Posted on 04/10/2021 6:03:07 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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I bought a grow light system over Winter.
Started my vegetable seeds way too early in mid Jan.
My plants have out grown grow lights.(Tomatoes 1.5’ tall)
Having to get them in the ground ASAP.
Will learn from mistakes and hope no late frost comes.
Definitely “spring” around here. We have two bluebird nests going (eggs in them) and a cardinal has a nest in one of our forsythia bushes. My dad noticed some little wrens building a nest in an old watering can that is turned on its side - wrens will build nests anywhere.
My dad is building two bluebird houses for his great-granddaughters (ages 2.5 & 5). They brought up a note (their mom wrote it, they decorated it) asking for him to please build them bb houses. He’s been working hard to get them done before they leave tomorrow. He’s got issues with his hands (numbness/pain) & advanced heart failure so the process is wearing him out, but he’s got one finished & one about 80%. I think he’ll make tomorrow’s “deadline” when they leave to go home.
The redbuds are in full bloom and a couple of them are “going green” as the leaves come out. Tulips are now blooming, the old apple trees are in bloom (very old - hollow limbs - we wonder every year if they’ll ‘come back’). Major mowing on Thursday since we had rain showers yesterday & they’re in the forecast for the entire weekend.
I did get myself a compost tumbler - taking partially decomposed leaves out of my “cold” compost bin & processing in the “hot” tumbler to break them down to more of a soil consistency. I’m curious to see how this process works out. I’m going to plant tithonia this weekend & hope it’s not too early - there is at least one hummingbird that has migrated back to our area, spotted on the feeder next door ... “my” hummers should be here within the week. They love tithonia so the sooner I can get them coming up, the better.
Beauty in everything - even an everyday pigeon. Such attention to detail; I’m sure that happened, ‘just by accident.’ *SMIRK* :)
I have used grow lights to much success. I have two 1000 watt ballast for Nickle and Sodium. The LED work well also. If you pinch the flowering tops you will generate additional flowering tops (called suckers) these are almost complete new plants. THus you can generate many flowering tops from one plant. Increases the yield for each plant by a lot and produces a fuller plant. Stockier not as viney.
I’m using T-5’s. 4 bulb. 4’.
My first attempt at growing indoors.
I just seeded too early.
Beautiful! My Mom grows TONS of Iris - her favorite flower after Lilies. We have some very old blue and white bi-colors that were HER Grandmother’s. We’ve moved them to every house either of us have ever owned. :)
I’ve done that more times than I’d care to mention! It’s hard to wait! ;)
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