BigRed469
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It was a pretty hard day. These little fellas have a special way of stealing your heart. I'm hoping all my others all outlive me.
How are things looking?
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Minnegrowta
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Birds are amazing and even the smallest innocuous ones are capable of big personalities. I'm sorry you lost your bird. Jasper and I are hanging out in my studio for some bonding time right now. 
tree beard
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Sorry to hear about your birds MG..
Oh, I told ya those 2 plants were gonna take over that area lol..
Look great!
Oh, I told ya those 2 plants were gonna take over that area lol..
Look great!
Minnegrowta
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I am sensing changes coming in my plants. I can't exactly put my finger on what. I think it's how small and tight the new growth is and how big the pre-flowers are.
SmichiganOG
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Nice and green. Looks perfect. Sorry about your disappointing poultry experience(s)--been there. I have new additions to the farm. Nine of them. Two more litters to come.
DieselNuts
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Looks great!
Will you be putting a trellis over that?
Will you be putting a trellis over that?
Minnegrowta
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I hadn't planned on it... are they gonna need that?
Fork is clearly hogging the space in here what with her decision to branch in two at the main stem as a wee babe. She's taller too, a few inches over 6 feet tall, as of this afternoon. We are day 77.
Important stuff first, fluff second....
The rest of the garden is still mostly looking okay. I'm beginning to feel pressure from different directions. My zucchini isn't appreciating the filtered light through the row cover and it's lost some leaves, and new leaves are not getting very large. Hand pollinating is a pain but seems to be working.
The cherry tomatoes are plugging along fine.
I will be able to pick tomatoes from my art room window.
The house plants multiply as I prop my variegated pothos into infinity
San Marzano tomatoes. For some reason, the middle plant is giving about one unripe fruit with blossom end rot per day and I'm not sure why. The others aren't doing it.
I picked some stuff today. Most of it became thai red curry chicken
Propagating dieffenbacchia with air layering. These tops are nice handsome new plants.
TCH
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That last plant is beautiful!!! I had a silver dragon come back about a month ago that I thought I killed last fall. It's second leaf is almost uncurled now. Hopefully she makes some nice corms so I can start some new ones.
Minnegrowta
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I also did this silly thing today. Soleirolia soleirolii, and a few pinches of moss from my front yard. It's my first jarrarium.
I'll be interested to see how it does.
I'll be interested to see how it does.
SmichiganOG
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Nice garden. Amazing that you don't have mold or fungus issues. As far as a trellis I use wire fencing and t-posts for support when needed. Even then when the buds get heavy the branches sometimes twist and break from the weight. Some strains are more brittle than others. Anyway, your garden is fabulous! Makes me feel like a slacker but I do have 9 piglets still alive. Hooray!
Minnegrowta
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We're in some kind of extreme drought now at this point. Both the days it bothered to rain, it didn't rain enough to quench, just some sort of moist tease, really. I keep watering away, careful not to wet leaves. Tomatoes don't like that at all but it seems most plants just don't like staying wet.
I guess I'll see what they need when we get there and hope I haven't shot myself in the foot with that choice lol.
SmichiganOG
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The real challenge is when the buds get big in the fall. It's a heartbreaker to see those nice big buds but then the mold sets in.
tree beard
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Yep, thats always when I had my outdoor issues. I'd be 2 or 3 weeks away from harvest, then mother nature would turn on the faucet, and it'd rain for days/weeks on end non stop. Thats when the mold always set it..
Minnegrowta
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How do you prevent this? Knock on wood, I got no legit disease happening in the garden this year. No powdery mildew or septoria. Is it something a row cover would help?
shnkrmn
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Regalia biofungicide is an excellent preventative treatment for pm.
Your garden is spectacular, fork and spoon both prospering and I'm jealous of your squash harvest. I try not to grow sprawly things!
Blossom end rot can usually be traced to irregular watering practices and typically resolves itself as the season progresses.
My garden is the most disease free it's ever been. Maybe it's the constant blanket of smoke we've had this summer!
SmichiganOG
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You can use copper now if it's not in flower. Potassium silicate is always good imo. I'm not a fan of amazon but you can use this safely in flower up to harvest.
Fungus is ph related so some people use diluted (with water) milk. Pretty sure it's calcium related too (but I wouldn't overdo it). Proper use of a calmag is a good idea. I make it from eggshells and bones. Korean Natural Farming (KNF) recipes. Might be good to read up and be prepared.
SmichiganOG
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I also use different microbes for worms. And I think it was @mandocat who uses sulfur for fungus--something I need to learn more about.
I use sulfur for leaf septoria, once you get you can only try to keep it at bay as long as possible. I have it again this year and I should have started spraying earlier. Once we get into flowering, I don't feel comfortable spraying sulfur. I also use Zerotol for powdery mildew, which can be sprayed right up to harvest, as there is no residue. Unfortunately, Zerotol has no effect on leaf septoria. I learned the hard way! I'm guessing that most plants will be harvested early, as the septoria gets on the sugar leaves eventually and then the buds get dead spots.