Post by drbanks on Dec 23, 2017 19:01:35 GMT -5
Please don't follow in my footsteps. I'm facing a weekend of re-mixing and replenishing about 25 gallons of nutes.
I have spent the last two weeks with a lot level cold that at times, has me flat on my back due to dizziness from ear infection and has had me sleeping about 16 hours a day, and I'm just now learning the one thing that any farmer knows: there is no vacation from the plants.
I REALLY want to skip this week, but I've already got Extras blinking LEDs at me, and I've had to top off a bunch of stuff just to get the pumps to quiet down and I still don't really feel like getting out of bed.
This is what happens when you decide to buy a berjillion aerogardens and half a dozen DWC/Drip buckets virtually all at once.
And now, I'm losing some plants because I haven't kept up with my pruning. I am well and truly in over my head at this point.
To be fair, I have tons of spicy little pods around here to add to anything I might want to cook and I love the creativity that allows. But, it's coming at a price. Last year at this time, I was planning on doing a bit of travelling, but ultimately cancelled because of garden maintenance. This year, going to the supermarket is almost out of the question.
For all of you who are buying up Aerogardens even faster than I did: I know your enthusiasm, but try living with them for a while before heading even deeper.
I suppose my "waterloo" was the purchase of these two 13 gal planters (EcoGrower, aka "Pepper Pot" and Rainforest, aka "Pepper Pot Deux") and two of the three Power Grower buckets. As cheap and as simple as they have been, I'm not all there for the maintenance it involves. I am, after all, just a few years from retirement and frankly, my full time job with its crippling commute already is enough activity for one week.
Even still, I found myself cruising web sites, looking at Ebb & Flow setups and grow tents, and OMG, what the flock am I doing? I can't keep up with what I already have!
Hello. I'm Dawn. I am a hydrohaulic.
I think I might take a spring break from this in a couple months.
I look longingly at my cilantro, delighted in its flavor, and somewhat happy knowing that cilantro in my care never lasts that long, so it won't be a long-term commitment like my 14 month old Jalapeno plant.
Maybe more simple stuff. Toms and Cukes and ... oh wait.
Dammit.
I have spent the last two weeks with a lot level cold that at times, has me flat on my back due to dizziness from ear infection and has had me sleeping about 16 hours a day, and I'm just now learning the one thing that any farmer knows: there is no vacation from the plants.
I REALLY want to skip this week, but I've already got Extras blinking LEDs at me, and I've had to top off a bunch of stuff just to get the pumps to quiet down and I still don't really feel like getting out of bed.
This is what happens when you decide to buy a berjillion aerogardens and half a dozen DWC/Drip buckets virtually all at once.
And now, I'm losing some plants because I haven't kept up with my pruning. I am well and truly in over my head at this point.
To be fair, I have tons of spicy little pods around here to add to anything I might want to cook and I love the creativity that allows. But, it's coming at a price. Last year at this time, I was planning on doing a bit of travelling, but ultimately cancelled because of garden maintenance. This year, going to the supermarket is almost out of the question.
For all of you who are buying up Aerogardens even faster than I did: I know your enthusiasm, but try living with them for a while before heading even deeper.
I suppose my "waterloo" was the purchase of these two 13 gal planters (EcoGrower, aka "Pepper Pot" and Rainforest, aka "Pepper Pot Deux") and two of the three Power Grower buckets. As cheap and as simple as they have been, I'm not all there for the maintenance it involves. I am, after all, just a few years from retirement and frankly, my full time job with its crippling commute already is enough activity for one week.
Even still, I found myself cruising web sites, looking at Ebb & Flow setups and grow tents, and OMG, what the flock am I doing? I can't keep up with what I already have!
Hello. I'm Dawn. I am a hydrohaulic.
I think I might take a spring break from this in a couple months.
I look longingly at my cilantro, delighted in its flavor, and somewhat happy knowing that cilantro in my care never lasts that long, so it won't be a long-term commitment like my 14 month old Jalapeno plant.
Maybe more simple stuff. Toms and Cukes and ... oh wait.
Dammit.
