@Old-Ron Thats so awesome that you rescue plants too i just couldn’t stand to watch it die at my job. I’m so glad I went w my gut and took it home. The new growth on the palm looks great btw. I love palm trees, when I lived in Florida a few yrs ago I would decorate the palm out back with lights around Christmas. What’s the one with the pink flowers called? I’m slowly researching and learning about all the different kinds of plants and flowers. Happy growing
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The other is a hibiscus. It was in sad shape a few years back. I drag them all indoors in the winter and keep them going. I find working with the plants and in the garden very therapeutic. It is an awesome feeling to see the new growth or bringing a plant back. I am sure it will also feel the same way to smoke something I have grown from seed too. Looking forward to that this year.
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Thank you, I think its unique, and a good thing to do, pause for the cause 
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Found a ladybug 
on the bachelor buttons this morning 
so I gently persuaded it onto the squash leaves figured nice it’ll have a field day with all the bugs under the leaves think it’s a little to windy rn it was more into the pot itself I did see some thrips running away as it came closer didnt even notice those till the ladybug showed up they blend in w the wooden pot prob got scared seeing the cant blame them because of the wind I brought the basil closer so it could get a lil more protection and as soon as it was in the basil I see a red spider mite start running i love my lil garden assassin 
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Ladybug on the bachelor buttons
Ladybug on the summer squash
Hanging on wen the wind picked up
Settled on the basil for the moment just checked and it’s still there
Just found some type of egg sacks on the underside of one of the basil leaves
Got a great pic of a bee getting some pollen from the bachelor buttons this morning as well.
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Those look like caterpillar eggs but who knows. Summer brings all the creepy crawlies
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I squished whatever it was, didnt want it hatching just glad I caught it in time. I checked again this afternoon and the lady bug moved on. Im secretly hoping it went 2 get some friends lol
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@Meesh think I found what it was looks pretty similar I googled moth eggs
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Yup. Makes those green little caterpillars that eat everything. Such a problem here, especially for my cannabis, but they eat my flowers and leaves too.
For some reason, the egg clusters always look like a honeycomb to me with the naked eye.
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The zinnias are opening more and more everyday one has started to show yellow in the petals. I’m excited to see what they will look like fully bloomed they are giant cactus zinnias I planted from seed along with the bachelor buttons. The basil looks alot better he leaves are standing up more I checked it yesterday after the ladybug left and found a few thrips I’m gunna try the soap and water tonight and see if that help prevent them from coming back, everything else looks good the summer squash has really started 2 take off since being transplanted getting excited for the veggies to start coming the bell peppers are getting there slowly will prob transplant them into bigger pots on sunday
Happy growing 
Giant cactus zinnias
Close up of the zinnia flowers getting ready to bloom
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Two of the zinnias have bloomed so ar they look so pretty loving my lil flower garden They fell off the roof a cpl days ago luckily they survived the fall and are doing good moved them away from the edge and closer to the bachelor buttons
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The outside plants finally got some much needed rain the past cpl days they are continuing to grow day by day the summer squash especially. The parsley and oregano have started to sprout as well. Wasnt able to transplant the bell peppers due to lighting figured I’d play it safe
Zinnias and bachelor buttons
Summer squash
Parsley, & oregano
Had a visitor come by the pansies
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They look really healthy and pretty! 
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They are looking great. So the Zinnias tried to escape. 
Glad they survived and are looking great. You have a really nice garden going.
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You jumped too quick, Ms.:
(inset: larva - don’t kill these!!!) 
However, good call on the other one; Wikipedia says 3 eyes & most fatalities from bites are kids <7 yrs. 
Now I can chop down my batchelor buttons! 
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O no I feel awful now 
lesson learned thank you very much. I would of had my own lil army of ladybugs, funny story I actually bought 300 live ladybugs off Amazon our first indoor grow we had fungus gnats they weren’t 2 interested in them so I had a shit ton of them just chilling in the tent probably starving never do that again. Again thanks for the info
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Hey it’s OK. I’m still squishing an un-identified thing on my plants! 
It looks like a microscopic clothing pin(the sewing kind, not the laundry kind). 
I just recognized those yellow eggs & presume your visitor “smelled” the aphids & found a good ‘nursery’. Kinda. 
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I just remembered I found them wen the ladybug was still here and showed them to her seeing if she wanted to eat them whoops no wonder she left 
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The unidentified bug sounds interesting I would of squished it too there’s just so many different kinds of critters out there i love learning about them all good and bad nature is amazing and ever changing
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The summer squash had its first flower open this morning they are growing bigger by the day still. Hav 3 zinnias open 4th on the way think I lost one of the strawberry plants we will see everyone else really loved all the rain we got this past week the rest of the veggies are coming along hoping the peppers take off like the squash did after transplanting
Happy growing
Summer squash
Basil, bell peppers, parsley and oregano in the far corner
Looks like one of the strawberry plants has had it
Zinnias I just love these
The shady bunch minus the rescue pansy it lived a good life
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Noticed these strange looking black and orange bugs on some of the flowers yesterday. Instead of killing them I tried google first and @cannabissequoia I’m so excited they are ladybug larvae so relived I didnt kill them all lol got pics of 3 different ones. Soon I’ll have my own ladybug army
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