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Farhad A

Tried to go to sleep early, and instead ended up waking up at 2AM.

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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Farhad A

Nothing is more rewarding for a hobby gardener than getting surprise seedlings that happened to grow from a dropped tomato plant.

Saw it last week and let them grow a bit till today.

Picked them up and gently separated them and now I have lots of cherry tomato seedlings to replant and grow them a bit more so either giving them away or selling them.

#Tomatoes #SurprisePlants
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Farhad A

Another major batch of #parsley from one of #IKEA #Växer units.

This time is about 700g and going to freeze them while waiting for the next batch to grow (I have one more with parsley, one with #leek, #coriander, #mint, and #dill that are not producing as much. Each unit has 15 grow holes. One is almost empty. I am missing #taragon and I'm missing Iranian Shanbalileh (شَنبَلیله یا به فارسی دری شینبل (نام علمی: Trigonella foenum-graecum) ) to have all vegetables I need except to spinach that is not worth growing in small space that I have to be self sufficient in having all necessary vegetables for cooking different Iranian dishes.

This single Ikea unit has givene 5 batch of parsley since I started it and ther are no sign of decline as ww are getting closer to summer.

It has already paid off the initial cost I paid for it and from now on, it's all profit. Next it trying to setup the Mimi tower unit to grow them with solar powered water pumps and sunshine (no artificial LEDs for this trial.

Just need to buy some fertilizer because running low.

#Gardening #BalconyGarden #ContainerGarden #SouthOfFrance #Hydroponics #GrowYourOwn #Plants

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Farhad A

Took me years to find the right type of Basil and now I'm saving the seeds for later.

Persian Basil is called Reyhan (ریحان), it's much stronger smell and taste, usually eaten by Kebab or mixed vegetables people eat with most dishes.

I found it by accident and been growing them in hydroponics and out on the balcony for almost 2 years now..

It's always difficult to collect the seeds because they are really tiny.

#PeesianBaail
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Farhad A

the pump in my internal dutch bucket hydroponic was clogged for a few days and I didn't realize it.

The plants are almost dead, glad I found out in time. If it wasn't in the water, the pump would have been burned by now.

I am hoping they will recover soon and took the opportunity to step it up a bit and lift it 30cm more to have more space for the reservoir and the light, possibly adding a 3rd unit to it later, I am hoping to take this with me whenever I go so it can start over quickly.

#Gardening #BalconyGarden #ContainerGarden #SouthOfFrance #Hydroponics #GrowYourOwn #Plants

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