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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 21, 2020 13:49:42 GMT
You been on those dodgy sites again? Porno gardening?
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Post by casimira on Feb 21, 2020 13:56:57 GMT
This seems odd for a variety of reasons.
I guess the most obvious is that everyone's urine differs for a variety of reasons.
Depending on one's diet and even more importantly all the different things one puts into their bodies. Medications, vitamins, etc. alter the chemical balance of urine.
Too much of one chemical could seriously alter the growth pattern and cause damage.
(I wonder if one taking antidepressants would make the plant "happier"?, or if one was using stimulants such as cocaine or crystal meth would the plant surge and grow faster?)
Sounds like "hogwash" to me.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 21, 2020 14:24:19 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 21, 2020 15:15:25 GMT
The idea makes perfect sense, except that using the urine on houseplants seems problematic in too many ways. In one of those British shows about farming through the ages, I remember that urine was saved and aged, but don't remember the particulars. At any rate, it was for outdoor use. The oddest sentence in the link Kerouac provided is this: And make sure to water often. I do it around every three hours indoors. This really helps the plants grow quickly! Really?! I'd think it would make the plants rot quickly, plus would leave little time for anything else. Be that as it may, I was visiting this thread to share this article: What typical gardens look like in 15 countries around the worldObviously it's limited in scope, but has some interesting facts & insights plus the pictures are nice.
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 21, 2020 15:36:22 GMT
I’m in the hogwash camp on this us although when k2 first posted it m mind went to empty flowerpots rather than plants! So it seemed even stranger..,
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 21, 2020 16:07:18 GMT
That is a very nice link, Bixa, although yes, it is clearly "limited." Using this as the presentation of American gardens is rather baffling to me since it could be said of just about every country.
And the photo basically shows nothing.
Meanwhile, I very clearly recall that during the rule of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, families were required to save every scrap of faeces and urine for fertilizing the fields. It goes without saying that what is good for outdoor fields cannot be harmful indoors if done correctly. Mind you, I am not at all promoting this, but I find nothing wrong with it. After all, they say that we should now pee during a shower to save water, but many people still resist this.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 21, 2020 16:08:41 GMT
My new lilac arrived this morning. Beautifully packed too. Dunno where it's going yet but atm it's in a pot outside the back door. Quite sheltered...
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 21, 2020 16:11:57 GMT
I love lilac. Very old fashioned but great scent.
When I was a kid we were told not to buy Egyptian potatoes as they were fertilized with humanure and you never knew what you might catch...
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 21, 2020 16:29:01 GMT
And a few years ago, I would have said to never buy "panga" a very cheap white fish from Vietnam. When I first encountered it in the last century, it was during an excursion in the Mekong delta. All of the little shacks were on stilts above the water with a tiny shack sticking out a bit farther -- the outhouse. There was a little cage directly below the outhouse, full of panga. The guide said "we call them shitfish." And it was also pointed out that most of the Vietnamese refuse to eat them (delta dwellers excluded). In this century, they are raised industrially in huge farms, hopefully not right next to the sewage treatment plant, but I really don't know. I don't buy the fillets, because it is a fish that falls apart the moment it is cooked. I might accept to use them in a fish hash, but not for anything else.
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Post by bjd on Feb 22, 2020 16:23:00 GMT
Took advantage of the nice sunny weather to move things around: extended the flower bed a bit, moved the ophiopogon (black one) forward to the edge and tried to divide it, moved an alstromeria that was hidden behind a bush that had grown, and then planted my gladioluses (gladioli?). It might be early, but I saw that the little bits of bulbs that had remained in the ground were already growing, so thought I should plant them all.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 22, 2020 17:13:46 GMT
I am in envy of people who have gardens to which they can attend, as long as they are not a burden, which sometimes happens.
My father was happy to take care of everything surrounding my parents' house in Florida but was unhappy whenever he had to call somebody in for a specific job -- for example taking down a tree that was obstructing the electrical lines. He also paid somebody once to trim the hedges around the property but was not at all satisfied with the job. So he continued struggling with it himself.
When he died and the house was put on the market, I went and trimmed and pruned all of the plants in back of the house, which is probably more gardening than I had ever done in my life. However, I felt confident that the camellias and the crape myrtle absolutely thrived from my intervention in February when the house was sold in April.
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Post by bjd on Mar 11, 2020 10:30:22 GMT
"In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love" (Tennyson) Well, not being a young man, mine turn to gardens so I just went to the local nursery and browsed. I was looking for something not too big to fill a gap against a fence, mostly in the shade. Found a rhododendron yakushimanum which will be perfect. They grow well here because of the soil and general conditions. Of course, it will take a while before it looks like that. And they were on special! I make a point of going on foot so that I'm not tempted to buy too many things.
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Post by casimira on Mar 13, 2020 12:26:43 GMT
I would think that an "American" garden is a bit vague. Surely it depends on where in America it is, and I only mean the States here. There is such a variety of climates that what someone does in Arizona has nothing in common with a garden in Seattle, Florida or Massachusetts. I somehow had missed this discussion. There are so many climate zones and variances in types of soil, moisture levels, etc. in the US. NOLA alone even with it's proximity to Texas and Northern parts of Louisiana has an especially unique gardening environment. For instance, I currently have sweet peas. poppies, nasturtiums, foxglove, hollyhocks blooming along with the many perennials that winter over. Folks that live further North by only a hundred miles or more this would never be the case.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Mar 13, 2020 14:30:11 GMT
Yesterday I planted up two huge pots with seed potatoes ('Rocket' first earlies). Today I've sown tomatoes, peppers and chillies, plus some francoa(which I have zero hope of germinating tbf)and rudbeckia 'goldilocks. It's a start.
Aaaaand relax.. OMMMMMMM
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Post by lugg on Mar 13, 2020 19:55:11 GMT
My garden is badly neglected; I really need to sort it soon before it becomes too daunting. Love that rhododendron yakushimanum bjd - so pretty. On another note I learnt a new term today after posting a image in a local photography group " Pelorism" This image was of a mutant foxglove which apparently is one of the plants that does this fairly commonly. Here is a pic of the flower and one to put it into perspective. Is the term correct guys ?
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 13, 2020 21:13:11 GMT
No idea but it’s a stunning picture!
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Mar 13, 2020 21:33:26 GMT
I've had a similar mutation in a foxglove flower and a gerbera flower years ago but I can't find the pictures atm. I think it was called 'faciation' or something similar...but I could be wrong.
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Post by fumobici on Mar 13, 2020 23:59:52 GMT
It's pretty whatever it's called! I have foxglove pop up in my yard as welcome weeds.
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Post by casimira on Mar 14, 2020 12:28:56 GMT
Maybe it has some new strain of a virus. Stunning pic!!
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Post by lugg on Mar 14, 2020 19:38:47 GMT
I think it was called 'faciation' or something similar...but I could be wrong. Thanks Cheery - will look at that term
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Post by lugg on Mar 14, 2020 19:40:53 GMT
I have foxglove pop up in my yard as welcome weeds They are very welcome in mine too Fumobici
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Post by lugg on Mar 14, 2020 19:42:53 GMT
Thank you Mick and Casimira
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 14, 2020 21:59:42 GMT
I think it was called 'faciation' or something similar...but I could be wrong. Thanks Cheery - will look at that term It’s fasciation but not sure it applies here.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Mar 15, 2020 17:43:27 GMT
Fascination was what happened on my gerbera...but maybe the other thing applies to the foxglove.
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 15, 2020 20:20:40 GMT
Fasciation. Fascination is something you wear on your head at Ascot.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Mar 16, 2020 11:57:07 GMT
Fasciation. Fascination is something you wear on your head at Ascot. Autocorrect damn it's eyes... ( Ascot!? Me? Are you serious?)
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Mar 16, 2020 11:58:05 GMT
Today I'm mostly sowing vegetable seeds...woo hoo
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Post by casimira on Mar 18, 2020 12:19:48 GMT
Same here.
I planted some melon and cucumber seeds yesterday.
I'm seeing a lot more people out in working in their gardens during this social isolation phase. A good thing me thinks.
But, I wish it would rain!
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Post by bjd on Mar 18, 2020 16:09:42 GMT
My husband just mowed the grass while I cut the ivy growing under the fence from the neighbour's garden. I also dug out a bunch of weeds. Will plant some seeds tomorrow but we don't need rain. We have had lots lately.
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 18, 2020 16:54:17 GMT
Mowed the lawn and repotted and trimmed up the strawberries.
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