Diary PCBuds mini-grow

PCBuds · Sep 26, 2022

I mixed up some fresh media with 50/50 coco perlite and filled a hole in the top of the planter with it.
I started a new Poison Rose X Cookie Devil seed.
It's in a shot glass under the mug.

I turned up the lights to bring up the temperature in the closet.

I flushed the window planter with tap water to rehydrate the media and wash out any salt buildup, then I transplanted the sickly Poison Rose X Cookie Devil seedling

into the window planter a little off from center.

I planted the sprouted GLo F2 seed in the middle of the planter.

I'm doubting that the seedling is going to make it, but I'll just grow two plants together in the planter if it survives.

Frosty Nuggets · Sep 27, 2022

Here is a Shoofly trap in operation for 2 weeks, you can see the flies at the top of the water and the left over attractant at the bottom, I have one by my back door and one by my front door, both are just as full of flies.

Here is the eBay listing;

SHOOFLY Fly TRAP Environmentally Safe, best fly catcher with attractant | eBay

Our Trap is the perfect design to erradicate those flies. Our attractant is a natural organic material that is non-toxic and safe around animals. Empty attractant contents into trap. Place trap in direct sunlight.

www.ebay.com.au

PCBuds · Sep 27, 2022

Frosty Nuggets said:
Here is a Shoofly trap in operation for 2 weeks,

I did find it on eBay and I will consider it for next year.
Fortunately, the bug season is over now so I won't have to worry about them until spring.
I threw out all the sticky traps and only notice the occasional fruit fly now. No fungas gnats, house flies or shit flies.

I'm pretty sure that after my garbage can got infested with maggots, I missed a couple when I hosed out the garbage can in the backyard.
The maggots got into the hinge mechanism and it couldn't get them all out with the garden hose spray nozzle.
Apparently house fly eggs hatch in 8-24 hours, then the whole cycle starts over and the remaining few maggots crawl back into the garbage and the cycle continues.

If it happens again next year, I will hose down the garbage can in the backyard, then put the garbage can in the bathtub with hot water and bleach where I can submerge the can to kill all the hiding maggots.

I could have just thrown out the entire garbage can, but it was a $40 stainless steel garbage can. Lol

Even when I put everything into a garbage bag, tied it, and threw it into my blue bin, I could still smell it outside and that brought in more flies right near my back door where they find their way into the house.

The garbage is picked up weekly and the kitchen garbage can is sealed up enough that I can't smell it until I open the can.
It's when I empty the can into the blue bin that I smell the stank of garbage.

PCBuds · Sep 27, 2022

The transplanted seedling

is hanging on,..

PCBuds · Sep 28, 2022

My new Poison Rose X Cookie Devil seed was ready, so I planted it.

PCBuds · Sep 28, 2022

The new window plant looks like she's going to make it.
One of her cotyledons died off, but she looks healthy now.

I churned up the surface of the media and plugged in the fan.

The numbers in the closet look pretty good. I sprayed the top of the media to bring up the humidity.

PCBuds · Sep 29, 2022

The the seed in the closet has popped above the surface,..

I put a few drops of water on the sprout to help soften the shell.

PCBuds · Sep 29, 2022

My second window plant is above the surface,..

aliceklar · Sep 30, 2022

So cute!

PCBuds · Sep 30, 2022

aliceklar said:
So cute!

Thanks

I'm a little worried about the closet plant though.
She doesn't look right?
I'm going to try my hardest to LIFTA.

aliceklar · Sep 30, 2022

PCBuds said:
Thanks
I'm a little worried about the closet plant though.
She doesn't look right?
I'm going to try my hardest to LIFTA.

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Looks like she ended up a little shallow, and pushed herself out of the medium. You could try gently putting some extra medium round the root, but LITFA is often the best medicine...

PCBuds · Sep 30, 2022

aliceklar said:
Looks like she ended up a little shallow, and pushed herself out of the medium. You could try gently putting some extra medium round the root, but LITFA is often the best medicine...

Well, I put some media around the root and popped her helmut off.
I'm going to try to give her more LITFA now. Lol

PCBuds · Sep 30, 2022

The window plants are doing well,..

PCBuds · Sep 30, 2022

PCBuds said:
Well, I put some media around the root and popped her helmut off.
I'm going to try to give her more LITFA now. Lol

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That worked !!!
Just over an hour later her cotyledons are opening and lifting up,..

PCBuds · Sep 30, 2022

Oops,..
Now she's got sunburn,..
I was heating the closet with the lights. Lol

I may have to start over again. lol

I turned it down and plugged in the pink lights.

PCBuds · Sep 30, 2022

Cat pictures,..
Shake a paw

,..or grab a couple.
lol

goingrey · Oct 1, 2022

Seems like you're on a streak of bad luck with the plants. Lets hope it passes or maybe you can change your approach somehow.

PCBuds · Oct 1, 2022

goingrey said:
Seems like you're on a streak of bad luck with the plants. Lets hope it passes or maybe you can change your approach somehow.

Yeah, the good thing is that I'm only wasting a few days per plant.
It sucks to lose a plant to mold after 12 weeks.

I think that I need to dry out my media ??

I'll give her a day or two and see what happens,..

She still looks like she wants to go,..

PCBuds · Oct 1, 2022

I turned on the ceiling fan and left the door slightly open.
The wind can blow through the closet and dry up the media.

I guess I'm experimenting in the closet.
I didn't want to do that.

If I can turn this damped out sprout into a happy

in a day or two, I'll keep it.

ReikoX · Oct 1, 2022

You seem to have had the best luck starting seeds in the past by mixing fresh media and digging out the center.

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