The pupa of the ladybug is what can confuse me.
This is a ladybug pupa; they are stationary.
this is the potato beetle larva; they crawl and CHEW.
Posted on 09/20/2013 12:16:53 PM PDT by greeneyes
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I read you just pull it out of the pot, cut off what you need, and then stick it back in the pot. I also read it likes temps 75 degrees, and hotter,
Oh, also, that you should mist it, or set the pot in a saucer full of rocks with water in the saucer, if you don't want to mist it...
You don't want the water to touch the botttom of the pot or to draw up into the soil in the bottom of the pot, but for the evaporating water in the saucer with rocks to create a humid micro climate.
*sniff* YES! I was murdering what I thought were rapacious beasts and they turned out to be lady bug larvae!
LOL! they do sort of look like little red and black alligators!
Is the fixture an incandescent or fluorescent lamp ?
Regardless, a lamp should be "full spectrum" ( which means that it includes 'blue light' , which is used by plants for photosynthesis)
A "Full Spectrum" light will say so ; if it doesn't say 'full spectrum', it isn't, and plants will grow spindly and be starved for photosyntheisis .
It sounds kinda crazey , but the plants use 'blue light' for growth and vigor for photosynthesis .
Frequently a "Grow Light" will include a red lamp (due to wavelength - frequently incandescent) which induces 'blooming' .
For young seedlings , you don't want them to 'bloom',rather you want strong roots and stalks to support the fruit.
For seedling germanation, the seed bed needs to be warm ; most garages aren't warm enough throughout the day;
better to bring the fixture indoors where the ambient air temps are warmer, consistant and constant . Most garages have high temperature fluctuations and drafts, which slow growth , and can lead to wilt and soil fungal disease .
Marcella, I just bought the same Grow Lamp as yours. Now I just need a trombocino squash seed.It was $52.60-a few cents more than the 2 foot jump start.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Hydrofarm-Jump-Start-4-Foot-Grow-Light-Kit-54W/17435096
Wild grapes, black raspberries, and willow grow in the clay soil next to my stream. That might be a start.
“It was $52.60-a few cents more than the 2 foot jump start.”
Yes, I think Walmart has a wrong price on the 4 ft. or the 2 ft., as they shouldn’t be priced so close together.
That is a sad sight. Sorry about your maters.
The pupa of the ladybug is what can confuse me.
This is a ladybug pupa; they are stationary.
this is the potato beetle larva; they crawl and CHEW.
Oh no. Well, at least it didn’t zap everything.
Nifty and thrifty. LOL
Those books look very interesting to me, although I do have several. The comission E book/monographs are considered authoritative, and give conraindications, dosage, etc.
Herbal medicines apparently are used more often in Europe than here.
Thanks I appreciate that.
Thanks, yes it is a fluorescent fixture and I know about the full spectrum. It was used many moons ago. Just have to decide if I want to do that again. Hubby has never been crazy about 3 or 4 flats of seedlings in the dining room by the slider.
That’s what I thought but didn’t know for sure.
Re: Ginger, since yours sounds like it's growing just fine, this doesn't matter, but I also read that you soak it overnight in lukewarm water before planting, and make sure each little piece you plant has an "eye" facing upward.
One of my old Chinese cookbooks states you can store ginger root in a jar of dry sherry for up to 9 months..Now to me that seems like it would just leech all the gingerousity out of it.
. All the other days remaining in the month are supposed to be good for destroying pests-weeds, bugs, and for plowing, tilling, tree removal, etc.
I am going to plant onion sets, and maybe some minowase (big honker chinese) radishes tomorrow.
How do you go about composting? Our previous home had a somewhat secret area (away from the neighbors) whereby we could just pile up our scraps and it was easily turnable, but that is no longer the case.
I went out to the gauge to check and see we had 5” of rain yesterday. That makes 11” for the month here at the ranch, with 4.46 being the average for Sept.
I picked 6 more ghost peppers this morning while I was out; that plant is covered with peppers now, I bet it has 20 more now.
Everything in the new patio garden was looking happy from God’s watering. I didn’t venture around to the front to look at the beds there, but I’m sure they are happy, too.
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