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Sacramento, Ca

Just some observations about growers diaries...

Pictures, pictures, pictures! A dairy is lame without them imho. If you don't know how to post them or take them just ask any 13 year old, those kids know everything about that stuff.

If you are trying to show the size of your plant, don't use beer bottles, coke cans, etc. They will not do your plant size justice. Use actual measurements or show your measurements with a tape measure.

If you have bugs or diseases post what you did to solve the problem please, it helps other immensely.

6/7/2009 11:57:18 PM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

We always use a visual in the pictures. Drink containers are standard fare. Yes add some measurements in the description but. There is nothing like getting to put the empty can on top your bruiser the first time!

Last year I went overboard on things, but mid to late season there are good pictures concerning pollenating and other need to knows... that is why this year I'm posting lots less.

Also we have some lags in posting. Sometimes the text shows before the pictures do. Check back on a diary the next day to see if the pictures came through.

6/8/2009 12:20:33 AM

Farmville, Virginia (mfowler@hsc.edu)

DON"T USE A BEER BOTTLE??? I can't believe so many guys here have been doing this wrong for the last 5 years I have been on this site!!! lol

6/8/2009 5:03:27 PM

Westford, MA

NO BEER CANS FOR SCALE?!?!?!


What reason am I going to give my wife, for emptying them??

6/9/2009 10:41:11 AM

Cochecton, NY

Come on klancy! Doesn't your wife know that there are several nutrients in a beer that are beneficial to plants and veggies? Do it like this..... Have a beer can filled with a miracle grow mix. Then pretend to drink it. KEYWORD PRETEND!!!! When she comes out side, tell her about the whole nutrients theory and then pour it over one of her veggie plants or the flower garden. The next day or so when the plant roars to life, she will be like WOW! Then she will start buying you beer!!!

Adapt and overcome!!

6/9/2009 8:49:13 PM

Indianapolis, Indiana

Ha ha...too funny about the beer cans! The miracle grow idea was a good one!

6/10/2009 5:05:15 AM

Indianapolis, Indiana

Where are pictures posted here? Can they be posted on this website? what about a blog diary?

6/10/2009 5:06:37 AM

Hobbiton New Zealand

My wife would know I was having a laugh if I poured a can of beer onto the ground

6/10/2009 5:56:07 AM

Minnesota

Tammview, on the main page, menue, there are pictures you can go to, diarys you can read, and try the site search.

6/10/2009 8:15:28 AM

Minnesota

Or the home page, there are also alot of clubs you can join.

6/10/2009 8:17:00 AM

Westford, MA

AAUGH!!!
Pheteweey...!!
Forgot which one had the Miracle Grow.

6/10/2009 11:30:57 AM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

Klancy, when tendrils start coming out your ears... they are fifty times worse to trim off than ear hair...

Seriously though, for scale a lot of us have a used beverage container around, usually to replace sweat shed in the patch, then we paused to take the picture, and...
It'd just be ungrowmanlike not to have a can or bottle in the picture!

6/10/2009 5:04:59 PM

Ocala,fl

i agree with okigal, first time i put can on top was a beautiful day, like wedding day or birth of twins. i think i need a tissue lol

6/10/2009 8:53:56 PM

Cochecton, NY

I guess another good comparitive aid could be balls. Start with a tennis ball, then go softball, volleyball, basketball, beachball and so on. Do not use your own balls! They will not post the picture and if they are big enough to compare a pumpkin to, you need to go see a doctor!!

6/11/2009 7:04:07 AM

Rhode Island

IN RHODE ISLAND WHEN THE "RHODE WARRIORS" GANG WANT VISUAL COMPARISIONS ? WE USE EMPTY BEER KEGS NEXT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER.
WE DONT NEED NO STINKIN CANS. -----------LOL

6/11/2009 7:51:37 AM

Coventry R.I.

Lol,,,,,, Pap

6/11/2009 9:13:18 AM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

Go Pap Go! :D Honest, you empty that can, wipe the sweat off from under the licecage baseball cap, and set it there, then take that picture. Big enough to make that can look ... priceless! Some of us don't have a keg around...
[Oh Pat, if you're reading here, I am not at all worried, all great and not so great pumpkins look the same at 'same size as soda can']

6/11/2009 6:41:05 PM

Sacramento, Ca

A keg works for me!

6/11/2009 8:22:21 PM