 >>878643 >>880398

Does anyone have experience removing a lawn?

I have a relative with a 1200 square foot lawn that is still very much alive, how long would this take me and what equipment should I use?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Oct 2016 16:50:28 No.878317 Report

Quoted By:

>>878263
>north Georgia
>hard clay
>What can you do with bad soil?

The rest of your post is completely irrelevant and goes somewhere else other than Homegrowmen threads.

You have 2 choices. Either amend the local soil or make your own soil (buying is normally a terrible idea). Amending is a quick fix and wont' require as many resources or time, but wont' give you the best results. Making your own soil takes time and lots of local resources. I prefer the latter, but amendment of soil is a fast way to get crops into the ground now. Making soil can be done after you have your first crops in.

For clay, you need lots of sand and some compost. Till it in, plant, water, done, enjoy lackluster short term crops.

After that, start gathering resources for composting: leaves, deadfall, manure, hay/straw, wood chips, yard waste, kitchen waste, even humanure (MUST be composted properly, check local laws), everything you can find that will compost down can be used. If you live near a farm with livestock, see if you can get some manure. Horse barns usually love it when people come to muck the stalls for the manure, but some make money from selling manure you'd need to buy without mucking the stalls. The same goes for chicken coops. Cow fields are easy to clean of piles with only a 5-gallon bucket and a shovel. After a year of resource gathering and composting the oldest compost will be ready to use. You can plant in containers, raised beds, till it in, or dig trenches/holes to put this stuff in. Enjoy long term amazing crops.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Oct 2016 16:57:45 No.878320 Report

Quoted By:

>>878315
You can rent a small Bobcat like this in most places for about $150-$200 a day. Working from dawn to dusk you could certainly remove more than an acre of lawn sod. You'll have tons of piles of sod and completely barren ground with a marked lack of seeds in the soil as most seeds are in the top few inches of soil. Regrowth will take forever. You can do the same thing with a shovel and wheel burrow.

Or, find a farmer willing to disc and plow the yard. It will need to be flattened afterwards with a roller. This won't last long and regrowth will be quick.

Or, use herbicides (vinegar, boiling water, "Total Kill and Ground Sterilizer"). It really depends on what you'll be using it for as to what you may want to use or avoid.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Oct 2016 16:59:27 No.878321 Report

Quoted By: >>878325

>>878315
Do you really want the whole thing gone at once? That's going to lead to erosion unless you replace it immediately.

A lawn that size, I'd just spend a weekend doing it with a shovel, I guess. But I wouldn't actually do that because I wouldn't have the time and energy to remove it all and replace it all at the same time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Oct 2016 17:02:05 No.878325 Report

Quoted By: >>878326 >>878327 >>878487

>>878321
I'm going to replace it immediately with native plants and mulch, and I feel you, I'm torn between hiring someone, renting a tiller/sod cutter or doing it by hand

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Oct 2016 17:04:02 No.878326 Report

Quoted By: >>878331

>>878325
What I would actually do is make it a project over three or four weeks, and do it in sections. Is there any particular reason you're not going that route?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 18 Oct 2016 17:05:54 No.878327 Report

Quoted By: >>878331 >>878501

I harvested lambs quarter seeds (left) and purslane seeds (right) the past couple days. Now I have enough to last several years of replanting if needed. They replant themselves just fine in the garden, but I'll be using these mostly for indoor growing in the winter.

>>878325
If you are going to mulch it, just lay down paper them mulch it over. You can use newspaper or cardboard boxes flattened. Anything will work. Cardboard will last longer of course. You can usually go to retail stores and grocery stores and ask for boxes they toss out.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Oct 2016 17:12:52 No.878331 Report

Quoted By: >>878336 >>878337 >>878501

>>878326
I would do that except I only have 2 possible weekends to complete this project before thanksgiving, and my aunt is paying me a decent wage so I don't want her to have a ripped up lawn for a month

>>878327
That's not that bad of an idea, would the newly planted plants work fine in that situation?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Oct 2016 17:18:32 No.878336 Report

Quoted By:

>>878331
>I don't want her to have a ripped up lawn for a month
The point of doing it in sections is that you don't have ripped up lawn for long. You rip up some then plant it, then rip up then plant. Also be aware that although you can do the tearing out of grass in a weekend, the native planting will probably take longer. If someone else is doing the planting so it's not your problem, you should probably still talk to them to work things out.

