Recent content by Coolbreeze89

I thoroughly watered yesterday, and doused the whole pot with DE again this morning. I put ant bait on the ground outside the pot (I found a trail they’re using!). If this doesn’t do it, I’ll try the orange oil. Like you said: worst case is I kill the plant and I’ll try again next year!

I have a blackberry “bush” that I bought this spring as a twig. It has grown but just not thrived... and I just figured out the fire ant infestation is probably why! I had no idea the ants would eat the leaves. Argh! I’ve tried DE, but of course every time I water it messes that up. I’ve tried...

Grow bags arrived and I transplanted 6 of my plants. Loving these bag. Thanks for the suggestion.

Which grow pots did you buy/would you recommend? As I am trying to amend the soil, my “food grade” 5-gal pots are cracking on me. So, I’m getting my Amazon order going!

Thank you all for your input! I’ll be re-doing my soil mix to reduce the compost component and improve the aeration - time to research what’s available to me of all the suggested options.

Thanks. I’m going to try reducing the watering and see how everything does.

I have containers that I filled with 50/50 compost and potting soil in March. I went to transplant a couple plants that seemed a bit stunted, figuring they needed a bigger space (currently in 5-gal buckets). I found that the bottom half of the containers were completely compacted in both...

I just ordered a seedling mat with thermostat. Thanks!

I moved them to 3” peat pots, a bit deeper: soil almost to their two “leaves”. I also upped the temp to 80ish. Hoping for some growth!!

Your first pic is what my seedlings still look like today. They were planted 2/15 and sprouted about a week later.

First on my “do differently next season” list is to skip the plastic cell trays and start with bigger option!

Thank you. Based on everyone’s suggestions, I’ve: -added white panels to reflect more light inward -increased the temp of the tomatoes and peppers to about 80-85 -I haven’t added any fertilizer yet, but will do so once true leaves form -I’ve told myself to be patient! That’s the hardest one!

@majorcatfish : I’m using4 of these: Osunby LED Grow Light 45W UV IR

I’ll add a white sheet to my setup - I have some old plastIc that would be perfect!

i appreciate your info-filled response! I used potting soil,not the peat pellets (when I up-sized from the little plastic tray I filled a peat pot with new soil, with a depression in the center to move as much of the original dirt as I could with the plant (only one did a good bit of the root...