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KBG1977
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POWAtrippin said: Not that i am trying to brag, but i can hit you up with pics of my outdoor garden tomorrow if you like! All that is indoor is my cacti. My night time temps wont be absurdly cold for another month or so. Outdoors i have poppies, brocoli (the fractal kind ), peas, radish, beet, tangerine (getting really ripe about now), buddhas hand citron, onion, passion fruit, blackberry, strawberry, spearmint, oregano, and artichokes.... the artichokes are getting fucked over a little tho
I'm waiting...............
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POWAtrippin
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Re: Indoor Garden [Re: KBG1977]
#19297478 - 12/19/13 10:42 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Romanesco Broccoli

Garlic and snow peas, and if you look next to the railroad ties you can see some earth has been moving around. I found a partial track which looked a lot like raccoon. I am unsure how I will be dealing with the uninvited guest as of right now. Probably will need to be investing in a live trap...

Champion and French Breakfast Radish sprouts.

Poppies are coming up, I just did another planting of them. (can't tell you why the bottom of the picture is doing that...)

little white onion sprouts, sorry for the shakey img but it was starting to rain and i was like ERMAGERD!

buddha's hand citron bloom

tangerines getting pretty ripe
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KBG1977
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Wow man,you are so lucky to be able to grow outdoors! I can't put anything out at least until the second week of April here You got a nice little variety there too,and I love this pic
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spaceman101
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Awesome garden KBG, I hope someday to have one of my own like that
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KBG1977
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spaceman101 said: Awesome garden KBG, I hope someday to have one of my own like that
Thanks kind sir,and what are you waiting for!
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POWAtrippin
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Re: Indoor Garden [Re: KBG1977]
#19297967 - 12/19/13 01:10 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yea I need to transplant that tree. I can't seem to pin point the real issue with why its looking like that and blooming profusely. The PH is correct and I use the same nute mix with the tangerine and the tangerine is fine. It puts on like 100 blooms, most of them drop but still yields some fruit.
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KBG1977
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You got a pic of the whole tree?
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Pretty damn cool! I always seem to have the worst time getting poppies to grow 
And those tangerines look fucking delicious
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ferrel_human
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Re: Indoor Garden [Re: KBG1977]
#19298483 - 12/19/13 03:23 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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KBG1977 said: Also,never listen to a woman ferrel
Best advice ever.
-------------------- Nature is my church and walking through it is gospel. It tells no lies and reveals all to those who look, and listen, closely. -Karode
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KBG1977
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ferrel_human said:
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KBG1977 said: Also,never listen to a woman ferrel
Best advice ever. 
I know,I've learned my lesson many times
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kykeion
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Jealous of those citrus trees POWA. I'd love to grow me some citrus, just don't know what I'd do with in the winter. If I ever get my greenhouse dialed in (still drops into the 30's at night in there) I suppose I could toss 'em in there.
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KBG1977
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Re: Indoor Garden [Re: kykeion]
#19298523 - 12/19/13 03:32 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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My room mate has three big sized Lemon trees growing in pots from seed.I wish she'd let me trim em up a bit,but anyway you leave em out in the summer,then bring em in in the winter.They will never make fruit though
Edited by KBG1977 (12/19/13 03:33 PM)
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Horizon
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Re: Indoor Garden [Re: KBG1977]
#19300018 - 12/19/13 08:59 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Nice collection I will post a few pictures of my indoor cacti if I have time tomorrow.
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KBG1977
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Re: Indoor Garden [Re: Horizon]
#19300461 - 12/19/13 10:52 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Horizon said: Nice collection I will post a few pictures of my indoor cacti if I have time tomorrow.
Right on!
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KBG1977
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Re: Indoor Garden [Re: KBG1977]
#19302935 - 12/20/13 01:30 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Here are my roommates Lemon trees.They hardly get any good light,but still look fairly decent.I notice what looks to be a tent caterpillar nest on one,which I'm about to dispose of ASAP!


