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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on May 21, 2014 23:54:27 GMT -5
I left the lighting on for 16 hours per day for one week. There was one 3000K and one 6500K bulb in each fixture. I synchronized the lighting so that the extra lighting fell approximately equally in the morning and in the evening.  |
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on May 30, 2014 18:48:16 GMT -5
Some of the GRIN garlic planted in the open field are sending up scapes: PI 540319 and Z058. These are 2nd year bulbils. PI 540319. Classic scape shape for a marbled purple stripe garlic. Produced 5 leaves before flowering.  Z058. Also produced 5 leaves before flowering.  |
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Post by kazedwards on Jun 4, 2014 23:00:48 GMT -5
I wonder if over crowding a patch would help induce flowering? Kinda like how young tomatoes start to flower as small plants when root bound.
I wish I could work on projects like this and the many others that all of you are working on, but as of now I am trying to learn how to garden. This is my second year of growing and first of hopeing to save seed. I very much admire you all!
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Post by steev on Jun 5, 2014 1:04:25 GMT -5
It's a growth experience; by the time you're half our ages, you'll be far beyond us, if you persevere.
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Post by richardw on Jun 7, 2014 0:46:53 GMT -5
One of three seed grown plants now 7 months old,did briefly go down for a time but now back up and growing well,its inside the tunnelhouse so as to grow as larger bulb as i can get,the other two are outside in the frosts.  |
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Post by kazedwards on Jun 7, 2014 1:33:28 GMT -5
Beautiful plant Richard!
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Post by richardw on Jul 2, 2014 22:25:56 GMT -5
I'm gutted,a bloody rat has bitten off my best TGS ,do you think it will come away again  |
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jul 3, 2014 0:06:47 GMT -5
Sad day! I suppose that it will keep growing all winter.
I transplanted mine the other day. Oops. All the foliage croaked. I wonder if I should pull the bulbs and store them in the fridge for the summer or if they will restart...
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Post by richardw on Jul 3, 2014 0:26:40 GMT -5
Its inside the tunnelhouse Joseph so it should come away again,if not i'm down to two outside plants left,rat trap is set with some dog food on it,fingers crossed i get the mongrel.  |
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Post by philagardener on Jul 3, 2014 5:43:31 GMT -5
richardw , unfortunate news but I think the meristem is underground so it should resprout (and if it doesn't, check carefully for a small bulb - it might just keep its head down for a while). I hope you can resolve the problem. Maybe a wire cage would be extra protection while it gets reestablished Good luck!
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Post by richardw on Jul 3, 2014 14:25:54 GMT -5
Yes,i'll see how it goes....but a rat biting off garlic???,seems strange to me
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Post by flowerweaver on Jul 3, 2014 19:28:01 GMT -5
Yes,i'll see how it goes....but a rat biting off garlic???,seems strange to me Arrgh! How frustrating. By the pieces left behind, perhaps they didn't like it and will leave the rest alone? In times of drought, like the one we've been in for the past five years, rodents will eat anything and everything including our electrical wiring in our pumphouse. |
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Post by richardw on Jul 4, 2014 0:15:32 GMT -5
yes its odd why rodents will eat electrical wiring and stuff
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Post by blueadzuki on Jul 4, 2014 6:07:13 GMT -5
Actually it's very logical. Remember that the those front incisors in rodent never stop growing. They need to chew things constantly to keep them gnawed down. anything tough buy chewy is fair game. Moredo ergo sum, I gnaw, therefore I am.
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Post by steev on Jul 4, 2014 11:23:26 GMT -5
Having had some drip-tube outside the critter-corral, I'd occasionally find as much as a foot of it reduced to one-inch pieces by pointy teeth; coyotes using it for chew-toys, I think.
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