Category: Education
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Neighborly Help
We’re finished with supplemental lighting in my beds. Thank you lights for fooling my plants into thinking that you’re the sun. You’re going to be put to use earlier next year. The first flowering tea has been poured, pumping phosphorus and potassium into my beds, and after a scorching hot…
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Cautionary Tales & A Lucky Break
A sign in my part of the world that is . . . confusing. When I was researching writing the Home Grow program, I spoke with various manufacturers and quality control people about their products. That’s how I found out the best time of day to spray BT, for example,…
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Mid Grow Report
Day two of my back to back blogs: It’s July 20, a date I associate with being the halfway point of my grow. It’s been three months since I cracked seeds and it’s about three months before the last plant is dried and trimmed. From this point forward is when…
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The Source
Sometimes, in the first light of morning, I have to stop whatever I’m doing and simply gaze at the beauty of what is growing around me. Above, you see the young Royal Kush we planted six weeks after we started all the other seeds. She’s a late bloomer and we’ve…
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Everything on time
The beauty of automation in my garden is that I can have a couple of days where I’m unavailable, and the plants still get what they need. Having my outdoor lights on timers makes me happy. I love knowing that the lights are already on and the girls are waking…
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Simple Pleasures
A couple of blogs ago, I alluded to now being a good time to add a little something extra in my tea, to goose my plants a bit, and I then explained how I back off giving them anything heavy during July. A basic tea is all my plants need…
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Working Through a heatwave and Lousy news
ACDC fan leaf Below, we have Hindu Kush in the classic training position that Bee and I favor. This plant was topped once, and after each new branch got to a certain length, Bee tied them apart, which allows the growth beneath the tops to get the same amount of…
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Vegging Out
Ok, the longest days of the year have just passed. Everything you’re growing is now on the receding side of the summer sun. However, the perfect conditions that exist on both sides of Solstice linger for several more weeks. Days become shorter slowly. Depending on where you live, it starts…
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Summer Solstice Special
This blog is meant for those who long to linger in the loam on the 21st of June. The longest day of the year is rife with possibilities. There are barbecues, hikes, ball games, parties, gatherings, and rituals. It tends to be a social day. But for this home grower,…
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The Menu is Set
The above sight was unimaginable until only a couple of weeks ago. I am now using outdoor lights in both my growing beds and in the aviary, where we’ve put two plants. They are attached to timers and they go on from 5:30-7:30 every morning. This little bit of extra…
