SMdoubleXL Posted August 22, 2021 Author Share Posted August 22, 2021 I’ve been thinking of this thread lately. thank you bumping it. @Ko SprueOne A few docent things to do with those depending on what you want your end result to be. Any flower (all of you) should be dead headed (cut it off) after it blooms. If that old flower falls in your plant it could lead to a bacteria or even mold to grow. UNLESS you are trying to get seeds from it. i would harvest those seeds-and cut the bloom off. If you are keeping it-you should definitely be able to give it a rejuvenation prune. All the way down and allow it go dormant in the winter and start fresh when’s it’s time. Im not 100 if you can take it all the way down to the stalk- but just in case leave a few branches with a few nodes so it has some new growth starter points. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 What’s up with the ‘stoney trip’? Only for the bees? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMdoubleXL Posted August 22, 2021 Author Share Posted August 22, 2021 I’m sure the same compound that “relaxes” humans is probably a super sleeper for bees hahah. I mean they get all in that 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 5 hours ago, SMdoubleXL said: I’ve been thinking of this thread lately. thank you bumping it. @Ko SprueOne A few docent things to do with those depending on what you want your end result to be. Any flower (all of you) should be dead headed (cut it off) after it blooms. If that old flower falls in your plant it could lead to a bacteria or even mold to grow. UNLESS you are trying to get seeds from it. i would harvest those seeds-and cut the bloom off. If you are keeping it-you should definitely be able to give it a rejuvenation prune. All the way down and allow it go dormant in the winter and start fresh when’s it’s time. Im not 100 if you can take it all the way down to the stalk- but just in case leave a few branches with a few nodes so it has some new growth starter points. Dead Headed to avoid bacteria and mold, Good info. I didn't know that. I'm not trying to harvest the seeds for now. The ones that fell a couple years ago grew this one in the picture. When you say, All the way down to the stalk, does that mean under the bloom until it reaches the branch it's growing from? See the red lines in the picture. Or further down than that? Thanks for the replies, awesome thread! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, LUGR said: What’s up with the ‘stoney trip’? Only for the bees? I may have embellished the wording a bit. She may have said something like, 'Mellows them out' Edited August 23, 2021 by Ko SprueOne espellin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMdoubleXL Posted August 23, 2021 Author Share Posted August 23, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Ko SprueOne said: Dead Headed to avoid bacteria and mold, Good info. I didn't know that. I'm not trying to harvest the seeds for now. The ones that fell a couple years ago grew this one in the picture. When you say, All the way down to the stalk, does that mean under the bloom until it reaches the branch it's growing from? See the red lines in the picture. Or further down than that? Thanks for the replies, awesome thread! Exactly. Where the stem starts at the leaves. yea. Any dead or dying plant matter (including flowers) should be removed from and from around any plant. also. If you see a dying/I’ll branch /leaf or any part of a plant that isn’t doing well, cut it off!! the plant will use its energy to keep trying to repair that instead of sending that energy to new growth. kinda similar to life. we can learn a lot from plants. Edited August 23, 2021 by SMdoubleXL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 Ok got it. I'll work on this each day after work until completion which should be by this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMdoubleXL Posted October 12, 2021 Author Share Posted October 12, 2021 Started these avocado seeds back in July I think. started several more for a few co workers. using wet paper towel method as opposed to toothpick suspension over water. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMdoubleXL Posted October 12, 2021 Author Share Posted October 12, 2021 This is what they looked like 8/21 aftrr that radical (first root) is long enough , I’ll turn it root side down over a jar with a mouth opening wide enough to allow root to sit in that water. Topping water daily to prevent any pert of the root to dry out 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMdoubleXL Posted October 12, 2021 Author Share Posted October 12, 2021 Colocasia/ Taro/ Elephant ear plant I picked up early in the summer. My patio couldn’t allow as much sun as it needed so it stretched and got too wild (Still shot from bad video) I was pretty sure it had a root system you could store for later so I chopped each leaf down, pulled it all out of the pot and separated it’s roots (tubers). Shook of some soil and put em in a paper bag. I’ll keep em out on the patio for keeping cool and reset it next spring. For fun I set one in water to see how it would react. It grew a leaf within two weeks Roots are happy 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 Whoa! I didn’t realize elephant ears are tubers! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 On 10/12/2021 at 7:49 AM, SMdoubleXL said: This is what they looked like 8/21 aftrr that radical (first root) is long enough , I’ll turn it root side down over a jar with a mouth opening wide enough to allow root to sit in that water. Topping water daily to prevent any pert of the root to dry out A very sort of Halloween thing going on there 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 On 10/12/2021 at 4:19 PM, mr.yuck said: Whoa! I didn’t realize elephant ears are tubers! Me neither Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMdoubleXL Posted October 16, 2021 Author Share Posted October 16, 2021 On 10/13/2021 at 9:33 PM, Ko SprueOne said: A very sort of Halloween thing going on there I call em Nature’s Knick Knacks ha 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 On 10/15/2021 at 10:31 AM, nicklesndimes said: picked a couple of these today, still not sure what they are though... gonna go just w/ trinidad scorpion If you don't eat them, they can be cristmas tree ornaments. Is that a thing yet? Peppers as tree decoration? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndv Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 On 10/18/2021 at 8:28 PM, Ko SprueOne said: If you don't eat them, they can be cristmas tree ornaments. Is that a thing yet? Peppers as tree decoration? you can always spice up the bedroom by stringing them up as anal beads. I am sure that'll make the bung hole feel like some kinda Christmas 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 I was looking for NEW things to do with peppers in the October season 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 (edited) October always brings the Orb-Weaver-Araneidae to the yard. The Mrs took this shot. She took a few more super close ups but they were blurry. I would've took a few myself but I was busy with some other sht. That thing was the size of a Kübelwagen! I wasn't scared tho, just busy doing other stuff. Edited October 21, 2021 by Ko SprueOne 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 We're eating Guava from our tree on the daily 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 ^ Fresh, reminds me of Asia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 They refer to this as a penis plant but I can't help but feel they missed going with dickweed. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 ^ Boner Blossom 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 dick bush 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 10 hours ago, nicklesndimes said: ^^peckerwood would be perfect if it were a tree, and then they planted them around CA prisons 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMdoubleXL Posted November 2, 2021 Author Share Posted November 2, 2021 Ha ive seen that thing. We call it a Corpse plant. Because it smells like death if they call it a penis plant they should say it smells like dick cheese or something 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 ... and so the experiment begins. We ripen avocado and bananas* like that but in a paper bag. I never knew how it worked but your explanation is useful insight. * kept misspelling 'bananas' approx. 8 times while typing this, FYI 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 Volunteer tomato plant 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 These detailed drawings are fascinating https://cdm21045.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/coll13/search/searchterm/wurzelatlas mitteleuropaischer waldbaume und straucher/field/subcol/mode/exact/conn/and 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 On 12/13/2021 at 9:28 PM, Ko SprueOne said: These detailed drawings are fascinating https://cdm21045.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/coll13/search/searchterm/wurzelatlas mitteleuropaischer waldbaume und straucher/field/subcol/mode/exact/conn/and 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Hah, those Romans quips, man I tell ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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