my indoor setup and hello!

BonsaiMatt

12 years ago

Greetings! I'm new to bonsai. Looking forward to learning a lot of the forum.

I live in eastern US and, as such, it is the middle winter.

Please check out my indoor setup -- I'd love suggestions and advice.

Thanks!

[url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/43117380@N05/6663527151/in/photostream/lightbox/[/url]

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rosco_p
12 years ago
Greetings! Iam not a regular on this forum but since your post has been here for some time with no response, I thought the least I could do would be to welcome you to the forum. I hope that you are enjoying your gardening hobby with your light set up. I took a look and see that you have the basics to carry your plants through the cold winter season. I too have just a basic light set up which has limitations but has served me well for many years with overwintering tropicals and seed starting etc. There is much knowledge to be gained from the reading on the forum and I hope that you will take advantage of that to help equip yourself with the information necessary to make you successful. Take care. Ross.
paul3636
12 years ago
I have a similar set up but with no lights, just a south facing window. So far it's working.
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Thanks guys, My lites are about 5inches about the plants. I only have some seedlings up so far, the rest are just under the lights germinating. I have bell peppers, jalipinos, hot peppers, tomatos, petunias, pansys, marigolds and cukes. Of course the only thing coming up are the cukes and tomatos which I think I started to early.... but its my first time, so trial and error I will know more next year. I just planted my petunias yesterday so I am a bit late on them, but it took a bit for the seeds to get to me on Ebay. I hope I have some little guys to plant outside this year :) Ok I have tried to post the picture again and I cannot find this browse button it said to click to upload from my computer. So i'll just describe about 150 little seeds and some seedlings, 2 T5 floresent bulbs on top of them, I feel I need more bulbs but I cant fit anymore under my little makeshift shelf. There in the basement, sitting on towels and on top of the towels are styrophone type material to keep the seedlings warmer and off the ground. I have my lites on a timer and was told they need 18hrs a day. So I hope it goes well :)
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I'm a big fan of Bayer products, myself... or Schultz... when it comes to keeping pests at bay! I decided to use the Bayer granular systemic on everything potted this year, indoor and out, and I'm really glad I did. There's nothing crawling, flying, or building webs in my plants or pots... except the occasional housefly, or an errant spider that lost its way! No mites, no whitefly, no scale, aphids, fungus gnats, thrips... nothing. Every year I deal with such pests outside, and I try not to bring them in. I think the systemic helps a lot. But then, nothing I grow is edible, either... and for some, that's a consideration. But with the indoor conditions I have, which are close to desert-like, the mites do like to try staking out territory! Especially in winter! Schultz makes a 3 in 1 spray product... and I think Bayer offers something similar... I always look at the packaging to make sure it covers mites, because some insecticides do not.
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tropicofcancer (6b SW-PA)
12 years ago
Hi Bonsai Matt,

I am in Pittsburgh. I keep my deciduous and conifers outside in a cold frame that I built. They do much better there and they get their proper dormancy period. During dormancy light/water is not as important although you do not want to deprive them of the same just as they are getting out of it. From The picture I cannot tell if any of them are indoor plants. Otherwise I strongly suggest keep them outside and protect them from drying winter winds.

Your plant stand and lights pretty good though. That is almost how I started caring for my few indoor plants. Eventually, I had shelves with more lights and now I winter them under metal halide lamps. They are much more efficient, especially with a lot of plants. In the summer they all go outside.
Bonsai_Minnesota
12 years ago
Hello Matt,

Welcome! I am new to this website as well and also somewhat new to bonsai. I started a year or two ago. Because of my living situation i am restricted to only growing plants indoors. I have a room with a south facing window and i also have set up some florescent lights on a table.

I have mostly ficus and adenium obesum, I just got some mini jades, and I have a few random house plants. i have both bought and grown from seeds, the adenium and ficus, with somewhat success.

Here is a link to my pictures if anyone is interested

http://s1162.photobucket.com/albums/q523/bonsai_minnesota/
eejayestante
9 years ago
Oh! there you go. This is really good, Matt! Good job!
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9 years ago
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