>would the newly planted plants work fine in that situation?
Not him, but when you're planting them you're making a hole in the cardboard, and by the time they need more space than the hole provides, they'll have strong enough roots and the paper will have degraded to the extent that they can easily push through. At least, for most plants.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Oct 2016 17:22:00 No.878337 Report

Quoted By: >>878343 >>878351 >>878501

>>878331
>That's not that bad of an idea, would the newly planted plants work fine in that situation?

It has always worked for my gardens. It is so much less work than pulling weeds. Everything rots under the paper and mulch.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Oct 2016 17:27:40 No.878343 Report

Quoted By: >>878383

>>878337
Have you ever done this on a lawn with a gradual slope?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Oct 2016 17:33:39 No.878351 Report

Quoted By: >>878383

>>878337
Also, are the plants able to go in right away or do I have to wait a month or two for the grass to die

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Oct 2016 18:21:22 No.878383 Report

Quoted By: >>878501

>>878351
You can do it right away.

>>878343
Slopes are not much of a problem, no more than what you have with mulch sliding down normally. Always wet down the paper and mulch as you go. If it is very steep you may want to lay some limbs, lumber, line of stones, etc across horizontally to prevent slippages.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Oct 2016 20:27:27 No.878468 Report

Quoted By: >>878486

>>878242
>all that color washed out
How?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Oct 2016 21:25:32 No.878486 Report

Quoted By:

>>878468
More yellow and white than red and orange. One batch had more red and orange than the second batch. Thus, 1 pint has a better color.

If you want to do the same thing, but don't want the color "washing out" you will need to de-seed the peppers and remove any white parts inside before drying them. This will also lower their spiciness level quite a bit for most med-hot peppers or lower.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Oct 2016 21:26:40 No.878487 Report

Quoted By:

>>878325
>I'm going to replace it immediately with native plants
If you want to "re-nature" the area, I'd guess simply leaving it to itself (by not mowing) will eventually lead it to become a meadow (later on shrubland then forest unless it's a very infertile rocky dry area, so if you don't want it to go that far you will have to mow 1-2x year), and the native plants best adapted to the area will sooner or later take over

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Oct 2016 22:00:32 No.878501 Report

Quoted By:

>>878327
>>878331
>>878337
>>878383

Paper/cardboard and mulch is a good method, but make sure you don't skimp on amounts and get ALL OF IT before starting.

I just did my 10X10ft alcove near my front door, and it took more mulch and (especially) paper than I thought I needed.

Even soaked paper dries out quickly, and a run to fetch some more newspaper/cardboard/mulch will leave what you've started blowing around in the wind to go gather before continuing.

If you do paper (like newspaper) do 4+ sheets thick everywhere. Cardboard you can get away with one layer, but be sure to overlap so no weeds can pop through the gaps! Also, 4+ inches of mulch. You really want to smother that grass.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 18 Oct 2016 22:18:26 No.878511 Report

Quoted By: >>878521

I should have posted at least a before and after, but here is what ~6 1/2 lbs (unprocessed) of NM chile turns into after being roasted, peeled and cleaned. The result is about 3lbs of pure goodness. Grown in my garden, of course, though I probably am going to have to put a 40lb bag from a local farm up this year. (I hate processing 40lb sacks all at once.) The plants will produce until first freeze, which last year, was towards the last half of November.

If the way my hands are burning is any indication, that was a pretty hot batch that I just processed.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Oct 2016 22:31:27 No.878521 Report

Quoted By: >>878525

>>878511
Nice.

>40lbs sack

In what way are you processing it?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Oct 2016 22:37:15 No.878525 Report

Quoted By: >>878527

>>878521
Roast the shit out of it, peel the skins off, pick the stems off, squeeze most of the seeds out, then chop it up, put it in ziplock freezer bags and then throw it in the freezer. It's worse this time of year, because the skins are more apt to stick to the flesh. Here is an example of roasting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTnhRuXwwDA

(You can skip to about 2:20.)

If you get a 40lb sack from a store or farm, they'll roast it for you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Oct 2016 22:39:20 No.878527 Report

Quoted By: >>878531

>>878525
I can understand roasting them to change the flavor, removing the seeds for texture, but not skinning them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Oct 2016 22:46:43 No.878531 Report

Quoted By: >>878566 >>878568

>>878527
The flesh is the best part of NM chiles. When you roast them, the skin get burnt, can be tough and normally peels off fairly easily. Something like Jalapenos have OK flavor and a good amount of heat. Other peppers are all about the heat, with flavor being irrelevant. Good NM chile should have superb flavor and a good amount of heat. The skins don't contribute to that at all. Once chopped, it is used as a condiment, to make sauces, etc... We literally put green chile on our green chile here.

