Howdy from France

[Nazmi]

Hello,
I'm Nazmi, living in Normandy in the north-western of France, student, 16.

My family grows paper-trees and hazelnuts in Turkey and I did some experiments this year, some Potatoes, Peppers, Sugarcanes, Cherry pepper (the spice), and Mangoes (almost all ruined because of fungis and the equivalent of fungus gnats in France (they seemed a bit different than the ones I saw on photographs in internet)).
Here is a timelapse of my first mango tree (in January-February 2015)

So I'm here to learn and maybe be helpful (I'm planning to make an automated plant nurse for next year because it's difficult for me to control all the parameters by myself (Humidity, Air, Watering, Light, ...) so maybe the project will interest some people who could complete where I could be wrong (but that's not the subject of this post).

Hello to all of you and I hope I'll learn a lot of stuff in here.

 

[Sheal]

Welcome to the forum Nazmi. It was interesting to look at your time lapse video, how long did it take please?

 

[Pat]

Bonjour, Welcome to the group. I enjoyed your video.

 

[Nazmi]

Hey, Planted on the 6 of January 2015, came out on the 24 at night (started the timelapse one or two days later), time lapse stopped on the eight of February (2015), one image per hour (316 in the end but some hours more because I accidentaly blocked the cam for an afternoon)
so about 2 weeks under an led lamp+sunlight, watered with mineral water and potting mix= sterilized seedling mix

Thanks for your welcomes and for me it'll be a bonsoir à tous (in France it's almost 8.PM )

Well, I'll post my first "real" post, a question about my mango trees which are not in great condition these days...

 

[arthnel]

Hey @Nazmi Welcome to the forum. I'm sure you're going to have a great time in here. These people are very nice and you will learn so many new things. That time-lapse video with the mango tree was super and I think that was an amazing intro on you part. Looking forward to seeing some more things you're working on. BTW I hope the mangoes bounce back and you get some good ones when they start bearing fruit. All the best for the holidays too.

 

[Nazmi]

Thanks, I hope so, thanks for the holdays, I hope the fruits too (apparently in 6-7 years but my "trees" are sick actually so I'm worried)

 

[amelia88]

Hi there and welcome to the forums! Mangoes are something I would love to grow, but I just don't have the climate for it here! They are super expensive in Japan too, since I guess they all have to be imported from elsewhere. I'm looking forward to hearing more about your gardening and growing adventures!

 

[Trellum]

Hi there! I really enjoyed your video, I can tell you are truly passionate about gardening, and that is something really great to see in someone as young as you are. Congrats and welcome to the forum!

 

[Nazmi]

apparently the tab where I was typing my response is gone
I belive I wrote:
Thanks for your welcome again

@Amelia:Thanks, I don't have a warm climate either (I do them indoors), how much are they sold in Japan ? In France it's about 3-4€ (a bit less than 5$) which is also a bit pricey...

@Trellum: Thanks too, I'm happy people enjoy this vid (even though the image quality wasn't that good (next year, I'll go for a 1080p and a lamp that starts a few seconds before the shot, and also constant colors)

about mangoes, they seem very easy to grow (3 tries, 3 came out, 2 survived (one died because of me being away and my grandmother who forgot about the crop which stayed under a sofa however it did survive for a while once found back but eventually, it died), anyway once you get your hands on the little wood chunk that contains the seed (a giant bean), you're almost assured of having a plant.

I'll post about the ill mangoes tomorrow (too tired to do anything) and it's almost 2AM

 

[Beth_B]

Welcome @Nazmi, fun video. Your little sapling looks like it's dancing.

 

[Nazmi]

Thank you, it grew pretty fast, and beacuse of me switching the lamp from one side to another (to prevent it to bend to the light, it did swing like that

 

[Becky]

Bienvenue!

 

[Nazmi]

Merci, I feel like homel like when Pat said "Bonjour", I'm happy to be in a such welcoming forum

 

[Daren]

Great Video Nazmi Better than Christmas TV Welcome to the forum & good luck with the Mango's & I vary much Hope you can get some good advice to help them Babies out

 

[Nazmi]

I hope so too