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I think it's a survival mechanism.... throw flowers to seed as quickly as possible when stressed/threatened....
Rabbits do it too
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| Author: | Dave Donley [ May 12th, '07, 04:21 ] |
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Has anyone done this? Techniques? I plan to do this with some kind of little pots and medium, so they can be non-destructively pulled out of the AP system and planted. I imagine they would have to be hardened too. |
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| Author: | emsjoflo [ May 12th, '07, 04:47 ] |
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Whenever I get my greenhouse done, I hope to set up some ebb and flow tables so I can start seeds in Rock wool cubes that can either be transplanted into my gravel GB's or into raft culture or my dirt garden -- or sold as seedlings. Still in the planning (hoping) stage tho. |
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| Author: | derekh [ May 14th, '07, 07:15 ] |
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I have a box I use for cuttings filled with perlite/vermiculite that is trickle fed from my AP system. It works well because it is kept constantly moist otherwise I'm likely to forget and then they'll die. |
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| Author: | Dave Donley [ May 14th, '07, 09:59 ] |
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I pulled the lettuce and put in peat plugs with green beans, broccoli, tomatoes, and peppers. We'll see how it goes. |
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| Author: | GotFish? [ May 14th, '07, 10:50 ] |
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I have pulled about 15 tom's and one pepper from my gravel beds, placed them in pots with some dirt and they will go in the dirt garden in the morning. The toms were about a foot tall when I puled them from the grow beds, just held the base stem and dug under as I wiggled em free. They wilted for a day but quickly recovered, they get fish water and many have flowered. Interesting that none of the Toms still in the grow beds have not flowered yet. |
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| Author: | RupertofOZ [ May 14th, '07, 10:59 ] |
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Quote: They wilted for a day but quickly recovered, they get fish water and many have flowered. Interesting that none of the Toms still in the grow beds have not flowered yet
Gotfish, I've noticed many trees (in particualr) and plants do that when transplanted.... I think it's a survival mechanism.... throw flowers to seed as quickly as possible when stressed/threatened.... |
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| Author: | njh [ May 14th, '07, 13:41 ] |
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Quote: I think it's a survival mechanism.... throw flowers to seed as quickly as possible when stressed/threatened....
Rabbits do it too
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| Author: | bundaberg kid [ May 14th, '07, 15:02 ] |
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njh wrote: Quote: I think it's a survival mechanism.... throw flowers to seed as quickly as possible when stressed/threatened.... Rabbits do it too  and its lots of fun to watch 
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| Author: | Dave Donley [ May 14th, '07, 21:23 ] |
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GF My green peppers still in the grow beds have flowered, but not the Thai peppers. I am supposed to switch to the sodium light to get buds and fruiting rather than leafy growth. |
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| Author: | Food&Fish [ May 15th, '07, 01:08 ] |
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njh wrote: Quote: I think it's a survival mechanism.... throw flowers to seed as quickly as possible when stressed/threatened.... Rabbits do it too Can we grow rabbits in aqua! |
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| Author: | njh [ May 15th, '07, 04:07 ] |
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Food&Fish wrote: njh wrote: Quote: I think it's a survival mechanism.... throw flowers to seed as quickly as possible when stressed/threatened.... Rabbits do it too Can we grow rabbits in aqua! I think it would have to be aeroponics... Have the bunnies hanging from a conveyor belt and spray them with a nutrient solution. |
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| Author: | janethesselberth [ May 15th, '07, 04:21 ] |
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Bunnyponics ? |
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| Author: | steve [ May 15th, '07, 07:38 ] |
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Quote: I am supposed to switch to the sodium light to get buds and fruiting rather than leafy growth.
I dunno about that, theres lots of arguemnts about using sodium vapour to fruit and MH to grow. (or the other way around?) If the chillies are day length sensitive then just adjust photo period accordingly. MH has the FULL spectrum spread so it should work. |
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| Author: | Hex [ May 15th, '07, 08:40 ] |
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Alledgedly, HPS tend to give more lumens per watt of power and last longer than MH lamps. It probably doesn`t matter much which type you use, as long as you have enough of it 
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| Author: | steve [ May 15th, '07, 10:03 ] |
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more lumens or more PAR. Best quote i have ever read was "lumens are for people, PAR is for plants"
I think it stands for photosynthesis active radiation. IE you could have a huge lumen green light and it would be next to useless for plants. Not that any of this had much to do with anything, just thought i'd post it FYI's
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