June 28 , 2018
Leslie Halleck Illuminates Growing Indoors
There ’s one thing we can weigh on : nature throws us fun surprise , like these fasciated ( crest ) black - eyed susans in Brigitte and Steve Tannen ’s garden . Fasciation is a uncommon abnormal plant growth , and although enthralling , is n’t harmful . Have you ever seen this on a mountain laurel?What ’s not uncommon these days is how many CTG viewers are growing plants for wildlife , likeThe Giving Garden of Carollton , where bee , butterfly stroke and birds take their food of choice . See all our viewer pollinator plants this week to get musical theme of your own!One of our first gardening lessons is how much light different plants require , a never - ending pursuance since sun blueprint vary by the hr and the time of year . What seems bright in winter produce shadowed when deciduous trees thumb out . To start seeds in controlled precondition ( and protect tropicals over wintertime ) , some of us grow in bright igniter greenhouses likedesigner Diana Kirby . But most of us do n’t have enough natural light indoors to start out seeds or grow food for thought and flowering works without supplemental lighting .
This week , Dallas - base certified professional plantsman and green manufacture advisor Leslie Halleck ofHalleck Horticulturalilluminates how to cultivate in dim condition with tips from her red-hot - off - the - jam script , Gardening Under Lights : The Complete Guide for Indoor Growers . I’m so glad she switch science into the mix to instance how light spectrums and light intensity touch on our flora ( proficient info for outdoors , too).InGardening Under Lights , Leslie ill-use us through design and practical details ( like what type of luminousness to peck ) for grow everything under the Lord’s Day ( minus the sun).And , she frame a fashionable spotlight on cold - bid plant we ’d love to develop indoors if only we had enough Inner Light . Now you could!Watch now !
mushroom can be cultivated indoors , especially by mushroom cloud farmers , but most of us find these fungi alfresco . After rains a few months ago , Andrew Wade ’s parent in The Woodlands hosted a bumper crop . These are a sign of healthy soil . Many are not eatable , so do n’t even think about eating them unless you ’re an expert ! Just be happy that you ’ve nonplus really good mycorrhizal activity going on . Their business is whether they ’re poisonous to dogs . On a past CTG , we consulted Dr. T.J. Palvino at Austin Vet Hospital who say that many are poisonous to dogs , as they are for us , so do remove them if your dog ’s inclined to nosh on them ( hide them in your compost chain reactor ) . The good news show is that plucking off the tops wo n’t destroy the soil ’s web of good microbes . Another witness concern , this one from Chelsey and Rox Dawes in Leander : two years ago , the body of their bouncy oak tree was damaged in transport . They seal the wound and the tree is doing fine . Except : now it ’s got ants and pillbugs . They sprayed orange oil into the lesion which got rid of the emmet , but pillbugs took their place . Daphne checked with AgriLife Extension colleague andentomologist Wizzie Brownwho tell us that the ant are most likely Acrobat ant . She points out that the ants and pillbugs are just choose vantage of the situation and are n’t causing any trouble . Get Daphne ’s reply on what to do now .
meter for noms ! San Antonio gardeners Richard and Christine Alcorta fry up stuffed squash racquets blossoms ( Christine behind the scenes as sous chef and stager).Watch now!And in caseful you missed it , watch their clinker block designto grow crops all class on bad soil . On tour , Travis County Master GardenersShari and John Bauer take garden design to new levels with charming , repurposed finds . They rapier wonder into every spirit level of their steep garden . frame with home ground flora in sun and shade , they bid wildlife to partake in the journeying with them . When they built Shari ’s greenhouse out of scavenged materials , she gave it Latinian language . Along with hosting seedling and divisions , she harbour gardening admirer who always go home with a plant or two tuck in their arms . check their inspiring story now !
And thanks for stopping by ! Linda
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