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« Reply #100 on: May 23, 2011, 02:29 PM »
Over the past week we have had 35 to 45 mph winds and all my veg has taken a hiding some should survive, it's the way she goes  :beermug:
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« Reply #101 on: May 23, 2011, 04:04 PM »
Oh yeah. Got a closet and alternate between a 450 watt metal halide and a 600 watt HPS. The HPS is blue-spectrum and mimics late spring-early summer light and the MH is red-spectrum and looks more like an Indian Summer sun. We try to do as much of a simulation of natural light as possible. The daughter, aged 17, moved out so her bedroom is now the clone/veg chamber where we use flouros 24 hours a day. We use dirt, no dro, but the nutrients in our soil are so close to a dro solution formula that we use the food normally used for hydroponic.

We are just moving into 12-12 on our first reveg experiment. We added in four seedlings that looked promising but a week into 12-12 we have already found two males among those. WWRD?
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« Reply #102 on: May 23, 2011, 08:34 PM »
About 2 bushels of nectarines golfball sized.  Why aren't they tennisballs?  Who the fuck knows?  No chemicals, beyond a hornet nest I spayed near by.  Good stuff just diminutive. :lol:  Smaller word will also suffice. :lol:
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« Reply #103 on: May 24, 2011, 08:06 AM »
Sh1tAbyss

 A small green house would be cheaper in the long run. You don't turn enough air in the house,  an attic fan in the room would work if you have to grow there.
Good luck and be safe.
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« Reply #104 on: May 26, 2011, 07:31 AM »
We've actually considered that, but space is at a premium in our house and yard. My yard is literally about the size of a largish "galley"-shaped kitchen, and our property is wedged at the end of a right-of-way between two neighbors whose houses are both fewer than fifteen feet away from our own. But yeah, ventilation and circulation are a huge hassle, because our basement has no windows. In the winter the air down there is bone-dry, and in the spring/summer it gets so damp that we have to be constantly vigilant for mold.

An update on our current grow: ALL FOUR SEEDLINGS ARE MALE! What a bummer. I keep telling my husband that we need to go with clones but he has this fixation on starting seeds. We've been doing this for about twelve years now and we've achieved a certain level of sophistication through the good old "denial and error" process, so honestly, I fail to see the point of this insistence on relying on bag seed. Oh, well, at least the regenerated females are all doing well.
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« Reply #105 on: May 26, 2011, 05:27 PM »
just put my tomatoes out,corn was planted three days ago,some ghost peppers,and thai chili peppers were put out today also.spinach is coming along pretty well..ilove this time of year.
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« Reply #106 on: Jun 07, 2011, 06:18 PM »
I'm amazed to learn I have a tomato vine with ripe tomatoes on it.  I didn't plant it.  It grew with no cultivation of any kind.  A year ago an old oak tree fell in my yard, and I have a large stack of logs from it near my back fence.  The tomatoes were growing behind the logs.  13 months ago I ran my mower over that very spot just before the tree came down.  Bizarre!  :shock:  Can't even guess how, but dee-lish.
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« Reply #107 on: Jun 22, 2011, 03:48 PM »
Quote from: cinthb on Jun 07, 2011, 06:18 PM
I'm amazed to learn I have a tomato vine with ripe tomatoes on it.  I didn't plant it.  It grew with no cultivation of any kind.  A year ago an old oak tree fell in my yard, and I have a large stack of logs from it near my back fence.  The tomatoes were growing behind the logs.  13 months ago I ran my mower over that very spot just before the tree came down.  Bizarre!  :shock:  Can't even guess how, but dee-lish.
What an awesome surprise!  :)

Our garden should FINALLY have tomatoes here in a couple weeks!  I'm jonesin' to make some home-made salsa made out of fresh veggies from the garden...  YUM!
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« Reply #108 on: Jun 22, 2011, 05:43 PM »
so a quick update..i have four roma tomato plants going (roma is a paste tomato).about thirty corn plants going,about fifty garlic plants up and running.my pepper plants got zapped by a frost on june 3rd!..i have another round of pepper seeds germinating.
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« Reply #109 on: Jun 22, 2011, 06:01 PM »
London update due to strong winds and heavy rain over the past three weeks runner beans have been ripped to bits and whats left is covered in black fly beetroot all leaves have rotted tomatos are the size of peas and wont get any bigger peas wont grow at all only the brussel sprouts are growing good and at least another week of bad weather forcast
hope you people have better luck and weather  :beermug:
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« Reply #110 on: Jun 23, 2011, 07:45 AM »
I've just moved house so my new garden is empty (apart from a bunch of weeds). I don't know if I'm too late to start planting anything now?
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« Reply #111 on: Jun 24, 2011, 03:52 PM »
tiggs (i hope that nickname is ok) you can pant a "fall crop" of quick growing plants..spinach and broccoli come to mind.i don't know if you like those or not. but that is the best i can do at the moment.
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« Reply #112 on: Jun 24, 2011, 04:32 PM »
Radishes will still grow, too.
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« Reply #113 on: Jul 26, 2011, 04:43 PM »
pulled my garlic out today,and started my broccoli and spinach for the fall crop..it should be ready in sept sometime.
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« Reply #114 on: Jul 28, 2011, 01:20 PM »
runner beans and peas did not recover from strong wind and heavy rain dug them up yesterday I have loads of tomatoes that won't ripen brussel sprout plants near 3ft tall now mother say's the beatroot is beautiful got a plant catalogue yesterday but will stick to the veg might dig out some shrubs for more room, hope your having more luck people  :beermug:
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« Reply #115 on: Sep 08, 2011, 03:47 PM »
Temps average 15c had a lot of rain over the last week Tomato's started to go rotten so got rid of them today, only about 8 beetroot left not looking to good, sprouts comming along great I am at war with snails but they don't like copper wire Haha
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« Reply #116 on: Oct 24, 2011, 04:42 PM »
garlic is planted for next year covered with about a foot(30cm) of leaves...had a decent garden this year nothing spectacular.but good overall.
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« Reply #117 on: Oct 25, 2011, 05:48 AM »
Had my first crop of sprouts last week and they tasted great still have 8 plants growing will start digging garden over in the next couple of weeks  :beermug:
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« Reply #118 on: Oct 26, 2011, 06:05 AM »
I planted some late tomatoes that would not go red, so I found a recipe for fried green tomatoes, battered those puppies and they were fantastic. To me, the thought of them was a bit sickening, but I'm tellin' ya, they were really good. Gonna fry up some more over the weekend.
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« Reply #119 on: Oct 26, 2011, 08:32 AM »
Fried green tomatoes are the bomb!!! Do you dip them in egg and then a flour/cornmeal combo? That's how I do mine. They also go well with a chipotle dip.
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« Reply #120 on: Dec 01, 2011, 08:05 AM »
Did the garden today ready for next year's veg what ever I decide to grow  :beermug:
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« Reply #121 on: Dec 01, 2011, 08:47 AM »
I've decided to go hardcore on herbs next year (and no, not that kind of herb...)
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« Reply #122 on: Dec 01, 2011, 01:51 PM »
My tomatoes were all FAIL this year. Got a few good ones but nothing like prior years :(
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« Reply #123 on: Jan 13, 2012, 08:47 AM »
Seed,bulb and plant 2012 catalogue just arived  :beermug:
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« Reply #124 on: Jan 16, 2012, 01:28 PM »
I tried growing a weed plant once and it was a disaster. I do better with mini roses  :D
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