thanks tracy - I will no doubt grow them on to a half decent size, then sell the spare on fleabay or donate to someone wanting one lol

The view from our window just now, can you make out the flooded area.....rain, rain and more rain, my brood are tucked up in the tent lol

Whaaat? Here's me thinking you have your kids in a tent in the garden in this weather, then the penny dropped, lol! Same here, gales, torrential rain, the lot, but very mild really plus not much change for coming week either :/

gill UK

A tent in the garden lol forget it, very strong winds here now, well for the UK lol, the US people will laugh at us with the crazy weather they get.....just out in it working now then back home to check my messages from Dino..... ;-)

Man I just love the country side in the UK. I love the rolling fields and hedgerows. Something special about it. I am sure with the sun out that it is even more spectacular.

Rick

Yeah love the nature and countryside feel, sadly more and more is getting sold off to build more and more houses on - in 20-30 years time there will be much less green fields and nature but a lot more concrete jungles :-(

Yes I am with you Rick, the UK images always looks so spacious and inviting. We have the same thing happening here Phil. New subdivisions of housing all over the place. Phil your brood is really coming along nicely. Keep us posted on those Glauca would you?

Tracy

Will do trace no problemo :-)

My Willy Wormcasts arrived today, including worms I see through the bag lol not sure if they are alive as it'd a sealed airtight bag until I opened it. For anyone in the UK they were bought from Willy Wormcasts in Selby, North Yorkshire, as I think this 20 litre sack was decent value for money.

You can start your own Worm Factory. Vermicompsting Phil :)

Are you going to mix into soil &/or compost tea? I know Jericson uses this and I believe Tracy?

Rick

Enlighten me buddy what's compost tea lol? And the worm factory fascinates me but don't know how to get one started as when I have looked at wormorys in the past, boy they are expensive for the kits...

Not done it before, but a friend on this site for "Vermicomposting" has one and produces her own.

Most seem to be making there own units to grow them in. Not to sure as to the length of time you need to grow one to get a certain volume of castings?

I could be wrong, but I thought that Jericson had used them in a liquid at some point.

Manure teas are quite commonly used in vegetable gardening.

I remember someone commenting on a concern or process to not have it gum up (if this is the right term) the soil mix?

Rick

What will you do with the worms?

Dunno maybe drape them across my Adeniums for some worm porn pictures ;-)

I have used the worm castings in the past but wasn't a fan of the texture in the coco coir. Also it was hard to get out of my fingernails LOL.

The guys at my local hydro store swear by them.

I'm gonna stick with it bit add extra growstones to the mix to avoid too much gunking up lol.

1000000000000000% worm casting user and i make my own as well, and i have worm factory 360, and my worms are indian blue worms, they are not big like red wrigglers but they multiply faster than rabbitsssssssssssssssssssss.....been using worm castings as long as i can remember, best organic in the world...with billions of beneficial microbes....i even have worms in my aquaponics, so that they can clean my bin with dead roots and all...worms all the wayyy for me

freshest worm casting is the best to use, my worm bin is 3yrs old now

JP - does your worms get into the tree pots? Do you find them wriggling around the place?

Also let's talk rabbit poo lol do you mix this with worm castings or is it a separate fertilizer?

Not the first thing that popped into my head, Phil, but that's going to be a hell of a photo shoot lol

worms only eat dead organic materials underneath the soil, like roots at dies off, no my rabbit poop goes straight to my worm bin, its one of there diets, they eat poop to make worm poop out of the rabbit poop to make better quality worm poop for me, but you can use rabbit poop straight from there butt also, and use it as a top soil, but not that much,

I may not be part of the adenium flower club yet but fingers crossed these two open for me which I am confident they will, they love life in the LED tent

Hey congrats, yo!

Also ordered some fish emulsion and liquid seaweed to use on my plants - both bought from people making their own organic feed so avoiding paying premium prices for a bottle with a nice sticker on it :-)

Off topic here - but anyone burn candles? We have burned them for many years, and used mainly the Yankee Candle Brand - but came across another brand which, from reviews, are much better, apparently, no soot or smoking etc, they are Mia Bella Candles made I think in Pennsylvania? Anyone tried or burn these?

Phil, need to PM you, think we both need to follow each other to do this?? I'm going to follow you in a mo, will you do same please? Ta.

Gill UK

I know I know it's not an adenium lol but what the hell it's nearly Christmas

Opened the tent to find this

Other one on its way so maybe tomorrow that will be open too?

Very nice Phil! This is so cool looking. I really love the hairy looking spines. The bloom is one of a kind!

Tracy

The flower looks like it's from the bottom of the sea lol almost starfish like, this is the reason a bought a few small plants from another UK grower as there are some cracking flowers on these plants :-)

Love the star shaped flowers Phil! They are a rare treat.

Not that noticeable on a pic I guess but noticed this obesum today, the trunk is flattening out rather than being rounded. Watered all the tent this afternoon and it feels solid enough. Does it look normal guys?