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Anonymous Tue 18 Oct 2016 23:38:30 No.878554 Report

Quoted By: >>878566 >>878568

My yardlong bean plant has these little black bugs crawling all over it. Does anyone recognize them?

I thought they were harmless at first, but lately the beans seem to be getting eaten by something and I suspect these, though I don't know how they could eat so much when there are so few bugs on the plant.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Oct 2016 00:01:06 No.878566 Report

Quoted By: >>878596

>>878531
I think I'd just roast them then run them through my Squeeze-O. That would separate all the seeds and the skin while all the pulp/flesh goes into the pot. Screw peeling and de-seeding.

>>878554
Those are ants. They may only be drinking guttation from the plant, which will be harmless. However, they may be scouting farm land for raising aphids. The ants won't be eating your plants, something else is.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Oct 2016 00:03:22 No.878568 Report

Quoted By: >>878575 >>878596 >>878760

>>878531
Are NM chiles less or more hot than:
Guajillo
Jalapeno
Serrano

Trying to get a scale here,

>>878554
Those are ants. They usually don't cause a direct problem in the garden, but they can bring other pests to your plants-- especially mealybugs and aphids.

Do you have a picture of the plant as a whole and of the damage? It might help.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Oct 2016 00:19:41 No.878575 Report

Quoted By: >>878991

>>878568
They can be pretty mild all the way up to as hot as the hottest Jalapeno you've ever tried. It depends on the cultivar and the year. I can kind of tell that I'm eating a hot pepper with the Big Jims, but get the XXX Hot from Lemitar drench it on the chile rellano made with said Big Jim, and you'll think that a nuclear device was detonated in your asshole the next morning.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Oct 2016 00:36:58 No.878596 Report

Quoted By: >>878991

>>878566
>>878568
>ants
Good to know. I wasn't sure because all I've ever seen in my area are red fire ants.

>Do you have a picture of the plant as a whole and of the damage?
There doesn't seem to be any damage to the plant itself, just the beans, and there aren't any beans left to take a picture of, what was left fell off.
When it happens, it looks like something took a bite off the end of the bean, leaving just a little stub attached to the vine.

There are a fuckton of birds nesting in a brush pile in part of my yard, do birds like to eat beans?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 19 Oct 2016 01:21:04 No.878643 Report

Quoted By:

>>878315
Hire a sod cutter for a day, it's the exact tool for this purpose. You might even be able to sell the sod to someone if the grass has pretty good coverage.
Pic related.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Oct 2016 03:22:25 No.878732 Report

Quoted By: >>878739 >>878741

man big plants suck up a lot more water than i expected them to. i feel like i gave my medium sized cayenne plant 12 oz of water yesterday and it's already wilting.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Oct 2016 03:38:17 No.878739 Report

Quoted By:

>>878732
A big tomato plant can take a full gallon of water a day and love you for it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Oct 2016 03:42:28 No.878741 Report

Quoted By: >>878743

>>878732
Are you sure you didn't overwatered them?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Oct 2016 03:45:29 No.878743 Report

Quoted By: >>878809

>>878741
yeah the soil isnt damp or anything

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Oct 2016 04:18:03 No.878760 Report

Quoted By: >>878991

>>878568
I'll give you another non-scoalville measure. I probably spent 1 1/2 hours directly handling the chile where my hands were in contact direct with the parts that have capsaicin. 2 hours later, I rubbed my lips and eyelid and both started to burn. This was after scrubbing my hands with dish soap and a brush. I used the oil trick (massage your hands with veggie oil, then wash,) and now, there is still some slight burning with my hands, but I'm not scared to rub my eyes or take a leak.

Yes, I could wear gloves, but I don't give a shit if my hands burn a bit, and the oil trick works well enough so that I can rub, well, whatever and not worry.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Oct 2016 06:37:17 No.878809 Report

Quoted By:

>>878743
Is the pot outside? The heat in your area may be causing the water to dry up faster.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 19 Oct 2016 17:28:04 No.878982 Report

Quoted By: >>878983 >>879011

I Found this at a thrift store for a dollar so I decided to see how long I can keep this kale alive outside.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 19 Oct 2016 17:29:23 No.878983 Report

Quoted By: >>879145 >>880965

>>878982

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Oct 2016 17:32:57 No.878984 Report

Quoted By: >>879070 >>879339

How to take care of a young bonsai properly? I'm looking for tips on how to trim them appropriately.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Oct 2016 17:47:05 No.878991 Report

Quoted By: >>879036

>>878760
>>878575
I have way too many tiny spicy peppers. I never heard of the oil trick, I'l have to try that next time. Thanks for the info!

