Hey Phil I use that same light rack. Here's a link and they are dirt cheap.
2 foot
http://www.htgsupply.com/Product-AgroMax-2%E2%80%99-Light-Rack.asp
4 foot
http://www.htgsupply.com/Product-AgroMax-4%E2%80%99-Light-Rack.asp
Nice looking plants!
Maybe give some of the extras to some mom n pop Mexican restaurant around town. Im sure theyd appreciate it. There's a little hole in the wall we go to in San Gabriel with a bush outside that has hundreds of little pods all the time. The owner lets me grab a handful on the...
Neem oil is readily available everywhere from the local mom n pop garden center to home dept and OSH.
Look for a spray bottle kind of looking like a 409 or armor all size.
To give you a couple examples: that crushed red pepper you put on pizza is just dried peppers then crushed up.
tamales are an example of semi rehydrating dried ancho chilis.
That just looks like it was below the soil level and he potted it up and the soil is lower now.
I have had lots of them like that with no issues and very healthy.
I had dam tree squirrels munch mine last year. I'm in so cal too in the foothills above Pasadena.
OSH has a couple different kinds of repellent. I used the Bonide and they stopped.
Yours looks similar.
I'd come out in the morning and see whole branches stripped sometimes. Other times a few...
Actually didn't some scientific group just germ some seeds that were like a couple thousand years old? I seem to remember reading about i last year or so.
As far as I know seeds have a pretty good shelf life if kept dry.
Best I've ever tried is a couple seasons old but they did just fine with...