GH updates 2016-7
 

I built this from scraps
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then installed a dutch bucket hydro system and threw in a few plants
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1 week later the plants are starting to get accustomed to the hydro grow
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and now, the plants are growing nice but I did change out the nutes, I think the 50lb bag of CalNit I bought a while back is weaker than Southern Ag
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Here's a few shots of what's growing
Brad's Black Heart from Tom, the seeds were from 2010
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2 George Detsikas Italian Red
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Dana's Dusky Rose
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Grightmire's Pride
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Daniel Burson
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Owen's Purple in an EB type thing I made fed with TT
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PBTD
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3 containers of PBTD then Big Beef Hybrid and Creoles in the last container
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I know it's hard to see but all 5 seeds I started of Mat-Su from Cole has sprouted in 4 days, I didn't use a heat mat and the temps in the house has been 68-72. I just used a fresh bag of MG moisture control/3 months feeding potting soil.
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I am jealous. I was hoping today that the snow would finish sliding off of my greenhouses. LOL
Lookin good, us northerners can live through you for a few months, keep us posted.

I will keep posted pics up for you to see what's happening.

Your scraps gh looks awesome! Jimbo.

This is really nice. I agree that your scraps are pretty darn nice. What are you going to do when those plants become gigantic? You've got some that really get big.

I'll keep them pruned to single stem and start dropping the plant as it grows. I have almost 6' before I need to start dropping them.

We had a bone chilling cold front come through and it got down to 37 last night.;) I had 2 small heaters set at 52-54 and they worked perfect. I'm glad we don't have many freezing nights. The tomatoes came out fine and some are flowering today.

And Cole's Mat-Su are standing tall.
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Cool. I'm happy to see that.

What can I say, [B]good job scraps are best[/B].:yes:

Worth

[QUOTE=Rajun Gardener;603633]We had a bone chilling cold front come through and it got down to 37 last night.;) I had 2 small heaters set at 52-54 and they worked perfect. I'm glad we don't have many freezing nights. The tomatoes came out fine and some are flowering today.[/QUOTE]

Rajun , how's your greenhouse holding up ? Did ya use any special bracing for wind whatnot? :)Jimbo

The GH is doing great Jimbo, here's pics from 12-13
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These will go as soon as the tomatoes are ripe, I plan on building a table for transplants in the area
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A volunteer growing in a potted rose I bought on clearance a while back, no clue where the seed came
from or what it is but it wants to grow
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I have a few pepper plants I'm over wintering and some are still flowering, Cowhorn and Tobasco upper left
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Mark, I started 5 seeds of each Saturday afternoon and Wednesday they started popping, all are doing good. 100% germ rate.
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Cole, yours are about ready to transplant
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Awesome Rajun! To think you made that tight, as the kids say, gh out of scraps is cool! Can you PM me if nephew has any of those railroad spike knives available. Thanks Jimbo.

Cole I transplanted and set them in the GH yesterday
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Mark, everybody is awake but some still have blinders on
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Now I have plants to look at, it was -15 here the other day, a bit chilly for tomatoes. I will start my first batch under lights January 15, and I am ready to go. Keep us posted Rajun, nice to see green.

12-24 update. The plants are starting to fill out nice with these warm temps, 79° today.
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This is the volunteer growing in a rose plant, it's the same one at the bottom left in the above pic
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Mat Su Express from Cole, 20 days growth
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I transplanted the Mat Su Express from Mark, 9 days old
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Update after the freeze last night, no damage to report. It's 37 right now but nice in the GH, no heaters running just a fan for air movement.
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Compari plants, I didn't think they would grow so much like a cherry plant
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crosses with owen's Purple and another with George Detsikas
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Daniel Burson
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Here's the volunteer that came up in the rose plant, I crossed this with the Compari so it'll be a guess of what it will be
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Owen's Purple
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Siberian plants are loaded with flowers
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Siberian crossed with Owen's Purple
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George Detsikas crossed with Brad's Black Heart
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random shots
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The Mat-Su Express is rolling right along, the c-1-5 plants are about to get transplanted.
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even the fig cuttings are growing nice.
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Looks great, I was wondering how things were going.:yes:

Worth

Lookin good, they will explode after being transplanted. How's the weather in your area this time of year? It's been pretty nice here -5 to -10 at night, 0 -5 during the day, almost a whole 6 hours of light, just wonderful. LOL

[QUOTE=AKmark;609440]Lookin good, they will explode after being transplanted. How's the weather in your area this time of year? It's been pretty nice here -5 to -10 at night, 0 -5 during the day, almost a whole 6 hours of light, just wonderful. LOL[/QUOTE]

I feel for you Mark... But on the bright side, you get to start your gardening a whole lot earlier than I do.

Rajun Gardener, I am envious of your lush green plants. They sure look happy and healthy. I am so happy to see that you have had some success and making your own crosses. I will be looking forward to see how they progress. You are sure into some fun for next season with them. ;)

As you know, I am a fan of Daniel Burson. I am glad to see that you are growing it. Hopefully you can keep it's first blooms warm so that you do not get cat-facing. It seems that after the first fruits set that temperatures do not make such a big difference.

This last front was too cold but we have nice temps for a week or so. The problem is we're getting about 10.5 hours of daylight but every day gets a little longer. Usually February is the coldest month with a few freezes so I'm hoping the Pineapple express continues till March, Sorry Cali but ya'll do need the rain.
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[QUOTE=Rajun Gardener;609881]This last front was too cold but we have nice temps for a week or so. The problem is we're getting about 10.5 hours of daylight but every day gets a little longer. Usually February is the coldest month with a few freezes so I'm hoping the Pineapple express continues till March, Sorry Cali but ya'll do need the rain.
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If you had 20 hours of daylight you would have an AK summer going right now. We are looking to get blasted by increasingly colder temps.

Please keep posting those pictures. Those green leaves and blooms are like coffee to the winter soul... lol

I just finished pruning/chopping leaves and lowering the plants. I totally messed up planting these huge plants mixed with shorter growing plants but I'll know better next time.
Here's what I chopped off the plants
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The plants look naked, I'm sure that will set them back but it had to be done. Suckers grow so fast that in a few days they're huge.
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Compari F-1
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GGWT
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Brad's Black Heart
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BBH but the fruit is misshaped because of a cold front when they were pollinated
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This is a black that tasted good from a store, I think it has some anthro in it but I could be wrong
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Daniel Burson
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Siberian
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George Detsikas
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These are Mat-Su Express, seeds from Cole Robbie. I transplanted them a few days ago, I put 3 in soil and 2 in buckets. All 3 in the soil are making buds already, these germinated between 12-4 to 12-6-16. The 2 in buckets will have visible buds tomorrow.
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I really need to get these planted
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I have some TPS germinating too
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I just snapped a few pics
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I made a video yesterday of the green house. I need practice for sure.
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuPLVq9U2Iw[/url]

Nice tour of your GH. Everything looks healthy and vigorous. Thanks for sharing.

Looks good Rajun. Nice video.

Great video! Surprised at all he varieties you have in there. Danas Dusky rose looks good. Keep thinking of that as my sister is Dana. Hope they taste good, let us know how all turn out. Jimbo