MACH5
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Linden in the middle sporting the nicest autumn color it has yet produced in my garden.
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cmeg1
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Very nice time of year
Dav4
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JudyB
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You still have a lot of color for this time of year! No leaves left here.
JudyB
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Looks like you've settled in well!
MACH5
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Judy that photo was taken in early November. Just posting it a little late.
That's a heck of a set up Dave! Not sure I'd want to see your electric bill!! Love that tree in the last pic extreme left. Japanese maple I am guessing?
Dav4
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Haha! Yeah, those lights do burn through a bit of juice but not as much as you'd think. I want to say it cost me an extra $10 per month last spring with lights running about 12 hours daily. I'm only running them for maybe 8 hours daily now and only into early December, then they go off until March.
Yes, that's a maple I've had for a few years now... https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/a-japanese-maple.54235/
MACH5
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Yeah that's not bad at all. I used to run a couple of halides on my reef tank and my bill was pretty steep!
That's Jersey for ya! 
Great maple Dave! Somehow I missed your thread.
JudyB
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Those lights look to be LED. That’s what I use and they are pretty cheap to run. Or maybe they are the fluorescents that come with those units @Dav4 ?Yeah that's not bad at all. I used to run a couple of halides on my reef tank and my bill was pretty steep!
Great maple Dave! Somehow I missed your thread.
I switched all mine out to corn led bulbs.
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Fluorescents for now... I do have several of the LEDs you recommended ready to go when these begin to fail.
Abhishek Dasgupta
Mame
Am curious what kinds of pines are there and how do you think light has impacted them during dormancy ?
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These are Japanese black pines and keeping them under grow lights while above 40 F will extend their growing season by a few weeks. Once the temperature is kept consistently below the 40 F threshold, the current growing season will end and winter dormancy will ensue.
Clicio
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Well, as you are well aware, it's summer down here. Some pics of my garden today, sunny and hot!
Left side of the garden.
A few conifers.
Japanese Black Pine - Shohin
Tsukubai and kusamono.
Buddha.
Left side of the garden.
A few conifers.
Japanese Black Pine - Shohin
Tsukubai and kusamono.
Buddha.
So jealous, enjoy!
SouthernMaple
Chumono
I am looking to build a garden with my new house, I was thinking of buying 10 tons of pea gravel and covering my whole backyard with it, but putting plastic wrap underneath it, does anyone have a guide or recommendations before I start?
shimbrypaku
Shohin
I would use a heavy duty weed block that allowed water to pass through, plastic would create a pool effect.
Mike Westervelt
Chumono
What Shimbrypaku said about the underlayment.
Also pea gravel is very unstable, very hard to walk on due to shape and size, I would prefer 5/8" to 3/4" minus crushed gravel.
Also pea gravel is very unstable, very hard to walk on due to shape and size, I would prefer 5/8" to 3/4" minus crushed gravel.
shimbrypaku
Shohin
We have a rock type gravel called Delaware Chalett available in my area, I think it’s from PA.
Nice shape and color, a type of river stone 5/8 to 3/4 size great for a garden base.
Nice shape and color, a type of river stone 5/8 to 3/4 size great for a garden base.
MACH5
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My suggestion is to make your layer of gravel not too deep. I'd keep it to about 2" to 3" at most. Otherwise it becomes hard to walk on since your feet will tend to sink in.
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