Covid19/2021-22 OMICRON/ VIRUS "IHU" FRANCE:P13310/NEWEST VIRUS: "NEOCOV" HIGH INFECTION RATE+1 IN 3 DIE !?! P13315

Europeans got cooped up too long. When they finally got out---well that's that. Govs will be putting out fires until embers are flying and start more fires.


So I guess to the powers that be will just let it rip through the masses and be done with it.

Nah wouldn't work. I agree with Wordsie it's just not practical to try and use grow lights on solar alone for a home project.
I indoor grow (not veggies) I have 4 LED grow lights that are equivalent to running 4 100 watt bulbs. Running the lights for 12 hours a day I use 4.8 kilowatt hours of juice. That's a pretty heavy daily load on a straight solar power system (unless you have a very large system). Plants need light to grow and most veggies need lots of light. If you cut back and try to burst it as you say, it won't be enough. Your plants will be small and will produce hardly anything so again the pay off isn't worth the effort. Less light=less growth=less product.
I have one more plant to harvest then will plant two tomato plants in one half of my grow tent just to see what kind of production I can get off my LEDs over the winter. Totally cost prohibited but will be a fun experiment.

Thanks DR.
I was thinking about posting the Spain article in your thread but figured you’d see it here or separately.

I saw that France broke their record too but didn’t have time to find an article before a series of work meetings.

Also, thanks for your latest update. Appreciate your efforts.
No offense, but I REALLY hope you’re wrong ;)
But think you are likely more right than not.

I hear ya! Organic is all well and good but when every harvest could mean the difference of eating hardy and hardly eating. I'll take the insecticide and wash me produce.

Neem oil, garlic oil, dish soap, diatomaceous earth, tobacco and regular listerine will see you through most anything, Darth. If you have a pump sprayer or a hose end sprayer these will do the trick on bugs. Also companion planting.

Just six?
Here in Ohio we’re supposed to have good weather all weekend.
I’m sure we’ll pay the price.

Fauci warns that Illinois and six other states are at higher risk for a COVID-19 surge over Labor Day weekend, report says

“There are several states that are at risk for surging, namely North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Arkansas, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois,”

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Grrrrreat...

South Dakota dismisses 'elite class of so-called experts,' carries on with state fair after Sturgis rally fueled COVID-19 surge

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I have to agree with the Neem oil. It has worked well for me before, haven't used it in an outdoor garden setting though. I haven't tried the others. While I won't shy away from pesticides they wouldn't be my first go to option.

Thanks, nef.

I was wanting to try. If Iowa keeps the pattern, I don’t think the plants would suffer like a more cloudy area.

And while solar minimum is a threat. The pole reversal may present more of a fucked over than the grow issues.

I am reasonably confident in our food now. I will continue to bring in more until it totally dries up.

I just want to make sure that I am planning for longterm solutions.

New phone drama of the day. This time the person that they are texting lost their brother.

What a weird week.

Just a note I don't smoke the stuff anymore just grow it for Simple, but I do take pride in everything I do and try to do everything to the best of my understanding.

Thanks for the good tips.

We tried some of those. For example, there was some kind of beetle on the tomatoes that The Queen sprayed with Neem oil. She said he acted like he enjoyed the shower.

However, it is clear that I need to study more on the natural alternatives.

As I have said before, I am a rank amateur as a gardener. However, I planted a fair amount of ground with a lot of different varieties and got a decent crop.

I need to get better at identifying specific pests and diseases as well as the remedies for each.

BTW, planted the last of the sugar cane this morning. I tried various methods that I saw on utube. At least some of he cane will come up. When I have cane, I found out its easy to start more.

Just cut sections with at least two nodes (I did 3-4 nodes) and put the pieces in water. After a week they sprout shoots and roots. Most say to plant horizontal.

Stephen F. Austin's American colonists started here back around 1820 in Brazoria County planting sugar cane. They got rich off the crops.

BTW, locked the cows out of that pasture. I am sure they will love eating the shoots coming up.

Darth have you looked into maybe building a couple of worm bins and worm farm to add worms to your fields. Nothing will improve your soil like worms. Good soil makes for healthier plants which are more resistant to pests and disease.

The best thing about my garden is sitting out in it watching the wildlife and rescuing delicate leafy plants from more mobile viney plants lassoing and strangulating them.

Next year I’m cutting my gardening losses and just going to sit out there and enjoy sitting in the wonderful low maintenance weeds that will grow there.