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Magicman69
All About the Benjamins



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Re: Indoor Garden [Re: KBG1977]
#19302961 - 12/20/13 01:38 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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OP, How much did your grow light setup cost? Since I don't currently have a yard to put my cacti outside, they are by a window. I'm thinking about buying some grow lights to add the amount of light they get. What would you recommend that's not super big or expensive, but will help accelerate growth?
Edited by Magicman69 (12/20/13 01:41 PM)
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intelligentlife
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Magicman69 said: OP, How much did your grow light setup cost? Since I don't currently have a yard to put my cacti outside, they are by a window. I'm thinking about buying some grow lights to add the amount of light they get. What would you recommend that's not super big or expensive, but will help accelerate growth?
With windowsill where cactus can get occasional strong Morning sun or mid-day sun, you can use easily and decorate way these long fluoro tubes hanging above window.
They are not perfect but combined to light of windowsill, they'r better than no lights at all.
Also these long fluoro tubes are very low cost and nice in house if they'r installed above windowsill. If you'r cacti have sun from window as well as with ambient lights fluoro bulb will give some more.
One example is I notice with columnars: they doesn't starts to grow so much towards the window if they have even some "white color" fluoro lights above them, so yes.. fluoros are only good to boost up windowsill light or lighting to 1-2yo cacti.
But a windowsill makes things very different, fluoro is just good extra and they are long living and give pleasuring ambient light to room same time.
IF you want cheap, good, regular and something fits in to your decoration, obtain some long fluoro tubes hanging above your windowsill somewhere 5-10inch away from cacti plants.
Fluoros are good with extra light, they are not so strong enough the disturbs any people.
I have basically noticed any windowsill comes very good and cactus grow nice from small boost of cheap lights. But plants will need really few hours of occasional direct sun also, fluoros are just good to add some more light to plants at windowsill, most of the light source are still sun.
I have only good experiences with growing lights and windowsill combinated. Because my climate, cacti are mostly indoor hobby for me..
I have used myself about 180€ to lights etc, two light HPS 250Wattage and 150Wattage MH. They are to mature ones. Then I have few fluoro bulbs to seedlings and so on.
I think to move away bright lights from window and change them to smooth fluoros when I can use them over winter and also at spring and fall as extra light to windowsill. They'r cheap to keep compared to HPS and MH even they'r seems to be best for fast growers.
Edited by intelligentlife (12/20/13 02:13 PM)
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Magicman69
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Thanks for the quick response Intelligent. I noticed at a certain point in the day, the sun is in the right spot to get direct light to cactus, but this is only for an hour or so, and the rest of the day is indirect light. So adding some grow lights seems like it could help. I live in a really warm climate, (it's 85f today), but I live in an apartment so I don't have a yard to plant outside.
P.S. Your English is really awesome! What country you live in?
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KBG1977
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Magicman69 said: OP, How much did your grow light setup cost? Since I don't currently have a yard to put my cacti outside, they are by a window. I'm thinking about buying some grow lights to add the amount of light they get. What would you recommend that's not super big or expensive, but will help accelerate growth?
That would be hard pressed to call that a grow light set up:-)I'm using a $10 dollar shop light from walmart,and the bulbs cost me about $8 dollars for a two pack:-)
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KBG1977
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intelligentlife said:
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Magicman69 said: OP, How much did your grow light setup cost? Since I don't currently have a yard to put my cacti outside, they are by a window. I'm thinking about buying some grow lights to add the amount of light they get. What would you recommend that's not super big or expensive, but will help accelerate growth?
With windowsill where cactus can get occasional strong Morning sun or mid-day sun, you can use easily and decorate way these long fluoro tubes hanging above window.
They are not perfect but combined to light of windowsill, they'r better than no lights at all.
Also these long fluoro tubes are very low cost and nice in house if they'r installed above windowsill. If you'r cacti have sun from window as well as with ambient lights fluoro bulb will give some more.
One example is I notice with columnars: they doesn't starts to grow so much towards the window if they have even some "white color" fluoro lights above them, so yes.. fluoros are only good to boost up windowsill light or lighting to 1-2yo cacti.
But a windowsill makes things very different, fluoro is just good extra and they are long living and give pleasuring ambient light to room same time.
IF you want cheap, good, regular and something fits in to your decoration, obtain some long fluoro tubes hanging above your windowsill somewhere 5-10inch away from cacti plants.
Fluoros are good with extra light, they are not so strong enough the disturbs any people.
I have basically noticed any windowsill comes very good and cactus grow nice from small boost of cheap lights. But plants will need really few hours of occasional direct sun also, fluoros are just good to add some more light to plants at windowsill, most of the light source are still sun.
I have only good experiences with growing lights and windowsill combinated. Because my climate, cacti are mostly indoor hobby for me..
I have used myself about 180€ to lights etc, two light HPS 250Wattage and 150Wattage MH. They are to mature ones. Then I have few fluoro bulbs to seedlings and so on.
I think to move away bright lights from window and change them to smooth fluoros when I can use them over winter and also at spring and fall as extra light to windowsill. They'r cheap to keep compared to HPS and MH even they'r seems to be best for fast growers.
As usual stellar advice
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