Gelberina I: one month since seed was put in soil! [note: no sun or water make her slack:y and dorky]

Gelberina I: one month since seed was put in soil! [note: no sun or water make her slack:y and dorky]

I didn’t water her until after sun went down, and these gelbe:s get much more slack:y than other sorts as soon as sun stops shining.

But Gelberina I: I will make it up to you, and add some fresh nematodes tomorrow to keep your roots safe and stretching in the rays of the sun..! I swear!

Also my camera batteries went out so I didn’t have time to do something better with my stand.

But for a month since a seed, I think you have grown OK, and I am proud of you. Sleep tight, girl!

 

Another iPhone quickie [note: see post]

Another iPhone quickie. Note that sunflowers slack after a full night of dark.

Soon the windows are covered – since the widen pretty much after some hours in the sun.

What to do? Chop them? Sure, the bushy variants should be possible, but the gelbes? I am not sure. I will google for a couple of minutes or just do by trial and error.

Please advise me! Are they possible to train sideways? Or what? Do I need to put them on the floor? In case so I suppose I need extra lights below windows..?

Yes, any advise appreciated. Most have not even turned one month yet, and they will grow a decent amount!

Have a nice day!

Anderz Lindberg 8 AM 24th of May 2018

Update, all current

Update, all current [to compare with yesterday]

Soil-mix

I am thinking about a soil medium of different sort for the first dwarfs. I will use 2 parts of one kind, 1 of another and 3 parts of coconut shells/mix/”soil” for vivid structure but still about half soil.

It will [probably] mean something along the lines of:

• More oxygen flow to the roots
• More fluid flow (or structure in total I’d say)
• More frequent watering
• Slightly more fertilisers in order to make up for half just media.
• Less prone to certain bugs and pest.
• I will update this later…

iPhone quickies update all

iPhone quickies update all

SunBream(s), iPhone quickie

I have lots of other stuff to do today, but here is a quick snapshot (to compare to yesterday). They are doing OK.

Note: just using an old iPhone for the photo.

 

Updates, current flowers & balcony

To begin with, here is an example of why my balcony is in need of a re-take, yes – some berries have already passed the “eatable state” ( since long!)…

 

Next we see some examples of SunBream little & big. The reason one is “little” is that it is going to be chopped at around three feet in height (as mentioned in earlier posts… The little one is Gelberina II, whom I dropped on the floor yesterday.

Another picture of those three…

 

Next we have Sunglower. She is widening, but length? Nothing yet!

 

Next up is Gelberina III. She looks like some lousy plant from a flower store… I hope she fetches up when replanted…

 

In conclusion, here are the total (so far)…

 

Okay, so have a nice summer day! I must take a cold bath and shave it all off! Please contact me with any suggestions, or ideas..! /Anderz

Gelberina I: replanted

via Re-planting Gelberina… Re-planning…

So, finally she has found her final bucket!

I could remove her from the 4 inch seedling bucket, since the roots made it compact enough.

The question is is I dug her too deep? I have no clue how sunflowers respond to that kind of thing – it remains to be seen.

note: I added some orchid soil on top, for structure and the same reason leca-pellets are added (avoid nutritious surface, and so on). 

Re-planting Gelberina… Re-planning…

Gelberina I: need re-planting, before any training. These 10 cm pots are not made for these variants of sunflower. To do it with little fuzz, the bottom will be cut off and placed in a pot containing approx 15 litres of soil (Fixa). [https://sunflowernewbie.wordpress.com/2018/04/25/gelberina-i/ – the initial post on Gelberina I]

Gelberina II: since I dropped her on the floor and hastily placed her amongst the SunBream couple, she has taken – I have no reason to believe 18 litres of soil will be enough for 3 big sunflowers, but it will prove something to keep it such.

Gelberina III: the same as Gelberina I. Well about the same anyway – I will update with details and pictures when done.

I have to wash some old equipment with toxins in order to avoid pests, and that takes a while.

When that is all done, I can begin planning new ones (I really feel for trying the “dwarf” F1-hybrid … something needs to cover the void so why not a fast growing sort of sunflower?).

To be continued…

Sunglower, germination

Sunglower, is responding.

So are the gnats, which is why I better invest in some nematodes!

However, here are some pictures of the barely visible little fellow that has germinated (the other one will be destroyed if it pops up (this containers is slightly more than one gallon (or 5 litres, out of which some are leca-pellets).

 

What is also needed is more LECA (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expanded_clay_aggregate).

Here is another picture of her: