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Hi! This group is for all the green thumbs and plant lovers out there! Here you’ll find tips and tricks to get the best out of your plants whether they’re indoor or outdoor. Not so much of a green thumb? Me neither! But I love my plants and my apartment …
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scylla
I came out of my college library at like 9 p.m. on Thursday night and there, in the middle of the library lobby, was a plant. Its stem was broken but it was pretty tall and otherwise happy looking... except it was a male. Someone had ditched the plant in …
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neyrissa
I'll be planting my first ever "real" veg this coming year. We've made four raised beds to hold various veg which I'll be growing for our consumption and to feed our rabbits.
I'm very keen on the ideas of companion planting but most books I've read stress the importance of …
I'm very keen on the ideas of companion planting but most books I've read stress the importance of …
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mizoo:
I know it's been a while, but to explain more clearly and really simply, rotate your crops along with your companion set-up.
On page 88 of this document, there's a really good crop rotation chart. Kinda a bad copy, but it serves its purpose. Taking this chart and accompanying each crop that needs a companion with an appropriate one would set you up pretty well. All you really have to be sure of is that your companion plants aren't detrimental to successive plantings.
http://sof.cfans.umn.edu/sites/666ed5e2-8dc8-4f28-afa0-c1c0705c47b5/uploads/Cropping_Systems.pdf
On page 88 of this document, there's a really good crop rotation chart. Kinda a bad copy, but it serves its purpose. Taking this chart and accompanying each crop that needs a companion with an appropriate one would set you up pretty well. All you really have to be sure of is that your companion plants aren't detrimental to successive plantings.
http://sof.cfans.umn.edu/sites/666ed5e2-8dc8-4f28-afa0-c1c0705c47b5/uploads/Cropping_Systems.pdf
minceir:
Both are important as in leaving the ground Farrow for at least six months. mainly to allow the ground to stabilise and letting the nutrients go back into the ground.
Rotation allows different plants to grow and wont sour the ground. just becareful what you plant in a rotation though
Rotation allows different plants to grow and wont sour the ground. just becareful what you plant in a rotation though
starchild228
... Or something. I thought the little cornmeal-like specks were some kind of disease at first... until I noticed they were moving! 
They are potted plants I started a later in the season than was ideal. I started them inside, moved them outside during the summer, then moved them back …
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starchild228:
Thanks, badfingers!
I'm trying a pesticide-free spray consisting mostly of peppermint oil and garlic oil. The numbers are already significantly reduced. I just need to keep at it, and I should be rid of them completely in a week or two.
I'm trying a pesticide-free spray consisting mostly of peppermint oil and garlic oil. The numbers are already significantly reduced. I just need to keep at it, and I should be rid of them completely in a week or two.
edited4tv:
there are several parasitic creatures you can buy... they hunt the spider mites (most likely the 2 spotted spider mite) and are totally safe for you. they may not work fast enough if your spidermite population is very large. spider mites suck (literally) - and they can destroy a plant quite quickly.
if one of your plants is badly infested, and others are not... remove the entire plant and burn. it seems harsh, but they can spread rapidly. they also grow much more rapidly inside than out, due to the typically lower humidity and lack of rainfall and predators.
since the peppers are in pots, invert the pot and immerse the entire plant under water and agitate as much as possible without damaging the plant. mites hate water. they reproduce more slowly in high humidity. while under water, rub the underside of the leaves... also, putting your plants in the shower will do wonders.
do this often... the more often you do it, the slower your mites breed.
dunking the plants for a few days and then adding predacious mites, etc will probably work.
don't forget that after adding your predators, dunking will kill them too.
if one of your plants is badly infested, and others are not... remove the entire plant and burn. it seems harsh, but they can spread rapidly. they also grow much more rapidly inside than out, due to the typically lower humidity and lack of rainfall and predators.
since the peppers are in pots, invert the pot and immerse the entire plant under water and agitate as much as possible without damaging the plant. mites hate water. they reproduce more slowly in high humidity. while under water, rub the underside of the leaves... also, putting your plants in the shower will do wonders.
do this often... the more often you do it, the slower your mites breed.
dunking the plants for a few days and then adding predacious mites, etc will probably work.
don't forget that after adding your predators, dunking will kill them too.
littleaardvark
Sometime ago I read about the traditional native American method of planting sweet corn, squash and beans together. I fancy giving this go, but can't find the website that I originally found some detailed information on.
Has anyway tried planting like this? And if so, how did you do it? …
Sometime ago I read about the traditional native American method of planting sweet corn, squash and beans together. I fancy giving this go, but can't find the website that I originally found some detailed information on.
Has anyway tried planting like this? And if so, how did you do it? …
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littleaardvark:
Thanks! I tried it last year... am not convinced by the beans in it all, but it is definately worth growing squashes under the corn - keeps all the weeds down. Strangely, I've seen a lot more about this type of planting in the last year. They keep showing it on the TV.
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The Venus Fly trap
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The Venus Fly Trap (Dionaea muscipula) is the most well known species of carnivorous plants.
These insectivorous plants lure their prey using a sweet smelling nectar. When an insect lands on the head of the fly trap, they seek the source of the nectar, and if the plant is lucky, it will touch one of the many trigger hairs...
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Dionaea muscipula
The Venus Fly Trap (Dionaea muscipula) is the most well known species of carnivorous plants.
These insectivorous plants lure their prey using a sweet smelling nectar. When an insect lands on the head of the fly trap, they seek the source of the nectar, and if the plant is lucky, it will touch one of the many trigger hairs...
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Hey everyone! I decided to make a group all about plants and how awesome they are! 💚 Even though I may not have the best green thumb I thought this would be a great way to bring together plant lovers and make some new friends :) Ive always been very passionate about plants so I’m super greatful the SG gods have accepted this group and
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When male plants are around female plants they pollenate them which makes the felmale plant produce seeds. If you keep the male plants away the female will keep growing buds and produce more THC.