2011 Veggies

Its all about that ~~~504~~~

Man that snake looks pretty big haha they are good for sure! Sound like a wonderful circle of life you got goin on. Sorry to hear about the pineapple, maybe the temps in the bubble cloner were too high and/or it was leaking light into the water and growing brown algae.
I lived in chicago for several years, I want to go back for a visit but im way to busy.

Things sound good in your part bro good to hear.

no man not at all, shit i wish i could find them for that cheap, all mine were from .99-3 bucks a pack, i also buy organic seeds though so they cost a bit more. they might be so cheap if they are out of date, but i used alot of seeds this year that were out of date from last year and they all sprouted fine.
i say you got a nice deal.
im glad theri are some many of us doing gardens this year, i felt lonely last year doing mine.
its never bad to learn how to be self sufficient

i have no clue about spider plants except how neat they look! looks like your new ones have a different color pattern, such that the new ones are green in the middle of the leaves and the other is tan in the middle. awesome snake as well, would be pretty could cool to see that and the babies all over the place. been to chi town but aint from there.

whodatnation said:

Its all about that ~~~504~~~

Man that snake looks pretty big haha they are good for sure! Sound like a wonderful circle of life you got goin on. Sorry to hear about the pineapple, maybe the temps in the bubble cloner were too high and/or it was leaking light into the water and growing brown algae.
I lived in chicago for several years, I want to go back for a visit but im way to busy.

Things sound good in your part bro good to hear.

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ya he or she was a nice sized snake, i tried to catch it but it was in a thorny bush and i did not want to harm it. and ya a great circle of life so far. and i am not to worried about the pine apple i will get one to root sometime. my temps in the cloner were probably to low if anything, it felt about room temp witch is about 65-70. is that to high or low? and i dont know if theri was light getting inside but i will check now that you say something. i did not see nay algae though all though the stem was brown.

in a bubble cloner is it supposed to be submerged or right above the water. i have heard that both work, but i asked baja cuz he gets great roots on his plants and he submerges them a bit in the water. what is your take on it?

i defiantly dont think i would want to live in chicago cuz i like the country and not huge cities, i like to visit them though.
the reason im flying out theri is cuz my sister is graduating her basic training for the navy. im looking to have a good time there. here in the next year or so i will get to go see her in florida, she is going to A school for 2 years theri. ive always wanted to go to florida, and now i finally get to go.

and ya things are going good ATM.

also i dont know if i mentioned this but i am going to be a father as well and it has really already gave me a whole new perspective on life, im a bit young for a kid still and wish i was more on my own 2 feet but maybe having a kid will motivate me even more to succeed in life.

littlegrower2004 said:

i have no clue about spider plants except how neat they look! looks like your new ones have a different color pattern, such that the new ones are green in the middle of the leaves and the other is tan in the middle. awesome snake as well, would be pretty could cool to see that and the babies all over the place. been to chi town but aint from there.

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ya i looked it up and i guess theri is 7 types of the plant but they are kinda the same just with different leaf patterns like you said. i think i got 2 types now. i am also gonna be getting more philodendrons soon for free, i just have to root these ones.

Planting a pineapple

Pineapple is grown from planting material supplied by the plant itself. Use the crown (the leafy top) of the fruit you purchased at your grocery store. Later, your plant will produce other planting material. (More about this later.)
Preparing a crown

Remove the crown from your pineapple by twisting or cutting it off. Any adhering flesh should be trimmed off its base, or it might rot after planting. After trimming, cut the bottom of the crown (its stem) until you see root buds, which are small round structures visible around the perimeter of the stem base. Remove as little tissue as possible to avoid cutting into young stem tissue. To make planting easier, you can also strip off some of the lower leaves, exposing up to about three-fourths of an inch of the base of the crown. The small brown-colored bumps below the leaf scars are root primordia (the beginnings of roots) and there may even be a few short roots at the base if the crown.
After trimming and stripping, place the crown upside down in a dry, shaded place for about a week (5 to 7 days) before planting. This will permit the cut end and the leaf scars to heal and prevent rot.

