I like your dog bro.
Thanks, I tried to get her to move out of the picture, but she was like, āno fucking way am I going out of the shadeā.
Hey, speaking of green chilisā¦ You got any real New Mexico Hatch chili seeds you can send a sister?
I bought the plant as a seedling. It wont be Hatch green chili unless it is grown in Hatch, NM. The cultivar is called Big Jim though.
Training them like I do my hops ! Bet there over 20ā in length now!
Does anyone have a particular potting soil they prefer for their flowers or annual container plants? Iām not sure Iām real happy with the cheapy organic kellogg brand Iāve been using. I feel like my coleus and a few of my other flowers arenāt performing as well as Iād like. I have so many darn container flowers, I try to keep the cost down and spend the real money on my cannabis soil. So, economical would be ideal.
Oh @Meesh you should almost be to the point of building your own mix from scratch shouldnāt you?
I could, but I have such a large garden and so much work, I like the simplicity of the container plants and would love to just keep it simple and just open a bag and transplant to be honest. Also, they get changed out a lot too
Iāve even considered just buying non-organic potting soil and using chemical nutes on them since most are annuals except I compost the soil when they finish and I donāt want to waste it as I donāt want that crap in the compost.
I use ProMix BX for all of my container plants, straight out of the bale. Works well for me with all veggies and annuals. Iāve been using ProMix for at least twenty years now, and I have had no problemsā¦whenever I go to pick some up, I carefully inspect the plastic to make sure there are no rips or tears which could allow little pesky critters in. I recently had to order some from Amazonā¦I did spot a few little rips, but have had no gnats.
And I use diabolical chemical fertilizer.
Yeah, pretty much everything I read online says to use a soilless mix for container plants and chemical ferts. I may just bite the bullet for ease and an overgrow in my containers. Iām not really that hippie when it comes to the containers. Iāll def keep everything in the ground organic though as I just enjoy the process and everything about it. The petunias I worked so hard to germ this year, are just pathetic. I know they would have been huge by now had I used chemical ferts. Never too late to try a different approach. Container plants are entirely reliant on us to feed them anyway, so some chem ferts wonāt kill me. Just wonāt recycle the dirt except to the city in the green waste can I guess. I still have tons of organic soil I can put in the compost from my container cannabis plants.
I really want big pots of coleus right now. The ones I have from spring are so small. Since itās Cali, I can probably start some seeds even now. I think Iāll try one seed in each starter to separate the colors out this time and once they sprout Iāll get them into the part shade quicker and just feed them some chems. lol
Iām assuming the sunshine mix #4 that I have in the garage will work. Next bag, Iāll try out the ProMix BX. I think they sell it at Lowes if I recall.
Well the only plants I have are:
Parsley,
coriander (cilantro),
sage,
lavender,
Basil
Aloe
Yucca
Several cacti
Buganvipia
Ohh and some watermelon that accidentally popped up
Iām so excited, I still have a tomato and a pepper plant alive and fruiting. The cucumber got decimated by a windstorm. This is the best Iāve managed outside.
Last time I got cherry tomatoesā¦ The bloody white fly got them good and killed the plantā¦
Yes, coleus are tender perennials, and as long as no frost (or temps donāt stay much below 50 F for extended periods) they will grow nicely for a few years before losing vitality/vigor. In most parts of US they
grow as annuals.
I start them year round in South Florida.
I used to pluck the blossoms and suck the nectar from the ends
Letās consider a moment that BBQ is a subject that perhaps is as old as fire! That there might be a bit of competition going onā¦and that some fools think ketchup goes in a basting sauceā¦others think vinegar tastes good. Cāest la vie.
So at present I have
2 roma tomatoes
1 hillbilly tomato
1 beefsteak
2 aloe vera
1 banana pepper
wife has
A jasmine (Maid of Orlean)
5 figs (Vista, Vert, Chicago Hardy, Brooklyn White, St Rita)
several succulents
Monastera delicioso
Schleffera
Jade plant
Norflok Island pine
African violet
Swedish Ivy
2 orchids
a gerber daisy
ā¦
oh and my rosemary.
@ReikoX veggies are looking good in spite of that heat! Nice job!
I needed a bell pepper for my chili tonight and I was really excited to go out to my plant and grab one! Doesnāt get fresher than that. Talk about Farm to Table!
@Calyxander Awesome! They will pretty much be perennials here then too! I remembered how small the darn seeds are when I planted a bunch of starters today. If I want them separated by color then I better buy some new seeds! lol The Rainbow mix will not be separated unless I somehow gained a steady hand and a microscope! Anyway, trying some more, Iāll see how they do. Maybe Iāll put a few directly into the shade garden as well and see how they do. They remind me of that lungwort that is thriving out there now. These could really make the shade garden pop!