>>878596
Birds and squirrels are curious, and I've had them ruin but not eat many green peppers and tomatoes before, but never beans or peas.

My beans are all dead with no beans, so I'm no expert on legumes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Oct 2016 18:17:38 No.879011 Report

Quoted By: >>879083

>>878982
I've had snow on my kale and they were still growing. Make sure you have air flow in that.

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plont !S0xZFbp/pY Wed 19 Oct 2016 18:25:36 No.879016 Report

Quoted By: >>879018 >>879239

rate my new plonts.

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plont !S0xZFbp/pY Wed 19 Oct 2016 18:31:23 No.879018 Report

Quoted By: >>879021 >>879239

>>879016
that's perovskia atriplicifolia ‘blue spire’ in the back and teucrium chamaedrys in the front.

both are underrated as garden plants.

ordering a aristolochia grandiflora soon, finally found a dealer.

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plont !S0xZFbp/pY Wed 19 Oct 2016 18:34:18 No.879021 Report

Quoted By: >>879239 >>879369 >>880593

>>879018

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Oct 2016 19:11:40 No.879036 Report

Quoted By:

>>878991
Yeah, it doesn't totally kill the burning, but it does make it better.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Oct 2016 20:06:40 No.879057 Report

Quoted By: >>879066 >>879163

New to the board and thread.

I've been doing some research, and I want to grow poppies in a small area, no more than 4 sq feet, but I'm unable to find any information regarding how many seeds I need as everything is in Acres.

Can someone help me?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Oct 2016 20:18:51 No.879066 Report

Quoted By:

>>879057
Most common supermarket seed packets contain a lot of seeds, like 50 or more per packet I think. And each one only costs a few dollars.

You could always just buy a couple packets and spread them all over the growing area, then kill some of them if they start to grow too densely.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Oct 2016 20:23:18 No.879070 Report

Quoted By:

>>878984
That's tough matter. There's a whole reddit sub which is not half-bad

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Oct 2016 20:39:09 No.879083 Report

Quoted By:

>>879011
I do not. I will dig a channel

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Oct 2016 22:45:28 No.879145 Report

Quoted By: >>880796

>>878983
That kale looks dead, man.

Looks like it was a good producing plant too. Good luck.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Oct 2016 23:58:12 No.879163 Report

Quoted By:

>>879057
An acre is just under 44,000 square feet. You can scale from that. Just divide any number of seeds per acre by 11,000.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Oct 2016 02:08:47 No.879239 Report

Quoted By:

>>879021
>>879018
>>879016
you're a huge cunt but I love your garden

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 20 Oct 2016 06:50:29 No.879337 Report

Quoted By: >>879432

>amateur
>trying to grow lettuce from seed because I've never grown from seed before
>several attempts with potting mix in a 6-chamber pot on a windowsil with glad wrap (saran) covering and spraying some water in the mornings
>one attempt with seeds lightly covered in sifted potting mix and one with uncovered seeds
>still nothing after two weeks

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Oct 2016 06:56:31 No.879339 Report

Quoted By:

>>878984
It depends on what kind of tree it is, however, you need to take two matters into account:
Does it look good?
Will the plant survive?

Ultimately, a bonsai is about aesthetics, so the first is obvious. The second question is a matter of what kind of tree you have. Don't trim so harshly that it'll struggle to survive.

Also, one thing amateurs tend to forget is trimming the roots every now and again and repotting the bonsai

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Oct 2016 09:32:59 No.879369 Report

Quoted By: >>879464

>>879021
Those flowers look strangely beautiful.
How do you grow them though in your climate when you are in some northern european country?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Oct 2016 12:15:33 No.879432 Report

Quoted By:

>>879337
Lettuce seeds germinate best in a soil temp of around 20-25C, how hot is it outside your window? Did you bury them very shallow? Also, are they new seeds that have been stored away from moisture? Sometimes seeds can be duds unforrunately but it's rare.

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plont !S0xZFbp/pY Thu 20 Oct 2016 13:54:30 No.879464 Report

Quoted By: >>879476 >>879504

>>879369
I'll just put it in a net pot and dig it in for the spring/summer/early autumn, that way the roots will be able to penetrate all sides and I won't have to water it much if at all.

and it'll be easy to dig out for the winter, I'll just scrape my spade along the sides and pull it up.

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plont !S0xZFbp/pY Thu 20 Oct 2016 14:18:15 No.879476 Report

Quoted By: >>879504

>>879464
there's winter-hardy species too like Aristolochia macrophylla.

but their flowers are tiny and shitty.

