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Post by Shawn on Jan 11, 2019 12:07:13 GMT -5
Today I started the Easter Egg Plant. Machine: Harvest (can be moved IF needed) Pods: two Park Sponges Seeds: Park Seed (2 per pod) Nutes: 3ml to start I planted two pods IN CASE one does not come up. I can always transplant or terminate the other if needed. This project reminds me of the Bugs Bunny Cartoon. Here is the cartoon (1min and 24sec long):
@cornne , if you want this to be a GAL I can move my thread, otherwise we can just grow along with each other in our own gardens. Let me know.
More when (or if) something happens.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2019 12:18:18 GMT -5
I am going to grow this in my Gal timeline because my seeds were just ordered. The Gal is custom,'choose your own', so I don;t think it would matter if you have planted now and have it as a Shawn's Garden project rather than a GAL. The Gal planting is a few weeks off yet.
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Post by Shawn on Jan 14, 2019 6:38:58 GMT -5
Looking inside the pods, both have life. Not enough that I can get it in a picture but soon.
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Post by Shawn on Jan 21, 2019 6:20:56 GMT -5
This is a slow growing seed at least in this stage. I can not get a clear picture as it is still in the pod.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2019 10:09:00 GMT -5
I am gonna heat- cheat!
I stuck 2 seeds in a paper towel to see how long it would take to germinate. These were placed in a tupperware on top of a hood and took well over a week.Today they are just starting to do something.
Sooooo....I am going to put my GAL seeds in a paper towel and start them on top of the hood and start the machine mid-week.
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Post by Shawn on Feb 1, 2019 5:07:56 GMT -5
I had planted these in the Harvest on the 11th. They did root but I ignored the machine by my own fault. So I planted a pod in the Harvest soon after and it rooted and is growing.
So I HAVE liftoff. I am moving htis pod over to the harvest later today.
I also think that the machine being in the coldest room of the house was not good so that too has been moved.
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Post by Shawn on Feb 1, 2019 13:19:23 GMT -5
YAY, I have one growing in the Harvest pod and two growing in the Bounty pod. The Bounty will be moved into the Harvest unit soon.
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Post by Shawn on Feb 2, 2019 9:45:34 GMT -5
I am thrilled that my Easter Eggs are on their way .....
One popped up over the label this morning and you can see another one in the pod.
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Post by Shawn on Feb 3, 2019 9:42:57 GMT -5
The second seed popped up over the label. I will wait another week and take one out.
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Post by MaryL on Feb 3, 2019 21:33:49 GMT -5
Exciting!
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Post by Shawn on Feb 8, 2019 6:40:12 GMT -5
I will need to trim one out of the left side.
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Post by Shawn on Feb 14, 2019 7:24:14 GMT -5
I want my Easter Eggs 
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Post by Shawn on Feb 18, 2019 4:56:53 GMT -5
These are doing well. I think I may transplant to the Ultra or Extra today. A little better lighting power  |
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Post by Shawn on Feb 21, 2019 7:20:28 GMT -5
I FINALLY moved these over to the Ultra. Hopefully the higher wattage will assist in it growing faster. But these have grown.
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Post by Shawn on Feb 24, 2019 10:10:29 GMT -5
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Post by Shawn on Feb 28, 2019 13:10:30 GMT -5
I wrote the vendor to make sure I did not have to prune these plants. I also sent a picture. They told me to trim the largest leaves out to give the plant some energy to grow. SO that is what I did. Pictures to follow.
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Post by Shawn on Mar 2, 2019 5:44:55 GMT -5
A couple of days ago a removed several large leaves from the plants. They both have had growth since doing so. I may remove a couple more of the really large leaves.
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Post by Shawn on Mar 4, 2019 9:14:19 GMT -5
I am pleased with the way these are growing. I can see a difference since removing large leaves. Of course there are more large leaves. What I found that did not see last time is the large leaves get thorns  (see second picture). They are pointy but now that bad yet at least. |
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Post by Shawn on Mar 6, 2019 19:27:37 GMT -5
My plant is trying to harm me LOL... Today I went to turn them both and I was getting pricked by thorns left and right. They are on the leaves and stems 
Tomorrow I also need to remove another two HUGE leaves. These are both around 7" x 5" leaves WITH multiple thorns. I wonder if I will get more thorns if I remove them   but for my safety those leaves have to go. |
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Post by Shawn on Mar 7, 2019 12:49:01 GMT -5
So I did remove a few other leaves, this is what I uncovered
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(see second picture). They are pointy but now that bad yet at least.
but for my safety those leaves have to go. 