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Post by nick on Nov 25, 2018 14:28:18 GMT -5
The new greens continue to roll along. Hopefully soon I’ll be getting into some of this delicious looking kale!   However, I’ve only just gotten around to the final harvest on Farm No. 2. That has produced a LOT of lettuce. So much that I could only harvest one unit today. I’m going to have to straight up house some salads this week so that I can get the other unit cut down. 😋 |
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Post by MaryL on Nov 27, 2018 19:16:21 GMT -5
Wow, beautiful. I don’t think I’ve ever grown lettuces as lush and beautiful as yours. Or as delicious looking! You must have really great water.  |
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Post by nick on Nov 28, 2018 10:11:35 GMT -5
Wow, beautiful. I don’t think I’ve ever grown lettuces as lush and beautiful as yours. Or as delicious looking! You must have really great water. Thank you! Must be the water. It’s certainly nothing I’m doing. Lettuces just seems to love the environment I’ve got them in. |
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Post by Shawn on Nov 28, 2018 10:24:03 GMT -5
Well keep up with whatever your are *not* doing  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2018 9:08:10 GMT -5
Now that is so picturesque, it shouldn't be harvested!!! What a lovely, delicious, BeeeYoooo Teeee Full Garden!
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Post by nick on Dec 3, 2018 10:16:14 GMT -5
Harvest some kale and a bit from the others this weekend. That was the first harvest from the current crop in Farm 1 and it was overdue. Life has been busy lately. Fed these yesterday with AG nutes.   Meanwhile Farm 2 was sanitized and replanted. One half was replanted with AG lettuce pods. (The last of what came with the various Farm units.) I only planted half this round since we’ve got some holiday travel coming up and I don’t anticipate being around to eat a full crop. However, I did feel like that gave me an opportunity with the other unit freed up. I’ll get back to that later. |
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Post by Shawn on Dec 3, 2018 14:51:19 GMT -5
Looks good. As for life being busy, this IS a busy time of year for all I am sure.
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Post by Happy on Dec 5, 2018 16:43:25 GMT -5
Two questions for our lettuce grower extraordinaire:
1. Do you plant all 12 pods in each Farm side, or do you use some spacers?
2. When planting custom seeds, how many seeds per pod do you use?
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Post by Shawn on Dec 5, 2018 17:26:51 GMT -5
Two questions for our lettuce grower extraordinaire: 1. Do you plant all 12 pods in each Farm side, or do you use some spacers? 2. When planting custom seeds, how many seeds per pod do you use?
Well I am no expert but I usually use 2-3 seeds per pod and I do use all the holes.
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Post by nick on Dec 6, 2018 14:19:21 GMT -5
Two questions for our lettuce grower extraordinaire: 1. Do you plant all 12 pods in each Farm side, or do you use some spacers? 2. When planting custom seeds, how many seeds per pod do you use? I have been using all 12 pods and 3-4 seeds per pod. However, I've decided that may not be ideal. The initial growth is great as everyone has seen, but I think crowding is keep light from getting to all of the plants which may actually be reducing my yield. I intend to experiment with this some after the holidays are over. |
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Post by nick on Dec 15, 2018 16:42:17 GMT -5
New crop is on its way. I only planted one unit this time since we’re headed out of town soon.  Looks like two pods aren’t going to sprout this time. I’ve noticed that out of the AG pods I usually have 1 out of 12 that won’t sprout. Any custom pods I’ve done have always sprouted. |
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Post by nick on Jan 3, 2019 12:12:59 GMT -5
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Post by Happy on Jan 4, 2019 12:08:59 GMT -5
Nick, I believe that the edges got somewhat fried from the bright light.
Sometimes it's necessary to raise the light in the Farms, as lettuce requires (tolerates) a lower light level than some other plants.
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Post by nick on Jan 4, 2019 12:47:37 GMT -5
Nick, I believe that the edges got somewhat fried from the bright light. Sometimes it's necessary to raise the light in the Farms, as lettuce requires (tolerates) a lower light level than some other plants. Thank you! That makes sense since I wasn’t here to adjust the lights during that time. Maybe I’ll try running my next round of lettuce on a shorter light cycle to see how that works out. |
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Post by nick on Jan 16, 2019 8:56:50 GMT -5
In spite of the leaf burn I illustrated last time this has now become my longest running lettuce garden. It’s still very tasty and I’m going to see how long it’ll go.  Meanwhile I restarted my other Farm with the next round of lettuces. I did a few things differently this time: 1. These are all custom seed pods. (Thanks Happy!) 2. One unit is planted entirely with Kale. 3. The other unit only has 6 pods planted. We’ll see how things go with more space. |
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Post by fizzle1979 on Jan 20, 2019 23:28:47 GMT -5
Amazing job on your greens.
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Post by nick on Jan 21, 2019 8:52:29 GMT -5
Amazing job on your greens. Thank you! |
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Post by MaryL on Feb 3, 2019 19:55:27 GMT -5
I agree with fizzle. I’ve never been able to grow lettuces as beautiful as yours.
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Post by nick on Feb 7, 2019 13:08:41 GMT -5
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Post by Shawn on Feb 7, 2019 13:28:49 GMT -5
Everything looks great
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