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Monday, June 04, 2007
Weekend Update for 2007-06-03
The Hydroponics tank has been cleared out, making way for some broccoli
that wouldn't sprout under normal means. We're hoping it will do well in
this, so I can put it out with the rest of the garden. Also interested
to find out if it will work in this environment as well.
You can start experimenting with hydroponics using small 'round the
house items like I have here: a Stonyfield Farms quart sized container,
a 2" thick piece of styro from a computer box, some miracle-gro, a
coffee cup and a peat pot. Matt's Wild Cherry Tomatoes seem to like this.
The Japanese Tomato Rings (JTR) or "Muffin Stands" as I'm calling them
at the moment (they're UGly with a capital UG), have a full compliment
of tomatoes around them, including "Window Box Roma", "Early Girl",
"Beefsteak", and "Black Prince" heirloom. They've been looking a little
better than the ones planted into the garden, so maybe there is
something to these things. If only I could make them look like silos or
somethig.
The "Potato Bag" is showing some green, I have to get some companion
plants for them (anise or horseradish from what I've found so far).
There are now three bags, and a small plot without the bag as another
"control" If I can do without the bags, I will. A zippered bag would be
nice, though. Maybe an old sleeping bag would work - just unzip it at
the end of the season and out dumps the spuds! Hmmmm.
That's all for now, looking into eco-friendly pest remediation, though
the only problem I've had so far have been the slugs, that have an
affinity for old beer in small shallow containers - be sure they're not
too deep, otherwise you'll drown the salamanders that eat the slugs,
too.
'til the next update, drink your fluids!