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…

 

[led05]

This place makes best pizza in our area, it’s worth the 25minute drive to the other side the city to get there

 

[led05]

Another beautiful fall day - got herb harvesting to do and a handful of Apple Trees still to trim up, the back fenced in area used to be a total mess; a lot got done these past two months in addition to building the new GH from scratch, turf, sandbox etc

It’s become pretty clear that anything sticky traps insects and is largely driven by where the tape or sticky trap is placed not really much else…. Hanger is simply used to identify what’s hanging on the wires, white duct tape is my label

Time to get at it

 

[led05]

 

[Old Piney]

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Lady bugs hanging tough the whole time lol

 

[Sub24ox7]

Sour livers

 

[led05]

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She may be nearly leafless by time finished; that would be perfect

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Night freezes only sweeten things up

Garden Garlic, Sweet Potatoes, Carrots and Beets, store bought walnuts

Sear then into convection oven

 

[numide]

Hi Ledo

Purple Durlumbo

Green Durlumbo

 

[led05]

Hi Ledo

Purple Durlumbo
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Looking great; I’m excited for you! Durlumbo imo is ideal 4pm-1am weed, it don’t make you tired but is lovely to fall asleep with and enjoy your evening & nights as well; I smoke it often early too but prefer the SE Asians for the extra giddy up @ morning & early day - but you’re gonna love them, wait till you walk back into a room after smoking, the smells they leave behind are Beautiful…

How are smells on each currently?

 

[oldmaninbc]

She may be nearly leafless by time finished; that would be perfect

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Garden Garlic, Sweet Potatoes, Carrots and Beets, store bought walnuts
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Sear then into convection oven

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I like beets but I like beet tops even more.

 

[led05]

I like beets but I like beet tops even more.

Iirc it weighed like 13lbs and gave nearly a gallon of juice, drinking a big glass of that was like snorting a line - ha !