"Just be sure your greenhouse located in a tropic region."
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Re: What are you growing this year?
« Reply #80 on: July 03, 2010, 10:43:03 AM »
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Re: What are you growing this year?
« Reply #81 on: July 03, 2010, 12:01:58 PM »
I grow nothing. I am too afraid.
My friend grow the poppy and pay the tax to government so he has license to do it. Police come to check the license of farmers. It is the farm of his full family.
His poppy is sold to market that Tylenol buys from market.
This year he can not make proper crop from mould all in poppy. I do not know how it works but he say he may have to get a job to help his family.
It is bad.
My friend grow the poppy and pay the tax to government so he has license to do it. Police come to check the license of farmers. It is the farm of his full family.
His poppy is sold to market that Tylenol buys from market.
This year he can not make proper crop from mould all in poppy. I do not know how it works but he say he may have to get a job to help his family.
It is bad.
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Re: What are you growing this year?
« Reply #82 on: July 03, 2010, 01:25:26 PM »
"Just be sure your greenhouse located in a tropic region."
What do you mean?
Maybe it wouldn't be required, assumed it would be for the variety shown in the link. I was simply giving a unexpertised pseudo suggestion; not much of a concern. Apologies.
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Re: What are you growing this year?
« Reply #83 on: July 03, 2010, 06:55:58 PM »
I'm growing two pretty cannabis plants.. Ones doing quite well, the other's roots were damaged so now there's just one deep tap root; this plants growth so far has been deformed and at a terribly slow rate 
Also growing some somniferum papaver. As a previous poster said, when germinating I had loads, but now very few survived. But the ones that are left are doing great
. This is my second time growing the opium poppy, this time it's going great!
As well as those I've got St. John's Wort, Peppermint, Spearmint, two Avocado trees, and some passion flower (although it's caerulea )
Earlier on in the year I had morning glory and chillis (Naga! I've had some of these chillis before, a tiny strip on the tongue is phenomenal!)
Next to be grown is trichocereus pachanoi, I've seeds ordered and am planning a nice few mugs of tea in a few years time.
Also growing some somniferum papaver. As a previous poster said, when germinating I had loads, but now very few survived. But the ones that are left are doing great
. This is my second time growing the opium poppy, this time it's going great!As well as those I've got St. John's Wort, Peppermint, Spearmint, two Avocado trees, and some passion flower (although it's caerulea
)Earlier on in the year I had morning glory and chillis (Naga! I've had some of these chillis before, a tiny strip on the tongue is phenomenal!)
Next to be grown is trichocereus pachanoi, I've seeds ordered and am planning a nice few mugs of tea in a few years time.
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Re: What are you growing this year?
« Reply #84 on: July 04, 2010, 01:16:01 AM »
I got 3 baby sida cordafilia going, no luck on the holy basil - I got infested with fruit flies, no harm but driving me nuts in the house. Got the rabbit tobacco to sprout too - had to pack it in fine sandy soil and leave it in the fridge for 3 months. It's little spindly stuff.
I did do a methanolic extraction of a small amount of holy basil I bought at the local farmers market. It's go a really nice spicy taste and smell to it. Wondering if that is eugenol? It' smells like a cross between cinnamon and cloves.
salat
I did do a methanolic extraction of a small amount of holy basil I bought at the local farmers market. It's go a really nice spicy taste and smell to it. Wondering if that is eugenol? It' smells like a cross between cinnamon and cloves.
salat
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Re: What are you growing this year?
« Reply #85 on: July 04, 2010, 02:58:07 AM »
i tried to grow poppy but the climate is too tropical and the land is'nt sandy enough so now i grow pot.
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Re: What are you growing this year?
« Reply #86 on: July 04, 2010, 04:49:24 AM »
For my flimsy greenhouse, which is now 50% built, 300 sq feet, (~15ft wide, 20ft long)the papaver orientale will be a great one to grow for sure. I think I will get them started soon -- hopefully they'll live and be of pretty good size before next year -- horrible time of the year to start them, but if they do live, they'll get big and than I'll be able to sell the live plant at a small nursery styled garage sale.
Fruit flies? I need a BUNCH of those for my pet frogs, but they are not out this time of year where I live... :S
But the greenhouse will hopefully be great!
I'm predicting the sun in the early early spring will really get things up to temp, and than in the night a small flame of some sort ought to heat it pretty well.
I just wish it weren't so flimsy, so I'll need to find a way to strengthen it pretty soon -- for it being made out of PVC hoops and a backbone (see picture of one similar but not the same: http://bluebirdmarket.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/outside.jpg)
Any suggestions?
Fruit flies? I need a BUNCH of those for my pet frogs, but they are not out this time of year where I live... :S
But the greenhouse will hopefully be great!
I'm predicting the sun in the early early spring will really get things up to temp, and than in the night a small flame of some sort ought to heat it pretty well.
