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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2019 15:00:30 GMT -5
It is time to clean and set up my salad Boxes for the winter. In the winter I like to grow flowers in the AG machines, but use the Salad Boxes for lettuce and Choi.
Today I planted 16 pods of Salad Box Lettuce in both boxes and placed them in the Park Seed Grow sponges...the largest ones they sell.
These go into the baskets and submerged in a hydroponic mix. I do not use soil, but just the water and aerate by lifting the cover a wee bit every day. Every year I get TONS of lettuce using non AG hydro methods...even the simplest work..
The boxes get light from a rack with hoods with bulbs which I also use for seed starting in April and run on a timer....this was a real great gift several years back. One doesn;t need a Hydrofarm to grow lettuce..tupperware , a Folgers can or a mason jar is just as good...the problem is finding light for the project.
Last year I grew lettuce in a coffee mug! I just stuck some seeds in a few sponges, put them in a coffee mug with a few drops of nutrients and let the light from a Harvest AG shine on it. VOILA'! 
Anyway here is the project just planted:
And the link from last year's Hydrofarm Lettuce/Choi Projects:
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Post by Shawn on Nov 28, 2019 1:21:35 GMT -5
This is great. I am going to look into those.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2019 6:49:15 GMT -5
The biggest drawback is the lights. I only got them because I had the double tier grow rack just sitting until seed starting time for the yard and thought it would be a great use for it. I think I paid around $30 each.
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Post by moffy on Nov 29, 2019 15:58:40 GMT -5
Really good idea!!
A question, if you don't mind: do you thin out multiple lettuce sprouts or leave them in the same growing sponge?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2019 21:02:48 GMT -5
i leave them bushy.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2019 15:01:41 GMT -5
day 4 Houston, it is a GO!
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Post by moffy on Dec 1, 2019 15:14:24 GMT -5
Yessssssss!!!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2019 11:57:18 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2019 11:29:01 GMT -5
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Post by Shawn on Dec 11, 2019 11:58:52 GMT -5
Looks great. You are going to have some nice salads!
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Post by thegrindre on Dec 11, 2019 15:48:58 GMT -5
Yup, lookin' really good, Houston.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2019 13:30:07 GMT -5
Coming along after a feeding. They look like Tarantulas .
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Post by Shawn on Dec 17, 2019 9:14:02 GMT -5
LOL Tarantulas ,,, But htey are looking good and growing nicely.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2019 12:14:04 GMT -5
Right on schedule, the Salad Bowl is harvestable. I will have 2 pods along with the rest of the Choi and some AG toms this evening. |
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Post by Shawn on Dec 24, 2019 11:10:08 GMT -5
Yummy! I need to grow some more lettuce after Christmas. The Romaine you can not eat from stores and I do not want to get them from the pizza joint either (even tho they have great salads). So I need my own
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2019 10:42:52 GMT -5
Yikes! I think it is past time for some huge salads!
As I harvest the pods , I pull out the stems, clean up the residue roots and reuse the pod. These are the super sturdy Park seed Jumbo Bio Kit sponges and I find they are re-useable. I am dropping 1 Choi seed inside and, LQQK!
some are coming up and 4 weeks from planting theose pods will be ready to harvest.! Fun.
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Jan 11, 2020 16:22:10 GMT -5
Wow! I am impressed. Awesome project!
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