Guest guest Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 No, you don't sound like an idiot at all-keep in mind that when I first started growing, I had NO clue about growing anything...couldn't even keep a cactus alive...but I was willing to learn. Bees pollinate plants in the wild, transferring pollen from male flowers to female flowers, which is how plants like squash grow. Without bees to pollinate, you need to do it yourself, which is very easy by just lightly dragging a paint brush over all the flowers a couple of times a day. We take for granted how much work bees and insects do for a garden...we would have no food without them, which is why the recent bee collapse is so devestating! The paint brush works the same way a bees legs would-picking up pollen from one flower and transfering it to another. I haven't had any more pests by growing inside, other than the fruit gnats now and then. > > Okay, Melody is going to sound like a complete idiot right now and I know I don't have birds and bees flying around my living room but what do you mean you take a paint brush and pollinate every day? > > I have no clue what you mean? And here's a good one for you. The two veggies I most would love to grow would be squash and any kind of tomatoes. If I got grow lights (bulbs??) and clamped them on each overhead shelf, do you mean I can actually grow tomatoes and squash (and other things too)? > > The gardening store not too far from me had all these bulbs and growing stuff but when I went there I wasn't thinking about dwarf veggies and stuff like that. This is a whole new thing for me? > > And here's a good one for you. I know I have those gnat catcher things in my living room. When you grow squash and tomatoes etc, does it invite any pests? > > Thanks much . > > Melody > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 No, you don't sound like an idiot at all-keep in mind that when I first started growing, I had NO clue about growing anything...couldn't even keep a cactus alive...but I was willing to learn. Bees pollinate plants in the wild, transferring pollen from male flowers to female flowers, which is how plants like squash grow. Without bees to pollinate, you need to do it yourself, which is very easy by just lightly dragging a paint brush over all the flowers a couple of times a day. We take for granted how much work bees and insects do for a garden...we would have no food without them, which is why the recent bee collapse is so devestating! The paint brush works the same way a bees legs would-picking up pollen from one flower and transfering it to another. I haven't had any more pests by growing inside, other than the fruit gnats now and then. > > Okay, Melody is going to sound like a complete idiot right now and I know I don't have birds and bees flying around my living room but what do you mean you take a paint brush and pollinate every day? > > I have no clue what you mean? And here's a good one for you. The two veggies I most would love to grow would be squash and any kind of tomatoes. If I got grow lights (bulbs??) and clamped them on each overhead shelf, do you mean I can actually grow tomatoes and squash (and other things too)? > > The gardening store not too far from me had all these bulbs and growing stuff but when I went there I wasn't thinking about dwarf veggies and stuff like that. This is a whole new thing for me? > > And here's a good one for you. I know I have those gnat catcher things in my living room. When you grow squash and tomatoes etc, does it invite any pests? > > Thanks much . > > Melody > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 No, you don't sound like an idiot at all-keep in mind that when I first started growing, I had NO clue about growing anything...couldn't even keep a cactus alive...but I was willing to learn. Bees pollinate plants in the wild, transferring pollen from male flowers to female flowers, which is how plants like squash grow. Without bees to pollinate, you need to do it yourself, which is very easy by just lightly dragging a paint brush over all the flowers a couple of times a day. We take for granted how much work bees and insects do for a garden...we would have no food without them, which is why the recent bee collapse is so devestating! The paint brush works the same way a bees legs would-picking up pollen from one flower and transfering it to another. I haven't had any more pests by growing inside, other than the fruit gnats now and then. > > Okay, Melody is going to sound like a complete idiot right now and I know I don't have birds and bees flying around my living room but what do you mean you take a paint brush and pollinate every day? > > I have no clue what you mean? And here's a good one for you. The two veggies I most would love to grow would be squash and any kind of tomatoes. If I got grow lights (bulbs??) and clamped them on each overhead shelf, do you mean I can actually grow tomatoes and squash (and other things too)? > > The gardening store not too far from me had all these bulbs and growing stuff but when I went there I wasn't thinking about dwarf veggies and stuff like that. This is a whole new thing for me? > > And here's a good one for you. I know I have those gnat catcher things in my living room. When you grow squash and tomatoes etc, does it invite any pests? > > Thanks