yogi gardener
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pulled up a chair, hi.
Cape Mountainside Bay Garden: Transkei Sativa Soil Grow
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Welcome and thank you for joining me on my journey
yogi gardener
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ty, Africa is, to me, myst shrouded legend lol so thrilled when i find grows occurring there. looking at genetics from Africa every year, trying some now. ever think of running stakes in ground and bending over 3/4"pvc , screw gun some strappingfor on it for a screenhouse? Epic garden space btw.
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Hi Yogi. The pvc is a brilliant idea. I am heavily constrained by a very low budget so I have bought bamboo poles and I will somehow wrap the tulle around a bamboo frame. I am meeting a mate this afternoon to figure something out. If I am still facing the same conditions next year, I will do the pvc frame as you suggest
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I'm kind of gutted. I tied Molly down yesterday and now there is a gale force wind blowing and it has whipped one of her main branches right off. I am feeling a bit disheartened with this grow. It just seems one issue after the next. Polly barely has any leaves left after insect damage, Holly is tiny but bushy after being munched by the locust, and now Molly has been ripped apart. The mystery purple plant is looking rough from the wind and I have taken the DWD seedling back into the greenhouse because that looked close to a shredding. I have another sprout, and two more seeds on the sprout. One is a Banana Blaze auto. The temps are still low and growth appears to be slow.
Damn that's a rough start. While you're locked in maybe you can build a wind break?
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Now that's exactly what I needed to hear to pull me out of my sulk! Thanks for the encouragement, Shed. I will put my mind to that windbreak now.
The Celt
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Morning Carmen
As Shed said, support of some kind. Here, it’s the fall, when plants are heavy in bud, that I have most issues with winds. This year, being around a lot and better prepared, I bought wire fencing and made cages around them to support them in the wind, pulling limbs through the holes as they grow.
If you can source some small animal fencing, with 1” (2.5cm) holes, it would do the same for small/young plants.
As Shed said, support of some kind. Here, it’s the fall, when plants are heavy in bud, that I have most issues with winds. This year, being around a lot and better prepared, I bought wire fencing and made cages around them to support them in the wind, pulling limbs through the holes as they grow.
If you can source some small animal fencing, with 1” (2.5cm) holes, it would do the same for small/young plants.
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That actually might be the answer. Thanks Celt.Morning Carmen
As Shed said, support of some kind. Here, it’s the fall, when plants are heavy in bud, that I have most issues with winds. This year, being around a lot and better prepared, I bought wire fencing and made cages around them to support them in the wind, pulling limbs through the holes as they grow.
If you can source some small animal fencing, with 1” (2.5cm) holes, it would do the same for small/young plants.
look for stucco wire at your local building supply store.
The Celt
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Much welcome Carmen, I do what I can to help where I can
Take care you’re self Carmen!!
Hey Carman. If that's the first time you Have lost an arm to the cape doctor you are pretty lucky. It's no joke growing in the wind. I had that wind smash up every branch of my biggest gal. Had to cable tie them back on. Find a pool net shop and get some offcuts free. You really will have to so some thing because that SE is coming.
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My next purchase will be some stucco wire or similar. I'm interested in the idea of the pool netting but I can't imagine how it is used. Thanks LR, it's a mission growing outdoors with the elements and the pests lololol. Today I erected two of my three screens. I have to go back for more tulle, but it's so cheap at R30 a meter. A friend made the cross bars out of repurposed materials, and I used bamboo poles for the uprights. The tulle is clumsily tied on with cable ties and clipped on from pole 6 to pole 1 so that I have a door. I will have to go inside on my knees. It's tall enough for me to get seedlings established.
yogi gardener
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slowly, you are engineering a Northface tent. the things we do for a plant right? i remember cloches, made of glass great for early starts and and protecion maybe something similar... can you drill into the wall, about four feet up (higher? dunn how tall it is) connect some large half hoops made of fresh cut bamboo then cover? thinking its curved surface, greater wind resistance and if clear plastic over greater solar gain. just me and the coffee ramblings...
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I hear you and domes do make sense. I am hoping what I have will be a reasonable solution as it stands. It's not my garden so I can't drill into walls and make structural changes, also finance is constraining me. I have to go with what I have for now and hope it stands up to the elements.
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Good news. My tents have withstood 3 nights of gale force winds. I need to lay some straw and then after the cold front that is on its way with several days of rain, I want to plant out some vegetable seedlings.
In the meanwhile, here is an update on my plants.
The tiny sprout is a Banana Blaze auto (will go into a pot)
The bigger sprout is the LC18 x TK
The seedling is the DWD (interesting growth)
The pot plant is the mystery purple
The bushy little plant is Holly (TKO2) recovered from her violent munching by the locust
The one close to the wall is Molly (TKO1), who lost a branch due to LST in the gale force wind
The last pic is of Polly (TKO3), who has been a different grower from day one and has been clipped by grasshoppers
In the meanwhile, here is an update on my plants.
The tiny sprout is a Banana Blaze auto (will go into a pot)
The bigger sprout is the LC18 x TK
The seedling is the DWD (interesting growth)
The pot plant is the mystery purple
The bushy little plant is Holly (TKO2) recovered from her violent munching by the locust
The one close to the wall is Molly (TKO1), who lost a branch due to LST in the gale force wind
The last pic is of Polly (TKO3), who has been a different grower from day one and has been clipped by grasshoppers
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Beautiful photos Carmen!! Wow
They look great in the sun!
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Thank you so much BLS.
Thanks Shed. On closer inspection they are taking some strain and thanks to LR for some input, I think I have narrowed down the problem to overfeeding with SST and / or drenching them in garlic and canola oil solution twice a day. Look at the deformed growth.
Ideally they should all still be in tents but I have run out of material for now.
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