Recent content by Alasgun

If i didn't know better; id believe the first picture was my younger Brother, George! Mike

The lights can be viewed on Amazon, they come in numerous sizes. I went with this size as the best overall fit in my 3 grow areas. They come in narrow/long versions as well. Previously my “starts” were fueled with HO T-5’s and after a very short time fixtures need parts replaced and bulbs every...

These lights can be configured several different ways. 6 of mine have the driver’s mounted right on the light and are being hung both vert and horiz. 4 of them have the drivers remotely mounted so i could position all the rheostat along the one wall. This gives me full control of each light...

As i finish up this years seed campaign i wanted to say a word about these (new to me) Mars Hydro LED’s. In the past i’ve run much larger Lush led’s; somewhat successfully on garden starts but those dinosaurs are either on or off; no rheostats back then. These new ones can be dimmed from 0 to...

Only 6 - 10/20’s remain in the house now and im happy to get the Early Figwort’s into natural light. I am also excited to see one of them beginning to flower!! I’ll try to get a good picture of the tiny blooms if something worthwhile happens? Mike

Well, the wood is all treated lumber and seems to do pretty well at not “growing” fungus or moss. The white panels are FRP fiberglass panels, like youd build a shower out of. Comes in 4x8 sheets, is easy to work with and last forever. I built the wood frames then lined the insides with the...

Chaos before order! Gimme a week and it will be how i want it! Mike

Drip irrigation has worked very well for us, it last forever, is pretty much maintenance free and is easily customizable to cover any layout. The volume delivered is controllable and exactly on time; day after day! All of these attributes make it fully automatic. I try to get folks to see how...

Each year re-commissioning the Greenhouse is a looked forward to event which is happening right now. It begins by removing all the horizontal and vertical trellis giving me access to all the interior surfaces which are hand washed with a sponge and a bucket of hot soapy water. The next day...

Those are Redwing’s and we get the “sets” from Dixondale in Texas. They are the only Onion i’ve ever seen with an adaption to Lat.65 and do very well for us here at Lat.62 they keep better than Pattersons or any other we’ve tried.

Im sure the bees will utterly detest those! 🙄 Mike

Thanks for the kind words; i’m both honored and saddened though! Honored that someone else is paying attention and saddened; knowing the long, steep hill you’ll be traversing if you truly want to “do better”! 50 years ago we didn’t just decide; “Gee, let’s be weird” but we were driven into this...

“Transitioning to spring” is what we call it; those million little things that get done in no particular order. As long as i’m running for the next couple months it will all get done. The order is completely weather dependent. Being a chilly overcast day i took the time to move the remaining...

The bigger question is “why would you put weed and feed on anything you will consume”? I’d hope the product label would mention this too. Mike ——————————————————————————————— On second thought this is serious enough that i rounded up the product label for anyone considering this type of...

Now were cooking! With the continual Sun its running over 100f in the greenhouse right now. That will change once i open the louvers and turn fans on. But for now and until i get the inside pressure washed; its just fine. Couple more days and ill be bringing all of it on line. Mike