African Sun And Indoor Gardening: Pushing My Own Boundaries

Strainyourbrain said:
Glad to have you. I hope you understand some SA slang as Smeegs does go off a bit sometimes. Lol.
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Busy with a cuppa as we speak.
An update on my clone attempt and some funny things I am doing to some plants in my fridge.
The clone that took.
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The clone that I hope makes it
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Some pipe cleaner art. Messing around with a plan.t Seed came from the old farm
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Perhaps i will try a bonsai with this one. Lol
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Plants in my fridge
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Any bondage in with pipe cleaners is good, ill take notes on the bonsai if you do it.
 
Ok well we can give it a go. Starting on the weekend.
I am going with my daughter's husband some time next week to see a local supplier of lights etc. while my son looks at suppliers in PE for me. so we shall see what comes of that. It is going to be DIY and low budget.
 
Nothing beats the good ol' DIY approach :) good luck, I'll be watching it with great interest, if you decide to document it!
 
Smeegol said:
Have a cracker day brother, Postnet is beckoning...lol
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Hi Smeegs. Thanks for the seeds on the way to me man. I hope you get some excellent results from some of those Pondo seeds.
I couldn't sleep. It's after 1 am. Ate something that disagreed with me.
Had a frustrating day yesterday and was pretty tired when I got home. The rain started to fall again.
All the plants seem happy but the light was bad for pics so I will get some this afternoon after work or on Saturday when I have a bit more time.
It looks like at least the one clone has taken and I definitely need to re-pot both the plants in the veg fridge.

Going to try to get some more sleep. I start on site around 7:30 and hope to get the bulk of these two kitchenettes done.
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Strainyourbrain said:
Hi Smeegs. Thanks for the seeds on the way to me man. I hope you get some excellent results from some of those Pondo seeds.
I couldn't sleep. It's after 1 am. Ate something that disagreed with me.
Had a frustrating day yesterday and was pretty tired when I got home. The rain started to fall again.
All the plants seem happy but the light was bad for pics so I will get some this afternoon after work or on Saturday when I have a bit more time.
It looks like at least the one clone has taken and I definitely need to re-pot both the plants in the veg fridge.

Going to try to get some more sleep. I start on site around 7:30 and hope to get the bulk of these two kitchenettes done.
:peace:
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Ouch the dogs and I were snoring at 1am...lol. Have a great day and will catch up with you later...
 
So i got home late from site. The dogs needed attention as my wife is baby sitting our grandchild Ava tonight.
Pretty bushed.
Just popped in on the greenhouse briefly to check if all looked ok. It seems fine.
Tomorrow I can start putting the veg cupboard together, so something to look forward to.
I also want to Do some re-potting and have a look at that plant for bonsai.
I think I will have to extend my greenhouse in the next month and get an earthworm farm going.
So i have a couple of projects coming up:snowboating:
 
Strainyourbrain said:
So i got home late from site. The dogs needed attention as my wife is baby sitting our grandchild Ava tonight.
Pretty bushed.
Just popped in on the greenhouse briefly to check if all looked ok. It seems fine.
Tomorrow I can start putting the veg cupboard together, so something to look forward to.
I also want to Do some re-potting and have a look at that plant for bonsai.
I think I will have to extend my greenhouse in the next month and get an earthworm farm going.
So i have a couple of projects coming up:snowboating:
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Forgot you were doing the cupboard, hopefully you get a cpl hours rest in. Following the bonsai plant as interested in that as well. Will you be including the worm from a to b in your journal as I'd be very interested in that as been wanting to do a proper worm farm for the garden.
I started one back in May last year but never completed it after my last back op.
 
Smeegol said:
Forgot you were doing the cupboard, hopefully you get a cpl hours rest in. Following the bonsai plant as interested in that as well. Will you be including the worm from a to b in your journal as I'd be very interested in that as been wanting to do a proper worm farm for the garden.
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I suppose so. it's related and part of gardening. just got to find the time. At the moment it's crazy but I do get a week or two here and there where I am waiting for material or more work, so I will take advantage of that.
 
Strainyourbrain said:
I suppose so. it's related and part of gardening. just got to find the time. At the moment it's crazy but I do get a week or two here and there where I am waiting for material or more work, so I will take advantage of that.
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I hear you life is getting busier whether we like it or not, work gets more and feels like time gets shorter.
 
Smeegol said:
I hear you life is getting busier whether we like it or not, work gets more and feels like time gets shorter.
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Oh yeah. Every year goes faster. I figure it's time to do the things I planned but have fallen by the wayside.
 
Smeegol said:
Forgot you were doing the cupboard, hopefully you get a cpl hours rest in. Following the bonsai plant as interested in that as well. Will you be including the worm from a to b in your journal as I'd be very interested in that as been wanting to do a proper worm farm for the garden.
I started one back in May last year but never completed it after my last back op.
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The Bonsai attempt.
I had made a cement pot using a cloth and cement technique. It is quite shallow so to my mind it won't promote to much root growth.
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I had to put some holes in it for drainage. Started with a screw
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Then made them bigger
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Finished with holes
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That was the pot and preparation
 
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