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Upside down Tomatoes
Asked May 12, 2009, 12:15 PM
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424 Answers Curiosity getting the better of me, I decided to try growing an upside down tomato plant, and being frugal, I made a planter out of a five gallon bucket It isn't as fancy, but why spend $20 if you have the parts?. It has been outside for two weeks now, and is getting stronger, but there is one thing that I noticed; The main stem/stalk/trunk of the plant has started growing up, and I am assuming that after it sets fruit and they begin to grow, the stalk will grow downwards. Which leads me to this thought/questions: If the stalk is growing up, even though it is facing down, are the roots growing down, even though they are facing up? Sounds almost like a paradox. Would this add stress to the plant? I also decided to put it up on an old pool deck, so if it starts to really grow I'll have enough support to just drape, and tie it around the deck. As an ongoing project I'll update on an irregular schedule, maybe every two weeks. Subject is a "Better Boy" started 042809........KUXJ |
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| Hi! Everyone  News from the Bucket (nftb), July 10th, 2009 ~ Vol. I ~ Edition XI: Happiness depends upon ourselves. Aristotle; Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, & zoologist (384 because - 322 BC) Something I do to make me happy is, when I rise from the night's sleep I throw on a shirt and my shorts go outside to the yard, and slowly take a walk 'round the property. Its a peaceful time, as I walk to each of the plant locations to make the first of the day's observations, and in my travels I will have moments of solitude where I give thanks for everything around me, and hope I can be useful today. *** *** *** *** *** After posting nftb last week we had our 50% of showers come through to the tune of 0.51”. Nice, low humidity, breezy, in the mid70's. Rainfall for the week at BBX 0.51” ~ KCXY 0.96” Chance of Showers, T-storms Sat. Sat.night, POP 60~70% New rainfall amounts between a quarter and, one-half inch except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. BB's still looking healthy, hasn't grown much though, only 2 more inches to 59 and girth to 40. He's gained two more toms, makes 20. At first he took off after the one pruning, but now has leveled off and is pushing his energy into quality of production. The pruning is doing what it's designed to do, I.e. Change plant quantity into quality an that's okay with me. So if you want all the toms your plants can produce, just let the plant grow. Been busy with other gardening chores. Besides BB, the DW and me have:
After the asexual post, the wiley 'mark got me to thinkin' 'bout manual pollination. So now when I go by BB, I started using my index finger to jiggle the blossoms a little, but switched to a long artists brush. I smoke  and didn't want to take a chance on transferring the residue to BB. I wish I could quit cold turk, and am down to a pack every fortnight and an occasional cigar.....I'll get there 'bout the Pink Impatiens, while in transport we had a couple of stems break off and I hated to just toss them, so I put them in a bud vase with plain tap water and after one week they've started to root. See pix. The first is the Mother plant, I had a problem posing them to show the roots so I procured one of Eddies friends (Skelator) to help me. Impatiens is an annual. See: Annual plant - Wikipedia but if I remember correctly Mom had these forever. You can even do it with a carrot, Just change the water once a week an their happy We have a total of ten Botanists now. In order of appearance
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......You know I had a feelin' there was more to your first post than met the eye. I believe we were all leaning in that direction, but just weren't sure, and were hoping JD's Co. Ext. Would shed some light. Hope you didn't mind the hard questions. Btw........where'bouts on the Western shore? I have a Uncle and cousin's in Leonardstown, St. Mary's Co. | ||||
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| Hi KUX, I share your interest in Mayans. We had a lovely holiday a few years ago visiting Chichen Itza. It is such a totally awesome place to visit. Almost like the Mayans walked out of their arena and were having a siesta. As a gift for our son who couldn't attend, we had his name written in ancient Mayan on, I forget, some kind of cloth and had it framed when got back. Very interesting. Of course, the food in that area was just so very good, everything fresh and lots of fruit for breakfast. The hotel where we stayed outside of Cancun was surrounded by ancient temples in varying stages of archeological exploration. They haven't even scratched the surface there yet in discoveries. I understand just recently they found an untouched temple of the Aztecs below Mexico City. Have a great day in your garden, friend, as I will in mine, it is my day off. Tick | ||||