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plont !S0xZFbp/pY Thu 20 Oct 2016 14:19:44 No.879478 Report

Quoted By: >>879479 >>879504

wall-update.

need to remove some digitalis, they're getting out of control.

>there's people that actually pay to plant/seed these in their garden.

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plont !S0xZFbp/pY Thu 20 Oct 2016 14:20:49 No.879479 Report

Quoted By: >>879480 >>879487 >>879504

>>879478
side-view.

plont !S0xZFbp/pY

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plont !S0xZFbp/pY Thu 20 Oct 2016 14:21:56 No.879480 Report

Quoted By: >>879481 >>879504

>>879479
fucking thyme is seeding itself everywhere too.

plont !S0xZFbp/pY

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plont !S0xZFbp/pY Thu 20 Oct 2016 14:24:00 No.879481 Report

Quoted By: >>879504

>>879480
senecio cineraria too.

go away, you're not even native.

plont !S0xZFbp/pY

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plont !S0xZFbp/pY Thu 20 Oct 2016 14:25:05 No.879483 Report

Quoted By: >>879486 >>879504

some pre-bonsai material.

plont !S0xZFbp/pY

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plont !S0xZFbp/pY Thu 20 Oct 2016 14:26:12 No.879486 Report

Quoted By: >>879504

>>879483
aka shitty honey-suckles.

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plont !S0xZFbp/pY Thu 20 Oct 2016 14:31:51 No.879487 Report

Quoted By: >>879504

>>879479
>that same wall a year ago.

currently growing in it:

Armeria maritima.
Ajuga reptans.
Asplenium ruta-muraria.
Asplenium scolopendrium.
Asplenium trichomanes.
Athyrium filix-femina.
Aquilegia vulgaris.
Bergenia cordifolia.
Blechnum penna-marina.
Blechnum spicant.
Buddleja davidii.
Campanula cochleariifolia.
Campanula persicifolia.
Campanula portenschlagiana.
Campanula trachelium.
Campanula rapunculus.
Centaurea montana.
Cymbalaria muralis.
Cyrtomium falcatum.
Dianthus chinensis.
Digitalis purpurea.
Dryopteris carthusiana.
Dryopteris filix-mas.
Euphorbia platyphyllos.
Galanthus nivalis.
Hedera helix.
Hieracium maculatum.
Hylotelephium telephium.
Hypericum calycinum.
Hypericum perforatum.
Jacobaea maritima.
Jasione montana
Linaria purpurea.
Mentha gracilis.
Onoclea sensibilis.
Papaver rhoeas.
Pseudofumaria lutea.
Plantago lanceolata.
Polypodium vulgare.
Polystichum polyblepharum.
Salvia pratensis
Sedum acre.
Sedum album.
Sedum spurium.
Sempervivum sp.
Senecio cineraria
Silene coronaria.
Tanacetum parthenium.
Thymus chamaedrys.
Thymus serpyllum.
Tiarella cordifolia.
Tussilago farfara.
Verbena bonariensis.
Waldsteinia ternata

I need to update that list, it's probably missing more than a dozen species.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Oct 2016 15:41:35 No.879504 Report

Quoted By: >>879646 >>880019

>>879464
>>879476
>>879478
>>879479
>>879480
>>879481
>>879483
>>879486
>>879487
I had to disable my trip filter to see what the fuck was going on. For fuck sake, learn to collage your image into 1 image instead of flooding the thread with tons of posts.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Oct 2016 19:36:54 No.879646 Report

Quoted By: >>879654

>>879504
What a fucking tragedy.

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plont !S0xZFbp/pY Thu 20 Oct 2016 19:52:38 No.879654 Report

Quoted By: >>880014 >>880378

>>879646
don't give him (you)'s, he might start thinking people actually care about his opinion, the poor soul.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 02:05:58 No.880014 Report

Quoted By:

>>879654
Shut the fuck up bugguy

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 02:08:41 No.880019 Report

Quoted By: >>880025

>>879504
Don't give bugguy yous, just ignore him. He left homegrowmen for a while, but now his autism is back I see.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 02:12:47 No.880025 Report

Quoted By: >>880289

>>880019
Someone said he was on vacation.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 03:38:54 No.880138 Report

Quoted By: >>880168

I've planted a bunch of dwarf fruit trees, a grape vine, and some blackberry plants.

