Sunday, July 10, 2011

ladybugs and fabric planters

today i went to osh and purchased ladybugs

i tried to release just a few inside, the true blueberry that is flowering has a couple tiny little infected mite spots! i am so scared of spraying anything now after messing up flowering plants with super strong spinosad before, so i released some inside! i tried to only release a few, but then they started moving into the crevice of the lid and i didn't want to smash them, so i ran outside with the rest of the ladybugs in their container and just opened it up and let them out, usually i'll wait till the sun is going down as they don't seem to scatter too much then

i bought some nice fresh brewed compost tea for cheap from a hydro shop today, just mixed it up with a bunch of water in a 5 gallon bucket and tossed an airstone in, i'll be feeding in a few hours, hope everyone likes it and it's not too strong!

i got some more root trapper planters, my main goal is to move 3 pinot noir grape plants into them as well as a flowering maple, of course i got a few extra to move some of the smaller plants into ;) so far every plant i have moved into a smart pot, or root trapper pot, has just loved it and had an explosion of growth!

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