I just wish it weren't so flimsy, so I'll need to find a way to strengthen it pretty soon -- for it being made out of PVC hoops and a backbone (see picture of one similar but not the same: http://bluebirdmarket.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/outside.jpg)
Any suggestions?
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Re: What are you growing this year?
« Reply #87 on: July 04, 2010, 05:19:31 AM »
let me know i'd buy the sap from the orientales for research purposes only of course.
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Re: What are you growing this year?
« Reply #88 on: July 04, 2010, 05:58:55 AM »
Never. Only for growing purposes as in a garden for decoration. Plus trading on this forum is a "seriously, don't do it" thing.
I wonder how hard it would be to keep the greenhouse "growable" in the winter time, when the average low temperature is 17.0° F or -2.77777778 *C, which is in January.
I'd imagine the greenhouse would keep it a lot warmer -- perhaps 20*F higher -- so it would be around 47*F, and than with a bit of something such as a candle or a kerosene lamp, think it would be able to stay warm enough all year round to keep and grow plants?
Esp. if I insulated the north side?
How warm do plants need to be
I wonder how hard it would be to keep the greenhouse "growable" in the winter time, when the average low temperature is 17.0° F or -2.77777778 *C, which is in January.
I'd imagine the greenhouse would keep it a lot warmer -- perhaps 20*F higher -- so it would be around 47*F, and than with a bit of something such as a candle or a kerosene lamp, think it would be able to stay warm enough all year round to keep and grow plants?
Esp. if I insulated the north side?
How warm do plants need to be
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Re: What are you growing this year?
« Reply #89 on: July 04, 2010, 04:28:08 PM »
um depends on the plant it could be anywhere from freezing to 100+f
greenhouses are ususually heated with natural gas.
and cooled with convection coolers.
i worked in a large greenhouse once i liked it.
greenhouses are ususually heated with natural gas.
and cooled with convection coolers.
i worked in a large greenhouse once i liked it.
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Re: What are you growing this year?
« Reply #90 on: July 04, 2010, 07:02:00 PM »
Anybody know if Nicandra Physalodes is a viable source of potentially useful tropanes? atropine, hyoscyamine, scopolamine etc? A plant appears to be thriving in my back garden where it appears to have popped up with the compost.
Looks a lot like a datura, the leaves do at least, and it has really quite attractive trumpet shaped pale lilac purple flowers, only a lot shorter than those of the Daturas, it is a solonaceous plant in a monotypic genus, so I can't check for alkaloid rich relatives, since there aren't any relatives to check on.
Either way, I'll be keeping some seed back.
Looks a lot like a datura, the leaves do at least, and it has really quite attractive trumpet shaped pale lilac purple flowers, only a lot shorter than those of the Daturas, it is a solonaceous plant in a monotypic genus, so I can't check for alkaloid rich relatives, since there aren't any relatives to check on.
Either way, I'll be keeping some seed back.
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Re: What are you growing this year?
« Reply #91 on: July 04, 2010, 08:50:47 PM »
No idea, but if it is in the solanacea family it is going to contain an alkaloid of some sort, being either nicotine, tropane based, or a glucoside such as solandinine, etc.
IIRC i was looking into that species, and it doesn't contain the typical tropane compounds, but it did contain something interesting and perhaps "sort of" tropane based.
I think this is the article: hxxp://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6THS-3TKNHDT-54&_user=10&_coverDate=04%2F29%2F1996&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1390292785&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=5b828be5113cbe0251c983b664d3bd10
IIRC i was looking into that species, and it doesn't contain the typical tropane compounds, but it did contain something interesting and perhaps "sort of" tropane based.
I think this is the article: hxxp://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6THS-3TKNHDT-54&_user=10&_coverDate=04%2F29%2F1996&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1390292785&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=5b828be5113cbe0251c983b664d3bd10
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Re: What are you growing this year?
« Reply #92 on: July 04, 2010, 09:03:21 PM »
For my flimsy greenhouse, which is now 50% built, 300 sq feet, (~15ft wide, 20ft long)the papaver orientale will be a great one to grow for sure. I think I will get them started soon -- hopefully they'll live and be of pretty good size before next year -- horrible time of the year to start them, but if they do live, they'll get big and than I'll be able to sell the live plant at a small nursery styled garage sale.
I just wish it weren't so flimsy, so I'll need to find a way to strengthen it pretty soon -- for it being made out of PVC hoops and a backbone (see picture of one similar but not the same: http://bluebirdmarket.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/outside.jpg)
Any suggestions?
Maybe you could get some Tees that their ID is the same as the hoops OD. Slide them on and cement bracing on. That would stiffen up some and look clean.
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Re: What are you growing this year?
« Reply #93 on: July 04, 2010, 09:05:20 PM »
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Maybe you could get some Tees that their ID is the same as the hoops OD. Slide them on and cement bracing on. That would stiffen up some and look clean.
I'm sorry, I don't exactly understand what you mean?
