Any BGOL dudes into gardening?
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Man I got this clone box off Amazon, bitch is the truth
100% of my clones grew roots
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i put it in a small grow tent
I am afraid to ask, but what are you growing/cloning with that?
Gonna help my dad with some yardwork later this spring.
My mom lives out of town. Her yard’s small but she’s been able to grow peaches, kale, lettuce, beans, peas, cucumber and zucchini.
The peaches, lettuce & zucchini taste the best.
My mom lives out of town. Her yard’s small but she’s been able to grow peaches, kale, lettuce, beans, peas, cucumber and zucchini.
The peaches, lettuce & zucchini taste the best.
I wanna grab one of these to grow some of my own vegetables:
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I got a bunch of homemade compost (lawn clippings) and branches that I can use for the bottom
I wanna grab one of these to grow some of my own vegetables:
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I got a bunch of homemade compost (lawn clippings) and branches that I can use for the bottom
Nice. I was at my mom’s place about 5 yrs back when she moved in. She invited her friend’s older sister over who is a landscaper / gardener by trade. Asked how she could economize the limited space best. She suggested 2 to 3 rows / plots near the fence, and a small greenhouse just off the back deck to the right. When you go down the back steps to the left there’s the peach tree.
At work, we’ve got some green space too. It has an apple tree, plum tree, beans, kale, cherry tomatoes and strawberries. The plums are my fave. The apples are pretty damn good too. Not the best yield on the tomatoes or berries though.
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You'll probably get what you want. I bought a sour cherry tree from a grower that said they had some that were as good as the sweet variety, but with a very small dwarf habit type tree. Needless to say I got finessed.
Go back to their spot and just dump salt all over their shyt!
Dog...where the fcuk do you live? The garden of Eden?!?!?
I think you can buy a box of live lady bugs and put them in your garden to eat the aphids
Nothing beats the taste of home grown veggys and fruit. Puts most store bought to shame.
Jalapeños….
Agreed. Especially when the fruit trees are truly organic and you know you’ve only watered them and nothing more. No additives or pesticides. Nothing altering or accelerating growth. Just be patient during spring or summer.
I got a later start than usual on my vegetable garden, but have been at it the last couple weekends. One thing I noticed is that absolutely none of my neighbors who’s yards I can see bothered to plant anything they can eat. With food prices being what they are I’m shocked. My garden is small, but it does offset our grocery bill some. When my family was young, we didn’t hardly buy anything we could grow ourselves.
Another thing I noticed is the cost of plants has skyrocketed. There are also very few cheap plant six packs like there used to be at the big box stores. Most plants come in 4” pot that cost almost $5 each, and some of them were just about a week old. At this point I have volunteers bigger than that. Next year I want to start my plants indoors from seeds about late Feb.
Another thing I noticed is the cost of plants has skyrocketed. There are also very few cheap plant six packs like there used to be at the big box stores. Most plants come in 4” pot that cost almost $5 each, and some of them were just about a week old. At this point I have volunteers bigger than that. Next year I want to start my plants indoors from seeds about late Feb.
I bought another apple tree and one died and had to replace that. I am hoping the next couple of years I can start a vegetable garden. I want to get a shed built first. I have an avocado tree that I started from a seed that is going pretty strong that I will probably move to a bigger pot this fall, but will be mainly an indoor plant since the MidWest is not ideal for them.
I feel you on growing an avocado tree in the MW. I've been growing figs in pots for about ten years, and its tough here in SW OH. This is the first year I didn't get caught off guard with a late spring frost.
Growing in pots is never going to give you the yields you want. I have seen the hardy avocado trees, but I am not paying 100 bucks, plus I would have to dig up some of the other trees in my yard to get it in there.
I know. The most I've got off one tree in a 25 gallon pot was four dozen. But the harsh winters have a tendency to kill these things dead. They're nothing like apple, cherry, or even peach trees in hardiness.
Do you plan to put the avocado tree in the ground?
Nah, it was a seed from Mexico avocado so I doubt it will be hardy for an Illinois winter. I got a pretty big window that should get it enough sun with a vent underneath for the colder months. I won't get a lot of them, but is it ever about the harvest?
No!
It can't be with plants from year round warm climates. Its just the challenge of getting them to fruit at all. On the other hand, tomatoes, peppers, squash, etc... are all about the harvest.
With the holiday coming up that gives me an extra day to try and get some of my gardening done.
A couple years back I bought some jumbo rose bushes that didn't make it. I fcuked up and instead of putting them in disposable pots til they got established I put them straight into the ground when they started sprouting and they didn't make it. So I bought Florentina Arborosa a climbing rose and a trelis that I put up around mothers day that is doing REALLY well. Hopefully it will look like this:
This weekend I want to try and get the other bush planted. It wasn't doing so well, but I got one of the three canes to sprout again. I had planned on letting it stay in the disposable pot for the rest of the season, but it is doing so well I'm willing to chance it. It is the Summer Romance rose bush:
Last week I dug up a dead Honeycrisp apple tree (Home Depot) and put another in that I got from again from Home Depot. It seems to be doing better than the last one, but my Gala apple tree from Home Depot seems to be doing REALLY well! I was so pissed that the other tree died that went online and bought ANOTHER Honeycrisp apple tree from fastgrowingtrees. The leaves were a little droopy so I just kept it on my deck and kept up with the watering and it seems to be doing better. So I will try and get it in the ground this weekend.
Lastly about two years ago when I was redoing my landscaping (previous owner had dead and garbage plants around the house) I took a shortcut and used that no-dig edging and that shyt didn't stay. So this time do it right.
Anybody else got any gardening plans this holiday weekend?
