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- July 17th, 2012, 5:39 pm
- Forum: Questions and Problems
- Topic: What to sow now troubled gardener
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3938
Re: What to sow now troubled gardener
there are seeds called " shades of pink" that suttons sell, i have sowed them they look really good and make excellent cut flowers.
- July 12th, 2012, 8:58 pm
- Forum: Plant Identification
- Topic: Another Unknown seedling
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3872
Re: Another Unknown seedling
it looks like the Wrightia antidysenterica seedling also known as White Angel,
i am guessing though.....
i am guessing though.....

- February 16th, 2012, 7:06 pm
- Forum: Fertilizers
- Topic: How to increase flower/fruit production
- Replies: 20
- Views: 19525
Re: How to increase flower/fruit production
you can increase flower production by "damaging" the plant thus stressing it out and it will bush and flower out really well, this way no need to use chemicals.. another technique which works excellent with perennials is to tie down the plants when its in vegetative growth, tie down the br...
- January 26th, 2012, 10:04 pm
- Forum: Compost/Fertilizer/Plant food
- Topic: Anyone using VERMICULITE or PERLITE in their pot mix?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 33297
Re: Anyone using VERMICULITE or PERLITE in their pot mix?
msubzwari paint a true picture of gardening in Karachi. The soil available here is called bahlo matti locally. Totally sand no organic matter in it so drains very quickly also the nutrient leach out from it. . i am glad u said that. everytime i see pics from pakistani growers i get totally amazed t...
- January 26th, 2012, 8:14 pm
- Forum: Compost/Fertilizer/Plant food
- Topic: Anyone using VERMICULITE or PERLITE in their pot mix?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 33297
Re: Anyone using VERMICULITE or PERLITE in their pot mix?
in my years of growing, i have only used vercumlite and perlite once, i stopped using it as i found it just a extra expense, as my seeds germinated anyway in regular multi compost. so i stopped using it and still get great germioantion rates.. It just seems overkill, seeds and plants have been aroun...
- January 11th, 2012, 2:55 pm
- Forum: Advance Gardening
- Topic: indoor cultivation under grow lights
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17403
Re: indoor cultivation under grow lights
if you do get yourself some lights, try getting the one with the highest wattage even if you buy it second hand thats cool as well, just get some new bulbs for them and you're ready :) get your self a timer too so this way you wont need to manually do any switching OFF or ON, in my experience its be...
- January 10th, 2012, 2:11 pm
- Forum: Advance Gardening
- Topic: indoor cultivation under grow lights
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17403
Re: indoor cultivation under grow lights
35W fluorescent bulbs housed in the canopy provide bright full spectrum lighting ( 6400 Kelvin each) whilst using less electricty combined than a standard light bulb. - The electronic ballasts eliminate annoying buzzing and ensure 'no flicker' start up. - Each bulb lasts up to 10,000hrs so its worth...
- January 10th, 2012, 2:05 pm
- Forum: Advance Gardening
- Topic: indoor cultivation under grow lights
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17403
Re: indoor cultivation under grow lights
you can get particular seedlings that you wish to grow twice as fast indoors as you can outdoors, simply because the sun aint shining outdoors 24 hours a day but indoors it can, so the plant will continue to grow in vegetative growth as long as you have that light ON, i mean you can grow a tomato pl...
- January 10th, 2012, 1:55 pm
- Forum: Advance Gardening
- Topic: indoor cultivation under grow lights
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17403
Re: indoor cultivation under grow lights
here is a general basic guide to indoor lights, as you can see how many diff types of chilis i grew indoors and yuu can clearly see the lushness of the chili plants they are almost dark green and so shiny and healthy with zero insect damage or any other health issues.. http://www.muslimgrower.com/di...
- January 10th, 2012, 1:49 pm
- Forum: Advance Gardening
- Topic: indoor cultivation under grow lights
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17403
Re: indoor cultivation under grow lights
to the person who sent me a pm its a great idea to start of indoors when its way to hot for outdoors :) this is the beauty of grow lights.. now i have the regular shop lights with the "cool white" bulb the lights are 5 feet long, and its a twin 35 watt so i have 70 watts of power, these ar...