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Originally posted by jchung52

I like this one. It also reminds me of my candy-smelly orchid, except mine has a brown look to it and not orange like yours.

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Originally posted by Kellyboop I started growing basil, rosemary and chives on my balcony. The basil is growing so fast I don't know what to do with it! lol A good tip is use seaweed extract once a week when you water the plants. It gives them plenty of strength.

i will be using hydroponic nutrients for mine.

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Originally posted by Intangible On the topic of gardening does any one have any tips on how to protect potted flowers from squirrels? My one pot is completely destroyed

i read somewhere that you should put some human hair in pantyhose at the base of the plant (over the soil) cuz the scent will keep unwanted animals away.

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Originally posted by jchung52 lol my parents have close to 400... parents enter competitions and stuff. have a dedicated green house and sunroom for them. my mom also bought a massive lamp from a police auction that was used to grow marijuana lol some old pics

holy 400? damn!
what kind of light did they get? metal halide or high pressure sodium? how many watts?
and why would they get a light for orchids? generally, orchids dont want direct light because they will burn and root dry out too quickly.

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Originally posted by chinamon i read somewhere that you should put some human hair in pantyhose at the base of the plant (over the soil) cuz the scent will keep unwanted animals away.

lol that sounds creepy

ummmm does anyone want to donate their hair to save my hosta??

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Originally posted by Intangible lol that sounds creepy ummmm does anyone want to donate their hair to save my hosta??

dont you have a hair brush with hairs in it?

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Originally posted by chinamon holy 400? damn! what kind of light did they get? metal halide or high pressure sodium? how many watts? and why would they get a light for orchids? generally, orchids dont want direct light because they will burn and root dry out too quickly.

ya my mom spends like 3-4 hours a day minimum caring for them, then my dad for 2 hrs when he gets home from work. funny thing is they dont even use the light lol.. it was an early purchase before they realized it wasn't needed

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Originally posted by jchung52 ya my mom spends like 3-4 hours a day minimum caring for them, then my dad for 2 hrs when he gets home from work. funny thing is they dont even use the light lol.. it was an early purchase before they realized it wasn't needed

they should sell it. they could get decent money for it depending on the wattage of the ballast... and even more money if it is a digital ballast.

Hey Jay... why are you growing the mega hot peppers? Do you actually have the stomach for them, or are you growing them for culinary bragging rights. I would think that you'd have to use it sparingly in a meal or it would be overwhelming.

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Originally posted by Prometheus Xex Hey Jay... why are you growing the mega hot peppers? Do you actually have the stomach for them, or are you growing them for culinary bragging rights. I would think that you'd have to use it sparingly in a meal or it would be overwhelming.

im just doing it cuz... hmm i really have no reason. i felt like growing something so i decided to grow that. they say that a sliver of naga jolokia is enough to spice up an entire pot of food. i enjoy spicy food so it should be interesting to try.

i just picked up a pack of thai basil from sheridan nurseries to grow hydroponically as well. gonna start them in rockwool right now.

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Originally posted by Intangible lol that sounds creepy ummmm does anyone want to donate their hair to save my hosta??

yeah sure, planning on shaving my back, i'm coming to Toronto soon too, so I'll keep a couple of kilos on the side for you

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Originally posted by chinamon im just doing it cuz... hmm i really have no reason. i felt like growing something so i decided to grow that. they say that a sliver of naga jolokia is enough to spice up an entire pot of food. i enjoy spicy food so it should be interesting to try. i just picked up a pack of thai basil from sheridan nurseries to grow hydroponically as well. gonna start them in rockwool right now.

Looks like by this time next year you'll be putting down the camera and starting a cooking/growing show on CBC!

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Originally posted by Intangible On the topic of gardening does any one have any tips on how to protect potted flowers from squirrels? My one pot is completely destroyed

If you get some wire mesh screen you could put that over the dirt in the pots, then maybe cover the mesh a bit so it doesn't show. Next-door to me a lady is feeding squirrels bags of peanuts in the shell that the squirrels are too full to eat, so they stash them in my pots. They make a big mess scattering the dirt.

BTW my pots have tomatoes, peppers, basil, oregano (pizza!), cilantro (salsa), I just clip the tops and a few leaves for using every few days, I dunno if that's the best way to use herbs or are you supposed to wait until they grow flowers/seeds & get fully-size later on?

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Originally posted by tvmann BTW my pots have tomatoes, peppers, basil, oregano (pizza!), cilantro (salsa), I just clip the tops and a few leaves for using every few days, I dunno if that's the best way to use herbs or are you supposed to wait until they grow flowers/seeds & get fully-size later on?

do not let them grow flowers. many herbs start to lose flavour once flowers start coming in. clip off all buds once you see them so the plant can focus it's energy on vegetation rather than flowering.

on another note, my grow tent just arrived! woot! time to clear up a spot to set it up.

