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ended up pulling it up, just wasn't doing anything while everything else was going crazy, now have a sugarbeet that is about the size of a rockmellon above the media level.
3 week old tomatoes that are 2 foot tall and scored some sugarcane from a mate which is going mental

Glad to see you are still at it Freebz

Sugarbeet and sugarcane? Not sure if Ive seen that in AP yet, keep us posted mate.

Any pics of the sugarcane Freebz?

can put some pics up tomorrow it's a bit dark at the moment

as promised pic of the sugarcane, we planted it probably around 3 months ago from a cutting and is going crazy.

Impressive growth. Eating sugar cane raw was something I loved to do as a kid. Hard on the teeth but well worth it.

Nice one mate. What are your plans with it?

home brew what else

I thought it was meant to be taller?

I think it is probably still a young plant Stu.
When I was a kid the sugar cane fields in Zululand were awesome as it grows about 6ft tall and when you're a kid that feels like you're in an alien world.

Well we are officially on the move, only problem is that we can't move into the 'new' place till a week after we have to be out of the 'old' place so looks like i'm going to have to move house twice in a fortnight .
Oh the joys...

here is the new greenhouse. not exactly a greenhouse yet but need re sheeting anyway so might as well make it somthing i will use.

Just quickly scanned the pics a few pages back - so you used soil in your growbeds?

That shed looks like a great start to a man cave.

So your going rural, Freebz? Awesome man, good luck with the move either way and keeps is posted

the hybrid beds i used 1/3 hydroton 2/3 soil separated with a few layers of shadecloth but the water level is below the soil level and wicks up into the soil.

yeah we bought 17 acres, the shed was a stable at one point but is currently their storage, if i remember correctly it's about 8x25m on the flat section, then 3x8m terraced down the hill
it will definitely be a big project but the idea is man cave / AP. might end up just AP though we shall see.