Posted on 12/16/2016 7:55:14 PM PST by greeneyes
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I have not tired growing in water
I have overwintered in pots, and then used rooting hormone to create slips in the springtime.
Temperature and Light variability are too unpredictable during the winter (ie : drafts, too close to the window, too close to the floor, power failure, etc.)
Even then, the mother plant tends to get too leggy.
However, that being said, a temperature controlled hydroponic system might(?) work to over-winter plants; but, I have tried hydroponics ....... yet !
YMMV !
My experience is that "water roots" are inferior to land/soil based roots
and in most plants, they don't adjust well when placed in the soil.
It seems that 'water roots' get shocked when placed in the soil, and whether the plant survives is a "crap-shoot".
It is to riskey for the amount of money involved in investing into the temp/ light system unless you can get in for cheap .
I visited Buffalo, NY when I was selling fuel to Great lakes steamships that called for iron ore in Duluth-Superior. American Steamship was based there at the time. Good people.
We lived in the Twin Cities area at the time and I could make Buffalo and come back the following day via Northwest.
Back when I was in college, a girlfriend was taking a session at Rutgers and I drove out to pick her up and bring her home. While we were that far east, I saw in the paper that Bob and Ray were appearing at a local NYC theater and urged her to go with me.
We went with a half dozen of her friends and I laughed my head off at the monologues. She understood none of it.
It takes all the fun out of a joke when you have to explain it to someone !
Aren't you glad that relationship didn't work out, other wise you would be trying to explaining jokes for the rest of your life. She wasn't and engineering major was she ?
Eric in the Ozarks :" I visited Buffalo, NY when I was selling fuel to Great lakes steamships that called for iron ore in Duluth-Superior.
American Steamship was based there at the time. Good people."
I once met Edmund Fitzgerald, for who the ill fated Great Lakes ore ship was named after.
Good idea. Was thinking of homemade ketchup or relish. Will give it a try. Can use green tomatoes too.
My bugaboo is mosquitoes. I grew NOTHING this year, due to the mosquitoes being so thick, and I can’t use any of the repellents. I have mild success with using melaleuca herbal shampoo as a body wash, but they still bite me. Then I have reactions to the bites! That’s what I get for being a fair skinned blue eyed redhead. Think it would help if I dyed my hair black and got brown contacts? ;-p
We have some white stuff on the grass and rooftops this AM.
No I don’t get the emails-I rarely look at email and the only time I get on facebook is when the kids text me that they have posted some pictures of the grand kids.
I signed up for the catalog, and about once a quarter, I go review various sites for new products and sales. I still really like the LDS on line store for basics in the number 10 size cans. They have been adding to the selections available so it’s not as limited as it once was.
At one time they had a starter case-it had one can each of the various basics such as beans, rice, flour etc. One case was basics for one month, and one person. Made it easier for beginners to stock up with less outlay. It’s no longer available, but the prices on what they have are very competitive.
We live on a huge hill, and it was very slick yesterday - freezing rain. Hubby went to the store to avoid going today as it is colder than a well diggers behind.
I’m thinking that chili would be something good to put in the crock pot this AM for supper tonight.
Sounds like a good squash to consider growing.
We’re on a hill too, steep driveway. All our cars have had to be wheel drive in the 32 years we have been here. When it’s icy it’s the worst, have to park down by the barn and lug groceries up.
No. I plant basil everywhere around my garden, as it is supposed to have a repellent property. I also don’t go out in the late afternoon ie times when skeeters are likely to be about. I only stay out for the shortest time, and keep moving the whole time. I do have citronella candles to light if I decide to sit for a minute or two, but I usually just do my outdoor chores as fast as possible and then dash back to the house for sitting.
I usually managed with front wheel drive and studded tires did have couple of times that I had to park at the bottom. Those times were so slick, that I also had to get down and crawl up the hill making sure to find spots of leaves that gave me a little traction.
Now we rely on the 4 wheel drive truck for the bad times. It has a better heater too. LOL
This is funny. I’ve done the penguin crawl a couple of times when I could not even get up it was so icy. So I took my cane which I have only used after a knee replacement. I bought a second rubber cap and screwed 4 two inch drywall screws (wide threads) through the bottom of the cap so they stick out. It works like a champ. They did plow our road so it looks like we can make it out to church after all.
Good ingenuity. LOL
It may be an 'ol wives tale' but consumption of garlic is also reputed to have repellent qualities to mosquitoes.
Garlic also allegedly has some anti-viral and anti-bacterial qualities as well.
I would suggest daily consumption of garlic in soups, stews, salads, or even slivers of garlic incised into meats prior to roasting,
to build up the repellent characteristics in your immune system several weeks before the expected mosquito infestation.
Perhaps a paste of baking soda will reduce the inflammation of mosquito bite welts that show up on fair-skinned complexion.
My favorite spice is 'roasted garlic' because once cooked or roasted over 140 degrees, it looses its bitter taste, and becomes a mild flavor enhancer.
Perhaps growing and regular consumption of both basil and garlic will address your mosquito bite problem.
Any thoughts ?
I don’t have a mosquito bite problem, because I don’t sit around or stand around outdoors.
I do take a clove of garlic everyday in addition to using it in cooking, because it has a lot of healthy effects.
I plant lots more basil than I ever use all around the tomatoes, and next to the patio-the mosquito deterrence is a bonus. There’s also the geranium plant - I don’t recall the exact scientific name though.
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