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Originally posted by chinamon do not let them grow flowers. many herbs start to lose flavour once flowers start coming in. clip off all buds once you see them so the plant can focus it's energy on vegetation rather than flowering. on another note, my grow tent just arrived! woot! time to clear up a spot to set it up.

Make sure you take pictures and post them.

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Originally posted by Prometheus Xex Make sure you take pictures and post them.

here is a pic of my grow tent all set up with the grow light
its pretty empty in there right now but will fill up as more seeds start germinating
the plant at the bottom is my Naga Jolokia chili pepper and the thing next to it is a tray (sitting on a stool) containing three rockwool cubes for germinating some thai basil.

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Originally posted by chinamon here is a pic of my grow tent all set up with the grow light its pretty empty in there right now but will fill up as more seeds start germinating the plant at the bottom is my Naga Jolokia chili pepper and the thing next to it is a tray (sitting on a stool) containing three rockwool cubes for germinating some thai basil.

that looks so sketchy

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Originally posted by Yohan that looks so sketchy

lol i actually think its looks pretty neat.

where the hell is Cam? he's the TOTA resident gardener

since buying my house I've become quite the gardener.
Unfortunatley that means mostly clearing out weeds.
Unfortunatley for the weeds today I bought a gas powered stihl weed wacker. muhahahah so overkill I love it

First of all, I have to say EL-OH-EL at Yohan for sending the link to this thread to me via MSN.

Second of all I want those seeds.

Third of all, contary to popular belief, I've never used a hydroponics setup. I've grown hot peppers for years just in a pot and plain ol' sunshine. I also highly recommend picking up a certain fertilizer called Plantprod. You can find it in Crappy Tire or Walmart. They have a few different formulas but there's only two that I use depending on where the plant is in it's life cycle.




I'll use the starter from the time you start getting a few leaves until the plant is about 6 weeks old, usually twice a week increasing the dose a bit every time. This will develop an insanely strong root system which will help greatly with the next step.






Next I use the tomato & vegetable one once a week right up through the rest of the plant's life, only stopping when it's obvious the plant has exausted itself from producing so many peppers and is going to die soon. This stuff is very strong and just a single overdose can kill an otherwise healthy plant. But that becomes more unlikely as the plant grows larger.



This concludes my yearly post, hope all is well.

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Originally posted by Stingray I'll use the starter from the time you start getting a few leaves until the plant is about 6 weeks old, usually twice a week increasing the dose a bit every time. This will develop an insanely strong root system which will help greatly with the next step.

that is really high in phosphorus so wouldnt that be better used during flowering?

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Originally posted by chinamon here is a pic of my grow tent all set up with the grow light its pretty empty in there right now but will fill up as more seeds start germinating the plant at the bottom is my Naga Jolokia chili pepper and the thing next to it is a tray (sitting on a stool) containing three rockwool cubes for germinating some thai basil.

It kinda reminds me of the lounge area in Gallery!

Other than that, it's kinda cool. I didn't know they sold mini indoor greenhouses. Shit I remember years ago when I was living in a townhouse, I had an extra bedroom. I thought it would be cool to germinate seeds, so I set it up in there with grow fluorescent lightning and tables. I even bought a small humidifier and cranked it up and it felt like a greenhouse. All the seeds germinated into nice plants for the spring garden, but there was a problem that creeped up. My fucking walls started growing mold all over them. I didn't expect that. I shut it all down and let everything dry up. When my son was born that became a baby room, so I had to sand the shit off the wall, primed and painted. I thought the drywall would have been ruined, but it dried nicely. After the paint and faux finish, you would never have known what the room was damaged from it's greenhouse days!

updated pics from tonight...

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Originally posted by chinamon

Oh my god Chinamon, it's adorable. Your a daddy! Look, it even has your stones. Only I think it's hung more than you! LOL.

Sorry Jay... I couldn't resist. On a serious side, they look really good. When you getting the new light?

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Originally posted by Prometheus Xex Oh my god Chinamon, it's adorable. Your a daddy! Look, it even has your stones. Only I think it's hung more than you! LOL. Sorry Jay... I couldn't resist. On a serious side, they look really good. When you getting the new light?

haha.
the new light and exhaust fan is sitting at the ups depot right now so it should be here tomorrow. i will have a lot of rewiring to do cuz im going to mount everything (air pump, power bar, ballast) on a peg board and hang it inside. the vortex fan will be hanging on the other side. i will take pics when its all done.

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