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When I lived in Texas, the grasshoppers killed me. A mix of Listerine, dish soap and chewing tobacco tea in a hose end sprayer did them in. But at peak it had to be done daily.

On those grow lights, I really don't think they'd do cannabis or tomatoes. But they definitely do well for greens and sprouts. They're very low watt consumption and I'm running 10 of 12 aquaponics gone vermiponics beds with barrina 6500k and the grow lights. It'll all run off my 4 265 watt 24v solar system for at least 8 hours a day.

Not long enough for fruits but long enough for greens.

And not good enough for solid root crops either. Chard, mustard, mung bean sprouts, kale, spinach, lettuce, aloe vera and celery leaf is good.

I think for fruits or cannabis you'd need more intense lighting.

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I have 20 healthy looking tomato plants, four different varieties. Not one flower on one of them yet.

I feel ya.

My watermelon vine had over five flowers. Now it has five more. Not a damn piece of fruit.

Had plenty of bees visiting too. So that ain’t the issue.

The corn never recovered from the shock of the storm. And the next round of potatoes never developed leaves. Green stalks. No leaves. Sooooo weird.

Just put a film on called : Anti corona virus. It’s about SARS2

My 16 garlic plant’s leaves died last month. I dug up the ones I could find. They are pretty cool because they are perfectly formed with many cloves but they are so small that had I eaten them as single cloves instead of planting them I would have had more garlic.

Found one:

Coronavirus in France: nearly 9,000 new cases detected in 24 hours, a record

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Heart Medicine

I have considered that.

I have an order in for some worms, but they have to wait for cooler weather to ship them.

Biggest thing my land needs is SAND or something to improve permeability.

Its "black gumbo" clay and the clay subsoil is only about a foot down.

Actually, its crappy soil, but we persevere.

Maybe 300k new cases today, coming in fast.

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When my older kids, now in their 30s, were small, I lived near Los Angeles.

One day I was driving down the freeway with the heavy metal blasting on the radio. Noticed that other drivers were looking at us.

I glanced over and both my kids were banging their heads on their car seats.

Strangely enough, both kids turned out GREAT!

The best dirt I ever had in Texas was in base housing, because of the weekly yard inspections our beds had to be perfect.

When we moved out to the country, I thought we would have good dirt because the previous owners had lots of horses and FHA animals. Nope, to much urine and not enough manure. To make it worse it was all caliche. For you poor, underprivileged people that were never in west Texas, that stuff is harder than diamonds when dry and slippery than snot when wet. It'll suck you in like quick sand when the monsoon season sets in. Your tools better be knife sharp when you start and you'll be sharpening again before you're done.

I had some good results mixing the beds with peat moss to soften it up, but the stuff has gotten really expensive since then. If you have, or can get, some rotten straw, after you're done with a section, dig it in real well. The more the better. Let it sit til spring to compost in. You can add your hot manure at the same time, just give it a season off. The straw really helped me break up the caliche, it should work on your clay.

Another thing my folks swore by, is manure tea around the plants. I had to go to my neighbor to get the cow patties, but you already have them. Put one or two in a five gallon bucket and fill with water. Let it sit out in the sun for a day or two and then pour it around your plants. It's the best stuff! Be careful with tobacco near your tomato plants, though. Tomatoes don't like it.

50,000+ cases in the US. I think this will crank up more again post Labor Day weekend. I know people are tired of hearing this--- in two weeks

How are hospitalizations in your area?

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Thanks for replying...all of you
Catching up now on thread
I rinse them immediately after use multiple times
Hot water, no soap
What worries me is the balloon inside his stomach they don’t last forever...supposedly like 6-8 months and we are past that closer to 11
Eventually he will have to go in for replacement..it’s an outpatient procedure if all else is good...

NF, Happy for you...
Curry, sincere prayers for you and yours
Glad to see Larry here again
Doommonkey vicariously enjoying your garden...

Thank you all for your prayers...today was busy but not as stressful
I love y’all...back to reading and catching up...

Illinois did a backlog dump of 100,000 tests today which resulted in about 4,000 cases and Texas dumped about 1,500.

So in reality it's roughly inline with what we saw all week.

9 people hospitalized in New Hampshire, 318 in Massachusetts.

At the peak Massachusetts had about 4,000 hospitalized... not sure about NH.

I don't expect much of anything to come from bike week up here in NH, it was only a tiny fraction of what we would normally see for turnout and much less than what we had for 4th of July which was a nothingburger.