What are some low maintenance food I can grow when I will be away 3-4 weeks at a time? Could I grow green beans or potatoes?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 05:02:35 No.880168 Report

Quoted By:

>>880138
Roots like potatoes or carrots basically grow themselves if the conditions are right. Beans might need some help, and vines are FAST! I had some in the window box this year and every time I turned around they had grown another inch. Since they climb they might need some guidance.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 13:29:53 No.880273 Report

Quoted By: >>882398

Had to move them off the balcony because it started getting too cold

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 14:12:41 No.880289 Report

Quoted By:

>>880025
too bad his plane didn't crash

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 17:39:33 No.880378 Report

Quoted By:

>>879654
Bugguy you can't just give mutes for posts you don't like you fucking retard. Just stay out of these threads, nobody fucking wants you and your autism where.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 18:22:17 No.880398 Report

Quoted By:

>>878315
Cover it with cardboard or something, and wait....or get to tearin with a pitchfork.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 20:53:30 No.880495 Report

Quoted By: >>880511 >>882398

Pic of my mature cayenne plant. Hope these peppers will ripen so I can make hot sauce before it gets too cold.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 20:56:54 No.880498 Report

Quoted By: >>880506 >>880511

Any tips on accelerating the ripening process?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 21:02:37 No.880506 Report

Quoted By: >>880510

>>880498
they take a long time to ripen on the vine desu. You could pick them green and ripen them in a closed container with a banana but may as well leave them on the fine. It could take weeks to go fully red.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 21:04:40 No.880510 Report

Quoted By: >>880517

>>880506
i meant specifically for the cayenne. the only jalapeno i've had ripen took about 6 weeks and that was just for seeds. The cayenne takes 3-5 days for 1 to ripen but by the time a few ripen the first one is already bad so i can't stockpile them to make sauce with.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 21:06:17 No.880511 Report

Quoted By:

>>880495
>>880498
If you don't plan on continuing them with a warm (indoor) wintering, then I'd cut off the remaining flowers so all the additional growth can concentrate on the remaining fruit
Depends how cold it ever gets in your area though, if you live in a frost-free climate you might as well cultivate them into the next year
My bell peppers are pretty much over at this point (doesn't freeze yet but highs/lows are mostly in the 5-10°C range lately, with close to no sunshine and excessive rain)

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 21:14:54 No.880517 Report

Quoted By: >>880524 >>880531

>>880510
You could always dehydrate and flake/grind them, they'll keep the capsaicin

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 21:27:34 No.880524 Report

Quoted By: >>880531

>>880517
this

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 21:33:11 No.880531 Report

Quoted By: >>880539 >>880543 >>880565

>>880517
>>880524
is there an easy way to dehydrate peppers without the oven? drying 1-3 peppers at a time with the oven is wasting a lot of electricity.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 21:37:13 No.880539 Report

Quoted By:

>>880531
Sun drying, but that season is kind of over, or a dehydrator. Even if you have 100 wat bulb you could place it close to your peppers over night. It would use less electricity than an oven.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 21:41:13 No.880543 Report

Quoted By:

>>880531
I have a small dehydrator, if you got one too just slice it very thin and distribute it broadly, the thinner the less time it takes, probably just 1-2 hours if you make 1mm slices
Otherwise I'd suggest the top of exhaust vents of things like PCs, fridges, stereos etc (but of course don't block it completely), or if you already have them on (I do), regular room heaters/radiators

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 22:37:24 No.880565 Report

Quoted By:

>>880531
Not with cayenne peppers, but when I want dried red, I make a ristra and let them air dry in the house. If it's early enough in the season, it is tradition here to hang ristras on the front porch.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 22:38:37 No.880568 Report

Quoted By: >>880571 >>880585 >>880761

I live in Georgia. Could I plant any of these in a raised bed now? Would I be able to if I grew them indoors until they sprouted first?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 22:40:56 No.880571 Report

Quoted By:

>>880568
yes

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 22:47:47 No.880575 Report

Quoted By:

are paper-textured leaves a symptom of anything? some of my plants have really thin papery leaves

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 23:00:56 No.880585 Report

Quoted By:

>>880568
For the Capsicum at least I'd wait until Dec/Jan and then start them indoors and plant them outside a couple weeks later, even in your climate

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 23:09:02 No.880593 Report

Quoted By: >>880617 >>880830

>>879021

what is that?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 23:16:25 No.880598 Report

Quoted By:

Anyone here has a Jujube?
Any tips about propagations by plant cutting?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 23:43:08 No.880617 Report

Quoted By:

>>880593
Don't reply to him

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Oct 2016 00:12:37 No.880632 Report

Quoted By: >>880647

is it illegal to grow patented vegetables

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Oct 2016 00:43:39 No.880647 Report

Quoted By:

>>880632
probably

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Oct 2016 03:48:54 No.880761 Report

Quoted By:

>>880568
You could grow:
The salad greens, spinach, broccoli, onion, and carrot no problem.

