Dags grow log

[Daggster]

Strain: Wasson/Hoffman
Lighting: 125W fluorecent
Grow Media/Soil Mix: Basic commercial
Fertilizer: Bio Nova soil mix
Temperature Range: 20-27°C
Humidity:?
Started From: Clone
Start Date: 8/2007[/b]

using a small air humidifier since 3/2008


18.9.07 1,5 month after receiving her, she´s been mainly on the window sill. (This is the pic used in the art contest!  )


13.10.07 Under the 125W fluorecent now.


30.10.07


2.11.07 One cutting is going to be taken.


11.11.07 First cutting with roots!


21.11.07 a nice small Salvia family.


28.1.08 Family is getting bigger.


28.1.08


17.3.08 Garden


17.3.08 All my Sallys


17.3.08


17.3.08


17.3.08 Two cuttings taken same time, pretty much same size, and same kind of pots until today.


4.5.08 Mother is looking good, it was just hard to take a sharp picture with the camera lense broken.


4.5.08 Garden on its new place. Having trouble with spider mites for maybe 4 months, more or less, just can´t kill them all!

[JDogHerman]

nice family you have going on there

[strgzr]

Your going to have a forest soon!

[Bayrat]

Looking good!  Were they all cloned in water?

[Daggster]

Yes plain water in a glass cup covered with foil all around, and a plastic bag over the plants, success rate 100% with maybe 15 clones. I change the water every or every other day just to be sure.

[skagardener]

thats exactly how i clone. i use shot glasses for small ones, and drinking glasses for my large clones. wow good job with the plants. they look great! too many for my current situation though. once i move...wow im going to have so many plants! but really good job. welcome to salviasource. and congrats on your win in the art contest!

[spindrifter]

Wow! Space is going to be an issue very soon! We should all have such problems.

[Daggster]

^^ Not until I can get rid of all spider mites, they have gone really crazy, and made me mad! I´ve  tried tobaccowater, soap, and now even pyrethrin based insectid, but even that didn´t kill all of them.. Biggest one have now dropped about half of her leaves, and I´m really sad.  Though I made a big quid of them, leaves and bugs, yam!    What should I do to kill them all for good, or is that even possible?

[Sea Mac]

Your garden looks very happy! All those photos tell a tale: you're off to a good start!

I've been growing 4 years now: Starting with just one plant.
You will have a forest like mine soon.

Spider mites are my indoor growing bane. I can't grow indoors because of them!

All those plants will get as big as you let them. If you are growing indoors try not to let them get this big:


Happy Gardening!

[Will]

Wow, nice grow man. Looks like its about to be a full house.. haha

[Daggster]

Maybe I will win this round, I´ve been spraying them now everyday either with soapwater, or Raid diluted with water, and the bugs seems to be disappearing, but they still drop so many healthy looking leaves everyday. 
Thanks for the comments everyone!  And yes, can´t grow them as big as yours Sea Mac, but we´ll see how big they will get if I place few on the window sill for the summer.

[Sea Mac]

Salvia Plants seem to take offense at almost EVERYTHING you can spray on them.

The only solution I've sprayed on my plants that doesn't de-leaf them is Safer Brand "Bt" Caterpillar Killer. No Help for Mites! I've heard you can use Merit WP for any "Piercing" type Bug ...

Good luck ridding yourself of them. Don't smoke leaves that got Raid on them: could be bad for you!

[zaorr]

I can hear that Space invader's marching sound..

THEIR TAKING OVER!!!

EEEEK!! RUN!!



Hehehehe!!

[bifster]

Beautiful plants!  I hope mine will grow to be so big!

[JDogHerman]

for bugs I use neem oil. It seems to work very well for me.