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Fungi world photo selection 2 "Coprinus xanthotrix (mature) possibly. The Willows, Beeston, Nottinghamshire (September 2008) Cap, up to 4 cm, whitish grey and furrowed. Gills, grey black. Stem, white, tufty. On moist soil near broad-leaved trees. Not edible" -------------------------- And here's some more reading for you garden lovers... Hort Blog "Fungi are certainly the most common organisms associated with plant disease. I say associated because the pathogen, by itself, does not equal disease. A susceptible host plant and the proper environment are also necessary." ------------------------- I love this thread,not a gardener at all,but plants are fascinating. Hello all. | ||||
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| K.. I do believe we (i give most of the credit to firm for this because they posted before I was able to) have discovered your shroom.... It is Coprinus xanthotrix and is definitely not edible. Take a look at these and let me know what you think http://www.fungiworld.co.uk/images/fungi206L.jpg (mature mushroom) http://www.fungiworld.co.uk/images/fungi234L.jpg (young mushroom) ... I'm taking a look in my mushroom book at home here to see if I can find any growth information or toxin information etc.. So far I have found that is is in the black spore classification and the black inky spores liquify and can be used as INK..... Check this site out.. You may find it intresting and it helps with classifing Coprinus mushrooms too | ||||
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What's her interests? Does she like anything you do? Do you have any books that you hold dearly, but would like to pass along? Leave a note of remembrance, and after the excitement of her youth fades away.....She will have you to hold. K | ||||
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 its closer to #2 on 10 Or #1 on 12 Fungi world photo selection 2 I'll double check, but it will have to wait till tomorrow morning........ Quote:
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| K.. She's not a book type girl. She's more of the girl who's out playing outdoors with the boys rather then being inside with a book but I was thinking maybe a membership and a 3 month riding instruction all paid for her at the local riding facility.. She's always asking me about animals and horses are her favorite *i'm a horse freak too* Though I do have an animal species around the world book *its thick* that I know she loves and I just bought a new copy of so maybe i'll give her my brand new copy and keep my old one instead of sending it off to hide in my attic with all the rest of my books that are falling apart with use that I can't bring myself to get rid of. Ohhh I don't know.. I'm so bad with gifts LOL... I still remember when I could pick her up and carry her around on my shoulders.. Its hard to believe we have known them for so long. I'll look at the myan links.. Totally  and the greek ones too.. I'm into symbolism..About the mushroom..you sure you looking at the right photo on the link they gave? I noticed even when I was using it this morning that it didn't always send you to the photo you wanted. I also checked out mushroomexpert.com Ooo yes and this.. I found this intresting.. Its another opinion about the winter solstace (dec 21 2012) and the myan calenders.... On the day of the Winter Solstice, December 21st, 2012, many of the greater and lesser Mayan cycles converge. This has often been interpreted to be the portent of some fearful doomsday scenario awaiting the fate of mankind and the Earth. It has also been a point of derision in dismissing the entirety of the validity of an ancient calendar as meaningless in modern society. The astrophysical reality behind this particular date is that this is the precise day that the solar meridian crosses the galactic equator. The Earth, Sun, and the galactic center of the Milky Way are in alignment, with the Sun directly between Earth and the center of the galaxy. The ecliptic plane of the Milky Way galaxy is within a dark band stretching across the length of it which the ancient Mayans called the Road to Xibalba. In reality (the reality consensus of modern science, that is) this dark band is caused by interstellar dust particles obscuring the view of the stars that populate this region of space. The midpoint of this dark, narrow band in the Milky Way is the Galactic Center, in the direction of the constellation Saggitarius, with about 50,000 light years in either direction to the outer reaches of this mid-sized galaxy. This particular juncture in time is also believed to be alluded to in The Great Cross at Hendaye, a mysterious cross of unknown origin in Europe. http://www.geocities.com/dreamingbones/dreamspell5.html | ||||
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