Nice plants man but do you have a thrip infestation? First 2 pics.. look at the squiggly shiny "streaks" in the leaves. Classic tell tale sign of thrips having lunch at your electric bill and other expense. Not to scare you but buy some Monterey Garden Spray (spinosad). They are like mites...easy to get (most all indoor growers get em at one time or another) but unlike mites are fairly easy to eradicate. In the larvae stage they are fast like a squirmy silverfish but yellowish & smaller than a small grain of rice. They are fast fuckers. Check it. The real problem with thrips is that they are vectors and carriers for plant viruses (like aphids) and can spread the dreaded "dud" syndrome over time. Subsequent clones eventually devolve into low potency/smell/taste hemp type plants. Dont let it go. Get some Monterey or Captain Jacks (both spinosad and its safe) and follow label instructions.
Knowing is half the battle. Get em if they aint gone. Nice plants btw.
Yukon's grow great in 10 gals. I also did some fingerlings that came out nice. Just gotta make sure to not let them dry out.
Gonna try doing some carrots and radishes in smart pots this year too. Funny you say this as I just ordered some Yukon gold seed taters along with an assortment of new heirloom seeds. I know for tubers you want the soil to stay cool and moist right? Was thinking of digging like a shallow ditch and sinking the smart pots into it and covering with soil/straw to help hold in moisture; do you think that will work?
Oh wow maybe that's what was happening to my tomatoes last year, they were big and healthy with lots of blossoms but not many tomatoes. This year I think I'm going with a raised bed instead of pots so I can water less. I'll try hand pollinating them to. I'm also doing something new and growing edible mushrooms in beds and wood logs, pretty excited and it looks easy besides lots of drilling. Plus I have more damn shade then sun in my yard so I may as well use it for something useful.
good luck with the shrooms man. oysters and shiitake i take it? for hand pollenating tomatoes.... all you have to do is flick the flower stem back and forth with your finger since they self pollenate.
Yes sir shitakes, blue and white oysters in logs. Red wine caps in straw beds, might experiment to see if they'll grow on chopped leaves. Maybe some golden oysters in straw logs indoors so I don't have to wait 6-12 months for the outdoor stuff. Love how easy it looks to grow them. Most of the work is all up front then you can just sit back and watch, like a nicely built soil.good luck with the shrooms man. oysters and shiitake i take it? for hand pollenating tomatoes.... all you have to do is flick the flower stem back and forth with your finger since they self pollenate.
yup just keep those logs moist and you'll be good. induce fruiting by soaking them for a solid 24 hours when you think the logs are well colonized. I'll post some stuff we're doing in my mycology club at university sometime soon. we're gonna start fruiting a bunch of shit here soon. lions mane, king oysters, maitake, and a few others
Mycology club sounds fun. From what I've seen lions mane looks super cool, can it be grown like oysters in logs? I'm going to cut a few trees down in a couple weeks before they start getting leaves, then let them rest for 3 weeks so the antifungal stuff dies out. So far I've found a nice sugar maple, beech and shagbark hickory. I was thinking I could stack them on some sort of platform in a shaded area of my swamp. Should help keep the humidity up and I can run a sprinkler to it once a week or two.yup just keep those logs moist and you'll be good. induce fruiting by soaking them for a solid 24 hours when you think the logs are well colonized. I'll post some stuff we're doing in my mycology club at university sometime soon. we're gonna start fruiting a bunch of shit here soon. lions mane, king oysters, maitake, and a few others
I wish I could do sweet potatoes I don't know if my season is long enough though here in new england.
fingerlings are best for sure. smaller in size, but the quantity is large. my brother says they're the only potatoes he'll grow from now out. outperformed any of this other varieties over the years.
they do grow from wood, i don't know if they can be done in logs... my guess is if you find dowel spawn for them, then there should be no problem.
I use a cheapo electric toothbrush to pollinate my tomatoes and peppers. I had a few varieties of cherry tomatoes that would have between 200-300 tomatoes on the plant at any given time last year.
Can I keep them outside after I plug them in cold weather or should I bring them inside? I really don't feel like bringing 15 plus logs inside lol I dont mind if the cold slows them down at first as long as it doesn't kill them.