The others might need warmer weather. Check the back of the packets-- it should tell you the first through last month you should grow them.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 22 Oct 2016 05:53:35 No.880794 Report

Quoted By: >>880830

>>871060
Nassella tenuissima

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 22 Oct 2016 06:06:17 No.880796 Report

Quoted By: >>880965

>>879145
You underestimate the vitality of kale.

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plont !S0xZFbp/pY Sat 22 Oct 2016 08:52:02 No.880830 Report

Quoted By: >>880895

>>880794
pls no.
>>880593
aristolochia grandiflora

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Oct 2016 14:28:51 No.880895 Report

Quoted By:

>>880830
This is an autism free area. You're going to have to leave.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 22 Oct 2016 16:12:28 No.880965 Report

Quoted By:

>>880796
>>878983
#Prayforkale

This was my last Kale plant of last season -- it lived up to and honestly would've outlived my cukes if it wasn't for aphids and my wanting the space for summer veg.

My summer veg all failed, too. I shouldn't have underestimated the vitality of kale.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 22 Oct 2016 17:08:43 No.880988 Report

Quoted By: >>881044

Repotted everything with fresh soil and sand. Drainage is much better and my plants that were struggling are catching up fast.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 22 Oct 2016 17:15:07 No.880993 Report

Quoted By: >>880994 >>881044

Used Miracle-Gro grow potting mix as well as osmocote plant food,when should I look to fertilize again?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Oct 2016 17:16:53 No.880994 Report

Quoted By: >>881044

>>880993
i also have no idea what that plant in the green cup is. i planted some Serrano seeds in it but that doesn't look like a pepper plant to me.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Oct 2016 19:10:16 No.881044 Report

Quoted By:

>>880988
>>880993
>>880994
Great. You don't need a lot of fertilizer when plants are that small. Even when repotted, they could deal a nice time without any fertilizer if the soil is good to begin with.
I give them some 3-3-3 from time to time, but they're fine even when I don't.
I don't know what is the green cup neither. Since leaves seem to be strictly opposed, it may indeed not be a pepper (they're alternate)

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Oct 2016 23:23:20 No.881150 Report

Quoted By: >>881235

>>878242
How many people do you feed?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Oct 2016 23:57:30 No.881170 Report

Quoted By: >>881180

What's the best deterrent for small rodents? Just littering the garden area with mousetraps?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Oct 2016 00:12:00 No.881180 Report

Quoted By:

>>881170
Yup, also if you have a dog or cat with a taste for mice meat, that'll help.
My dog used to hunt them when we had a mouse problem. He cleared them all out

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Oct 2016 01:56:30 No.881235 Report

Quoted By:

>>881150
Most of the food gets shipped out, but there's always a rotation of about 6 months worth of food on hand that can feed a family of four. Stuff that gets shipped out is in trade usually. Like someone grows/raises something I don't, we trade produce and services.

>this post reminded me that I still have one batch of dried peppers to grind up

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Anonymous Sun 23 Oct 2016 04:13:11 No.881308 Report

Quoted By:

>Greenbeans top leaves went and shriveled up
>Winter is approaching and I doubt I'll get any beans this year
>MFW harvested lettuce on tuesday, brought the lettuce over to my parents and their friends who were visiting for the cubs game all loved it
Gonna plant some oinons and leeks inna spring

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Oct 2016 04:49:33 No.881322 Report

Quoted By: >>881454 >>881576 >>881731

Hey all,

Does anyone here have any good resources for growing garlic?

I live in western PA and I read that if you plant in the fall you get better yields next season so I guess that means I need to get my ass in gear and plant soon.

I'll be planting in pots that'll sit on my deck outside all winter.

How do the logistics of this work, especially since I'm growing in pots?

Just get the pot ready, let the dirt get nice and cold, break up a head of garlic from a gardening store, and stick the cloves spaced apart in the cold dirt?

I'm assuming I need to water it initially, but I guess I don't have to water it all winter long since the ground will be frozen solid?

Anything else special I need to know?

Thanks

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Oct 2016 12:43:16 No.881454 Report

Quoted By: >>881694 >>881731

>>881322
Yes, you should have planted about 2 weeks ago, but planting now will work too.

In freezing areas, don't allow pots to sit above ground. You need to dig holes to set them into. If you don't the freeze can destroy them. This goes for places where the ground freezes too. You will also not need to worry about them in the ground in respects to watering them in you area. If they are above ground you'll need to ensure the freezing isn't desiccating them.

