Anyone Truly Love Working with Plants [not mj]

I love plants. They have the ability to do so much with so little. water food light and air. so simple yet so complex. watching daily growth is truly amazing. I love being in a garden. Surrounded by vibrant colors and lush greenery. The smell of fresh air. If anyone just loves the peace they get from working the garden and taking care of your babies then lets talk. Go plant a seed. No matter what it is and enjoy seeing your work come to life and eventually pay off. The world needs more trees and flowers and greenery. Not more concrete. BE FREE. BE HAPPY. BE HEALTHY.

can't i be high as well? jk. yeah everyone here loves the garden.

I'm into bonsai and collecting unique plants if that counts, I'd like to try yamadori at some point but I haven't really learned how to take cuttings of trees properly. I actually have a small diy DWC going with kitchen herbs in it right now. I have a few carnivorous plants, ivys and cacti too. I think it's challenging and a rewarding hobby. I'm also working on peppers and tomatoes right now under T5's. My entire family room is filled with plants, no one complains though, it breathes life into the room (literally).

I like to fill the corners of tents and empty spaces with chilis, kiwis, orange trees (dwarf) and recently started lettuce....MMMM fresh salad in winter! lol then in my vegi garden outside I fill empty spaces with autos lol.

I love every thing that has to do with growing my own food. Its just some thing that calms me down and makes me happy to see the stuff I eat and such grow before my eyes.

Before I started to grow cannabis, I always assumed I had a 'brown thumb' did'nt give myself any credit. Now that I have found I am pretty darn good at I love it. As far as other plants...I would but I have a small place and I don't want any bugs that may be attracted to my babies around.

im lazy and not entirely fond of taking care of plants,nature usually does.. (though i feel terrible if i miss a watering and i dont like feeling terrible lol )

but the peace i get from having them around is priceless (i live in iceland too, if i didnt have houseplants, i wouldnt see any green except in our brief summer (which sucks, (apart from the skiing and stuff )

i feel their presence and they feel like a living being.

become part of the family really. (i love that my benjamin ficus (rather large, sorta largest version of a sorta bonsai) might just stay around all my life, if i take care of him.)

hehehe, also like to reveg my mj plants, keep them around as long as they want to live (havent gone beyond 4 revegs though, become rather too tall then. (usually get bigger and better buds on each turn though (i get to know the plants better)

Absolutely nothing like watching things grow.

Also, there is nothing like the satisfaction you get from smoking your own stuff, cooking and eating the food you grew, and washing it down with some of the homebrew.

^ Ahh, the pleasures of life. ^
Live off the land, fool.

For me growing any thing is kinda addictive. I grow luck bamboo and that stuff for me grows really fast. I have gotten 4 new lucky bamboo plants off of 1 stalk under 1 year. Its even nicer to grow herbs, fruits, veggies and such out and be able to clone them and sell them to make a little extra money and have the joy of sharing mint that you grew with other people or even basil and such.

Living off the land can be very easy. If you have the room for a green house then use that. If you have room for a garden then do that. If you can grow inside to heck do that to. If you get a lot of wind or sun or live right beside a creek or river make your own power and you'll have a way different feeling for growing your own food with it.

I would be soooo content if I never had to go to a supermarket again.

PIPBoy2000 said:

I would be soooo content if I never had to go to a supermarket again.

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Same here. That is my goal to try to do except to pick up seeds for the garden here and there.

Having Christmas in the rear view mirror means it's time to start the 2012 garden seeds! When I was younger, traveled extensively for work, so gardening wasn't part of life. When I wasn't a road warrior anymore, found out how pleasant it was to watch things grow. Still not as diligent as necessary to rely on the garden for all my food, but it's great to grow a few of my favorites, along with my medical garden. Also makes it less obvious.

Went through my state's Master Gardener program a few years ago (do it!), and found out how rewarding it is to start seeds, especially in the cold nasty months. From starting basic veggies, branched out into trying to start the most difficult plants. Got the 2012 seed catalogs last week and will be ordering this year's challenges soon. Here's a great place to order quality seeds. Their printed catalog is fantastic! www.rareseeds.com.

The plus to the pleasures of seed starting is all the practice I've gotten starting lavenders, carnations, lupine, lemongrass, etc. make starting cannabis seeds and cloning easy!

merkzilla said:

I'm into bonsai and collecting unique plants if that counts, I'd like to try yamadori at some point but I haven't really learned how to take cuttings of trees properly. I actually have a small diy DWC going with kitchen herbs in it right now. I have a few carnivorous plants, ivys and cacti too. I think it's challenging and a rewarding hobby. I'm also working on peppers and tomatoes right now under T5's. My entire family room is filled with plants, no one complains though, it breathes life into the room (literally).

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Cuttings of trees is not hard, but complicated! It comes down to time of year, carbon/nitrogen ratio (hardwood, softwood, herbaceous), and lot of the right ratios of auxin. I have a bunch of information on propagation, if you have any trees in particular you'd like to try let me know, I can go through my propagation journal.

Yeah i love my garden in the spring/summer. I spend about 6-8 hours every sunday not at church but "doing the lawn." Plus my green house (not for MJ) in the back with all my veggies and frutis... Damn this snowy day!

jewgrow said:

Cuttings of trees is not hard, but complicated! It comes down to time of year, carbon/nitrogen ratio (hardwood, softwood, herbaceous), and lot of the right ratios of auxin. I have a bunch of information on propagation, if you have any trees in particular you'd like to try let me know, I can go through my propagation journal.

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That would be awesome actually, I've tried taking cuttings but I'm not particularly confident. Any information on taking cuttings from magnolias? I have one of some significance and would love to be able to maintain a few cuttings in case I move or just to bonsai.

If it something particularly hard to take a cutting from, say a fruit tree, try an airlayer - they work better.

I have always had a garden in my yard but the most fun I ever had was when my wife was running a day care in the house. When I planted in the spring I would bring the kids out and give each one a section of garden and seeds and plants. The first thing those kids wanted when they came here was to check their plants! They would give their moms a report when they got picked up. When they started bringing home fresh lettuces and cucumbers and tomatoes it was amazing. They grew their own pumpkins for Halloween. I'm sure I started some fine future gardeners

Awesome, WWDave, just awesome.
You have to show them while they're young that they can still live off the land. Also - the land is where everything comes from.

merkzilla said:

That would be awesome actually, I've tried taking cuttings but I'm not particularly confident. Any information on taking cuttings from magnolias? I have one of some significance and would love to be able to maintain a few cuttings in case I move or just to bonsai.

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PIPBoy is right, I checked my journal and I actually grafted the magnolias, I can post that up for you? I did it in a greenhouse in a grafting tent. You're better off doing some air-layering. http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/extension/ornamentals/airlayer/airlayer.html

I have told many people that I grow for growing. I find it relaxing, stimulating and ya I get smoke. Some people have pets, I have plants.