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The important thing is that you learned something from it. And if you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.

I love how you can post a comment like that and immediately tell who the other old people are.

Any year that you can say you did something better than you did the year before is a success in my book, man.

Nothing quite like a man on a mission.

Just teasing, electro. About washing your flower, I think it’s probably largely a myth. They sell overpriced lettuce rinses that are dilute hydrogen peroxide because people go for it. I don’t wash anything from my garden before eating it because I know what it hasn’t been sprayed with. If my...

My best advice, in either case, is to get out more. 😂

The really important question is whether you’re still indoors and/or a virgin.

Agreed. And one thing that might trigger that, as I recall, is an alkaline pH slip, which remains my prevailing theory. Dig the name, by the way. I’m a Lovecraft fan, if horror is your thing. 🧟‍♂️

You make an intriguing point. Atropa belladonna is quite toxic if ingested, yet the atropine that can be refined from it could potentially save your life one day. The solanine found in raw potatoes can be fatal if ingested in the right quantities, yet it’s a staple crop for countless people. The...

It’s made from ground coconut husks and generally has similar properties to Canadian peat. Some growers favor it because it has a unique ability to hold moisture without plants sitting in water, which helps to keep them hydrated while mitigating for things like root rot. The thing is that much...

That’s what I’d always understood it to be used for. Can’t say that I ever noticed an enormous difference, but it wasn’t expensive and it didn’t harm anything. I hadn’t heard about the arsenic thing, but it wouldn’t surprise me. Isn’t arsenic supposed to be super persistent in living tissues...

It doesn’t look like Septoria to me either, but to be totally honest, I’m used to seeing it on tomato plants. Mancozeb works well for it in my experience. If it were me, I’d switch out my medium. Your runoff shouldn’t be that alkaline, but you already know that or you wouldn’t be testing the pH.

That one is mostly outside the scope of my knowledge. I know that you can apply Ascophyllum nodosum, but that it needs to be cold-processed to be effective. As far as using gibberellin for that particular purpose, I’m intrigued. Going to have to read about it.

Pics are always helpful, but I think Cannafarmer is probably correct.

Thanks for the welcome! I’m into Passifloras, for one thing. Passiflora edulis would be the passionfruit you eat, but there are over 500 other species, some of which also make edible fruit. Some folks also use the leaves as a sedative/sleep aid.

Here’s something to think about. Whatever criticisms some folks might level at those who choose to consume, I think it should be pointed out that as a first-time grower, you’ve not only done surprisingly well, you’ve also in the process gained valuable knowledge that translates into other...

Hello everyone, I just joined and wanted to introduce myself. I’m a professional horticulturist with several decades’ experience. I specialize in rare plants from all over the world, particularly edible and medicinal species. I’ve also done some pretty gnarly breeding work developing and...

Just wanted to put this out there as a (hopefully helpful) piece of advice. I’m a horticulturist by trade. Zerotol works very well for mildew. It’s both highly effective and very safe on things like food crops, which I’d imagine might be of interest here. Just be warned that concentrated...