Alternatively, you can also have them inside all winter. They will do well if you have a south-facing window. You can also eat the greens they shoot up. They are one of the greatest ways to get almost no-care greens in winter.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Oct 2016 18:14:14 No.881576 Report

Quoted By: >>881694

>>881322
I live in USDA zone 8b and I've had volunteer garlic do quite well, which is kind of like planting in July or August, and I have a friend who plants his around November 1st and gets good results. Depending on the zone you live in, the range of dates that you can plant can be quite broad. In PA, I would expect that the range is a bet less than what I can do, but if it's still warm out, go ahead and plant.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Oct 2016 18:37:12 No.881589 Report

Quoted By:

can anybody recommend some good fertilizer i can dissolve in water? the miracle-gro my mom has is 26-8-16 or something like that and I'm looking for something more balanced or higher in phosphorus.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Oct 2016 20:43:12 No.881694 Report

Quoted By:

>>881454

Well.... I'll be growing my garlic on a balcony so I can't put my pots underground. So if it's going to freeze, it's going to freeze.

Is it still ok to do this?

If not, I can indeed grow them indoors all winter but I only have west facing windows.

Maybe I'll use my growlight for extra juice, if that'll work, and then move the pots outside in the spring after last thaw?

>>881576

Alright thanks, I'll be planting these this week I believe, after the garlic I order online comes in (can't find any garlic seeds in gardening stores around here).

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Oct 2016 22:03:58 No.881731 Report

Quoted By: >>881881

>>881454
>>881322
8a here (German Rhinefag), just read up about them myself a little, apparently they need two years from planting either bulbil or single clove to maturity, and you have to dig them out halfway (after a year) and then replant them in spring of 2nd year? What a bummer.
Also googling for buying bulbils shows no results, and I've only ever seen whole bulbs intended for planting sold at gardening stores, and to very ridiculous prices (3 bulbs for €3 or so)
Can't I just take normal store bought garlic, split off the cloves and plant those instead? Would be much cheaper at least
And I guess now would be still OK to plant them? First frosts are weeks away from what it looks, but it's cool, highs of around 10°C and lows of 5. Put my winter onions into the ground around the same time last year, and they still did well
Also would there be any benefits to seed-starting onions right now instead of the usual late January to mid February?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Oct 2016 23:34:12 No.881774 Report

Quoted By: >>881823

Garlic-guy here,

Turns out buying seed garlic online is hella expensive, can I just grow supermarket garlic?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 00:45:28 No.881823 Report

Quoted By: >>881826

>>881774
Garlic has been so inbred for so long that getting garlic to produce true seeds is next to impossible which is why they're expensive. You can plant cloves though, that's how most garlic is grown now anyway.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 00:50:22 No.881826 Report

Quoted By: >>881849

>>881823
You're the retro-garlic-sexual-again-guy?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 01:25:39 No.881849 Report

Quoted By:

>>881826
yes

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 02:16:45 No.881881 Report

Quoted By:

>>881731
>8a here (German Rhinefag)
sup
indoor pumpkin guy here

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 02:18:50 No.881883 Report

Quoted By:

I'm excited now

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 06:01:39 No.882010 Report

Quoted By: >>882315

>>871685
If you don't have air flow you'll get mold on the surface of the soil.

Also, airflow makes the stems of the plants stronger.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 07:16:31 No.882032 Report

Quoted By:

why did some of the leaves on my sunflower turn black?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 16:03:17 No.882168 Report

Quoted By: >>882207 >>882211

How can I go about planting my own cherry tree?
I'm not a weeb, I swear, I just want some cherries. I'm in Northern California in case the climate is important.

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Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 18:13:04 No.882207 Report

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>>882168
>go to nearest seller
>buy tree
>plant it
???

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 18:18:12 No.882211 Report

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>>882168
>>882168

you can plant the seed directly and wait 2 or 3 years, or get a basal shoot from a tree directly and shorten the waiting time (don't search too near the trunk, cherries sprouts some 3-4 m away from it)
But in this case you have to be careful the tree was not grafted

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 22:21:42 No.882315 Report

Quoted By: >>882359

>>882010
>Also, airflow makes the stems of the plants stronger.
all the flowers fall off my indoor pepper :(

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 23:51:14 No.882359 Report

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>>882315
That's not due to the wind, when they fall this was meant to be really.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Oct 2016 00:44:21 No.882398 Report

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>>880495
>Hope these peppers will ripen so I can make hot sauce before it gets too cold.
Just do what I >>880273 did with my cherry tomatoes

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Anonymous Tue 25 Oct 2016 00:45:42 No.882400 Report

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Whoops, forgot to post the link to the new thread.

>New Thread:

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