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Post by Sher on Feb 2, 2022 19:23:47 GMT -5
My first garden in my new home is a modest one.
Red salad bowl lettuce in the front and two green in the rear, squeezed into my small kitchen.
I plan to use them a leaf or two at a time in sandwiches, so am giving them room to spread.
It is also my first garden using chlorinated city water -- also very hard water -- so I'm not sure what to expect.
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campingcorgis
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Post by campingcorgis on Feb 2, 2022 19:34:43 GMT -5
Fingers & paws crossed for you!
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Feb 2, 2022 22:26:37 GMT -5
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Post by Shawn on Feb 3, 2022 9:22:24 GMT -5
Nice to see you starting your AG's again.
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Feb 3, 2022 10:50:42 GMT -5
Nice to see you starting your AG's again.
It feels good!
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Post by lynnee on Feb 3, 2022 13:45:41 GMT -5
My gardens do fine with city water, Sher. It's not particularly hard water, though. Fresh lettuce for sandwiches is one of the very best things to grow in an AG! 🥬 |
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Post by Sher on Feb 3, 2022 15:07:23 GMT -5
Thanks, lynnee. Shawn told me her gardens grow fine with city water, too.
So I will stop worrying and look forward to gardening!
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campingcorgis
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Post by campingcorgis on Feb 6, 2022 11:54:13 GMT -5
Lots of cities use well water as their water source. Our water here in WA comes from an artesian well about 1 mile from us, as the crow flies.
When we lived in L.A., CA, our city had a well too...but they didn't pipe that water into our homes. They sold it to a neighboring city. I had friends that lived in that city and one could SEE the living brine critters swimming in that water with the naked eye. Straight from the spigot or faucet! I kid you not. Our water came from the Colorado river, as I understand it.
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Feb 6, 2022 16:34:18 GMT -5
Two of the pods are up.
The left rear pod sponge was torn and I think the seeds fell to deep to germinate. I sprinkled in two more seeds yesterday, and hope they catch up.
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Post by Sher on Feb 9, 2022 20:20:42 GMT -5
My lettuce is not thriving. One of the seedlings turned brown and started dying, and where the roots are usually aggressively growing at this stage, there are no visible roots growing out of the sponge yet.
My first inclination was to add Calmag. Then I realized my hard water is loaded with calcium and lime, and probably magnesium. So my next step was to check the pH to see if it was too high, which would block uptake of essential nutrients. The pH was 7.0, which isn't too bad, but I added a little pH Down and lowered it to 6.0. So I am anxious to see if they look more vigorous soon.
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Feb 9, 2022 20:34:21 GMT -5
Hopefully they'll perk up soon!
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campingcorgis
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Post by campingcorgis on Feb 10, 2022 18:50:48 GMT -5
Sher, did you ever use an inline water filter for your RV? Maybe something along these lines? You can probably find them in the RV aisle at Walmart (not using their website line here, because sometimes they price it different since they started their "rewards" thing?) or Home Depot or Lowes, etc. Mikey uses them to connect to the spigot when he is washing the cars. Helps get rid of the minerals so less spots on the car? They don't cost must and if you were only using it for filling up the AG's it might last a long, long time. Might be worth a try before lugging water from a store or something?
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Post by Sher on Feb 10, 2022 22:04:28 GMT -5
Good idea, if it would work, campingcorgis. But I have read that they do not remove lime, and our water has so much that it leaves a white deposit in pots.
My water out of the tap has 357 ppm. The lettuce looks better, but seems like it is in slow motion.
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Post by Sher on Feb 12, 2022 19:30:29 GMT -5
It looks like using the pH Down is helping!
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Post by campingcorgis on Feb 13, 2022 10:39:07 GMT -5
I understand that they make a filter that removes lime...so save appliances and fixtures. It isn't expensive either, but I think it requires "installation," so probably a professional to do so...and permission from management. Not worth the effort if the PH down is working?
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Post by Sher on Feb 17, 2022 19:22:56 GMT -5
My sweet little lettuce garden is delighting me!
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Post by Shawn on Feb 18, 2022 5:01:03 GMT -5
They are so cute
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Post by lynnee on Feb 19, 2022 0:13:47 GMT -5
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Post by Sher on Feb 23, 2022 9:16:12 GMT -5
The lettuce is 3 weeks old today.
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Post by Shawn on Feb 23, 2022 10:03:11 GMT -5
That is going to make a lovely salad!
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