A couple years back I bought some jumbo rose bushes that didn't make it. I fcuked up and instead of putting them in disposable pots til they got established I put them straight into the ground when they started sprouting and they didn't make it. So I bought Florentina Arborosa a climbing rose and a trelis that I put up around mothers day that is doing REALLY well. Hopefully it will look like this:
This weekend I want to try and get the other bush planted. It wasn't doing so well, but I got one of the three canes to sprout again. I had planned on letting it stay in the disposable pot for the rest of the season, but it is doing so well I'm willing to chance it. It is the Summer Romance rose bush:
Last week I dug up a dead Honeycrisp apple tree (Home Depot) and put another in that I got from again from Home Depot. It seems to be doing better than the last one, but my Gala apple tree from Home Depot seems to be doing REALLY well! I was so pissed that the other tree died that went online and bought ANOTHER Honeycrisp apple tree from fastgrowingtrees. The leaves were a little droopy so I just kept it on my deck and kept up with the watering and it seems to be doing better. So I will try and get it in the ground this weekend.
Lastly about two years ago when I was redoing my landscaping (previous owner had dead and garbage plants around the house) I took a shortcut and used that no-dig edging and that shyt didn't stay. So this time do it right.
Anybody else got any gardening plans this holiday weekend?
No!
Yeah, I want to make my salsa with homegrown vegetables.
Speaking of Mexico ... if anyone's ever in Puerto Vallarta ... take the bus up to this place. Really peaceful way to spend an afternoon. One of the highlights is the restaurant up top. The view up there is excellent. Got some great panoramic shots & videoclips up there. Hummingbirds flying right up to you while you're at the table. Some parrots down below in the green space having their lunch about 50M away. Waiter making fresh salsa and / or guac' at the table. We went there in late-2017 and 2018, and then hit up Zihuatanejo in late-2019. Good food & just a chill way to spend the day, before heading back into the busier part of the city.
The bus ride's an adventure too. Really old buses each time ... and the drivers were super skilled as they were driving the hell out of them. Even on the bends and corners, lol.
Speaking of Mexico ... if anyone's ever in Puerto Vallarta ... take the bus up to this place. Really peaceful way to spend an afternoon. One of the highlights is the restaurant up top. The view up there is excellent. Got some great panoramic shots & videoclips up there. Hummingbirds flying right up to you while you're at the table. Some parrots down below in the green space having their lunch about 50M away. Waiter making fresh salsa and / or guac' at the table. We went there in late-2017 and 2018, and then hit up Zihuatanejo in late-2019. Good food & just a chill way to spend the day, before heading back into the busier part of the city.
The bus ride's an adventure too. Really old buses each time ... and the drivers were super skilled as they were driving the hell out of them. Even on the bends and corners, lol.
I have been there, but on a cruise, so I didn't have a chance to go to places like that (ANOTHER reason why I hate cruises)
Definitely a must if you're ever there for a stay.
We stayed at Playa Los Arcos. Easy to get around on foot from there. Great restaurant there too - right along the malecon. Can't go wrong with a leisurely breakfast or dinner there ... open air ... just chill. Couple of times went to one of the local sports bars to take in some of the UFC (Holloway - Aldo) and boxing (1st Wilder - Fury fight). The weather was comfortable there.
Compared to a year later in Zihuatanejo. That heat was intense in mid-December ... routinely it would be 110 - 112 by mid-morning. Harder to relax when you're just trying to stay hydrated, lol.
Speaking of Mexico ... if anyone's ever in Puerto Vallarta ... take the bus up to this place. Really peaceful way to spend an afternoon. One of the highlights is the restaurant up top. The view up there is excellent. Got some great panoramic shots & videoclips up there. Hummingbirds flying right up to you while you're at the table. Some parrots down below in the green space having their lunch about 50M away. Waiter making fresh salsa and / or guac' at the table. We went there in late-2017 and 2018, and then hit up Zihuatanejo in late-2019. Good food & just a chill way to spend the day, before heading back into the busier part of the city.
The bus ride's an adventure too. Really old buses each time ... and the drivers were super skilled as they were driving the hell out of them. Even on the bends and corners, lol.
Super nice views in those three pics. That's one of the things I like most about going on vacation, being able to take in a wide, long range view of undeveloped wilderness. Its getting harder and harder to do with out seeing phone and radio towers now.
Agreed. What's funny is the videoclips don't really do it justice either. Was taking pictures with an old IPod Touch and the colors were popping off the screen by comparison.
The photos looking back at the restaurant / giftshop below the Youtube clips do it more justice.
Like you said - the undeveloped wilderness. Just beautiful. Sat up there for quite awhile from one of the 2nd level look-out balconies (restaurant's a floor above). So quiet just walking around the gardens and taking it all in.
Yeah, that's how you vacation.
Definitely going to head back there if & when we visit PV again.
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just graft using donor from cold hardy species
20 Awesome Avocado Varieties (Type A & Type B Avocados Explained)
Learn about 20 avocado varieties, including growing habits, hardiness zones, fruit characteristics, and the difference between Type A and Type B avocados.
Maybe in the distant future, at this point it hasn't become even a sapling yet. Plus my apple trees took all the free space that I had, but I do have some berry trees that bear no fruit that I have been meaning to cut down
Either way I have got time. But thanks for the info!
Now see that's what's up! We got these dirty ass MidWestern humming birds around here! I showed my daughter the humming bird that would frequent our garden and she was like; 'That's not a humming bird! They aren't brown!'
Those gardens are bad ass, I don't see how someone takes a hour long video of shyt like that! 10-20 minutes to get an idea, but I am not watching all that through my phone while I am standing in it.