2011 Veggies

mcpurple

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It's coming along great IMO!
thanks man, i dont know if i will be selling a whole shit tom of starts but some i will sell, my only prob is start up cash right now i have lots of seeds just not enough dirt, or enough room in the green house for tons of plants, i can still get a decent amount though i am sure.
thanks for tuning in

I've used cinder blocks for raised beds before and they work great. You can plant in the blocks too and they.make it easy to stake things up! I was thinking of going with wood boarded raised beds this year but now you got me thinking about some blocks.

I like your plans!
ya that was my idea with the blocks, i can plant flowers that deter pests in side of the holes
 

mcpurple

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id go with blocks to man, it was gonna cost me double the amount of cash for new blocks, so it was gonna be about 140 for 2 beds but they will last for ever, i just got a steal though on block, 75 cents a block, they are used but in good condition so i only have to pay about 60 for a long lasting beds, or whatever else i need some blocks for
 

mcpurple

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i went out and got some cinder blocks, they were used but in great condition still and at 75 cent a piece i had to take it. it was hard to get cuz they were in the middle of a small swamp, i went to gt about 100 of them and only got 50 cuz he had no where near as much as he said, so i got about half of the beds made, i might just go buy new blocks soon to finish it if i cant get any more used ones soon.

they are not all level as can be but i dont mind that as long as it holds in dirt and grows plants then im ok. i used my small tiller today for a min and man for a small tiller that thing is a beast it pulls me along with it.

any way here is how they look so far:bigjoint:
 

mcpurple

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Great,.... now my wife is buggin me for cinder blocks! Lookin good so far! :D
sorry man, they cost a bit more but not if you find a good deal on used ones, plus they will last so much longer.
i got most of mine of craigslist.
thanks for stopping in man.
 

mcpurple

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oh ya i just got my pineapples today so tommarow i will have pics of them and how i am going to get them to grow.
 

bajafox

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Coming along real nice mcpurple

I could only wish I had that kind of space to grow. As soon as I semi-retire from growing my meds I plan to start a garden of veggies or fruits myself :D
 

mcpurple

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Coming along real nice mcpurple

I could only wish I had that kind of space to grow. As soon as I semi-retire from growing my meds I plan to start a garden of veggies or fruits myself :D
right on man, being out in the garden is very relaxing for me and helps me forget about stressful things cuz im around what i love to do.
plus it is fun and im am still learning alot about plants,soils,nutes,organics and what not so it is kinda getting me prepped for when i can grow ganja again. and if you dont have room to do a big garden or beds, maybe just get some 3-5 gallon pots or buckets and plant some stuff
 

Dubious06

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You said it man, gardening is very relaxing-- and cheaper than therapy! Good luck with the pineapple MC, and happy growing.
 

mcpurple

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1st 2 pic are of the pineapples i am going to root, one i will try to root ina small bubble cloner i made out of a old butter container, just the perfect size for the pineapple and my small air stone.http://www.rickswoodshopcreations.com/Pineapple/pineapple.htm <- that is the link i am using to grow my pineapple. the other one i will just place in a cup of water. one of them already had about quarter inch roots going on witch will increase my success rate, that is the one going into the bubble cloner. the pineapples are del monte extra sweets.

the next pic is of the potatoes i am going to plant, they already got huge shoots and still growing so they will need planted soon. im not sure what type they are but theri is 2 types i am planting and i liked to eat them both so it should be good. this is my first time with tatoes.

4th pic is just a pic of my simple bubble cloner.

the next 3 are of the jiffy/advanced nutrients starter plugs and they claim no root hormone is needed to root plants so i put all my hoyas in theri (3) and all my cacti are in theri trying to root, they are all healthy looking so i am liking them so far except they are hard to get to absorb water at the begging, i had to use hot water the first time. i think i will only use these for cuts and not seeds, i dont know yet.

i also turned my old grow closet into my veggie starter with a 200 watt cfl in theri it should be fine. i am goinf to start a bunch of stuff today so i will update again once planted.
i have never really grown to many veggies from seed and this year all of them are gonna be from seed, so i am not sure if i need to germ them first then place in dirt or just place them in the dirt.
so any info on that helps.

the last pic is of my amaryllis flower, it was going great and then bam it started to yellow out on the oldest leafs, when it dried and needed water i gave it a small feed and i did not do any thing, it is getting more yellow by the days go by, the new growth is nice and green but the old is just yellow, i was thinking maybe that is what this plane does.

i also moved all my cacti in side for now cuz it is a bit cold outside in the GH cuz i have no heater in theri yet.
i seem to just kill house plants some how, i dont do much for them i just let them sit in the sun or light and water them when needed. i follow the feeding guides for them and still they die. i got to get house plant growing down soon.