much . > > Melody > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 Some dwarf vegies are hybrids, which I have no problem using since that can occur naturally, but no WAY would I use anything GMO. I am very obsessive about my organic stuff, and I am equally careful about where I source my seeds from, which is one reason I like to trade with friends overseas, since many of those countries don't allow GMO in the first place, so there is little risk of them even being cross pollinated with GMO pollen. Fortunately, I was born and raised in the UK and still have family and freinds there and in France, so my seeds are reliable. I would be happy to see about arranging some to be sent to you, if you can't find any. > > > NO, the ones I grow are heirlooms. I think there are some new types of dwarf tomatoes, but I avoid GMO in any form. I do a seed exchange with friends in France and England, and get many of my seeds from them, then save my own from year to year. I avoid GMO like the plague! > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 Some dwarf vegies are hybrids, which I have no problem using since that can occur naturally, but no WAY would I use anything GMO. I am very obsessive about my organic stuff, and I am equally careful about where I source my seeds from, which is one reason I like to trade with friends overseas, since many of those countries don't allow GMO in the first place, so there is little risk of them even being cross pollinated with GMO pollen. Fortunately, I was born and raised in the UK and still have family and freinds there and in France, so my seeds are reliable. I would be happy to see about arranging some to be sent to you, if you can't find any. > > > NO, the ones I grow are heirlooms. I think there are some new types of dwarf tomatoes, but I avoid GMO in any form. I do a seed exchange with friends in France and England, and get many of my seeds from them, then save my own from year to year. I avoid GMO like the plague! > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 Some dwarf vegies are hybrids, which I have no problem using since that can occur naturally, but no WAY would I use anything GMO. I am very obsessive about my organic stuff, and I am equally careful about where I source my seeds from, which is one reason I like to trade with friends overseas, since many of those countries don't allow GMO in the first place, so there is little risk of them even being cross pollinated with GMO pollen. Fortunately, I was born and raised in the UK and still have family and freinds there and in France, so my seeds are reliable. I would be happy to see about arranging some to be sent to you, if you can't find any. > > > NO, the ones I grow are heirlooms. I think there are some new types of dwarf tomatoes, but I avoid GMO in any form. I do a seed exchange with friends in France and England, and get many of my seeds from them, then save my own from year to year. I avoid GMO like the plague! > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 Again, that depends on the variety of the plant you want to grow. Some squash and watermelon grow on more compact bush type plants, while others grow on long vines. The bush ones are easier to grow inside. Fingerling potatoes require " hilling " , which is easily done by just making a " grow bag " with some landscape fabric or using a burlap bag...you roll the bag down like you would a pair of stockings before you put them on, add a little soil and your chits, then as the green starts to pop up through the soil, you roll up the bag a couple of inches, add more soil, and repeat the process until the plants flower, then you harvest the potatoes. Pretty stunning how many of those lil gems you can get from a few chits! > > > > ok how do you do fingerling potatoes? How big does your squash and watermelon plants get? I have a tomato and a bell pepper plant that I havent planted outside yet cause I live in Wyoming and we just had snow again the other day. could I grow these plants indoors? > Thanks > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 Again, that depends on the variety of the plant you want to grow. Some squash and watermelon grow on more compact bush type plants, while others grow on long vines. The bush ones are easier to grow inside. Fingerling potatoes require " hilling " , which is easily done by just making a " grow bag " with some landscape fabric or using a burlap bag...you roll the bag down like you would a pair of stockings before you put them on, add a little soil and your chits, then as the green starts to pop up through the soil, you roll up the bag a couple of inches, add more soil, and repeat the process until the plants flower, then you harvest the potatoes. Pretty stunning how many of those lil gems you can get from a few chits! > > > > ok how do you do fingerling potatoes? How big does your squash and watermelon plants get? I have a tomato and a bell pepper plant that I havent planted outside yet cause I live in Wyoming and we just had snow again the other day. could I grow these plants indoors? > Thanks > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 Again, that depends on the variety of the plant you want to grow. Some squash and watermelon grow on more compact bush type plants, while others grow on long vines. The bush ones are easier to grow