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Comment by nhylc on November 7, 2009 at 4:10pm

sounds like salt build up.... there is nasty stuff in our drinking water that gets sucked up into the fronds and leaflets... spider plants and draceanas are the worst for this... if you see white crusty stuff around the base of the soil line or on the trunk (especially in older plants) try a soil flush.... basically set the plant somewhere to drain like a bath tub and let a steady stream of water run through the whole pot for several hours... other than that you can cut the brown tips off (try to mimic the natural shape of the leaflet)... i let mine go (natural look and what not)... do you know what kind of palm kentia, chinese fan, washingtonia?

Comment by igz on October 19, 2009 at 1:14pm

i guess it is the lowest, tho not the smallest. ill follow your advice

Comment by Todd Allen on October 17, 2009 at 7:52am

If it's the lowest frond it might just be age. Palms shed the bottom ones over time. Otherwise it might be damage from being touched or bumped roughly.

If more start rapidly doing the same it could be your air is too dry or cold or you've been fertilizing too heavily.

I'd just turn the pot 180 degrees and keep watching it.

Comment by igz on October 17, 2009 at 5:26am

so my palm is going brown on the ends of only one of the 'fans'. why? what to do? every other leaf is fine. i water properly, has right amount of light.

Comment by alex on September 25, 2009 at 4:57pm

Sounds like you have an awesome space for indoor gardening iggi but I'm not sure everything would do as well as they would outdoors.For the hops you need some long trellis or twine because they will get up to at least 20 feet. Mine are on their first season and their already there and they only get bigger over the years. Another concern for hops and its closest relative is the light cycles. Plants in the cannabis family like hops are triggered to flower by the shortening daylight of the fall so you need to be careful when growing indoors as even a small amount of light during its "off" cycle will confuse the plant and trigger it to stop flowering and continue growing.

it works if you have lights but you need to seal out any light and put your lamps on a timer

Comment by igz on August 20, 2009 at 3:12am

These lights are great. i just saw them somewhere on a shelf and thought to myself...hmph, these are cool.

So im in a new apartment in Humboldt...

regarding the light...i gots plenty of natural light coming through. My living room is Northern exposure, but with a large picture window at the center and a bunch of regular windows wrapping around. Im on the third floor, so it is mainly unobstructed light coming in until about 7pm when a tree to the Northwest brings the shade. I also have unobstructed light coming in from the West and South. My Kitchen is on the west, and my freshly planted herbs and radishes are coming in beautifully. The peppers not so much. They all get pretty good light just sitting on the sill.

My Southern exposure room, which will be my "workshop" room has the best light coming in all day. I may do beans and tomatoes in that room, but mostly, i want to try hops in there.

I came on here to circumvent some research...but...with right conditions...i should be able to grow just about anything indoors, correct?

Comment by Todd Allen on August 19, 2009 at 5:23pm

Iggi, usually indoor gardening is light constrained. Modern low-e double paned glass makes it a bit worse although it helps keep temps steadier.

Anyway, your results will likely depend on the amount of glass exposure you have, ideally it should include unshaded southern exposure for best light.

With good light you have a lot of options but otherwise you'll want to look for low light or shade loving plants. That will still include plenty of ornamentals but eliminates a lot of food crops.

I start most of my seeds in the basement under shop lights, but the lights need to be close to the plants. I wouldn't try growing anything over about 6" tall under them.

Comment by igz on August 19, 2009 at 5:08am

anyone here do much or know much bout indoor apartment gardening. kinda wanna know what will/will not work year round

Comment by kristen holtz on August 19, 2009 at 4:57am

i am down for some guerrilla gardening rides! we could start off small by making seed bombs?
i think a seed swap would be a fun exchange, though I currently dont have much to offer. i will be saving seeds for the first time this year.

Comment by Rachel on July 24, 2009 at 9:30am

Count me in, Todd! But the stack here is always bubbling, with lots of spillage. I've been transplanting and mulching large maple saplings into parkways, and watering them during dogwalks, which you can see on my facebook.

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