POGreen's Grow Log 2014

[Planter]

Blimey! They got more than just a touch of cold.

But, the growth buds look alrightish, with a bit of nursing they may survive. (In my experience, ideal would be keeping them in a warm, but sun-protected spot under glass or foil for a while, just like a seedling again. If you want to bother.)

 

[DGBAMA]

Sorry to see that. It does appear that only leaves were damaged though. Give them a bit of time. When new leaves start, trim offs the damaged ones.

 

[POGreen]

Yeah BAMA , I'm lookin' at doing something like that , my only option I guess .Be patient and see what happens to 'em.
Have you got your plants out in some rich soil ? Or u have to wait a bit longer ?
From what I remember Your plants was lookin soooo good last I saw them.

 

[BigBonner]

POGreen

You still have green buds , I bet they come out and grow . Give it a week and you will know .

Brown Thumb

Looks like dampening off . It will spread like that to healthy plants . That is why it is in a circle working its way out .
Starve the plants of water . Teramaster would be your only help .

The only other thing is the temperature got too hot and scalded them out .

 

[POGreen]

Yehaaaww !

Thanks for the support BB !
I will wait and see.....

 

[POGreen]

And me who almost uploaded a video with Marilyn Monroe singing '' We're having a heatwave , a tropical heatwave'' , describing the good weather we had over Easter , I'm glad I didn't......

 

[POGreen]

I haven't given up on having a crop this year , yet.................For Pete's sake I had an idea earlier this week sayin to me : Start a bunch of new one's , and I did.
Sprouted after 4-5 days and is is from top to bottom , originally Ancient Rustica from Sustainableseedco and one Hungarian variety called Szamozi.
Hope I can cultivate these the rest of May ( have lots of sun ) and transplant in the beginning of June.
Degs in the range of 50-60 with occasional sunshine and some rain , and the frost seems to be gone by now........

 

[Boboro]

Never give up! Insert bird stranglin frog pic. here.

 

[POGreen]

I would like to aks you guys a question , it seems to me that most of you grow your seedlings/plants/seeds under some sort of fluorescent lamps.
Is that just ordinary flourescent lamps OR are they LED/HID-sort of lamps ?
Would like to know , as I might that a try/attempt next year.

 

[Knucklehead]

Last year I tried both aquatic/plant florescent lights and regular florescent lights. I couldn't tell any difference. This year I just went with the regular florescents because they are so inexpensive. I've had no problems out of them. I would like to try the florescent bulbs that Boboro used this year, he turned out some really nice looking seedlings.

 

[POGreen]

Thanks , Knuck , I'll check what his bulbs look like if I can find'em......
Or better , still , would be if he made a comment himself

 

[Knucklehead]

Thanks , Knuck , I'll check what his bulbs look like if I can find'em......
Or better , still , would be if he made a comment himself

Pretty sure it was in his grow blog. I think he said something like T8 daylight bulbs? My memory is not so good.

 

[Boboro]

Yes, T8 day lite bulbs. The T8 bulbs are a little skinner then the older ones. the old ones are just as good as long. as thir freash. Bulbs with a lot of hours on them will not work well.

 

[POGreen]

Thanks Boboro !

That'll be somethin for next years cultivation , but as of now I'm trying it out a bit under the bulbs in the kitchen and by the sink.
Don't know what sort of bulbs they are ( but I'll check in to it ) and I think have more to give compared to havin' them by the window........50 and cloudy sky + rain
Was out and looked at my lots and it was'nt much to look at.........cold temps for quite some time now and on top of that the snails had been munching on'em aswell , some of them was completely gone.



= fläskkött is the same as PORK

 

[Brown Thumb]

Dang you are Brave, looks like they are ready to fall.
Steady now.

 

[AmaxB]

I like the last photo best
bout the patch that just SUCKS, I had never noticed the snails until I grew Tobacco.....

 

[POGreen]

Amax : Same here , hardly knew they excisted at all.....

BT : Does it look that brave ?
How 'bout this one then........ 2 papertowels on top of each other an then a notepad on them ?

 

[Knucklehead]

I think you have fixtures like mine. I bought 2 ft. undercabinet light fixtures to use for my plants. I think they were $8.00 each including the bulb, and they came wired with the plug. Of course, I take my lights to the plants instead of the other way around. I'm getting a pretty good idea where the term Swedish Meatball came from. LOL

 

[AmaxB]

If you can sprinkle some snail pellets around, I used them last year and hardly seen a snail afterwards.

 

[POGreen]

I did that too , think I bought some 10 Ibs of thoose type Sluggo pellets from Germany ( a hole lot cheaper than here )
The rain did them useless and some birds thought they were candy , had to pay with their lives for that thought......
It looks as if the new lot will be in sand , on a sort of a beach much closer to where I live and there is no snails on the beach......
I'll use chickenchit as fertilizer and have a small creek close by ( 20 feet ) from where I can take water.
The idea is to make hole in the sand , then make a much smaller hole inside that hole with a pipe and pour the pelleted chickenchit in that hole.After that I place the plant on top of that.
You could grow in sand as long as u have nutrition down below.

We call it West Beach

Its the one right there in the middle
On the left side and u see the creek on the left side.....