inside. Fingerling potatoes require " hilling " , which is easily done by just making a " grow bag " with some landscape fabric or using a burlap bag...you roll the bag down like you would a pair of stockings before you put them on, add a little soil and your chits, then as the green starts to pop up through the soil, you roll up the bag a couple of inches, add more soil, and repeat the process until the plants flower, then you harvest the potatoes. Pretty stunning how many of those lil gems you can get from a few chits! > > > > ok how do you do fingerling potatoes? How big does your squash and watermelon plants get? I have a tomato and a bell pepper plant that I havent planted outside yet cause I live in Wyoming and we just had snow again the other day. could I grow these plants indoors? > Thanks > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 Yes, you can also do turnips, celery, french leeks, and other root veggies the same way. The only problem with the grow bags is they sometimes deteriorate before the growing is done, and are a booger to move if you were to need to. > > > > > > > > ; > > > > > > > > Dwarf veggies? What do you grow? This unit looks like my shelves. Imagine if I had grow lights on my shelves? good Lord, What could I grow? What dwarf veggies do you grow? > > > > > > > > Melody > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 Yes, you can also do turnips, celery, french leeks, and other root veggies the same way. The only problem with the grow bags is they sometimes deteriorate before the growing is done, and are a booger to move if you were to need to. > > > > > > > > ; > > > > > > > > Dwarf veggies? What do you grow? This unit looks like my shelves. Imagine if I had grow lights on my shelves? good Lord, What could I grow? What dwarf veggies do you grow? > > > > > > > > Melody > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 Yes, you can also do turnips, celery, french leeks, and other root veggies the same way. The only problem with the grow bags is they sometimes deteriorate before the growing is done, and are a booger to move if you were to need to. > > > > > > > > ; > > > > > > > > Dwarf veggies? What do you grow? This unit looks like my shelves. Imagine if I had grow lights on my shelves? good Lord, What could I grow? What dwarf veggies do you grow? > > > > > > > > Melody > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 I actually HAVE videos and pictures-I just can't seem to get them to load from my old, and now unused computer! I am going to try to transfer them to a thumbdrive to recover them, then will post. I have plenty of pics of my outdoor gardens and upside down gardens. > > > > > > > > I wonder what that gadget would do to your electricity bill. It doesn't > > > > say what kind of lighting it has, but if it's halogen, count on a > > > > considerably higher light bill. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 I actually HAVE videos and pictures-I just can't seem to get them to load from my old, and now unused computer! I am going to try to transfer them to a thumbdrive to recover them, then will post. I have plenty of pics of my outdoor gardens and upside down gardens. > > > > > > > > I wonder what that gadget would do to your electricity bill. It doesn't > > > > say what kind of lighting it has, but if it's halogen, count on a > > > > considerably higher light bill. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 I actually HAVE videos and pictures-I just can't seem to get them to load from my old, and now unused computer! I am going to try to transfer them to a thumbdrive to recover them, then will post. I have plenty of pics of my outdoor gardens and upside down gardens. > > > > > > > > I wonder what that gadget would do to your electricity bill. It doesn't > > > > say what kind of lighting it has, but if it's halogen, count on a > > > > considerably higher light bill. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 No, you don't sound like an idiot-we ALL had to learn along the way! GMO is scary stuff-it is where labs insert genes from one species in to another, and often with things that have no business in our food chain...such as scorpion venom to make plants more pest resisitant, or " suicide genes " to make plants kill themselves and not reproduce after a season. I recommend researching it and learning about it, since chances are you eat GMO stuff every day, if you aren't aware of it. Who would think that nice looking ear of corn from the farmers market is GMO, but it VERY likely is...which is why I am obsessive about organics. > > Ok Im so going to sound like an idiot now but what is GMO? > Thanks > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 No, you don't sound like an idiot-we ALL had to learn along the way! GMO is scary stuff-it is where labs insert genes from one species in to another, and often with things that have no business in our food chain...such as scorpion venom to make plants more pest resisitant, or " suicide genes " to make plants kill themselves and not reproduce after a season. I recommend researching it and learning about it, since chances are you eat GMO stuff every day, if you aren't aware of it. Who would think that nice looking ear of corn from the farmers market is GMO, but it VERY likely is...which is why I am obsessive about organics. > > Ok Im