Planting

The easiest way to grow a pineapple is in soil. Use a good light garden soil, mixing in up to 30 per cent well-composted organic matter. A commercial potting soil will also work well and will assure a disease-free potting medium.
Start your pineapple in an 8-inch porous red clay pot. Later, when it outgrows this, transplant it to a 12-inch pot, the largest size you will need. Plastic posts can also be used, but extra care needs to be taken to be sure adequate drainage is provided and plants are not overwatered.

Be sure there is good drainage since pineapples do not like "wet feet." Provide drainage by placing a curved piece of broken pot over the hole in the bottom of the pot. Over this, add about a half an inch (1 centimeter) of coarse qravel. Then add your soil.

Tamp the soil firmly around the base of the crown at planting. Avoid getting soil into the central leaves of the crown. It is possible to start, and even grow your pineapple in water, but nutrients -- which can be purchased at a gardening store -- must be added. Ask for a hydroponic fertilizer, a soluble mix that contains all of the essential plant nutrients, and follow directions for shrubs.

thanks man, i think that is the same guide i have been using, im just trying to root it ina bubble cloner, and i had one ina cup of water that rotted even faster, maybe i did not let it scar over long enough.

wow MC! congrats on being a father soon. pretty gnarly for sure being so young.

Oh and I got the seeds from walmart of all places, lol. They had a bunch of other stuff too, but i didnt wanna get carried away and blow my check, lol.

man i wish our wall mart had them that cheap.

i anted to make my beds a bit bigger so i decide to add a natural wood bed added on in the middle. i will post pics when it is finished, i got to go down to the river and machete a bunch of straight saplings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bdeizHM9OU

in the link is a pretty cool song with a tite beat.
i cant understand it all, but i like it much more then main stream bullshit.
check it out

the news last night said it was not supposed to get below 45 and guess what it hit 30. i had all my plants in the green house and i left it cracked thinking it would be warmer but then it ended up getting down to 30 last night. i woke up and checked on them and they were wilted pretty bad. they are still alive and standing on theri own so i am sure they will recover but it sucks, they look like shit right now IMO, but i knwo they will recover. so as for now they are back indoors under the cfl.
heres a pic to show what they look like

Sorry to hear that bro, shitty. Hope they recover ok and spring back. I did a little gardening myself today, Got an artichoke plant, some mums, impatiens, and celosia and redid the front planter of my house.


Pic 3 has the Artichoke in it, the purple one is the mum, and along side it are the celosia and impatiens

ya im sure they will survive, i figure if they made ot through the whole day they should live.

nice looking flowers you picked up, i want to get some but i still got to get a bit more dirt and a few other things 1st.

that artichoke plant is gonna get big and possibly shade the flowers.
dont know if you knew that or not.
my artichoke are still tiny babies, i plan on keeping 1 or 2 in a pot so i can move them if needed and keep them in a GH in the winter so they wont die. they will produce the 1st year but i have read that they produce best the following years after the 1st

mcpurple said:

ya im sure they will survive, i figure if they made ot through the whole day they should live.

nice looking flowers you picked up, i want to get some but i still got to get a bit more dirt and a few other things 1st.

that artichoke plant is gonna get big and possibly shade the flowers.
dont know if you knew that or not.
my artichoke are still tiny babies, i plan on keeping 1 or 2 in a pot so i can move them if needed and keep them in a GH in the winter so they wont die. they will produce the 1st year but i have read that they produce best the following years after the 1st

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Recommended sun is 3-6 hours a day, so i figured that was the best spot. They should be getting plenty sun regardless as the planter faces the east.

I got something you might find useful.

http://www.motherearthnews.com/garden-planner/vegetable-garden-planner.aspx

mcpurple said:

no man not at all, shit i wish i could find them for that cheap, all mine were from .99-3 bucks a pack, i also buy organic seeds though so they cost a bit more. they might be so cheap if they are out of date, but i used alot of seeds this year that were out of date from last year and they all sprouted fine.
i say you got a nice deal.
im glad theri are some many of us doing gardens this year, i felt lonely last year doing mine.
its never bad to learn how to be self sufficient

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that's a real good thing, being self sufficient

Hey Mcp, homedepot has pineapple plants in stock

we dont have home depot around here, we have diomand but thats about it. i know a city about 30 miles away has one though so maybe i will check theri.

thanks for the heads up and sweet link for the veggie planner