horticulture

[allan]

Re: horticulture

For 24VDC from an ATX power supply, use the -12VDC for ground reference point and your +12VDC for your positive. That will give you 24VDC overall!

How to convert an ATX power supply to a lab bench power supply — Chris Shiplet

Only 0.5A supplied from the -12V and 12A + from the +12V. That would limit the 24V to 0.5A.

[allan]

Re: horticulture

So the light works better than expected. Now i will build an entire shelf with these strip lights.
Ordered some from ebay, hope it comes soon.



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The comfrey plant grows really quickly. Was a seedling 45 days ago.
The rosemary is growing from a cutting .


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The origanum it bushing out and the tincture is coming along.

[Iowatech]

Re: horticulture

Here's a picture of some of my current tomato plants (and probably also a stupid mulberry tree which hasn't had a single mulberry on it since I've been here). The chain link fence is the perimeter of my dog's area where she can come out and bark at apparently nothing when I'm not actually doing stuff with her. Border collies can be that way sometimes.
My lot is big enough, I really need to institute an actual garden.

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[TheBlueOrleans]

Re: horticulture and toxicity

I have approximately twelve shrubs in my backyard, (i haven't counted them because I didn't plant them and I didn't care until today) they appear to be some variant of Yew, whether Japanese or any other sort remains to be verified.
I also have a dog. Who likes to get into places she ought not. And nibble at things she damn well KNOWS she ought not.

My fear is that if these shrubs are in fact a Yew variant, I will not have a dog tomorrow.

I intend to remove them, be they Yew or no, and substitute the mulch bed with some topsoil and get some herbs or vegetables growing.
The majority of the area is shaded almost the entire day, if not all day, and one side gets full sun from about noon to early evening.

Any recommendations for partial sun or full sun plants to try?
(we are calling the vet at the moment, to see if there's anything that can be done for the dog. No abnormal symptoms yet, and it's been around two hours since the first report from a 7 year old that "the dog ate a berry off the bush".)

[allan]

Re: horticulture

Hope the dog is fine.
Busy researching urban foraging. Amazing how much stuff you can munch on in the garden.

Well new light kicked the old ones ass. At 40W giving 4000 lumen!!
Runs from mains so no PSU.
Well one more thing to make out of pallet wood.

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2 warm white and 2 cool white. 10W a piece.