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420God

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Looking great! I'm starting to get things ready for my garden this Spring and learning there's quite a bit more to gardening than I thought.
 

RyanTheRhino

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Did you know that you can cut the potatoes into chucks and as long as each chunk had any eye(taproot) it will grow a completely new plant. so u can make 4-5 new plants from each potato
 

BOOGS

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Cant wait to see em finished purp, ill post pics of mine ill be doing all organic this year too!
 

mcpurple

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Looking great! I'm starting to get things ready for my garden this Spring and learning there's quite a bit more to gardening than I thought.
ya their does seem to be alot, but it is just so fun and enjoyable.

Did you know that you can cut the potatoes into chucks and as long as each chunk had any eye(taproot) it will grow a completely new plant. so u can make 4-5 new plants from each potato
ya i had the idea that i could do that, i was planning on cutting them up into smaller pieces just to ensure that the potato does not rot, ill probably put 3-5 in each container i do them in. in all i will only have 2 potatoes planters but they should produce a decent amount for me.
thanks fr the info and stopping by man.

Cant wait to see em finished purp, ill post pics of mine ill be doing all organic this year too!
i cant even wait till spring so i can plant every thing in the ground. let alone getting the finished. i should start getting veggies from may all the way into october and maybe September.

thanks for stopping by, i will be looking forward to the pics
 

whodatnation

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..........( i have no cash for this garden it is all being done with no cash).......
lol just couldnt help yourself huh? Its ok I have the same problem :-)

So is this an open thread mcpurp? Would def share pics once I get up and running,
looks great so far :-)
:peace:
 

mcpurple

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lol just couldnt help yourself huh? Its ok I have the same problem :-)

So is this an open thread mcpurp? Would def share pics once I get up and running,
looks great so far :-)
:peace:
ya i got a hold of some cash so i went ahead and spent it on garden shit to help me out some. i dont really have much else to spend extra cash on besides garden stuff or video games but i like to be outside doing something productive .

and ya i guess this thread is pretty open kinda like all my threads, if it gets off topic im still cool with it as long as theri is no drama or haters for no reason then its all good. so go ahead and post away man when you get the time, i will be looking forward to it.
thanks for stopping by man and all the likes
 

whodatnation

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Yeah no one likes a hater, no need for drama.

I'll be building the beds today, so off to the depot for some lumber... Man you would lol so hard if you could see the size of my car :lol::lol::lol: somehow Im gonna fill it with 4 maybe 5 - 2x12s and a 4x4!

also love the natural wood bed! looks so cool! along with the cinder block bed too!
 

mcpurple

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sounds like it is gonna be a tight fit. i had some one pick up soe old 2x12x12 4 of them then they also got 2x12x4 4 of them and they fit it into a 2 door hatch back kia or something it was such a small car. they had the wood up front near thier face and then about 5 feet of wood sticking out the back hatch. it was funny shit.
and ya the natural wood idea i found online and it is very cool. i still want to make a small one but i am all out of dirt and dont have to much extra cash ATM for more, so it might be put on hold. or i might build it and then fill it when i get money. i dont know yet.

hope all the wood fits in your vehicle.
what type of wood will you be using?
 

whodatnation

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I got the cheap pine. and yes it all fit to my surprise! I couldn't afford the pressure treated for the 2x12 but the 4x4 that will hold everything together is pressure treated.

Time to spend a few hrs in this beautiful weather! Hope its as nice in your parts!

:peace:
whodat
 

whodatnation

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These are the babys. Tall ones are beans and the rest are a mix of 3 kinds of tomatoes some water mellon, cantaloupe, basil, cucumber, corn, dill,.... cant remember the rest lol
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crumpled up and threw some dead debris at the bottom

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about half a bag of mulch

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a bag of compost
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These are left over tea bags I used for my indoor plants, I ripped maybe 10-13 of them open and emptied in. They are full of bat and bird guano worm castings and sea weed. I doubt much of the seaweed made it seeing that its soluble. Next I tossed about 2 tsp of great white in, topped it all off with spent soil also from indoor mixed with fresh castings. Lastly I drenched it with about 3 gallons of the guano kelp tea.

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The 16"'x6' bed is for the beans, I'll build a screen for them.
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the pile of spent soil I have to work with :-)
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So I'll have 1- 3'x3'x12" bed (shown @ top) and 2-4'x3'x12" beds along with the 16"x6'x12" bed.
Its on my neighbors property so this is the area I have to work with, he wanted the 3x8 area split into 2 pieces (not sure why lol crazy old man) so thats why the next 2 beds will be 3x4, soo I'll try and use this separation of soil and amend it to fit separate plants needs :-)
 

billcollector99

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Damn I pretty much forgot about my veggie garden this year... I still have strawberries from last year covering the back planter, but I need to figure out what I am gonna grow.

Mc P and Whodat lookin good so far.
 
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