so going to sound like an idiot now but what is GMO? > Thanks > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 No, you don't sound like an idiot-we ALL had to learn along the way! GMO is scary stuff-it is where labs insert genes from one species in to another, and often with things that have no business in our food chain...such as scorpion venom to make plants more pest resisitant, or " suicide genes " to make plants kill themselves and not reproduce after a season. I recommend researching it and learning about it, since chances are you eat GMO stuff every day, if you aren't aware of it. Who would think that nice looking ear of corn from the farmers market is GMO, but it VERY likely is...which is why I am obsessive about organics. > > Ok Im so going to sound like an idiot now but what is GMO? > Thanks > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 Keep in mind, Mel, I knew NOTHING about ANY form of gardening, let alone growing stuff inside, and there was NO ONE-no youtube, no internet, nuttin to tell me...probably the only reason I DID succeed at it is because I didn't have anyone telling me I couldnt! We all have to learn somehow...in my case it was trial and error...more error at first, but there isn't much I haven't grown, if only to try it out. I even had a miniature rice padi once-got barely enough for a bowl of rice, but at least I learned how to do it! That is half the fun! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 Keep in mind, Mel, I knew NOTHING about ANY form of gardening, let alone growing stuff inside, and there was NO ONE-no youtube, no internet, nuttin to tell me...probably the only reason I DID succeed at it is because I didn't have anyone telling me I couldnt! We all have to learn somehow...in my case it was trial and error...more error at first, but there isn't much I haven't grown, if only to try it out. I even had a miniature rice padi once-got barely enough for a bowl of rice, but at least I learned how to do it! That is half the fun! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 Keep in mind, Mel, I knew NOTHING about ANY form of gardening, let alone growing stuff inside, and there was NO ONE-no youtube, no internet, nuttin to tell me...probably the only reason I DID succeed at it is because I didn't have anyone telling me I couldnt! We all have to learn somehow...in my case it was trial and error...more error at first, but there isn't much I haven't grown, if only to try it out. I even had a miniature rice padi once-got barely enough for a bowl of rice, but at least I learned how to do it! That is half the fun! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 OH, you have a WONDERFUL opportunity to teach you lil one all about gardening while she is little! Let her HELP you...then she won't be so inclined to be curiolus about the pots! My daughter (now 17) has been " helping " me with my indoor gardening since she was about 2, so your timing is great-take advantage of it! Talk about good bonding time! My most prized moments with my daughter were having her learn to cook and garden along side of me from the time she was big enough to stand on a stool...she was also much more apt to eat the things she helped to grow and cook! > > > > Melody, Imagine how much fun you would have growing a sack of fingerling potatoes in your living room! > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 OH, you have a WONDERFUL opportunity to teach you lil one all about gardening while she is little! Let her HELP you...then she won't be so inclined to be curiolus about the pots! My daughter (now 17) has been " helping " me with my indoor gardening since she was about 2, so your timing is great-take advantage of it! Talk about good bonding time! My most prized moments with my daughter were having her learn to cook and garden along side of me from the time she was big enough to stand on a stool...she was also much more apt to eat the things she helped to grow and cook! > > > > Melody, Imagine how much fun you would have growing a sack of fingerling potatoes in your living room! > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 OH, you have a WONDERFUL opportunity to teach you lil one all about gardening while she is little! Let her HELP you...then she won't be so inclined to be curiolus about the pots! My daughter (now 17) has been " helping " me with my indoor gardening since she was about 2, so your timing is great-take advantage of it! Talk about good bonding time! My most prized moments with my daughter were having her learn to cook and garden along side of me from the time she was big enough to stand on a stool...she was also much more apt to eat the things she helped to grow and cook! > > > > Melody, Imagine how much fun you would have growing a sack of fingerling potatoes in your living room! > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2012 Report Share Posted May 28, 2012 I can't wait to see your pics. I'm uploading the latest video of my popcorn sprouts. They are turning PINK!!!! lol Melody > > > > > > > > > > I wonder what that gadget would do to your electricity bill. It doesn't > > > > > say what kind of lighting it has, but if it's halogen, count on a > > > > > considerably higher light bill. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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