Just a little journal............

Hello Happy :) Awwwww, a valentines message for me :). now that really is a first and so very sweet :o .......................Thankyou love :)
Altough I'm not too sure about the avatar, I keep looking at it and thinking maybe I should change it back :o




Hello Buk :) there is still a "droop" about the leaves but they are just going to have to get used to the HPS.
I'm affraid that doing a grow journal kinda puts a little stress into growing and I really don't like getting stressed, so I'll just sit back, let them get on with it and see what turns out ;)


love mand xxx:)

soo many pages to search through so ill just ask ;p

"have u had ne success with fruit peels ect.. if so please name some random stuff i can grab at grocery store :) "

Hello Brains :) I just saw you're thread asking about the fruit peels ;)

I'm not sure about just placing them on top of the compost love ?????
What I do is make my own compost, I have a compost heap at the bottom of the garden and basiclly everthing and anything that will "rot down" goes in it........... dead plants form the garden, grass cuttings, horse muck, vegatable peelings from the kitchen and yes sometimes the odd apple core or the little bit of fruit out of the fruit bowl that has seen better days ;)
However I just don't know what effect/difference it would make by placing them on the plant pots would do ????
Tell you what Brains, give it a go and see what happens, I couldn't imagaine it harming anything ..................... although I would be carefull of using citrus fruits as they can be quite acidy.

Good luck Brains if you try it be sure to let us know if it does anything ;)



love mand xxx:)

I can start a stash in my buddys garden this summer :)

for now I will try grinding bannana peels with water to almost a liquid and spike the soil with some bannana lol :P <-- does that sound stupid >.<

*ponders* I wouldnt mind some bananna tastin buddah

Hello again Brains :) ............. you never know what might happen untill you experiment so yes give it a go love ;)

Oh and let us know how it all works out :)


love mand xxx:)

scratch my last message someone replied to my thread saying ... same thing u basically said mand, I will just stick to wut people knows works... therefore not trying ;p


They will attract fruit flies and other insects, also the acidty in orange peel isn't a good idea.

Probably less of a problem with banana skins but they would still attract insects/fungus.

Best thing to do would be to make a compost heap in the garden/outdoors and chuck your peels in there and let them rot into the compost, untill your left with nice fresh compost that has been broken down properly and contains all the nutrients of the stuff you chucked in

Hope this has helped.


being in a "basement" insects are already a HUGE worry for me... "spider's and random things"

Ah yes Brains I never thought about it attracting the insects and bugs :o

If you do make a compost heap just make sure that it has all rotted down really well before use, that can take quite a while ;)

Oh and get a riddle and give it a good riddling out before use as well, removing all the lumps and larger pieces that get in there ;)


love mand xxx:)

Hello :) , Well one thing is for sure, this grow is definetely not going as planned :o

I'll just add a few pics, the first one is of the latest male to present himself, he was just on his way to the dustbin in that pic.
The second pic is of "little runty", a very strange looking plant that one, mind you to be honest I think all of them look a little odd/different from usual :confused:
The last pic is of the remaining seven and still not one female in sight, I'm sure they will make an appearence when their ready ;)

Oh and although there is still some droop present, they seem to be holding up reasonably well under the HPS :)


love mand xxx:)

Hello Fat Possum :) and thankyou very much love :)

It is really easy isn't it ...................... or should I say it's easy untill a problem crops up ;)


Thank FP .................. love mand xxx:)

Yeah I know what you mean Mand..