2011 Veggies

[bassman999]

DST did u chop off the 1st set of leaves on your avocados?
I didnt , but mine is looking too lanky to me.

 

[bassman999]

ok heres some pics of my coop for free.
its 6 ft long x 4 ft deep. i put a new roof on it to make sure it is water tight, i still need to make it coon and fox proof at night, and now i have to kill a skunk that comes in every night, it sprayed my dog last night. im gonna trap and kill it hopefully soon. it needs to go before i get the chickens. coons and foxes i can scare but i dont like going close to skinks

I hate skunks and possums....good luck!!

 

[billcollector99]

DST did u chop off the 1st set of leaves on your avocados?
I didnt , but mine is looking too lanky to me.

Patience young grasshoppa, its gonna be a Tree some day

 

[bassman999]

Patience young grasshoppa, its gonna be a Tree some day

hopefully while I am still alive...lol
I started a new one too

 

[Toolage 87]

ok heres some pics of my coop for free.
its 6 ft long x 4 ft deep. i put a new roof on it to make sure it is water tight, i still need to make it coon and fox proof at night, and now i have to kill a skunk that comes in every night, it sprayed my dog last night. im gonna trap and kill it hopefully soon. it needs to go before i get the chickens. coons and foxes i can scare but i dont like going close to skinks

Looks very nice McPurple. I'd love to have chickens here but they aren't aloud. Have you setup a wire fence or thought about setting one up?

 

[DST]

Hi bassman, nope, we haven't done anything to the avacados except repott them. They seem to like quite large pots to grow in fyi. I keep complaining to Mrs DST that she is using all my favourite pots for her avacados and I won't get to use them for another 10 years, lol.

DST did u chop off the 1st set of leaves on your avocados?
I didnt , but mine is looking too lanky to me.

 

[mcpurple]

Looks very nice McPurple. I'd love to have chickens here but they aren't aloud. Have you setup a wire fence or thought about setting one up?

im hoing yo make a yard for them so in the day they can come out, i might even let them roam the yard i have not decided yet. but they for sure will have a fenced in part, made of the cheap 2 inch chicken wire, i just need something to keep them in during the day when im gone and dont want them in the coop all day. im thinking i will make the yard a square 10 ft long on each side, i dont need to keep anything out of the fence just the coop at night witch should be easy enough. the animals only come down at late night. i was thinking of just tying in some electricity to the fince and make it all electric so nothing even wants to go over the fence but seems like more power usage that wont be absolutely needed

 

[DST]

Electrics does seem a bit overkill, but then perhaps if it get's too much with wil animals effecting them, you might want to consider it. Do chickens get stressed out and stop laying eggs? Good luck with it mcP.

 

[bassman999]

Hi bassman, nope, we haven't done anything to the avacados except repott them. They seem to like quite large pots to grow in fyi. I keep complaining to Mrs DST that she is using all my favourite pots for her avacados and I won't get to use them for another 10 years, lol.

10 yrs is a long time....
I decided not to water any of the Chili plants for a while as I see another few plants have the necrosis and some yellowing.
I will never use that soil again, it just holds water wayyyy to long!

 

[bassman999]

I havent Googled it, but even if they are not I call my chili plants girls.
Anyway she looks better, not great though. She lost most of her blossoms and has just 2 chilis, but shes still alive.

 

[billcollector99]

Do you give them veg nutes or flowering nutes?

 

[bassman999]

Do you give them veg nutes or flowering nutes?

flower nutes 2 weeks after they started to show flowers. I was actually unsure what to give them. Sometimes plain water for a few days. I give them same nutes as my other plants, that is till I started to add big bud and powder kool bloom. Hmmmm they might be a lil deficient right now come to think of it. I did put humus on top of the soil 2 weeks ago though......

 

[Toolage 87]

I just found out that the herbs in my AeroGarden are hybrid and I was wondering if I took say my lemon basil and pollinated its self will I end up getting the same strain as what I got in the herb kit or no?

 

[bassman999]

Here is my avacado DST.
I am gonna plant more soon.....wow 10 yrs though!!




*EDIT* That Bhut Jolokia is confusing me. At night early morning she looks happy-ish. Afternoon- early night droopy and dead....?
This is going on for 3 days now.

 

[bassman999]

I just found out that the herbs in my AeroGarden are hybrid and I was wondering if I took say my lemon basil and pollinated its self will I end up getting the same strain as what I got in the herb kit or no?

I would think would be the same if it is self pollinating

 

[mcpurple]

Electrics does seem a bit overkill, but then perhaps if it get's too much with wil animals effecting them, you might want to consider it. Do chickens get stressed out and stop laying eggs? Good luck with it mcP.

well im hoping it wont come down to the electric fence, and i dont think it will. i just need to kill the skunk and ill be set.
ans as for the chickens it seems to me they would slow down some, they also slow down in the winter months. ill ask my boss tomorrow and see what they say about stressed chickens

I havent Googled it, but even if they are not I call my chili plants girls.
Anyway she looks better, not great though. She lost most of her blossoms and has just 2 chilis, but shes still alive.

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most peppers are self pollinating but can still get pollinated from others as well.

besides the fact it isnt producing the plant doesn't look to bad man. how cold is it day and night theri, peppers like hotter weather.
on the farm we dry farm them to an extent, this means we starve them of water when they start to flower so they think they have to produce bigger and faster to make youngens for the next year. we do this from the beginning with peppers and toms so that the roots reach real deep to ensure it gets water even though we are not giving to them. we also only use compost at the begging of the season and no feed. our plants right now look like yours but are in the ground, and almost done. it is getting down to low 30's here at night and some frost so theri is a lot of moisture.

my advice is let it dry up and then water mildly. and it also could just be it is to small of a pot for the plant

 

[Toolage 87]

Got a PH question for everyone in here. I know that mj plants require a PH level of 6.5 for soil and 5.8 for hydro but do other plants like herbs , veggies , fruits , house plants and such fallow those PH levels for nute update or is it different?

Thanks for all that helped. I wanna be able to make the PH of stuff for other kinds of things more exact to get the max out of every thing.

 

[DST]

She needs a bigger pot by the looks of things bassman. Remember avacado's are trees so their roots are fukkin mental geez, lol. Really vigirous growing things. That's all I can suggest. They do have a bit of stretch to them but I think you should have more nodes than that by now.

Here is my avacado DST.
I am gonna plant more soon.....wow 10 yrs though!!

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*EDIT* That Bhut Jolokia is confusing me. At night early morning she looks happy-ish. Afternoon- early night droopy and dead....?
This is going on for 3 days now.

 

[DST]

you will find most plants enjoy that PH range, check out composts at gardening centres for more indiciations (or just googley woogley it). Some flowers and specific plants do require lower ph's so it's probably better to check info on each specific strain.

Got a PH question for everyone in here. I know that mj plants require a PH level of 6.5 for soil and 5.8 for hydro but do other plants like herbs , veggies , fruits , house plants and such fallow those PH levels for nute update or is it different?

Thanks for all that helped. I wanna be able to make the PH of stuff for other kinds of things more exact to get the max out of every thing.

 

[Toolage 87]

you will find most plants enjoy that PH range, check out composts at gardening centres for more indiciations (or just googley woogley it). Some flowers and specific plants do require lower ph's so it's probably better to check info on each specific strain.

Ok thanks. I've been using water on just about every plant that has a PH level of around 7.0 since here its almost exactly that year round except for spring runoff time.