The growing areas MEGATHREAD!

kentuckiense · Sep 3, 2006

Hey, I thought it may be fun.

Today, I finally got my stand wrapped with plastic. Finished product:

Sans flash:

With flash:

My desk is RIGHT beside the plants. Awesome!

Your turn!

Marco · Sep 3, 2006

I just took this tonight before this thread got started. I'll post more tomorrow.

cdub · Sep 3, 2006

Zach dude you're dorm-mates must think you're a FREAK!! You will definitely be having a visit from campus police this semester, I'll put money on it, or orchids on it. Haha looks nice. Marco, those are some mighty healthy-looking plants you have.

Heather · Sep 3, 2006

Z, you need that shrink wrap roll stuff!

I will work on getting pics up in the next week. In the process of moving again so the plants are currently homeless.

gore42 · Sep 4, 2006

Zach,

Thats pretty cool! Is that a bed of CHC that they're on? Thats a good idea for maintaining humidity.

Do you have a little fan in there? I'm of the opinion that air movement is more important than humidity

Marco... my collection looked a lot like that a couple of years ago, in front of a window with supplimental lights. Then it started taking over the house

Your plants look nice and healthy!

Matt

kentuckiense · Sep 4, 2006

gore42 said:
Zach,

Thats pretty cool! Is that a bed of CHC that they're on? Thats a good idea for maintaining humidity.

Do you have a little fan in there? I'm of the opinion that air movement is more important than humidity

It's a bed of wet rounded gravel. The fan is mounted in the upper-right corner.

Marco · Sep 4, 2006

Ok here's the rest of the pictures. I hope you guys are on broadband

oke:

and heres 2 of my non orchid plants an african violet I grew from a leaf cutting from my moms plant. And a swiss cheese plant also from a cutting. I dig the hole in the swiss cheese plant. I also have a cutting of a hoya kerri somewhere on my grow table.

oh hey there goes my deodorant! I was looking for that

Chris + Matt - Thanks, I'm kind of anal about maintaning my plants. I just got cleaning the leaves on most of them cause they got really dusty

Matt, lol, this grow area would've expanded even more if was able to commandeer the other rooms of my house. When I get my own place I'm dedicating a room as a hobby/office room with a teeny little table for a computer.

oke:

Zach - Nice grow area. Definately looks like a great way to keep humidity high. I think I'll be getting visits from the cops to my light stay on until about 10:30 at night. My desk is right beside my plants too

Heather · Sep 4, 2006

Marco, your plants are gorgeous, and look at all that sun!

What's the one with the yellow flag? Is it surrendering? :wink:

SlipperFan · Sep 4, 2006

Neat growing areas, all! It's really nice to see so much creativity.

TADD · Sep 4, 2006

Well here is my area before I put up my mounties. I use a 400 W MH, I have huge heavy duty bins with hoses in them that drain into a big blue keg bucket that I drain using the hoses in it out the door. I have also hung plastic on the walls for watering my mounties. See last photo. I used to use shelves with fluoros, but upgraded a bit... I really need to take some new photos.... My watering bins are huge purple ones built for car part storage and shipping....

And sort of now how it looks...

and last but not least.... Hey how did that get in there?

Marco · Sep 4, 2006

Damn you Tadd! lol.

Nice paph fairrieanum and great grow area!

Heather · Sep 4, 2006

Tadd, you are such a flippin' nut.

ity:

I love that tatoo of yours though. More men should do that sort of thing, IMHO. Hot.

TADD · Sep 4, 2006

What? sit and take pictures of myself in boxers...??.

oke: Thanks!

SlipperFan · Sep 4, 2006

:rollhappy: Tadd, you are too much!!!

Heather · Sep 4, 2006

TADD said:
What? sit and take pictures of myself in boxers...??. oke: Thanks!

Hahaha...yes.

Heather · Sep 6, 2006

First Attempt - Work in Progress

This is my new growing area. Actually my "growing area" is practically my whole apartment! Plants are everywhere. Just how I like it!

Still lots to do, windows to clean, etc. But it's a start.

Windows are all south facing, and though they are smallish, there are also two skylights above. One upstairs, one down. It will take some tweaking, but high light plants are at least getting some sunshine today. Actually, everyone's gotten some throughout the day.

I will be setting up supplemental lights. My old mercury vapor ones, some CFLs, and eventually, when I get the light rail, a 400W metal halide.

If anyone has suggestions, I'd love to hear them!

Marco · Sep 6, 2006

i love how you set up a good majority of your plants in one whole row below those windows. looks so clean.

I think you shold put a shelving unit between the two windows, in the first picture, about the first shelf that spans from window to window

littlefrog · Sep 6, 2006

is there a *shame* icon? I will get that light rail out sometime, Heather. I just haven't had a chance to dig it out yet... Too much to do indoors and out with a new baby coming.

Pictures of my 'growing area' on my website. It isn't much...

Marco · Sep 6, 2006

Hey Rob, Congrats :clap: on the baby

Heather · Sep 6, 2006

littlefrog said:
is there a *shame* icon? I will get that light rail out sometime, Heather. I just haven't had a chance to dig it out yet... Too much to do indoors and out with a new baby coming.

Pictures of my 'growing area' on my website. It isn't much...

Rob, don't worry at all, whenever you get around to it is just fine. I am only just now getting moved in, so I would have had no use for it until now anyways. Plus, I have to figure out how to hang it safely.

Marco - I thought about doing that with shelves. I'm just not so enamoured of growing on shelves because, inevitably, the top shelves get the best light. We'll see how things progress though...I'm open to the idea.

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