2011 Veggies

FrostickZero said:

oh. Thanks. I am growing things indoor with 24/0 lighting so I wasn't sure if I had to change their light time to get things to produce fruits or not.

McPurple I'm sorry for taking over your thread just couldn't find the info that I needed to know and the topic was happening here.

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dont worry about it man, thread is open to all.

what type of ph meter do you have?

mcpurple said:

dont worry about it man, thread is open to all.

what type of ph meter do you have?

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I have the Eco Testr PH1

dont know if it came with instructions on how to calibrate but here is a link for it

http://www.eutechinst.com/manuals/english/ecotestr_pH1_r1.pdf

ive been looking all over for some giant sunflower seeds and cant find them so last night i ordered a 25 pack of kong hybrid. supposed to be able to hit 14 ft tall. some reviews claim they ht 17. i hope i can hit at least 10. http://www.burpee.com/flowers/sunflowers/sunflower-kong-hybrid-prod000394.html?catId=cat70016

they had some other tall varieties but i like the single giant flower. as soon as they arrive i am gonna start them indoors

i got a bunch of free straw berries today. lady said that they bloom twice a year, one time now and another in june. i got about 20. i planted 4-5 plants in 2 3 gallon pots. the rest were small starts and i put them in a 4 incher.

finished my trench and it is now ready to be filled with good dirt so i can have big sunflowers.

also plants are staying outside in the GH tonight and maybe for the next week while it is supposed to be decant

Nice score on all those strawberries mcpurple, and I've never heard of sunflowers getting that big, I'd love to have a go at growing something like that aswell, cant wait to see how they turn out for you.

i planted some "gigantaeus"; the package says they top out at 13-14 ft and the flower gets to be 11- 14 inches... if this is true i'm getting lots of BIG sunflower seeds.

(the brand on the package is "west coast seeds").

some super healthy strawberries in that big pot! lots of flowers and strawberries to come!

Nice stuff Mcp, sunflowers do indeed get huge. I am sure I have a pic of one that grew out of the pavement (sidewalk) here in Amsterdam. WIll try and find it, it's a cool thing to behold.

Very nice strawberry score McPurple. I'd love to have some of those strains. =D

Every thing looks good. i wish i had a larger variety but i did add some hobaneros and cumbers. I walked outside one day to find 3 cucumber sprouts then i realized that they came from last years crop. last year some birds picked at a few veggies so i just left them there to compost but i guess mother-nature decided to let the seeds grow. I have also found a few tomato sprouts . maybe next year ill just grow the plants that sprout hahah/.

now that would be a proper natural garden.

RyanTheRhino said:

Every thing looks good. i wish i had a larger variety but i did add some hobaneros and cumbers. I walked outside one day to find 3 cucumber sprouts then i realized that they came from last years crop. last year some birds picked at a few veggies so i just left them there to compost but i guess mother-nature decided to let the seeds grow. I have also found a few tomato sprouts . maybe next year ill just grow the plants that sprout hahah/.

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littlegrower2004 said:

some super healthy strawberries in that big pot! lots of flowers and strawberries to come!

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thanks LG. and ya the healthy ones are the ones i have had for a few years now, the new ones i got dont look great but here in a week or so they should be much more happy with life

RyanTheRhino said:

Every thing looks good. i wish i had a larger variety but i did add some hobaneros and cumbers. I walked outside one day to find 3 cucumber sprouts then i realized that they came from last years crop. last year some birds picked at a few veggies so i just left them there to compost but i guess mother-nature decided to let the seeds grow. I have also found a few tomato sprouts . maybe next year ill just grow the plants that sprout hahah/.

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sounds like a good plan man. thats how my grand parents do it. they live in 3 buses that they converted to homes on theri own property and use nothing but natural resources, river for water, ground for food, solar lights for lighting, they pretty much took it the hole 10 yards. the way they get plants to grow is just like you accidently did they purposely leave all the plants theri and some of the harvest and mix it all up so it kinda starts to decompose a bit and then the next year hundreds plants pop up.

i think i should have some stuff popping up soon from last year. i know i had radishes sprouting all winter cuz i let them go to seed and drop them, next thing i know they are sprouting every where even in the freezing weather we had.

Hey veg heads, talking of things poppin up...i left some brocolli out over the winter and it has now gone into flower...check:



The strawberries had to get sprayed, a few extremely bright Red dots detected on them...thought they were prob mites. They seem happy though (the plants - not the mites, hahaha)


My Romanse Brocolli yins


Pumpkins are growing wild man.


As are the Peas, cane in place, going to hang some net probably from the roof of the greenhouse for these...still working on what to do best..any suggestions welcome.


And last but not least, one of my Faves, our Japanse Azaleas...getting into bloom now.


Peace, DST

i like the japanse Azalea.
are you gonna collect the seeds from the broccoli plant?
your pics of your stuff make my pics look like such shit, but its cool i just need a better cam beside my phone.

i found a flower on a squash plant today. i dont know why except maybe the lighting i had them on. they were only getting like 12 hours of indoor light. my stoner ass didnt realize this till now. so when they are indoors i have a timer now on 18/6.

i also left the veggies in the gh last night. it got down to about 40. and this morning all the plants looked fine except like 6 peppers, they look like they were froze some how, they were fine tilll the sun shown on them then they got all droopy. maybe they will per up by the end of the day i hope

Not sure about the seeds, I guess I could do. I was actually thinking about it earlier and wondered how it would work with the seeds. I guess unlike MJ the flowers self pollinate. With the flower on your squash, will that not turn into a fruit? or do you want to grow the plant more before it goes inot fruit.

DST said:

Not sure about the seeds, I guess I could do. I was actually thinking about it earlier and wondered how it would work with the seeds. I guess unlike MJ the flowers self pollinate. With the flower on your squash, will that not turn into a fruit? or do you want to grow the plant more before it goes inot fruit.

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i know some veggies self pollinate and i think a few dont.

and the flower will try to turn into a fruit if it opens (witch by tomorrow i think it will be) but i dont want it to cuz they are still small but all well, im gonna leave it on and let what happens happen.

looking great DST! are all your plants in coco? using the same nutes as your mj?

Any tips for germing pepper seeds??? Im about to say screw it and by established plants already.

Is there an advantage/disadvantage from growing from seed, or buying them from the nursery already grown?

im on the same page as you bill. my peppers and chiles didnt make it so i may try inside or just buy some.