farmer d
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« Reply #45 on: November 06, 2012, 01:55:26 PM » |
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With the cooler temps now starting to happen aphids would be the last thing you think you'd see but they are here in decent numbers. These are drone aphids that the ants have been placing all over my buds and baby leaves. I guess the ants are getting more desperate as their summer food sources are disappearing. Hello Safari!
Good news is I am also seeing quite a few ladybugs and their juveniles in the garden. Got one on the tip of Summer Fun right before hiding on the backside.
I also think this is the best time of year for Palm Springs - an incredible blend of colors (same happens in spring too).
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farmer d
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« Reply #46 on: November 06, 2012, 02:00:50 PM » |
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An amazing bloom from Meteor Shower today - this one has some brown in it. The plant is doing great after moving so no worries there.
Also got my first Deep Waters bloom in many months - the plant really looks much better as I keep increasing the amount of water it gets.
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LBJ
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« Reply #47 on: November 07, 2012, 11:48:33 AM » |
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Nice colors on our Mr. BoJangles. Some nights here have been in the 30-40's while the plants stay comfy around 55 in the greenhouse. No pic of Hollywood Starlett but here is a link to the time lapse of her blooming...she takes her sweet time over 2 days. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF9XbL3G8Mk&feature=g-upl |
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helixturnhelix
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« Reply #48 on: November 07, 2012, 12:35:03 PM » |
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Todays decorations: The Right Stuff: Really pretty form and color, even if it is a mini. Interesting parents too Wallflower x Ren Blue. Thunderegg: Always looking awesome! Lasts three days too  It's a wonderful life: I can really see the influence of 5th Dimension with the growth habit, but the blooms are so very nice. Trying to use this one as a blank palate as Charlie suggested, she got some "Nightcrawler" pollen today |
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farmer d
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« Reply #49 on: November 07, 2012, 12:37:02 PM » |
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LBJ - a lot of fun watching your time lapse video. This time of year the blooms are slower to open and tend to open at strange times of the day too but they do last for days on end. If you don't mind me asking I'm curious as to what camera and editing software you use. I have a bunch of time lapse videos as well which I had posted on FB but some got taken down due to copyright violations with the music I put on with it. Maybe I should put them on youtube and place credits for the music to be sure. Anyways the result is FB will not allow me to download videos any more  . Speaking of slow openers I will have 9 blooms on Black Dream but they are all still not open yet so will have shots at end of day to take... Farmer D |
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farmer d
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« Reply #50 on: November 07, 2012, 12:42:54 PM » |
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Got another first time bloomer today - Legendary Pleasures. This one has been a challenge until recently as it seems to have finally accepted it's location and has quickly produced a handful of buds. The bush is still quite small and leggy so it needs some time to show us what it can do.
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farmer d
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« Reply #51 on: November 07, 2012, 12:47:23 PM » |
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Chris your blooms are looking nice - Thunder Egg is just so different. Who would have thought it would look like that. Very enjoyable!
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LBJ
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« Reply #52 on: November 07, 2012, 12:53:03 PM » |
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Gorgeous looking blooms there Farmer D. I keep seeing "Nightcrawler" pics and references, is it available for purchase? Thanks for the info on the slow blooming this time of year, thought I had a lazy girl there. I have been using the standard Movie Maker for Windows 7. The GoPro sequentially numbers the shots so adding them to Movie Maker is cake, Ctrl-A to select all the photos then change the duration from the default 7 seconds to .2 or what ever you like. I always choose the "free" music suggested by Movie Maker. Not pushing Microsoft products, it was the easiest (and cheapest-free).
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helixturnhelix
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« Reply #53 on: November 07, 2012, 01:18:08 PM » |
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Gorgeous looking blooms there Farmer D. I keep seeing "Nightcrawler" pics and references, is it available for purchase? Thanks for the info on the slow blooming this time of year, thought I had a lazy girl there. I have been using the standard Movie Maker for Windows 7. The GoPro sequentially numbers the shots so adding them to Movie Maker is cake, Ctrl-A to select all the photos then change the duration from the default 7 seconds to .2 or what ever you like. I always choose the "free" music suggested by Movie Maker. Not pushing Microsoft products, it was the easiest (and cheapest-free).
Hi LBJ, Sorry for the confusion, Nightcrawler is a seedling of mine that I am watching. It is one out of about 100 seedlings I have that is interesting enough to show. It would be a few years until this one gets out there, but the first blooms of this seedling have been special to look at for sure. |
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« Reply #54 on: November 07, 2012, 01:19:47 PM » |
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Darren I agree, thunder egg is sure different, but definitely in a good way. Such an eye catching bloom on a very special looking plant.
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farmer d
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« Reply #55 on: November 07, 2012, 01:22:06 PM » |
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Gorgeous looking blooms there Farmer D. I keep seeing "Nightcrawler" pics and references, is it available for purchase? Thanks for the info on the slow blooming this time of year, thought I had a lazy girl there. I have been using the standard Movie Maker for Windows 7. The GoPro sequentially numbers the shots so adding them to Movie Maker is cake, Ctrl-A to select all the photos then change the duration from the default 7 seconds to .2 or what ever you like. I always choose the "free" music suggested by Movie Maker. Not pushing Microsoft products, it was the easiest (and cheapest-free).
Thanks for the quick reply and info for the time lapse. I also have been using the GoPro which I plug into my mac and use iMovie to edit. I found that the 30 second interval is pretty good as it can take a 6 hour opening sequence and reduce it to around 2-3 minutes. I think I will try it on the 1 minute duration to get it down to around a minute as people's attention spans aren't always generally too patient. I did have to buy a small program that lets me crop all the individual photos at one time to the same size as I found that sometimes I just can't get the tripod close enough to the bloom when in the garden. My neighbors think I'm nuts now that I shoot videos aside from photos.... Farmer D |
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LBJ
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« Reply #56 on: November 07, 2012, 01:29:25 PM » |
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I haven't asked my neighbors what they think, but I am sure I know, lol. I understand about not getting close enough. Who else has a tripod in their greenhouse? Still curious about the Nightcrawler, those dark colors are awesome looking...
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helixturnhelix
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« Reply #57 on: November 07, 2012, 02:43:49 PM » |
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Hey Darren, Check out the Misfire you sent me a few months ago. Looks like it is growing strong and starting to pump out some very pretty blooms. |
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LBJ
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« Reply #58 on: November 07, 2012, 03:13:29 PM » |
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Hi LBJ,
Sorry for the confusion, Nightcrawler is a seedling of mine that I am watching. It is one out of about 100 seedlings I have that is interesting enough to show. It would be a few years until this one gets out there, but the first blooms of this seedling have been special to look at for sure.
E Wonderful job on the Nightcrawler. So it does take a lot of seeds before you get the amazing ones to cultivate from I guess. |
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« Reply #59 on: November 07, 2012, 03:48:02 PM » |
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Lots of blooms today:
Palm Springs
Silver Dragon
My Blue Heaven
Sparkling Waters
City Slicker
California Beauty
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