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Post by slw on Aug 23, 2023 15:00:14 GMT -5
slw , well done on the Iznik cucumber!
Don't forget cucumbers need lots of potassium and phosphorus. Add some Kool-Bloom (0-10-10) (3-5ml) when you feed it. Thanks for the tip, but I'm just keeping it simple with AG nutes. I don't want to go down the rabbit-hole of trying to "balance nutes", water testing, etc. I bought some cal-mag and still not sure what to do with it so I probably won't bother. 
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Post by lynnee on Aug 23, 2023 17:01:18 GMT -5
Today I got the wilderness corner cleared. I took out a lot of flowering, producing pepper branches, to restore air circulation as well as access to the mature peppers. Before:  After:  The harvest:  I also cut back the squat AG banana pepper, which is producing beautiful big leaves and some blooms, but not setting fruit. Again, the object was to restore air circulation. That's an AG anaheim pepper on the left.  Now I have to sort and cull my seed collection, but I'm almost caught up with AG duties!  |
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Post by slw on Aug 23, 2023 17:27:03 GMT -5
Nice job lynnee! And what a great harvest from your gardens. What is the pillow thing next to the Farm? |
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Post by lynnee on Aug 23, 2023 18:16:52 GMT -5
Nice job lynnee! And what a great harvest from your gardens. What is the pillow thing next to the Farm? It's a door draft catcher that protects the Farm from the Roomba. The iRobot vacuums are surprisingly powerful, and they may bump into an obstacle repeatedly when they are going around it, especially when they are learning the floor layout. The vacuum can be damaged if it picks up water, and I doubt that plants appreciate what is the equivalent of having a kid kicking the back of your airline seat!  |
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Post by slw on Aug 23, 2023 19:17:18 GMT -5
Hmmm, I have robot vacuums, too... and I never even thought about the vacuum versus the Farm. So far, so good!!
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Post by scarfguy on Aug 23, 2023 19:54:01 GMT -5
Hmmm... I've been married to my roomba for 44 years.
She would never think to smack the vacuum into one of my aerogardens.  |
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Post by agnoob on Aug 24, 2023 12:50:36 GMT -5
I had my first ever harvest since starting hydroponic gardening a month ago! It's 3 different AG lettuces and I made a small salad with apple and the lettuces. I'm hoping the harvesting will get the plants to grow back more quickly. Before:  After:   |
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Post by scarfguy on Aug 24, 2023 13:12:08 GMT -5
Congratulations, agnoob! Your salad looks great! |
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Post by tatmia on Aug 24, 2023 13:32:47 GMT -5
Looks delicious
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Post by tatmia on Aug 24, 2023 13:48:56 GMT -5
My pepper plants grew quite a bit over the last two days with flowers getting ready so over lunch I pruned for airflow. I then remembered that I wanted to try cooking them now that I know they are edible. They are delicious, very similar to spinach. I have a small amount of Jalapeno leaves in there but the majority are Fushimi and "Pretty and Sweet". I also had a tiny pink oyster harvest that I crisped up and added. Now I'm sad about all the leaves that have ended up in mulch. I think I'm going to try drying some of the leaves next time. I thought I made up that idea on my own but a quick Google search showed dried leaves being offered by Asian grocers.  |
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Post by lynnee on Aug 24, 2023 18:01:33 GMT -5
My pepper plants grew quite a bit over the last two days with flowers getting ready so over lunch I pruned for airflow. I then remembered that I wanted to try cooking them now that I know they are edible. They are delicious, very similar to spinach. I have a small amount of Jalapeno leaves in there but the majority are Fushimi and "Pretty and Sweet". I also had a tiny pink oyster harvest that I crisped up and added. Now I'm sad about all the leaves that have ended up in mulch. I think I'm going to try drying some of the leaves next time. I thought I made up that idea on my own but a quick Google search showed dried leaves being offered by Asian grocers. You're saying that pepper plant leaves are edible? The AG pepper kits all warn that the leaves are toxic.  |
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Post by lynnee on Aug 24, 2023 18:13:00 GMT -5
agnoob, I love your salad greens, and your avatar! 
