What did you do in the garden today?

[DatCampG]

I picked fourty leaves of spinach, twenty leaves of lettus, looked at my broccoli and then added five new garden lights that shine like stars.

 

[saysfaa]

I usually can early morning or late afternoon, if it hasn't sealed by bedtime, I consider it unsealed and put it in the fridge for safety.
They SAY to wait 24 hours or over night. Um....I wouldn't leave food out for that long in a normal situation, why would I do that with something I'm trying to preserve or eat next day?!

I agree. I check by looking at the dimple. If I can't tell, usually changing the angle I'm looking or the lighting lets me see. That is probably a bit overkill; checking the seal by brushing across it isn't much disturbance. On the other hand, I do best practice at each step (except I reuse lids) and I've never had a jar not seal or worried that one wasn't safe to eat.

Edit to add: I know jars sometimes don't seal even when best practices are followed. There was nothing implied other than when to eat or refrigerate the ones that don't just isn't something I think much about.

 

[Dadanga]

Hello, do you add solution, or do you put enough in for the life of the plant?

I try to put in enough for the life of the plant. I always get worried about getting too close to 2.0ec because I'm usually dropping seedlings in. Like I'd be happy with 1.6 even. Also it's pretty cool that you are cloning your mango. I did that with a lisbon lemon and used aloe as rooting compound then stuck it in a mix of perlite/coco and kept it moist. It actually took which was surprising. Are the green shoots/suckers best for cloning?

Nothing much to report other than everything seems to be loving the weather. Yesterday a sprinkle in perth helped with some watering but I hooked up the bore once more and gave them all some limestone enriched goodness. Also dug out one of the radishes for a nibble and **** me things got spicy and I had to spit it out. Maybe a few more weeks or so to fatten them up and then onto the roasting pan with some beetroot, onions, potato, carrot.

Volunteer tomato continues to bulk out and show off its fruit to all the other peasants who dare dwell in the same garden bed. Must be a red cherry surely. I am a big fan of the some of the cherry varieties in the middle. One's really pumping flowers but I mean now that the blue borage is kinda gone I'm kicking myself for not protecting them better in the storm. I really need the royal velvets to bloom because the little white borage seedling needs a big boost. I need to see about the worm mix in one of the bins as when I use water on it it doesn't filter through very well at all.

I figured a laundry trough would of made a good worm bin so I may have to take things out and reassess what's going on. Maybe I need to amend with some perlite. Oh one chore is coming up that is inavoidable! You're not going to believe it but I lost the only keys to my car because 'drinking' happened. Getting quotes of 370 so my father and I are deciding to just take the entire thing from one of the donor falcons down the back. My father has done it before so w/e saves me the coin!

One thing I really like the look of is the blue kratky. I love the square shape the color isn't too much of an eyesore compared to the shitty olive brown drums next to it. And they are easy to fit. There's a bloke up in Guildford that sells them at 20 bucks a pop and only have cleaning detergent in them. So. Who knows. Another trip may soon be coming to pick up another 3 and this time put some more leafy stuff in. I really, really, really, wanna do that tree lettuce that mark was doing on his youtube channel. I need to resow again.

Oh I had a nibble of one of those thai chillies and boy are they just flavorsome and pack a bit of a hit when you eat the seeds. I'm going to make a salad soon with tomatoes and feta and going to try some of the different types of chillies that I've got going around the place.

 

[CNJ]

Are the green shoots/suckers best for cloning?

I tried a lot of different mango scion sizes up to 3 inches thick and all of them died. I followed some videos on YouTube and suspect they were fake. One guy stuck his scion in water with chopped onions, another stuck it in an aloe and buried it in soil, and another stuck it in a ripe banana and buried it in soil. None of these worked for me.

I am currently trying to root a soft young mango branch with water and rooting powder. I will need to put a soft young scion in inert potting mix for comparison to conclude this experiment.

The only Mango tree clone technics that worked for me so far are air layering and grafting. I haven't rooted a cutting yet. A white fungus usually kills them or perhaps make me kill them (I am kind of OCD). I tried straight neem oil, peroxide, alcohol, fungicide and Clorox. Nothing works. The white fungus only grows when I cover cuttings to retain moisture. I think it's a mushroom spore. Also, it doesn't grow on soft plants like tomatoes, chili peppers etc.

I did that with a lisbon lemon and used aloe as rooting compound then stuck it in a mix of perlite/coco and kept it moist. It actually took which was surprising.

I also have rooted lime and lemon cuttings in potting mix; however, mango tree cuttings are giving me a hard time.

 

[Dadanga]

I tried a lot of different sizes up to 3 inches and all of them died. I followed some videos on YouTube and suspect they were fake. One guy stuck his scion in water with chopped onions, another stuck it in an aloe and buried it in soil, and another stuck in a ripe banana and buried it in soil. None of these worked for me.

I am currently trying to root a soft young mango branch with water and rooting powder. I will need to put a soft young scion in inert potting mix for comparison to conclude this experiment.

The only Mango tree clone technics that worked for me so far are air layering and grafting. I haven't rooted a cutting yet. A white fungus usually kills them or perhaps make me kill them (I am kind of OCD). I tried straight neem oil, peroxide, alcohol, fungicide and Clorox. Nothing works. The white fungus only grows when I cover cuttings to retain moisture. I think it's a mushroom spore. Also, it doesn't grow on soft plants like tomatoes, chili peppers etc.

That really sucks but looks like you've had way more experience than me. I know how to clone tomatoes pretty good but I think for some of the hardwood cloning I know clonex sell a seperate product that's made for hardwood cuttings. Maybe for things like Rosemary. I must say. Slowgrowing things are a waste in NFT I find. I wished I would of put the rosemary and even the thyme in one of the beds. Maybe I'll do a herb kratky bed and strike a balance. But since they are herbs I could try cutting the drum length ways so I have a bigger surface area to work with and maybe even try a flood and drain system.

 

[Smokerbill]

have you noticed that you negated God on page 6660, which basically is 666? I noticed it from experience as God put the basic ideas in my head and gave me freedom to use my knowledge or not.

I just saw that while the post was on page 6660, the actual number of the forum post you referred to is 66600.

 

[CNJ]

I know clonex sell a seperate product that's made for hardwood cuttings.

I am using Hormex rooting powder number 8 for moderately difficult to root woody plants. I bought it from amazon.

 

[CNJ]

flood and drain system

My cement rubber tubs above my 600-gallon fish tank were set up for flood and drain, but I stop using it because it's a pain to clean. Also, nitrate from the filtered fish water is not enough to grow vegetables, I had to add soluble chelated iron to the water for plants to thrive.
The massive root growth from long squash or Tahitian taro collects a lot of muck and needs to be cleaned at end of season even with worms in the bed.

Now, I use the beds to grow duck weed for fish food supplement, but I keep one empty for growing lettuce in 1 gallon grow bags with a constant flow of 1/2 inch deep filtered fish water.

I think a NFT rail system is better than flood and drain.

 

[Insnesnakos]

I picked fourty leaves of spinach, twenty leaves of lettus, looked at my broccoli and then added five new garden lights that shine like stars.

I tried growing spinach, the hens ate them. I might try again next year

 

[chickengr]

I bought more brassicas and lettuce so tomorrow is a transplanting day. my chickens ate some of lettuce, that's why I bought more.