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Old 05-25-2009, 01:33 AM
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Grow your own...

So I like to grow things...have a bit of a green thumb as it were, in fact I can use the shittiest potting mix, or even like MUD that I find in a park or whatever, throw stuff in it, water every couple of days and it (tends to) thrive.
Guess the weather here's pretty good for that though, so might not be all me.
I like to touch what I grow, as it grows...some folk might say that's what does it...some like me might not...I just like having a tactile connection to something I've seen from day one.
Weird hm?

Anyone else garden?

Now, I also have a 600w HPS son-t-agro that I've yet to put to good use...need to deck out a wardrobe after doing a little research, to grow the obvious, and maybe some ox heart tomatoes and huge fully grown mature basil & oregano's, even thought about a spiral-trained passionfruit vine.
Another story anyways.

I've been looking into pretty much perpetually growing things, and found two.
Potatoes, and mushrooms.
There are some very simple small indoor/outdoor setups to pretty much keep you in potatoes and mushrooms year round - they're really easy and not all that dependant upon "sunny" conditions. I'm essentially mentioning this to let people know about something really easy to grow that will provide foor on an ongoing basis.
Potatoes are still relatively cheap, but hey, money saved is just that...and mushrooms, are going up in cost.
I just think it's great to harvest and use your own produce.

I'll also be doing some hanging strawberry gardens in-season, or maybe throw a few in under the hydroponic light if the sun doesn't allow for it.

Thought about getting another light/closet setup exclusively for vegetables, so that my lack of garden space will stop being an issue...I'm essentially a veranda gardener right now...and hey, it works for me...but I'd like more.

So there's my second random thread in a while.

Anyone here grow their own....anything?
What have you got going on? What are you thinking about doing?
Most/least successful crops?

Talk about it.
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