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Monday, July 09, 2007
Weekend Update for 2007-07-06
We're starting to see blossoms on the plant, right at the top of the
vine. If these fruit, it'll pull the vine down about two feet, which
would be interesting to see if I could do a stop-motion movie. Since it
was drying out so fast, I added another coffee can to the top of the
first one by cutting the bottom off, then filling it with more potting
soil. "Gorilla tape" is my new jack-knife when it comes to general
repairs and kludges - that stuff is strong! After the weekend the plant
is still looking good.
A slightly better picture of the Japanese Tomato Ring showing the
tomatoes. Five out of the eight plants are flowering currently. They
appear to be catching up to my containerized plants that started setting
fruit two weeks ago, so we'll see if these "pull ahead" over the course
of the summer. The pumpkin starts in the top of the smaller JTR are
still growing, though they seem somewhat slow.
The Hydroponic lettuce has been harvested three times so far, and still
sends up more leaves. Four plants have yielded three sandwich toppings
within one week. The brocolli has not fared so well, figuring the seeds
rotted in the peat pots.
Decided to cut some of the runners off the strawberry plants and give
them a go in the hydroponics. They're actually not immersed in the
solution here, but floating on a blank styro so they wouldn't get
waterlogged. After the weekend, it looks as if I'd cut them off the
mother plant too soon. The runners that are now starting in the garden
will be staying on 'til they root, then I'll just move them to their new
plot. If I have any "extra", I may try another hydroponic experiment to
see how they fare.
Difficult to see, but there are three new starts in the first three
circles. The paper towels that are wrapped up in the holes each hold at
least one seed, and the bottoms touch a wick on a second piece of
styrofoam - at least the first three do. The others have dried out, so
I'll have to revise my methods.
No LED experiments for now, maybe in the fall.
Edited on: Monday, July 09, 2007 9:18 AM
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