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Post by ricksgarden on Aug 24, 2023 19:32:35 GMT -5
  wondering if anyone might know what's going on with my jalapeño. R&R'd on the 20th, pruned roots a little and removed about 10-12 large leaves. Also transfered from harvest xl to 360. |
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Post by agnoob on Aug 24, 2023 20:57:28 GMT -5
agnoob, I love your salad greens, and your avatar! Thanks, [mention]lynnee [/mention] ! My plan is to upgrade my avatar to match my AGA rank as I climb up the garden ranks. Once I get to AGA Harvest, I’ll upgrade to a pic of my Harvest haha. |
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Post by tatmia on Aug 25, 2023 10:40:59 GMT -5
My pepper plants grew quite a bit over the last two days with flowers getting ready so over lunch I pruned for airflow. I then remembered that I wanted to try cooking them now that I know they are edible. They are delicious, very similar to spinach. I have a small amount of Jalapeno leaves in there but the majority are Fushimi and "Pretty and Sweet". I also had a tiny pink oyster harvest that I crisped up and added. Now I'm sad about all the leaves that have ended up in mulch. I think I'm going to try drying some of the leaves next time. I thought I made up that idea on my own but a quick Google search showed dried leaves being offered by Asian grocers. You're saying that pepper plant leaves are edible? The AG pepper kits all warn that the leaves are toxic. |
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Post by tatmia on Aug 25, 2023 10:47:22 GMT -5
Not sure why my reply is not working about eating the pepper leaves. When I first heard about them, I searched for answers and read everything from people saying they were highly toxic to people eating them raw. This article from Texas A&M (originally published by the University of Florida) helped explain that they just need to be cooked. There are a few other edible plant parts listed that I did not know about. aggie-hort.tamu.edu/newsletters/hortupdate/hortupdate_archives/2002/may02/art4may.html |
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Post by slw on Aug 26, 2023 20:10:26 GMT -5
Yes, that's what I do. I start my seeds in a bounty with the light hood and when they get tall, I remove the light hood and use the suspended light panel. scarfguy -- I have been trying to wrestle the light hood off of my Bounty and apparently I'm not quite getting the hang of it. O_o Does it simply pull up and off? And is this the very top of the light pole just removing the hood, or do you pull out the pole from the base removing both the pole and the hood? Halp, plz.
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Post by scarfguy on Aug 26, 2023 20:41:53 GMT -5
Yes, that's what I do. I start my seeds in a bounty with the light hood and when they get tall, I remove the light hood and use the suspended light panel. scarfguy -- I have been trying to wrestle the light hood off of my Bounty and apparently I'm not quite getting the hang of it. O_o Does it simply pull up and off? And is this the very top of the light pole just removing the hood, or do you pull out the pole from the base removing both the pole and the hood? Halp, plz.
I had trouble myself just the other day. You pull the light hood straight up off of the pole. I had a stubborn one and ended up pulling the pole straight up out of the base first. It seems to come out easier. Once removed, you can get a better grip on the pole to separate it from the light hood. There is no trick to it. Some of them are just tight.
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Post by slw on Aug 26, 2023 20:51:31 GMT -5
I had trouble myself just the other day. You pull the light hood straight up off of the pole. I had a stubborn one and ended up pulling the pole straight up out of the base first. It seems to come out easier. Once removed, you can get a better grip on the pole to separate it from the light hood. There is no trick to it. Some of them are just tight.
OK, thanks. I suppose I should empty the garden before I start wrestling with it or things could get ugly fast. |
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Post by slw on Aug 27, 2023 13:40:11 GMT -5
Today I decided to try to remove the light from a different Bounty and it slid right off the light pole with no effort at all. Apparently it just depends on the individual machine and the tolerances. I took the light hood off the Iznik Bounty and it is currently basking in the 45W grow light plus an additional cheapy clamp-on grow light.
I watered everything and then pruned my pepper plants. The canopies were getting very full and thick. Naturally my fumble fingers managed to snip a few pepper buds off by mistake but at least I didn't cut the pump cord, lol.
I made the executive decision to move the three tomato plants out of the Farm when my new Bounty arrives (  it's an illness, folks) and start some AG cucumbers in the Farm instead. I'm making cucumbers my life's work. Everyone needs a dream.
My single petunia plant is growing great and covered with buds. The plant has totally grown over the deck except for a single pod opening. I try to carefully lift the plant's "skirt" up to water but I'm afraid I'll break it because it is really hugging the grow deck. I probably should prune it but it just looks so pretty.
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it's an illness, folks) and start some AG cucumbers in the Farm instead. I'm making cucumbers my life's work. Everyone needs a dream.