Sher
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Post by Sher on Apr 19, 2021 11:39:54 GMT -5
Yes. I am hoping for a bumper crop!
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Post by Sher on Apr 24, 2021 12:47:25 GMT -5
Lots of little tomatoes and flowers!
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Shawn
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Post by Shawn on Apr 25, 2021 4:27:01 GMT -5
What will you do with all these incoming red gems
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Apr 25, 2021 5:59:43 GMT -5
Shawn, I plan to dehydrate our extra tomatoes to add to stews, soups, and whatever while we are between fresh ones.
I hope to someday grow enough peppers to do the same thing with them.
Since we will also be growing them both outdoors, I may even have to resort to canning and making salsa and sauce.
I had hoped my canning days were over. But I will be growing beans, too, and there is no freezer space for them.
I am so spoiled to hydroponics that I would prefer to just grow indoors. But the garden beds keep calling my name!
And then there are flowers to plant. I plan to plant mostly perennials this year and make next year a lot easier! |
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campingcorgis
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Post by campingcorgis on Apr 25, 2021 12:07:06 GMT -5
The tomatoes certainly seem very happy!  |
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Apr 30, 2021 11:30:13 GMT -5
Now the LONG wait for them to turn red begins!
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campingcorgis
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Post by campingcorgis on Apr 30, 2021 11:40:13 GMT -5
Good job, Sher! They are beautiful! |
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Apr 30, 2021 11:44:38 GMT -5
Good job, Sher ! They are beautiful!
Thank you!
The two in the Bounty are doing better than the two in the Bounty Basic.
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campingcorgis
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Post by campingcorgis on Apr 30, 2021 11:56:43 GMT -5
Good job, Sher ! They are beautiful!
Thank you!
The two in the Bounty are doing better than the two in the Bounty Basic.
Hmmm...do you think the stronger lights are playing a part in it?  |
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Post by Sher on Apr 30, 2021 14:36:03 GMT -5
Thank you!
The two in the Bounty are doing better than the two in the Bounty Basic.
Hmmm...do you think the stronger lights are playing a part in it? 
Absolutely!
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Sher
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Post by Sher on May 14, 2021 6:36:47 GMT -5
I didn't even realize I had two fully ripe tomatoes until I pinched off a few leaves. It was a very nice surprise!
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Post by Shawn on May 14, 2021 7:09:16 GMT -5
What a great picture with all those tomatoes
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campingcorgis
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Post by campingcorgis on May 14, 2021 10:28:46 GMT -5
Wow!!! Your plants do look very happy...and tasty!  |
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Post by Sher on May 14, 2021 12:13:43 GMT -5
Wow!!! Your plants do look very happy...and tasty! 
Thanks Ginny. And these are tastyy!
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Post by campingcorgis on May 14, 2021 12:26:19 GMT -5
If I didn't have company, I would be right over!  When those tomatoes ripen, I highly recommend Rigatoni with Summer Bolognese - the color of the tomatoes certainly doesn't matter one bit! And, if you don't want to do the beef, you could chop a pound of mushrooms in a food processor and it would be equally yummy! I do that with one of my lasagna recipes for a lighter version of it. |
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Sher
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Post by Sher on May 14, 2021 17:44:51 GMT -5
Oooh! I have some shitake duxells in my freezer I could throw in with the beef, too!
They need to come up with a way we could share our dinner aromas online!
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Post by campingcorgis on May 14, 2021 17:59:56 GMT -5
Oooh! I have some shitake duxells in my freezer I could throw in with the beef, too!
They need to come up with a way we could share our dinner aromas online!
LOL...I worry about smell-o-vision, sometimes. There are certainly some that should NOT be shared!!!  |
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Sher
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Post by Sher on May 20, 2021 18:31:21 GMT -5
These two pictures show the difference in growth under the Bounty and the Bounty Basic.
I would not buy the Two Basics I have if I had known what a difference in the higher wattage of the Bounty makes.
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Post by Shawn on May 21, 2021 4:14:47 GMT -5
They both look great.
The Basic is 30W and the Bounty is 40W. The Elite is 50W. Let me ask, for some reason are the basics getting less light or more foliage? Just trying to figure out if there are more factors other then just the light. I never grew the same plant in two separate machines to really monitor and see a difference myself. But good to know if there were no other factors.
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Sher
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Post by Sher on May 21, 2021 6:20:41 GMT -5
Shawn, the Bounty is the older style with the 45 watt light vs the Basic's 30 watts.
I trimmed the foliage in both machines. Early on, I pruned them about the same, but did prune the one in the Bounty much more aggressively later on.
I had not thought of that making a big difference, but it probably did, combined with the lower light level.
Thanks for mentioning that.  |
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