That makes sense now Warp. Great plants.

Greg, Mollalla is way east and south from where we were. I may have to hunt it down.

If you have light a ventilation and heat it might be worth doing a alternate crop of something...[just to pay for expenses]

haha I was thinking the exact same thing Mick! Perfect "tomato" environment

Warp, one issue with feeding them at all is potential for inducing blooming - if stressed or overly fertilized it can activate blooming...which in semps = death (mono carpic plants bloom, set seed then die) It sounds like you're doing the right thing, lots of good drainage, and ventilation!

Awesome. Looking forward to watching how things develop.
The plants look really good.

Warp, In my experience, big roots imply flowering, so keep an eye on them, just in case...

Warp I just thought of something...If you're "nutri'ing" the plants because you want offshoots, that probably won't work - it will probably move them to bloom. But some folks on here have used a product called 'Configure' which is supposed to be used on 'branching' plants to increase their branching - people have tried it on semps and have had some luck with large amounts of offshoots...just a thought
Best of luck to you!

A friend of mine found it at an Ace hardware - or maybe some little family owned nursery might carry it...it is available but not easy to find

gg5 said:haha I was thinking the exact same thing Mick! Perfect "tomato" environment

I was not thinking tomatoes ,more of a herb...

Looking good warp.

You are sounding more like a mad scientist warp.

Hey Warp, I appreciate the humor and your creativity! but not the language (ie "bitchez")
I'm sensitive to these types of words, and I don't think I'm alone (I don't know since I haven't checked in with anyone else on here but I like to err on the "less" side)
I feel this is a public forum and politeness rules!
Thank you,
Cheers

I do agree Greg. I didn't know what that spelling meant, not knowing where warp is from, I thought it was some foreign language thing.
I'm still sitting on the turnip truck.

All better now. After all they are giving him trouble, so I thought "you little trouble makers" was an appropriate substitute.

Lynn now that IS funny! Warp, I hope you don't mind that your words were changed, it does make it more enjoyable for me to read this - I actually did laugh out loud, thinking of you fussing away with these little plants!

Warp has a very adventurous mind. It will be so interesting to see how all of the plants are doing next spring.

The below pictured "bad boy" is sitting in a flood and drain table. the roots are in air...the table is flooded and then drained...






How often do I water? do I let the root air/drip dry completely, for how long.... this plant was "potted" last night and been watered once or twice....so time will tell, I think it should be happy as heck

My theory is the roots should come very close to completely dry or just past completely dry, make them reach out for that last little bit of vapor ...rinse repeat... that would be every 4-10 hours re-wetting the roots. I also have a hunch that something like every 2 days would be just fine as well.
What do you think?
Thoughts on this?