Archive for April, 2007
Man built "Ferris Wheel" like contraptions to cultivate plants
Are you running out of space for your house plants? Don’t we all sometimes? This man was cultivating Marijuana and needed to fit more plants in his space.
He built 8 machines out of aluminum, each held 24 rows of 8 plants for a total of 192 plants per machine. He was in the wrong line of work. He should’ve been building them for homeowners with too many plants.
Tacoma Man Gets 15 Years in Prison for Very Sophisticated Marijuana Grow Operation ( DEA website. )
Fertilizer
You often see ‘fertilize weakly, weekly’. This is way too much fertilizer for house plants.
Fertilize your house plants when you repot them.
Fertilize your house plants once in the spring.
Fertilize them once if they are recuperating from a problem.
If the house plants are potted in dirt a bit of worm castings mixed in the soil is about the best fertilizer you can give a plant.
Most of the soil you buy for your plants already contains enough fertilizer to keep them going until the next repotting.
More information:
Are your plants getting all their nutrients?
Wired Magazine, Full of piss and vinegar ( just kidding — there’s no vinegar ).
Useful things: ( sources for worm castings )Gardens Alive!
