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I’m pretty shocked how well my orange and grapefruit trees did inside my basement for months. With lows hovering around the 60s in DC I’m gonna put them back outside today.
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Wassup man.I’m pretty shocked how well my orange and grapefruit trees did inside my basement for months. With lows hovering around the 60s in DC I’m gonna put them back outside today.
Info on what you got going on there.
You grew both from seed?
Type?
Looks good man. Damn. Any special lighting in the house?
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They are just sprouting now still. I’ll def update the thread soon. got some spinach and lemon basil going too. I waited a week or 2 too long to transplant them to bigger pots so I think I slowed the growing down. But once I switched them I could tell there was new growth right away
I’ll post my moms garden soon too. Her **** is nice
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I'm currently growing the following:
Bell peppers
Ghost peppers
Cayenne peppers
Sweet mint
Sweet peas
blueberries
Cherokee purple tomatoes
Grapes
Blackberries
Squash
Watermelon
Watercress
Onions (different types)
Etc.
But I'm about to start growing Carolina reapers, brandywine pink tomatoes, romaine lettuce and I want to start a mango tree.
Bell peppers
Ghost peppers
Cayenne peppers
Sweet mint
Sweet peas
blueberries
Cherokee purple tomatoes
Grapes
Blackberries
Squash
Watermelon
Watercress
Onions (different types)
Etc.
But I'm about to start growing Carolina reapers, brandywine pink tomatoes, romaine lettuce and I want to start a mango tree.
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Would you say gardening helps a person mentally?
Like say if someone is stressed, could it help?
Would you say gardening helps a person mentally?
Like say if someone is stressed, could it help?
It could help, but only if it's something that you really enjoyed anyway imo
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Nice. I've been taking care of indoor plants for about 4 years now. I'm ready to start growing outside on my yards soon. I'm currently prepping the front so that I can plant local plants for next spring. I also would like to start growing vegetables in the back. That woodchip method is very resourceful. I'm considering that and some raised beds.
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Good to hear man.
I repeat, do NOT waste your money filling up your Raised Bed with JUST soil.
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I'd need to make sure to put organic material/compost along with it. Also maybe some sand at the bottom for drainage? I've a long road ahead of me.
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my wife’s mom has garlic and potatoes growing in the back yard
Also the seed sprouted for my blood orange tree that she planted
Also planted some chives and thyme
Also the seed sprouted for my blood orange tree that she planted
Also planted some chives and thyme
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My first born 
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mike awesome
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feed it some bloom boosterMy first born
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These the potatoes she grew
Just pulled em out and washed em off
All thes Came from From 3 potatoes
These are golden potatoes
Just pulled em out and washed em off
All thes Came from From 3 potatoes
These are golden potatoes
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I can’t take any credit for the Apple and pears but they are growing in nicely. Our tomatoes are starting to grow.
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I did I have the general hydroponics set
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A few of my dragon fruit:
American Beauty Dragon Fruit
Connie Mayer dragon fruit flowering tonight
Delight (Pink flesh) dragon fruit
Sugar S 8 dragon...tested the brix and it was at 26
Purple Haze
grafted a Red Sugar Apple Annona scion onto a root stock cherimoya in the Spring. Now we got fruit
American Beauty Dragon Fruit
Connie Mayer dragon fruit flowering tonight
Delight (Pink flesh) dragon fruit
Sugar S 8 dragon...tested the brix and it was at 26
Purple Haze
grafted a Red Sugar Apple Annona scion onto a root stock cherimoya in the Spring. Now we got fruit
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How do yall manage these got damn Mosquitoes?
Man, I am at the point where I am about to just get rid of all my grass and cover it up with carboard/woodchips.
I gotta go outside in the SUMMER in sweatpants, long sleeves, and a damn skull-cap. There HAS to be a better way..........
Man, I am at the point where I am about to just get rid of all my grass and cover it up with carboard/woodchips.
I gotta go outside in the SUMMER in sweatpants, long sleeves, and a damn skull-cap. There HAS to be a better way..........
