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To: JDW11235

I rent a townhouse & have no garden area whatsoever. I just bought the long uv lights & I have them sitting sideways pointing toward the plants...I also have tinfoil behind the plants for extra reflection. I’m growing beans, cucs, cauliflower, & peppers. Another thing that I failed with the first time around, was the need for pollination. Now I take a qu-tip & touch the flower of one plant to the flower of another to cross pollinate. I also have a fan blowing very lightly on the plants to help them pollinate each other.


101 posted on 04/02/2010 6:10:15 PM PDT by Atom Smasher
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To: Atom Smasher

Wow, I have been reading some, but never thought of the Tin foil on the reverse side! Thanks so much for that, I’m planning to try some growing. The q-tip suggestion is great. As a kid, my dad and I, (In vegas, where growing is a chore), used to take the “male” part of a plant and cross pollinate EVERY flower on other plants. It was a chore, but we always got good crops out of it.

He was a farmer as a youth, growing up in the depression, and knew of several small tricks like that. Thanks again.


117 posted on 04/02/2010 6:21:55 PM PDT by JDW11235 (I think I got it now!)
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