Gardening

[gpick24]

I have recently been reading the manual for the camera we`ve had for almost 4 years, wish i`d read it sooner, there are loads of settings that wish i`d known about.

[shillelagh]

the pumpkins and the sunflowers ... .

[shillelagh]

my homegrown pumpkin on Halloween ....

[Mick]

looks more like a pomegranate
good try though well done

[DaveinGermany]

Originally Posted by shillelagh

my homegrown pumpkin on Halloween ....

Was it a Dwarf one?

[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by shillelagh

my homegrown pumpkin on Halloween ....

Looks like your soil could do with a dusting of lime. Lime unlocks the food in the soil, give it a coat of lime about 2 months before planting, then on the day of planting give the soil some blood fish & bone, and hoe it well in.
Then when flowers appear feed them tomato food once a week.
I expect 20 ft Sunfowers and 500 lb Pumkins next year.

[shillelagh]

i tried ... the first time ive ever attempted to grow a pumpkin ... have had plenty of flowers but it just grew that one .. and ive still got flowers on the pumpkin ....

that's the one that grew in the container ... the one that grew in the ground plenty of leaves, plenty of flowers but no pumpkin .. and yes i did feed em wi tomato food ... i don't know if i'll grow pumpkin again next year .. but i will do my sunflowers again.

the sunflowers yesterday ... that last pic is the miniature ones that are still coming out ...

[Mick]

We got a house plant of a friend as a pressie but what the hell is it and how do I look after it

[Less]

Originally Posted by Mick

We got a house plant of a friend as a pressie but what the hell is it and how do I look after it

House plants are very simple to look after, for the first month over water and ensure any feed you are giving it sticks to the leaves to act as a sunscreen thus preventing it from being able to use it's Chlorophyll to produce any of the sugars the plant may need.
Then for the next 2 months afterwards transfer to a dark area of your living room and leave it alone.
You should now check that the soil is completly dry and the leaves have turned a dark orangy brown. It is at this point you transfer the plant into a dark and humid dustbin having carefully removed the pot it came in so that you can use it to grow another plant that will be doomed to a similar fate.

[MargaretR]

I think it is a type of bromeliad
How to Care for a Bromeliad: 7 Steps - wikiHow

[david1]

Originally Posted by Mick

We got a house plant of a friend as a pressie but what the hell is it and how do I look after it

This is what you are looking for ;-


Pink Quill - CreationWiki, the encyclopedia of creation science

[Mick]

Thanks David that's the one