Thats what I call hardcore gardening.

Nitric acid for horticulture? god damn, tell you what, you need to come and open a garden center near where I live, and I guarantee I shall leave a trail of smoking shoe rubber to your premises.

i think i know what plant that is, is it called japanesse plum?

What the heck -- time to update what I am growing I guess...

First picture: Shiitake mushroom isolation & incubation via homemade PDA and jimmy-rigged petri-dishes made of 8oz polypropylene deli cups -- they work pretty well.... They have tyvek glued on them for air exchange.

also is my box of seeds, some stupid Sorvall omni-mixer I need to sell sometime, and a styrofoam incubator. Also -- a wooden test tube holder, I am considering making those wooden test tube holders and selling them. Are they useful, or just some joke?  I don't know if i could sell many for 10 or so a piece - and I'm not even sure it would be worth it.


Anyways back on topic -- additional pictures...

My Sida Cordifolia growing a zillion flowers -- just in time for it to be taken in since it is getting pretty cold... :/
To bad the roots have grown through the hole in the bottom of the pot and are well estabolised into the soil!

Than of course some morning glory! They've been flowering, as mentioned above non-stop and they are still doing it. Good stuff
It has been seed collecting season, and I have also been getting tons of Datura Stromonium var Tatula seeds - enough to start a small business with

What are you guys growing? or collecting this time of year?

Cacti are a bit tricky for me to grow. They always get deformed when I take them in for the winter.

I don't know, it snows and freezes a lot in the winter and gets around 105*F in the summer at worst.

I've wanted to grow Rivea Corymbosa for a while now but my apartment complex doesn't allow plants ;_;

I have a few potted Sida's that survived my neglect.
First pic is earlier in the year when the caterpillers were having them for lunch.  later pics are within the past month or so.

Last pic is Sida Acuta (wireweed) which grows wild here.

Salat

I pruned them back and put the twigs in the freezer til I get done playing with Ephedra.  Once I know what it is like then I will be able to tell if there is any in it.  The plants are still growing we haven't froze yet.

They were hard to get started and were attacked by caterpillers.  When you see a plant listed as for a butterfly garden - translate that to - eaten by worms!

Salat

Check out my Mitragyna Speciosa--Kratom Plant!  The one on the left is a Rifat strain and the one on the right is my red-veined Thai.

As soon as I got the rooted cutting I potted it w/ this.

I have a 2qt bottle that I fill w/ regular tap water and put 14 drops of the Schultz and shake.  I keep it really hydrated, watering it once sometimes twice daily (depending on ambient temp. Cooler temp.'s once and warmer temp.'s twice/day) until I see a little water pool in the collecting tray under the pot.  A couple times a week I won't water it for a day sometimes two (again depending on ambient temp.  Warmer temp's one and cooler temp.'s two days).  I do this to prevent root rot.

This is how I have mine setup (as a matter of fact, there are many days, sometimes in a row, that I forget to turn it off b/c I pass out watching tv or go out).  I got the whole fixture and bulb for $15 at my local landscaping/nursery store.  I've used it for so many plants and it hasn't let me down yet.  I have to keep mine indoors (my room) b/c I'm up here in NY and the outdoor temp.'s are starting to drop really fast.

They're finally starting to branch off the main shoots!!!  Cuttings here we come!