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Re: What are you growing this year?
« Reply #94 on: July 04, 2010, 09:53:19 PM »
Those Tee fittings. If the arches could be taken up one at a time and a tee fitting who's inside diameter is slightly larger than the arches outside diameter is slid onto the arch and is cemented in place. Then a piece of PVC is put into the middle of the Tees and is used as a brace. You could even get some 4 way fittings instead and put them on each brace about half way up on both sides and run little pieces of bracing in between each arch so there would be 3 back bones. That would stiffen and add structural integrity to green house.
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Re: What are you growing this year?
« Reply #95 on: July 04, 2010, 10:10:10 PM »
Oh! I did that actually, I used 10 ft lengths, connected together to be 20ft archs, with a 5ft backbone in the middle.
It wobbles a lot, but I am actually thinking that it doesn't need to be strong, I thought it would get killed by the wind, but after taping a tarp like thing to it, it seems to be doing fine.
I used 200 PVC pipe instead of 40 -- which I regret, it is much more flexible than I thought it was going to be, but it should be fine I guess. I'll have to find a way to test it out, which testing the stability of it ought to be pretty tricky
It wobbles a lot, but I am actually thinking that it doesn't need to be strong, I thought it would get killed by the wind, but after taping a tarp like thing to it, it seems to be doing fine.
I used 200 PVC pipe instead of 40 -- which I regret, it is much more flexible than I thought it was going to be, but it should be fine I guess. I'll have to find a way to test it out, which testing the stability of it ought to be pretty tricky
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Re: What are you growing this year?
« Reply #96 on: July 05, 2010, 11:11:27 AM »
The reference mentioned above....
The isolation from Nicandra physalodes and identification of the 3-O-?-D-glucopyranoside of 1?,2?,3?,6?-tetrahydroxy-nor-tropane (Calystegine B1) .pdfzzhuchila_clocker
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Re: What are you growing this year?
« Reply #97 on: July 08, 2010, 06:36:16 PM »
My sassafras succesfully tolerated transplantation this year, and continues to grow.. The tube it was growing in was angle grinded lengthwise to avoid damaging the roots. Had to pour about 2 liters of 58% nitric acid into the hole drilled in ground( in order to dissolve lime which is toxic for sassafras, citric acid didn't help me in that). I did not expect that reaction would produce such large amount of FOAM, coming out of the hole. The whole thing took place in the city. I thank God it was night. If someone would see that, the police or some special services would be phoned immediately (looked like in a scary movie about armageddon or such). I first hesitated wether i should stay there and explain people and police that i am going to plant a tree, but presence of nitric acid in my plastic bag should have been too suspicious and i preffered to escape, provided i closed a hole with a plastic bucket, that was immediately lifted by foam. I have poured there only about 0.5-0.7 liters of acid, rest i added more slowly but it still produced much foam. Then the hole was several times filled with water in order to wash out acid and calcium nitrate.
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Re: What are you growing this year?
« Reply #98 on: July 09, 2010, 05:59:05 AM »
My sassafras succesfully tolerated transplantation this year, and continues to grow.. The tube it was growing in was angle grinded lengthwise to avoid damaging the roots. Had to pour about 2 liters of 58% nitric acid into the hole drilled in ground( in order to dissolve lime which is toxic for sassafras, citric acid didn't help me in that). I did not expect that reaction would produce such large amount of FOAM, coming out of the hole. The whole thing took place in the city. I thank God it was night. If someone would see that, the police or some special services would be phoned immediately (looked like in a scary movie about armageddon or such). I first hesitated wether i should stay there and explain people and police that i am going to plant a tree, but presence of nitric acid in my plastic bag should have been too suspicious and i preffered to escape, provided i closed a hole with a plastic bucket, that was immediately lifted by foam. I have poured there only about 0.5-0.7 liters of acid, rest i added more slowly but it still produced much foam. Then the hole was several times filled with water in order to wash out acid and calcium nitrate.
Man I an blessed to live some where with such fertile loamy soil. I have had a few sassy trees that i cannot find it in my heart to put them in the ground. I am quite stable so I know if I plant them I will be around. I like the freedom to have them in large pots so I can take in and out of the elements and avoid typhoons and what not but i also know that they cannot develop to there full potential in pots.
Hope your little fella survives the shock and lives.
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Re: What are you growing this year?
« Reply #99 on: July 09, 2010, 09:51:55 AM »
I am growing opuntia macrorhiza and many have flowered, and many more are going to flower -- does this plant produce edible/tasty fruit?
anyone ever eat them?
I think I'd like to do that.
I love those cactus, they don't contain anything useful, but they grow easy and look great. Also very easy to get, and are rather dangerous if you handle them carelessly.
anyone ever eat them?
I think I'd like to do that.
I love those cactus, they don't contain anything useful, but they grow easy and look great. Also very easy to get, and are rather dangerous if you handle them carelessly.