Got Kicked Out - Page 2

imp · May 24, 2017

Quote:

Originally Posted by Worth1

I bave no idea what it is with today's men.
Men rule the home and need to lay the law down.

Worth

Just smiling here.

oakley · May 24, 2017

Have you watched Craig's videos?. He starts a dense planting indoors, very few trays
and take up no room at all. Sprouting in a warm office window on a table.

Steril mix will have no gnats. Coir or flourDry for seed starting.

He then pots up in the garage keeping all mess and massive quantity out of the house.
Weather is warmer so the garage may be fine. A table and a shelf unit is probably all
you need. The shelves w/ light set-up could be covered for warmth.

Do you have any houseplants? That could be the incubator of gnats.
Maybe its her fault...

ContainerTed · May 24, 2017

To help reduce the number of gnats, I put some stale beer, some cider vinegar, and one drop of Dawn soap into an old peanut butter jar and then add water enough to bring the level up to about 1/3 of the way. The beer and vinegar draw the gnats and they drown in the solution.

And, my experience is that the gnats come from fruit in the kitchen and not seedlings. Cover the apples and bananas and tell that woman to shut up. The gnats readily breed on any fruit, and that includes tomatoes on the counter.

garyjr · May 24, 2017

What containerTed said!

Labradors2 · May 24, 2017

There's a difference between fruit flies and fungus gnats. Fruit flies come in on store-bought fruit and veggies in the summer time, and feast on fruit as well as fermenting tomato seeds! They multiply every day, and have a blast in the compost pile where they fly in your face every time you lift the lid

Fungus gnats come in on cheap and nasty potting soil that has been left outside for months at the big box store to get wet! They dine on tasty young seedling roots

Linda

**carolyn137** · May 24, 2017

Quote:

Originally Posted by Worth1

I bave no idea what it is with today's men.
Men rule the home and need to lay the law down.

Worth

Patience is a virtue
Find it if you can
You'll find it in a woman
But seldom in a man.

QED ( quod erat demonstratum, aka, that which has been shown.

Carolyn

Nematode · May 24, 2017

We sure are having fun, but might have scared the OP away.....
Either that or there is no internet in the garage.

Worth1 · May 24, 2017

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nematode

We sure are having fun, but might have scared the OP away.....
Either that or there is no internet in the garage.

Might be he is laying the law down and telling everyone who rules the roost.
Not really a man thing either .
The person that is growing the plants and seedlings take first priority man or woman.

My wife put up with all manner of craziness from me throughout the years.
Up to and including rebuilding a (clean) transmission and V8 engine in the house in the kitchen.
When I bought a TIG welder she insisted it come in the house.
I even had an Oxy acetylene torch in one of the spare bedrooms.

Worth

dmforcier · May 24, 2017

A tool girl? No wonder you married her!

Worth1 · May 24, 2017

Quote:

Originally Posted by dmforcier

A tool girl? No wonder you married her!

She helped me convert an automatic 75 Chevy Blazer to a four speed standard before I married her.

A few years later she changed out the master cylinder on her car by herself.
She came from a rich family of idiots that couldn't change out a light bulb.

Worth

Rockporter · May 24, 2017

Quote:

Originally Posted by Worth1

She helped me convert an automatic 75 Chevy Blazer to a four speed standard before I married her.

A few years later she changed out the master cylinder on her car by herself.
She came from a rich family of idiots that couldn't change out a light bulb.

Worth

I changed the water pump in my 70's mercury capri, and I took the radiator out and reinstalled it in my 72 Nova. I've been known to dabble a little because I watched four brothers growing up start with building bikes, then motorcycles and move onto cars. You can learn a lot by watching and helping your brothers.

MissS · May 24, 2017

LOL! Build yourself a doghouse and heat it with a good warm light. Otherwise if you use diatomaceous earth as you growing medium, you will not find a single bug.

Father'sDaughter · May 25, 2017

Quote:

Originally Posted by Worth1

Might be he is laying the law down and telling everyone who rules the roost.

Or just laying down after she clocked him...

peebee · May 25, 2017

Like more than one person here said, use DE (called different names but I use Ultrasorb I think it is, you buy at those auto shops). It is the greatest medium for sprouting seeds and you won't get damping off either. And it is so simple to separate the seedlings when you sow multiple seeds in one tiny container.

May 24, 2017	#18
ContainerTed Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: 6a - NE Tennessee Posts: 4,538	To help reduce the number of gnats, I put some stale beer, some cider vinegar, and one drop of Dawn soap into an old peanut butter jar and then add water enough to bring the level up to about 1/3 of the way. The beer and vinegar draw the gnats and they drown in the solution. And, my experience is that the gnats come from fruit in the kitchen and not seedlings. Cover the apples and bananas and tell that woman to shut up. The gnats readily breed on any fruit, and that includes tomatoes on the counter. __________________ Ted ________________________ Owner & Sole Operator Of The Muddy Bucket Farm and Tomato Ranch

May 24, 2017	#19
garyjr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Mechanicsville, VA zone 7a Posts: 97	What containerTed said! __________________ "The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts." C.S. Lewis

May 24, 2017	#24
dmforcier Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,825	A tool girl? No wonder you married her! __________________ Stupidity got us into this mess. Why can't it get us out? - Will Rogers

May 24, 2017	#27
MissS Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 3,150	LOL! Build yourself a doghouse and heat it with a good warm light. Otherwise if you use diatomaceous earth as you growing medium, you will not find a single bug. __________________ ~ Patti ~

May 24, 2017	#17
oakley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: NewYork 5a Posts: 2,303	Have you watched Craig's videos?. He starts a dense planting indoors, very few trays and take up no room at all. Sprouting in a warm office window on a table. Steril mix will have no gnats. Coir or flourDry for seed starting. He then pots up in the garage keeping all mess and massive quantity out of the house. Weather is warmer so the garage may be fine. A table and a shelf unit is probably all you need. The shelves w/ light set-up could be covered for warmth. Do you have any houseplants? That could be the incubator of gnats. Maybe its her fault...

May 24, 2017	#20
Labradors2 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Ontario Posts: 3,896	There's a difference between fruit flies and fungus gnats. Fruit flies come in on store-bought fruit and veggies in the summer time, and feast on fruit as well as fermenting tomato seeds! They multiply every day, and have a blast in the compost pile where they fly in your face every time you lift the lid Fungus gnats come in on cheap and nasty potting soil that has been left outside for months at the big box store to get wet! They dine on tasty young seedling roots Linda

May 24, 2017	#22
Nematode Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: massachusetts Posts: 1,710	We sure are having fun, but might have scared the OP away..... Either that or there is no internet in the garage.

May 25, 2017	#29
peebee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Southern CA Posts: 1,714	Like more than one person here said, use DE (called different names but I use Ultrasorb I think it is, you buy at those auto shops). It is the greatest medium for sprouting seeds and you won't get damping off either. And it is so simple to separate the seedlings when you sow multiple seeds in one tiny container.