Strong work Phil!! I love all of your beauties!!!!

Laura

Cheers laura - maybe I can join club Dino in the future :-)

I think you have your own nursery that we will be buying from!! ;-)

you have some beauties, Phil!!!!

Laura

Blummin eck lass I'm far from nursery standard lol. Only really started getting into adenium April/May this year having previously not come across them much at all, so still in my infancy with these plants and prob have the least knowledge on this forum. But they are lovely fun plants and maybe, just maybe one day I will have grown my own trees from seed that will turn a few heads, clearly nothing like the big boys is Thailand etc but nonetheless they will hopefully be special, to me at least :-)

Well my fish emulsion came this morning, jesus christ the stench is horrendous lol. I put a bit in some water and gave it to the plants, well a few of them. Now just found an article on it and apparently if it stinks, which mine does, a lot, then the fermentation process is not complete. Only when the smell has gone is it ready? Anyone second this or know anything about it?

Phil, we have a product here which is a fish fertilizer/emulsion in concentrated form and it smells terrible, but it sure is fantastic. Has been used here for many years and costs quite a bit.

Not sure if I believe having an odor means it is too ripe.

Rick

Cheers Rick, I have this and an organic homemade seaweed solution I also bought to try on my trees for a while and see how things go.

Stinky stuff, hey Phil? I bought some stinky stuff too, called Dr. Earth Flower Girl. It is better to mix into the media rather than water with. I made the Flower Girl tea which is chunky and stinky enough to make you ill. I watered everything in the tent and the next day when I opened it, it smelled like someone had died. Why does everything organic have to stink so darn bad?

BTW Phil the caudex above is looking underwatered to me.

Tracy

Stinky is not the word lol its not so bad now as when I open the tent it's a mild fishy smell. Even the kids were like woooh yuk what's that smell, it's horrible and that was 20 mins after I watered them lol

I think your right tracy it has since been watered and will keep a better check on the tent to maintain watering when it's needed :-)

Also not really knowing how much emulsion to mix in the water I just put approx 2 or 3 tablespoons worth in with approx 1.5litres of water. How much would you guys use in a litre and a half of water?

With the smell I would use 0. LOL.

You won't say that when they turn into frankadeniums lol

Phil, the one I have used is used at 1tsp/quart for inside plants and outdoor garden at 3 Tbsps/Gal.

wondering if it was made up and left to sit (outside) for a few days if it would dissipate a bit?

Rick

Cheers Rick I might pour half into another bottle or just take the whole bottle outside for a few days to see if it disperses the smell a bit? Lid on or off though? And it's getting chilly here now, 2 degrees this eve.

Ps - did I pass the fb test?

Hey Phil, I would keep with lid off, but make sure that animals cannot get at it. If it is chilly should not matter as long as it warms before using.

The FB test that you mention. I am a bit confused with it. Cyn started it and I just shared. Not sure about it?

Rick

Phil I come back and look at this thread a lot to see your pictures. I wish I had seedlings like yours. I don't think I give mine enough nutrients. The leaves are SO small I dont know what I am doing wrong. They are now between 1-2 months. I may have to look into using poop. I will try to get pictures up later from my phone. At what months did the leaves start to getting big maybe there is still hope for mine.. How long have you been growing with lights?

Jericson I just took a couple of my seedlings out of the aerogarden and wanted to plant them in a hydroponic media of growstones and coir croutons. I carefully removed the moss around the roots some of the roots got pulled off and I put them in low light for now with some bush doctor boomerang. I also added some slow release fert. My other ones have such massive roots systems I am afraid to damage them, Would they rot if I put them right in the hydro mix and leave them in the rooter? I dont want them to rot. I was thinking maybe there are enough feeder roots that I wouldn't have to worry if I let it dry out between waterings... I knew I would have to deal with it one day. I hope the ones that got their roots pruned do okay, they were mostly feeder roots. I cut some tap roots but left most of it. I wanted it to fit into the net pots better. they are 3-4 inch net pots in hydro mix and it drys out in about 24 hours. I am going to start treating it like an ebb flow.

I realize this is an old thread but have been readying it and ...I myself am growing indoors under ..2, 4 foot T5s and some cfls...really interested In the text idea..I actually just received my first big big adeniums from a member on this forum and really wondering what I can do to help them flourish..how close should they be to the t5s and pics of the tent please? And what you used to make it.. thank you so very much as I'll take any info I can get from anyone:)

Hi Sara....It really would be best to start a thread of your own with an appropriate title if you want to get interest and answers. Phil and the others on here who speak of using tents bought specific growing tents, but not many of them come to the forum these days. Maybe someone else can help you out, but as I said a separate thread would get more answers....but that said the forum is slowing down now for the cooler months.

Gill

Ok thanks so much Gill for the info, as I am quite new here ..much appreciated as I learn so much from all these old threads :)