my camper closet grow

[tlranger]

Sounding good cat, sounding good, later

[catbuds]

Thanks Ranger. You know how it is when you don't have other plants to look after & you're watching new seedlings. Everythings is SOOO SLOOOW for the first 3 wks, & the waiting makes it seem even slower, but they look great.
-- Capt, I don't have that little tree thing. This ph is a samsung galaxy 3 & seems to be an entity unto itself. Whenever I can get to my friends house, I'll see if one of the tecknos there can give me a hand..
-- Guess I could bring some soil in to thaw. Its frozen & will probably take 2 wks being chilly in here. Damned! But its the wrong time of year to be getting spring fever! I'm itching to get my outdoor grow started already. Hope I can resist the urge to start my next seeds too early. Putting the next batch under 12/12 day after harvesting these & don't want them too big. Its the waiting that's so hard for me. Guess I'll settle for getting my oregano going since its very slow.

[Shovelhandle]

We still have parsley growing in a window box indoors. The basil is pretty much done, they are dropping leaves. Still have the outdoor hanging plant growing indoors now. The blossoming plants are long gone (super-tunias) but the purple sweet potato vine and some other vine are still really nice. I wonder if they will make it until spring? Lots of spider plants and other houseplants resting for the winter. My favorite, the Mother-in -Law plant is putting out three new starts. Rescued that from our doctor's office when he was moving. Poor thing was on it's side on the floor with no soil. I brought it back and it's now 4' tall. I split the bunch and planted some and returned it to the doctor last summer. He was wicked impressed.
So, there is plenty of green stuff going still, most is dormant though this time of the year.
My experiment with growing sativa staright from seed into bloom is going very nicely. The transplant did slow growth for a week but things seem to be picking up.

What were we talking about???? <G>

[catbuds]

LOL! is that a hint?




Ahhh..... anyway, the only thing I had left to bring was oregano. My cats destroyed everything else

[tlranger]

Those poor kitties, liken the green. And they will keep the mice down

[catbuds]

Yeah... but you have to understand what a softie I am about critters. I take those little things away from the cats & save them! But...... I've had mice get in my green house & eat my seeds as they sprout!!!! I was so mad I went out & bought traps, but when I got home I didn't have the heart to use them!
-- Look, this will make you split your seams. Mom & dad, both raised on farms. They raised me on our sm farm. Dad still worked because we didn't make much off the farm, we sold veggies & eggs. When they hens aged & no longer layed eggs (called 'layed out'), they finished their natural life span as pets! Cost a small fortune to feed them, plus all the cats & dogs that were 'dumped' at our place. We never ate ONE chicken we raised cause me nor dad had the heart to kill them. Mom would have, but we wouldn't let her! Mom used to say ,'some farmers you two are. This isn't a farm, its a zoo!' I wonder if this is why most farmers go broke?!?!? (When our cats & dogs had babies, we couldn't give those up either! We even had as abandoned goat & pet ground hogs!) I really miss my dad. I think he was the only person who ever understood me.

[tlranger]

Sounds like home

[catbuds]

I get so homesick for the little farm. I really miss it. Its been gone for 20yrs.
-- Transplanted the babies today. They're getting so pretty, really indica, some a little more than others. Growth is picking up speed & stems are strong & sturdy. They'll be two weeks old Tuesday. Put them in the closet today. Wont be long till they're in the new cabinet, veg another week, maybe two, since they'll have SPACE!

[tlranger]

Ok two week, move time did you get your height youIIneed, I usually estimate about an inch a day during veg, then double during bloom. But realize you don't have to set your clocks back yet.

My tent grow seems to be running to cool so far, cupped leaves, and you easterners have been getting clipped by the same systems.


But room and space should make them jump

[catbuds]

We just got over a really cold snap. Now we're having a warm spell. I just want to live in a bio-sphere! (Ha! Then you could all call me bubble bitch! LOL!)
-- I'll be topping twice before they go into flower, so I'm not there yet. Just got their first real feeding, but minimal on the nitrogen. Just enough to keep that healthy green color, but not to encourage rapid growth. Lights come tomorrow, finishing touches on cabinet today, but...... my electrician is getting me a super heavy duty 100' foot extention cord. He said I can run up to 2500 watts on it & it will have its own circuit. (He called it a contractors cord). So I'm waiting a couple more weeks on that. Untill then they're under 2 40watt cool white T8's. Thats part of the reason I'm going easy on the nitrogen, don't want the floppy stems I'd have with higher nitrogen & weak lights. I probably should have held off planting untill everything was finished, but it will work out ok, just a slower start. Not the first time I've jumped the gun starting seeds then had to hold growth back a little, & with my impatience, I'm sure it won't be the last. Its not even officially winter yet & here I am with spring fever (that's why I planted my seeds too soon). I could sure use that bio-sphere right about now.
-- Babies are looking pretty. Healthy & happy with thoes stock sturdy little stems I like. Can't wait to be able to give them more nitro & pump up the lights!