Mon, 03/15/2010 - 19:22
#2
Munch time. 
The three week lettuces were delicious - bibb, and tom thumb butterhead. Nicer crunch to them than most AG lettuces, and good flavor. The tom thumb is very short, tho.
Flowers dawdling along. Pineapple sages moved on to potting mix.
Lettuce and flowers both at vegetative mix flora nutes, ~1.7 EC in rainwater.
Sun, 03/21/2010 - 16:09
#3
Munch munch... Really enjoying the Bibb lettuce. Seems similar to "warty green leaf", my fave of the AG Salad Greens and Mesclun kits. I've never grown any of these flowers before, so I'm kinda enjoying watching the mystery unfold. I'm not sure the borage (youngest but biggest) is happy - leaves were yellow for a while, though they're getting better. Well, greener. But I expected grey-green.
Sun, 03/28/2010 - 16:34
#4
Hoping to see a gazania bloom soonish. 
Sun, 04/04/2010 - 21:18
#5
Decided the borage was an ugly plant, and too big. Oh, well. I wanted two gazanias in the first place. So took one of my soil gazania seedlings and plugged it in (it's only a few days younger than the first, but much smaller). Three giant buds on the bigger gazania! Still no idea what color it'll be.
I'm really enjoying the one pod of bibb lettuce in the mini. Which is good, since the other two pods are producing almost nothing (tom thumb butterhead, and little caesar romaine). They just don't cohabit well. Hence the new Pro100 all-Bibb garden.
Sun, 04/11/2010 - 20:11
#6
My first gazania bloomed - yay! 
P.S. The description said the Daybreak series of gazanias bloomed in only 12 weeks from seed - and that's 1-3 weeks earlier than other gazanias. Seven weeks indoors is pretty good! And I'm very pleased it isn't white. This mix has assorted gaudy pink gazanias - and a pure white.
Tue, 04/13/2010 - 14:21
#7
Yes, good looking flower - nice new avatar as well. 
Tue, 04/13/2010 - 14:30
#8
Thanks. It was about time for a this-year's-flower. 
Wed, 04/14/2010 - 08:10
#9
Nice flowers! I tried growing them outside but the bunny ate 'em. Nice to see they do well in an AG!
Wed, 04/14/2010 - 10:54
#10
Thanks, Beth. I put a couple test plants outside, unsure whether it was warm enough yet. One still looks healthy, the other kinda splat, so... Transferred them to roomier root seedling accommodations and a sunny window, and giving it another week.
Sun, 04/18/2010 - 14:58
#11
Had entirely too much fun getting the Lightboxer to work again this afternoon. 
Tue, 04/27/2010 - 15:57
#12
Much neglected. I've been working overtime for the Census this week, plus heavy outdoor gardening.
Mon, 05/03/2010 - 12:18
#13
Still neglected, still busy working. 
Sun, 05/16/2010 - 20:59
#14
Well, the minis did not thrive on neglect. 
The lettuce was a lost cause - all gone bitter - so replanted with basil and dill. The gazanias aren't blooming, but I expect a comeback. And the brachychome... bloomed. One flower. That doesn't look at all like I was expecting.
Mon, 05/24/2010 - 16:47
#15
Spider mites got into the flowers - yanked 'em. And harvested the last of the Bibb. Currently starting impatiens clones (for outdoors) and romaines. Dill never sprouted, so moved a basil over there.
Mon, 05/24/2010 - 21:51
#16
damn those spider mites! I hate those things!!! 
Next time use the garlic, oil, soap spray that I made last year. It really does kill them & I read online that if u plnat garlic in your pots with your veg it will keep them all bugs too. I know u start somethings inside so u can definitely do that. the only thing is dont plant it with potatoes or peas. but u probably know this already 
Mon, 05/24/2010 - 22:03
#17
No, I didn't know any of that, Jessi - thanks!
I never had spider mites before - really repulsive, aren't they. I remembered you did something, and was going to look it up, but then thought, eh, I'm pretty done with those flowers anyway. And I really didn't want to risk the mites spreading, so... Good to know, though! I'm not usually so OK with tossing a grow!
Tue, 05/25/2010 - 08:39
#18
Oh great! then I am more than happy to share!
Spider mites r the worst! they give me the creeps. They totaly destroyed my first garden & I tossed everything so I know how u feel. They were at my moms & she made the spray & hasnt seen one since. (She checks daily) & this time we planted the garlic in every pot. So far not a single mite. They breathe thru their skin so the garlic is like cryptonite to their lil disgusting bodies lol. Nats too! They cant lay their gross eggs in your soil that has garlic growing in it. It kills their babies yay! lol! 
Tue, 05/25/2010 - 11:21
#19
Huh! Garlic kills fungus gnats, eh? Maybe I should get a little garlic plant to transplant around! How did you get the garlic plants? Can you just root a clove or something, or had to buy sets?
Tue, 05/25/2010 - 13:27
#20
All we did was put the cloves deep in the pots & then we planted seeds on top of the soil with a little soil to cover. If u just stick a clove in some dirt it will grow more garlic for ya!
Tue, 05/25/2010 - 14:11
#21
Cool trick - thanks, Jessi!
Tue, 05/25/2010 - 23:07
#22
Splendid advice!
Wikipedia has a page on Companion Planting, you might want to take a look...here it is:
Fri, 05/28/2010 - 09:07
#23
Awesome chart!
Sun, 05/30/2010 - 17:52
#24
Basil coming along. No visible impatiens roots yet. Romaines look good.
Mon, 06/07/2010 - 23:33
#25
Need to plant out the impatiens and start next cutting project.
Sun, 06/13/2010 - 16:05
#26
Had no urgent need for more flowers, and wanted more lettuce, so...
Sun, 06/20/2010 - 20:38
#27
Just when I wanted to use all that basil for a pesto pizza, and the romaines were harvest size... Something went wrong with last week's bunch of nutes, is my best guess. The basil was damaged so badly (roots brown and slimy), I tossed it. Still trying to salvage the two romaine AG's, with fresh nutes today. Replanted with more basil. At least this batch should be ready before the summer tomatoes ripen...
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 12:00
#28
Sun, 07/04/2010 - 13:53
#29
Sun, 07/11/2010 - 15:51
#30
Already time to replant the 7-podder romaines. Even romaine doesn't last long in heat - gets too straggly. Minis have both reach harvest size.
Had one pod fail on each mini.
Replaced the failed gazania pod with borage, since I was out of the right kind of gazania seed. Replaced rotted corn salad pod with little caesar romaine. Have to top off with full strength nutes instead of replacing fluids at two weeks, since the new pods are only a few days old.
Pineapple sage rooted well! Will need to put them in soil in a few days.