pfunnyjoy
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Post by pfunnyjoy on Jan 27, 2024 20:05:44 GMT -5
2024-01-27: Day 0Seeds: Baker Creek ChijimisaiPlanted: 4:30 PM Aerogarden: 6E+ Location: North 40, office Water: tap, filtered, Big Berkey Grow Medium: Park Seed sponge Preferred pH: 6.0–7.5 Preferred EC: 1.5–2.5 (based on what Tatsoi likes) Nutrients: 1.0ml CALiMAGic 8.0ml AG nutrients 5.0ml 3% Hydrogen Peroxide Nutrient mix pH: 6.0 Nutrient mix EC: 1.0 Chijimisai is a cross between Tatsoi and Komatsuna greens. I’ve neither eaten it nor grown it before. Seeds were similar to Tatsoi and easy to plant, I dropped two seeds in each sponge. Starting out with AG nutrients and will see how things go. Might switch to MaxiGro later.
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Post by pfunnyjoy on Jan 29, 2024 22:24:26 GMT -5
2024-01-29: Day 2
I see green in the pods! Sprouts incoming!
It's interesting, they are listed on the seed packet as 10-14 day germination, but obviously the ideal conditions of the Aerogarden speeds that up considerably!
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Post by pfunnyjoy on Feb 21, 2024 16:29:15 GMT -5
2024-02-21: Day 0: REBOOT!
Although I saw green in one pod, it never developed a sprout. The other pod had two sprouts that accidentally grew into the grow dome. Both were lanky. I removed one, the other flopped over. This may be completely normal for this plant. At any rate, I wasn't in the mood to deal with it, so I let the one plant grow a bit and it did develop and the greens were tasty. It had close to an 18" tap root!
Today I cleaned the reservoir bowl, which had a fair amount of brown muck around the bottom. Might be the fact I used AG nutes. It cleaned up easily enough with a brief vinegar soak, but I was expecting a cleaner bowl so will try MaxiGro for the reboot.
Nutrients:
1.0ml GH CALiMAGic
3.4g GH MaxiGro
5.0ml 3% Hydrogen Peroxide
Nutrient mix pH: 6.0
Nutrient mix EC: 1.1
Given that I had to toss grow baskets after the Tatsoi in this garden, I'm using the vintage "Grow Anything" baskets, because they come apart in two halves and if the plants get a large stalk like the Tatsoi did, the baskets can hopefully be saved for reuse. Old baskets, which fit the old gardens better than the new baskets, are a finite resource! I have a lot saved, but I don't want to be tossing them with each grow.
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Post by pfunnyjoy on Feb 23, 2024 21:35:08 GMT -5
Day 2
I see a bit of green! But only in one pod, so I hope this isn't a repeat of the first try, though if the other pod does not sprout, I will jump and reseed it sooner this time. Which reminds me to take that grow dome off that pod so I don't have any sudden surprises with sprouts growing into the dome like last time.
EDIT: And now I'm laughing at myself! I last looked at the garden maybe an hour ago, and only one bit of green showing. Well, I went to take off the grow dome and see green in both pods now, so I've removed both grow domes. Funny how fast plants can move!
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Post by pfunnyjoy on Mar 1, 2024 1:27:38 GMT -5
2024-02-29
Thinned the seedlings a couple days after they sprouted, all is going well, these two seedlings look nice and stocky compared to the lanky one I had earlier. The first true leaves are appearing.
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Post by pfunnyjoy on Mar 4, 2024 22:14:02 GMT -5
Yow! I saw a tiny bit of edge damage on a cotyledon on one plant, so I checked pH, it was around 9.0 at a guess! I've added some pH Down and will check again in the morning.
Otherwise, the plants seem OK and hopefully I caught it in time.
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Post by pfunnyjoy on Mar 9, 2024 23:38:34 GMT -5
2024-03-09
Rinse and refill. One seedling is ahead of the other, possibly because of the high pH drift incident. But both are growing.
Nutrient mix (per gallon):
1.0ml GH CALiMAGic
3.6g GH MaxiGro
5.0ml 3% Hydrogen Peroxide
Nutrient mix pH: 6.0
Nutrient mix EC: 1.2
And no pictures, because my hosting site is offline at the moment, so even though I took one, no uploading joy.
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Post by pfunnyjoy on Mar 10, 2024 16:21:18 GMT -5
Last night's picture now that vgy.me is up again:  |
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Post by pfunnyjoy on Mar 16, 2024 16:45:45 GMT -5
It's a good thing I kept it to two plants, the Chijimisai looks to be a larger spreading plant than the Tatsoi, which was not so wide this young! I may harvest a leaf or two today for salad from the plant on the left!  |
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