Sun on my back; Dirt on my hands…

[oldmaninbc]

Our County has @ half a million in it so a good size imo, small but enough going on to keep ya in trouble - I spent a decade plus living downtown Chicago, plenty to be had there too but I definitely prefer where I am now, especially with a family

Our drinking water comes from one of the cleanest lakes in America (states) & is aquifer & spring fed, as a kid we’d just dip a cup in it & drink direct when out boating - interestingly we also had one of the most polluted lakes in the world @ here too but it’s been being cleaned now for decades and is much much better than it was but I believe still some to go, could be wrong on that to go part

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Durlumbo cuts came in with all types of shit including mites, I dunked them but eggs that lived on are hatching now, definitely russets / broads on there too; thrips as always @ too but I’m betting I can get them to push on through both /all as I knock ‘em back with peppermint castor soap & Spinosad, I’m not interested in using anything stronger….

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These are 87.5% Cambodian / Laos and 12.5% Gambian

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Tall ceilings & large containers; this is gonna be fun

OH Yeah, I use Dr.Bronner's soap. When buying cactus plants from the nursery they usually come with pests/eggs. I drown them(cactus & soil) in castor soapy water for 20 min. Seems to solve future problems.

For me it would be difficult to go back living in a major city. The closest city to me is about 30 min drive and has a population of 33,000 plus the surrounding districts would add another 10,000. Their local hospital has been upgraded with a new wing to accommodate a growing population.

Where I live now has a population of 350 people and a 10 min drive I would be in a village of 1,600 people with a good health clinic of 5 doctors. Being old it's important to have access to medical needs.

I like big cities for their museums and galleries.

I will look forward to your indoor grow. Your gardening skills are well honed.
I am just ready to get my 1m x 1m tent going, I have been waiting on cooler temps, the change is afoot. Gnats are a big issue around my area after a few frosts it knocks them back.

 

[led05]

OH Yeah, I use Dr.Bronner's soap. When buying cactus plants from the nursery they usually come with pests/eggs. I drown them(cactus & soil) in castor soapy water for 20 min. Seems to solve future problems.

For me it would be difficult to go back living in a major city. The closest city to me is about 30 min drive and has a population of 33,000 plus the surrounding districts would add another 10,000. Their local hospital has been upgraded with a new wing to accommodate a growing population.

Where I live now has a population of 350 people and a 10 min drive I would be in a village of 1,600 people with a good health clinic of 5 doctors. Being old it's important to have access to medical needs.

I like big cities for their museums and galleries.

I will look forward to your indoor grow. Your gardening skills are well honed.
I am just ready to get my 1m x 1m tent going, I have been waiting on cooler temps, the change is afoot. Gnats are a big issue around my area after a few frosts it knocks them back.

Some eggs are inserted into plant parts & even with a good, long soak I still find in 6-8 weeks eggs start hatching; it’s a known ones just gotta deal with, we bring in/out hundreds of plants each year & thousands of lbs of food, eradication of anything inside here simply is impractical if not impossible, know the field your playing on I recon… Gnats are a thing here when I’ve got a few hundred lbs of veggies or fruit laying @ but generally winters kill then off, it can hit -30F here which is cold AF, they don’t stand a chance in our dry super cold winters most the time…. Though lately winters have been weak, not even sure if it got below zero F last year which is extremely unusual @ here….

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New Caledonia (2000) x Oaxacan 12 fingers - I love this plants structure & terps even though rather broad leafed, for now at least

New Caledonia 2000

NC potential Male suitors, yet to show but I’m expecting males on these - they need water

Nice & toasty in there

Laredo latest Thai send, not looking nearly as promising as the old Laotian trip but we’ll see how things progress

Happy Friday

 

[oldmaninbc]

I notice in your photo you have a orchid with 2 stakes in it for supporting blooming 2 spikes. I was given an orchid last year that came with 2 spikes. This year it is going to reflower but has only 1 spike. I did read that an orchid should produce a new leaf before it produces a new spike. I know it produced 1 new leaf but I don't remember if it grew 2.

Do you know anything about multiple spikes on an orchid?

 

[led05]

I notice in your photo you have a orchid with 2 stakes in it for supporting blooming 2 spikes. I was given an orchid last year that came with 2 spikes. This year it is going to reflower but has only 1 spike. I did read that an orchid should produce a new leaf before it produces a new spike. I know it produced 1 new leaf but I don't remember if it grew 2.

Do you know anything about multiple spikes on an orchid?

That’s a U stake so a single piece but yes many orchids produce multiple spikes especially when healthy & as they get larger & older; I’ve had Phals that have flowered for years straight, I grow Paphs, Cymbidium & Dendrobium orchids too; they all are very difficult here over winter due the extreme cold & dryness that exists in most homes; this year for first time I’m letting them rock on edge of a flower room, I bet they explode but it’s too bright & hot in there for some; I’ll figure it out though…

I’ve rotated out though & let go many orchids to focus more on succulent & cactus, it’s just much easier to manage here & I’ve got enough plant action as it is - ha….

Lots of fruit tree & berry bushes to trim outside still before it gets really cold, slightly behind this year due the nice weather & all the construction projects…