My Outdoor Garden-2010

[veggiegardener]

My fiance thinks she is just adorable... I think im gettin a new cat or a dog now, she has been on me for months about gettin a animal... got to keep her happy...lol

My wife and I each brought a cat to our marriage. We've never had fewer than two, since, and as many as seven adult cats.

I mention this because I want to suggest, if you decide to have a cat, try to get two, from the same litter. They keep each other company and minimize the damage a bored cat might do.

 

[nathenking]

My wife each brought a cat to our marriage. We've never had fewer than two, since, and as many as seven adult cats.

I mention this because I want to suggest, if you decide to have a cat, try to get two, from the same litter. They keep each other company and minimize the damage a bored cat might do.

Thanks for the advice... I will let the misses know...

 

[mae]

Peaches has the cutest nose.

 

[veggiegardener]

Peaches has the cutest nose.

LOL!

I'll try to get some pix of my really cute cats.

(Kidding)

 

[veggiegardener]

Updates....

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This is Squeekers. She was born in our closet and has spent the last 11 years becoming our fattest cat, ever. She weighs about twenty pounds.

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A new branch.

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Starting to see flowers on most of the plants, but few clusters. This is the East greenhouse.

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These plants aren't as big as in previous years, but they're catching up, nicely. The cage.

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The Bubbleberry X is dominating the West greenhouse. I estimate its canopy to be nearly 40 square feet.

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A truly happy cat.

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Due to the cool Spring, my garden seemed to have a shortage of Ladybugs. I ordered 2000 from an Ebay seller. It looked like twice that many. Anyway, they've been happily munching for two day, and aphids are rapidly disappearing. The peaches are ripe and delicious!

 

[d.s.m.]

Absolutely beautiful, man.

 

[nathenking]

my ol lady jus keeps talikin bout those kitties my man.... its hilarious... i think im in for it for real now...

 

[veggiegardener]

LOL!

Cats are good company!

Thanks for the kind words, guys!

 

[veggiegardener]

This is a short tutorial on how to save a plant that has suffered damage to its roots.

A plant is a balanced system. It has just enough roots to support its foliage.

If you need to transplant to a smaller container, root loss is inevitable.

If you want to avoid wilting and possibly the plant's death, the solution is simple.

Estimate your root loss(10%? 30%?) and remove a similar amount of foliage. In larger plants, remove entire branches to avoid having the plant try to replace the lost foliage. It's best to remove the lowest branches.

Doing this correctly will allow the remaining roots to support the remaining foliage without shocking the plant. The plant will often continue growing without a break. Even if there is some shock, the recovery will be much faster.

I've done this more times than I can count.

It works.

This is intended as an emergency method, used only when necessary.

Done correctly, with forethought, the loss will be minimal.

I hope you never have to use this, but in a pinch, it will cut your losses.

 

[rootsorganic]

veggie are all your plants in flower?.I have a few that still arent,this is the latest ive seen with no flowering yet.Is this normal??

 

[veggiegardener]

veggie are all your plants in flower?.I have a few that still arent,this is the latest ive seen with no flowering yet.Is this normal??

A couple are only showing a few flowers. None are really showing buds, yet.

Yes, this is the latest I've seen things bloom. Many other things in my garden are very slow, as well.

 

[dieseldrew]

love those big beauties especialy out doors +rep from me -keep it green and keep it coming!!

 

[spyvy]

Dude Those look so dam tasty LOL hang in there,,,,, Pass some my way LOL Nice grow for outdoors I have to say

 

[veggiegardener]

Well, I had an interesting fifteen minutes. The center plant in the cage decided to come out of the closet. It swore it was a girl(preflowers) in the Spring but never gave me a good look(started to bud).

It was my last "extra" plant so I planted it in the middle of the cage, next to its sister.

What I found, this morning.

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Obviously this plant was seriously male. There wasn't a single pistil. Balls everywhere. A fairly thorough inspection revealed one open flower. I may get a few dozen seeds. The stalk was about 2.5 inches thick. Had it been female it probably would have produced about a pound.

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As can be seen, the roots didn't extend much deeper than the depth of a one gallon pot. Instead the stay close to the surface, under the mulch, feeding on what is left by the worms and bacteria. I never dig deeper than a foot. No complaints.

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I rearranged the surrounding branches to take advantage of the space. The other plants should easily replace what was lost.This happened once before three years ago, when I had only four plants in the Cage. The plant that chose to be a boy was the largest of the four and left a huge hole. With only the rest of flowering to go, the other 3 stepped up and produced a total of seven pounds.



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She seems quite content munching on the houseflies that gather to the smell of herb. I placed her and several of her brothers and sisters in both greenhouses.

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This Bubbleberry X is getting very dense, and has begun to show the beginning of bud formation. Her yield could be very large.

 

[odbsmydog]

what's hanging in that bleach bottle?

 

[veggiegardener]

what's hanging in that bleach bottle?

Water. It is just an anchor weight for LST. The situation just made it the best approach. A rigid tie down would have made it more difficult to get to the back of the cage. The hanging weight and the branch can be pushed aside. The boy had a tub attached for the same reason.

 

[dralion]

VG, I too had the same surprise a few days ago. I also thought everything was looking female in the garden back in the spring... only to find to males beginning to show their pollen sacks. I was glad to get then out before serious damage was caused. Good for you for finding that before it was way to late.

 

[52millimeter]

Yo VG! MEEOWWWW!! Great green thumb! I have to run to the store for peaches now although i'm sure they won't be as tasty as yours. Good work! I am wondering about the size of your plants. Is there some type of secret to achieving the enormous size of your babys within the veg period of available light during the year. Is it just massive amounts of nitrogen? Thanks man!

 

[veggiegardener]

I just go to great lengths to provide a rich healthy environment, and plenty of moisture. I feed lightly and frequently, taking care to spread the nutes evenly over as wide an area as possible. I've never lost a Cannabis plant to overfeeding. I made those mistakes as a child, in my first vegetable gardens.

A Cannabis plant's roots will extend to the edges of the the canopy's shadow, unless you mulch heavily farther out. I like to feed at the edge of the canopy through veg, forcing the plants to reach out for the food. This seems to avoid the possibility of overfeeding.

The real secret to gardening success is consistency. Water, feed and inspect, regularly. A friend recently made the comment, oft repeated that, "A farmer's footprints are the best fertlizer."

 

[dirrtyd]

VG they looking good . Mine are looking great also will take some pics tomorrow. dirrtyd