Sustainable Living. Any other freaks here?

[qwerty guy]

a. looks like you could use more light maybe
b. check your soil--is is loose, or compact? If it is compact, I would loosen it up with an old fork, maybe mix in some sand or something around the plant that will help it drain better. Soil needs to drain well, especially indoors. If your soil is loose, be sure that you water it thoroughly when it needs watered, drain off any excess from the pan underneath and don't water it again until it needs it. That will keep your plants from "damping off". Just don't let it dry out bone dry between waterings.

Check on all of that. Soil is lose, there are additives to retain moisture.. I don't over water, nor let them dry out. Lighting is a suppliment (75 watt plant bulb) with sunlight coming in through the patio door.

It's gotta be sick or something. Bah, it's pretty much dead now. I'll just toss it and have to figure out something else to plant there.

[qwerty guy]

Plant dead

Ok... so now I have to deside... replant a strawberry plant, or plant something else... open to suggestion on that.

Just in case bzmomo6 was right, I have increased the lighting from a single 75 watt plant bulb to 3x 75 watt. I'm sure that's not what killed the strawberry plant, but i noticed the chives where a little whiter then they should be, so my calculations on how much light I was getting from the window must be low (we're also getting way way way more cloudy days then we should)

So, now light shouldn't be a problem, if it was. I also increased the time from 12 hours to 15 hours. Depending how it plays out, I may have to kill a bulb or cut back on time. I have fertilized the soil, something that didn't need to be done yet, but it's time release over 6 months, and most everything is sprouting so it won't hurt.

If no suggestions on what to plant in replace of the dead strawberries, I have another thing to mull over:

Wardian cases.. worth making one for the garden?

[qwerty guy]

YEa, one last question

Why does something that grows as a weed all over the world, deside that now that you put it in a pot, it requires a ton of work.

I mean... seriously... seed in dirt..... plant.

How does that change when you bring it inside?!?!?!?!

(Just being funny, no need to really comment and if you do you're a fool)

[godsgurlie_077]

It's not something that I have accomplished... but something that I agree with and try to do...

Anyone into sustainable living/gardening/farming here?

We raise chickens, turkeys, pigs, rabbits, goats. We don't use growth hormones, we grow organically with no chemicals and we can our excess.

Still have a long way to go, but I can't help but feel a lot better about our food when I hear about antifreeze in chinese toothpaste, food recall after food recall, etc.

I see you have rabbits there I have had rabbit before and remember liking it but I never cooked it personally what spices go with rabbit?

[bzmomo7]

Plant dead

Ok... so now I have to deside... replant a strawberry plant, or plant something else... open to suggestion on that.

Just in case bzmomo6 was right, I have increased the lighting from a single 75 watt plant bulb to 3x 75 watt. I'm sure that's not what killed the strawberry plant, but i noticed the chives where a little whiter then they should be, so my calculations on how much light I was getting from the window must be low (we're also getting way way way more cloudy days then we should)

So, now light shouldn't be a problem, if it was. I also increased the time from 12 hours to 15 hours. Depending how it plays out, I may have to kill a bulb or cut back on time. I have fertilized the soil, something that didn't need to be done yet, but it's time release over 6 months, and most everything is sprouting so it won't hurt.

If no suggestions on what to plant in replace of the dead strawberries, I have another thing to mull over:

Wardian cases.. worth making one for the garden?

Don't think lack of light killed your plant.........maybe just one of a couple of factors though? Since it looks like you live in WI (just across the lake from here) could you consider putting your strawberries outside on the patio or something? Strawberries winter over in the ground this far north so they should be fine, and I would suspect they might do better out there providing that you've drilled holes in your pot so that when it rains, the water runs straight through. When it heats up, they should really take off. This would also free up some more room to put something else under your lights inside. :tum

[qwerty guy]

Don't think lack of light killed your plant.........maybe just one of a couple of factors though? Since it looks like you live in WI (just across the lake from here) could you consider putting your strawberries outside on the patio or something? Strawberries winter over in the ground this far north so they should be fine, and I would suspect they might do better out there providing that you've drilled holes in your pot so that when it rains, the water runs straight through. When it heats up, they should really take off. This would also free up some more room to put something else under your lights inside. :tum

I'm 100% sure light wasn't the main factor. It definatly had a sickness the way it blacked and died so quick. This is the only plant I had transplanted and it's possible the roots where damaged in doing so, but I'm pretty sure it got a disease or something. It went limp way too fast and didn't lose any coloring before it died.

I don't want to move anything outside, although I've thought about it. I don't wanna worry about things nibbling at it, and I don't want to set up screening. Although I live in an upper class suburb, I really don't want to find things vadalized, stolen, or eaten either. Kids are kids no matter the parents some times. Also, I only have north side of my place avalible, so lighting wouldn't really be all that better.

Although our climates are usually comparable, idk what your side of the puddle is doing, but anyone who planted outside already is in panic mode protecting the plants cuz tonight we get snow! below freezing too! GO GLOBAL WARMING!!! lol, milwaukee usually has fair springs, great summers, nice falls... but now and again, we get 8" of snow on May 13th (I remember this in about 88', 89'. I got to run through the "tunnels" all the trees created, until huge timber started crashing around me and like a girl I ran inside so I wouldn't die! :-D

I'm seriously considering building a big Wardian case on wheels, so everything is self sustained. OH! I could pressurize the air and see if those experiments about pre-flood condisions making plants grow big are true!

I SHALL HAVE MY HERBS YET!!! MAH HA HA HA Ha ha ha ha ha

TY for your help Bz, it's great!

[bzmomo7]

I'm 100% sure light wasn't the main factor. It definatly had a sickness the way it blacked and died so quick. This is the only plant I had transplanted and it's possible the roots where damaged in doing so, but I'm pretty sure it got a disease or something. It went limp way too fast and didn't lose any coloring before it died.

I don't want to move anything outside, although I've thought about it. I don't wanna worry about things nibbling at it, and I don't want to set up screening. Although I live in an upper class suburb, I really don't want to find things vadalized, stolen, or eaten either. Kids are kids no matter the parents some times. Also, I only have north side of my place avalible, so lighting wouldn't really be all that better.

Although our climates are usually comparable, idk what your side of the puddle is doing, but anyone who planted outside already is in panic mode protecting the plants cuz tonight we get snow! below freezing too! GO GLOBAL WARMING!!! lol, milwaukee usually has fair springs, great summers, nice falls... but now and again, we get 8" of snow on May 13th (I remember this in about 88', 89'. I got to run through the "tunnels" all the trees created, until huge timber started crashing around me and like a girl I ran inside so I wouldn't die! :-D

I'm seriously considering building a big Wardian case on wheels, so everything is self sustained. OH! I could pressurize the air and see if those experiments about pre-flood condisions making plants grow big are true!

I SHALL HAVE MY HERBS YET!!! MAH HA HA HA Ha ha ha ha ha

TY for your help Bz, it's great!

Global Warming!!!! Yeah, this side of the puddle got freezing temps last night and they're calling for it tonight, too. We covered my annuals with plastic last night. Here is a Michigan bulletin from MSU on strawberry plant diseases--don't know if it will help or not, but if you suspect that what your strawberry plant had was one of these, you might not want to reuse the soil because these type of disease organisms live in soil. http://www.canr.msu.edu/vanburen/e-1728.htm BTW, I'll bet a Wardian case would sure make maintainance of pests a whole lot easier, as well.

[qwerty guy]

Verticillium Wilt seems to be exactly what happened. Ty

Now I know....