Day 5 of regrowing celery from store bought plant.
The little guy is growing, but no signs of any roots yet.
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The little guy is growing, but no signs of any roots yet.
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E days later and the little guy is almost 5cm tall.
If it works, I will have some delicious fresh fawa beans as well.
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I just can't afford eating them. They are more expensive than organic chicken breast.
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Went to our local shop and found a huge pack of "old bananas" at discount price. So I purchased them.
This gave me the opportunity to create banana juice for my plants. Cut the peels into small pieces, added water and let it sit for w days.
Going to use the water as #potassium boost for my plants and crush the peels in a high speed mixer with coffee grounds, egg shells and a small amount of baking soda to adjust the pH level to create my speed #compost mix.
It will go into the bottom of the container I'm preparing for a friend with cherry tomatoes. Hopefully she will be able to grow them as tall as I managed (3M+) and get a lot of #tomatoes from it.
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The last one developed small roots but died when I put it in the dutch bucket unit.
I really want to grow a few celery to use when I'm cooking celery stew once a month. Couldn't grow them from seed, so I'm trying to grow them this way instead.
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Just read a post on Facebook and a guy was so excited to have bought a Tiny Tim tomato plant half the size of the one in the picture for $29.
I usually grow between 20-40 of them each season. giving away a lot of them, maybe I should start selling them :)
It is amazing that I bought my first one in a discount section of a shop for 15 euro, it was the most expensive plant I have ever bought and I fell in love with it and been growing 100s of them since then.
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I had 3 large strawberry plants growing from last year and I could see they were struggling.
Took them out and dividend then into 29 small strawberry plants and put them into 3 different planters with a lot of compost from the big bag I started last summer.
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Cleaning up the balcony to have one side for sitting and other side for gardening as my wife is coming back in a few months and demanded to have her half of the balcony "livable" bor like a jungle as it is today.
Probably have to give up my second 220L water container as well because there was a no way I can have 2 of them fitting in one side of the balcony.
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Just like in soil, mint have a strong way of spreading and taking over what ever place is available.
This used to hold a #parsley seedling, next to the mint unit on the 3x5 hole #IKEA #Växer unit.
The parsley was killed long time ago and it's roots were chocked and taken over by the neighboring mint.
I'm cleaning up the unit indoor and getting rid of all the unhealthy units. This , I pulled to find over 40cm of roots growing towards the rest of the system.
I removed this unit and trimmed all the unnecessary roots. And I probably have to do major cleanup of the reservoir.
But for now, this guy needs a new home.
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Going to start some 20+ seedlings and see how many of them survive.
I wanted to grow 3 different types of #peppers instead of just one. But I do what he asked.
Going to prepare the buckets next. Can't post pictures without his permission.
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Received my 100L mix of #perlites and #vermiculite I bought from a guy online for 20 euros.
I feel silly because it's another large item I have to move.
I know I'm crazy, but couldn't say no.
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Kept one unit on the balcony and turned it into #DWS using solar panels and air pump.
Tomatoes and parsley didn't do well out there but leek seems to have gone wild and have thick juicy leaves.
Not at tall as those I planted in soil and the white part is not as long as those but overall it is a great vegetable that is going to be my #leek and #garlic #omelette today.
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Used cocopeat, vermiculite and compost to use as seed starter. Some chilli peppers, some cucumbers, some beef steak tomatoes and some mystery seeds.
Going to prepare another one for hydroponics with dill, fizzy parsley, Moroccan mint, Persian Basil and spinach.
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Didn't see it until I saw 100s of them kn the balcony door's glass.
Sprayed with soapy water and #Neem oil yesterday and today. But so far no sign of them dying.
I don't want to lose the battle like last year.
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Decided to do some quiet garden work so I picked up the failed attempt to grow #garlic hydroponically.
It grew pretty good as long as just the roots were in water, but when I planted the bulbs in #vermiculite and placed them on one of the holes of #IKEA #Växer, they stopped growing after a while and the stems turned dryand rotten.
I am going to plant these in soil outside to see if I get them to grow leaves again.
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The 2L bottle was too small, so it moved into a 5L swlf-watering unit.
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The 2 plastic units were from 2 years ago when I bought strawberries for the balcony. Keept them for reuse and this is the 3rd time I am using them to grow new plants.
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