maskedsonnet
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Post by maskedsonnet on Mar 19, 2021 20:03:45 GMT -5
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Mar 20, 2021 2:52:12 GMT -5
Sounds like a great growing adventure! Good luck!
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campingcorgis
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Post by campingcorgis on Mar 20, 2021 10:24:13 GMT -5
This will be fun to follow! Nice looking group of growlers...  May they be bountiful! |
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Post by maskedsonnet on Mar 20, 2021 13:54:04 GMT -5
This will be fun to follow! Nice looking group of growlers...  May they be bountiful! I love going to get beer fill-ups at the breweries here, the grocery store never has anything as interesting! But the little growlers here never got any use, I always fill the big growlers and felt guilty seeing these nice glass bottles sitting around not getting any use. I'm glad this forum introduced me to the Kratky method so I could finally use these for something! |
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Post by campingcorgis on Mar 20, 2021 16:10:04 GMT -5
This will be fun to follow! Nice looking group of growlers... May they be bountiful! I love going to get beer fill-ups at the breweries here, the grocery store never has anything as interesting! But the little growlers here never got any use, I always fill the big growlers and felt guilty seeing these nice glass bottles sitting around not getting any use. I'm glad this forum introduced me to the Kratky method so I could finally use these for something! Try some ciders? There's a place D's Wicked Cider over in Kennewick, WA. Whenever we stop over in the Tri-Cities area, we visit D's. It is tiny, but they have some great ciders and some great ideas for mixing same. I can't remember the name of the "mix," but my favorite is 50/50 with Baked Apple Cider and Irish Death Ale. The small growlers have a job, for now, anyway. Oh, you might find D's Wicked Ciders in bottles at Costco. At least our Costcos usually have it. And Irish Death too, but that's probably easier to find anyway.  |
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Post by maskedsonnet on Mar 20, 2021 16:48:17 GMT -5
I love ciders! My two favorite places have a “revolving door” cider that’s a different flavor every time I go, and one of them started putting them in clear growlers so you can see it. Last week it had blueberry, which gave it a lovely purple tinge. It’s always fun to go see what they’ve got, my favorite so far was mango, very tasty!
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campingcorgis
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Post by campingcorgis on Mar 20, 2021 19:12:34 GMT -5
I love ciders! My two favorite places have a “revolving door” cider that’s a different flavor every time I go, and one of them started putting them in clear growlers so you can see it. Last week it had blueberry, which gave it a lovely purple tinge. It’s always fun to go see what they’ve got, my favorite so far was mango, very tasty! Ask them if they have a recommended mix?  Sometimes, ciders can be a tad sweet, depends on mood? |
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Post by maskedsonnet on Mar 23, 2021 4:44:16 GMT -5
All 4 pods have sprouted   |
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Post by Sher on Mar 23, 2021 6:30:37 GMT -5
Yay!!!  |
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Post by gsaxon on Mar 23, 2021 8:33:07 GMT -5
Do you transplant the lettuce from the bottles, or do you allow it to grow to maturity to harvest? Also, is it hard to top off the water when the lettuce is growing?
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Post by Shawn on Mar 23, 2021 9:25:09 GMT -5
Lettuce is pretty fast to germinate.
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maskedsonnet
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Post by maskedsonnet on Mar 23, 2021 9:25:28 GMT -5
I am planning to transplant to buckets when they get bigger. I’ve grown herbs in these bottles before, and they did good but were very hard to refill without making a huge mess. But the bottles are a really easy and convenient way to sprout things for transplant, especially when I don’t want to free up an AG to do it.
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Post by maskedsonnet on Mar 26, 2021 17:44:28 GMT -5
Finished up the setup for when the lettuce gets bigger. Dilled eye-hooks into the shelves above the buckets to hang the lights from, taped the cords up to the wall to keep them out of the way. Eventually I'll replace the string that the lights are hanging from with chains.  |
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Post by campingcorgis on Mar 26, 2021 18:11:05 GMT -5
Very cool!  |
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Post by maskedsonnet on Apr 1, 2021 19:08:10 GMT -5
The lettuce is doing well. Soon it will be time to move them to the buckets!  |
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Post by Sher on Apr 1, 2021 20:17:29 GMT -5
Looks good! The lettuce should explode with growth when it gets into the larger containers with full strength nutes!
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Post by maskedsonnet on Apr 5, 2021 18:48:26 GMT -5
Today I transplanted to the buckets! Added 25mL AG nutrients to each bucket.  |
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Apr 5, 2021 19:46:44 GMT -5
And they are off and running!
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Post by maskedsonnet on Apr 8, 2021 17:36:58 GMT -5
Started the rest of my Seed Savers projects, which will be outdoor plants!! Planted: Slicing Tomatoes: 1 German Pink Tomato 1 Vogliotti Tomato 1 Pappenfus Tomato Paste Tomatoes: 1 Cipolla's Pride 1 Lillian's Red Kansas Paste 1 Willie's Garden Buttercup Winter Squash: 2 Banquet 2 Oregon 2 Mrs. Rice Okra: 2 Clemson Spineless 2 Langston Longhorn 2 Crow   Hopefully I didn't take on more than I can handle lol. I'm looking forward to this year's garden! |
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Apr 8, 2021 19:34:39 GMT -5
You will be busy! Hope it's a happy, very satisfying busy!
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Sometimes, ciders can be a tad sweet, depends on mood?
