Today's harvest from the balcony!
They starting to bloom so I picked them up and will cut them to freeze.
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They starting to bloom so I picked them up and will cut them to freeze.
#Gardening #BalconyGarden #ContainerGarden #SouthOfFrance #Hydroponics #GrowYourOwn #Plants
Have never seen anything like this before. It's like 15-20 flowers and tomatoes on one single branch and have about 10 of them on each plant (3 total). these are the ones I planted directly in the 50L soil bags I bought from the store.
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It's amazing how much one single #onion produced. Used the leaves in 2 soups and one stew and have 5 or 6 more thick leaves to harvest too. The ROI was lmore than 10x the amount I spent on one onion.
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I put the plant with a few healthy roots into one of the holes of the Hydroponic Dutch bucket and it seems to be growing even faster and hopefully in a month, when I'm planning to make Celery stew, it will be large enough to harvest.
Made a short TikTok video about my little project:
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGexWJELN/
(It's my gardening TikTok account to prevent falling into the shaddowban of my other accounts).
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Not sure if it works. But giving it a try. Will check it out at the end of the month before Mellie comes home.
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Have cut back about half of the plants due to aphids attack and soil gnats like bugs growing in the substrate of the mesh cups.
But the 2 tomato plants on the top unit are not only keep growing, but they are giving me tiny juicy cherry tomatoes all the time.
Decided to add some threads to help them stand up so they get more lights and make it more visible.
Already moved one out to a 20L #Kratky on the balcony, I may move one of these out as they are getting too big for indoor.
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I planted some beef steaks tomatoes in Kratky earlier this year but the plant didn't grow well and died after giving me just 2 tomatoes.
I left the unit out and saw some weed growing on it and didn't mind having some greens on the balcony rather than bare concrete walls.
Today i saw that the water has all but gone and lifted up the plants. It has some pretty impressive roots developed and I might keep it on the side just for fun. It doesn't hurt to have it and it's going to help cool down the balcony when the summer comes.
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Fighting almost daily with big infestation of Aphids on my indoor hydroponic peppers and herbs.
Almost running out of neem oil and need to find a source to buy at reasonable price.
#Aphids
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I only picked about half of the plants and now the whole apartment smells like fresh parsley.
Going to freeze them for cooking later. Or I see if I can finish the Solar dryer this weekend and give it a try.
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I cut them all a couple of weeks ago. This is the highest production of vegetables I've got in one setting.
PS. Sorry for the bad image quality, the sun is shining on them.
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As I am going to stay here untill the end of summer at least, I started some vegetables to grow while I can.
Focusing on simple and quick plants. And a few tomatoes to give away (it's always a great gift to give people plants instead of flower).
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It's amazing that this one is growing so well. The ones I moved to a larger container, died.
Going to keep it like this for now and see how many tomatoes I get from it.
There are twice as many green ones on the other branches plus a lot of flowers.
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This is probably the 10th harvest I had and I'm going to use it to cook northern Iranian Baghala Ghatogh (chicken eggs and beans with dill stew).
Recipe for those interested can be found here:
https://www.thejc.com/lets-eat/recipe/recipe-baghala-ghatogh-broad-beans-with-dill-and-eggs-hznsp3ql
Some people have bastardized it and using fawa beans instead, but I use the large white beans, soak them in water and peel them before cook them in oil for a few minutes before adding to t to the stew.
PS. I love the smell of fresh dill, it reminds me of my childhood and my mother's hands that smelled like fresh vegetables all the time.
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Started it on April 5th and now it's 11 days later and I got the first tiny roots.
Hopefully I can have enough roots soon to setup a small Kratky unit for it and have enough celery at homes to eat.
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Today, I picked up 12 of them for 6 euros. They are stackable or can hang on the wall. Best of all. They can be used as a very stable tower for a hydroponic or self watering setup.
I feel so lucky. They are UV safe plastic and can be placed on the balcony. Perfect for herbs, garlic, onions and bee friendly flowers.
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Going to start a New compost today, using the soil from last year tomato soil bag that was replaced into a large pot and let it sit until June or July when I replant some of the tomato cuttings.
Since I started doing this, I have almost 0 organic food waste and already given away 2x15L compost to a friend who starting a vegetable garden (helped with planning and purchase of material plus a few seedlings and some old seeds.
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Did the second wash of them with soapy water and Neem oil. I'm not going to let them win this year.
Put a few of them outside and sprayed them very well.
#Aphids
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