Let me just add, we have never had much luck with radishes outdoor. They just never radish up. This is major progress!
Shane's Vegetable Farm
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have you tasted one yet?
Super crunchy and bursting with flavour.
I put up a shade cloth and now I have a squash penthouse. I better add more zipties
Been expanding my janky pavement. Got a small garden bench out for delivery today. Cleaned out where it's going. Shady from early afternoon on.
Garden is still roaring peppers, tomatoes, way too many green beans. The only mystery is my strawberry patch. Beautiful plants but nary flower or fruit to be seen.
I took 16 cuttings to root for planting in the hydro system where I actually get fruit. Sad I dedicated a whole bed to them. Although perennial, they are unlikely to make it through winter, the raised beds allow too much cold penetrating the root zone. I'll try because maybe next year they'll take off if they survive. I know these cuttings will have roots in 4 or 5 days. Going to fire up the second hydro rig.
I took 16 cuttings to root for planting in the hydro system where I actually get fruit. Sad I dedicated a whole bed to them. Although perennial, they are unlikely to make it through winter, the raised beds allow too much cold penetrating the root zone. I'll try because maybe next year they'll take off if they survive. I know these cuttings will have roots in 4 or 5 days. Going to fire up the second hydro rig.
are you firing up the tent again this season?
It's going now with lettuce and radishes although everything is small at the moment except 4 strawberries that are starting to produce.
The lettuce, strawberry and basil tent is on fire now.
Joebud
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Cool.
Third harvest of fresh basil in a month. Making little bags of frozen pesto. Strawberries are so happy and delicious now. 3 heads of lettuce ready to eat and about 18 little baby lettuces
Joebud
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What parts per million are you running? What is your par?
1040ppm, equal parts Maxigrow, Maxibloom and calmag. I run 2 650w HLG Tomahawks for light, but they are turned down to 60%. 16 hours a day. I haven't metered that tent in a while but I did just for you. Top rail says around 1400 ppfd and the bottom around 400. Lettuce in the top rails tends to become kind of tough and the central bud stunts while the strawberries are really happy as close to the light as possible as is the basil. I root their runners on a lower level then once they look active with good roots I move them to the top.
Joebud
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Thanks. The plants look delicious!
I just gave away my 4th harvest of basil in a month. A grocery sack full. I just pick the tops and let the next growth node down take over. After a couple weeks it's right back where it was.
Getting into the handful a day zone with strawberries. A literal sweet spot.
You should make Jam.
10 days ago I harvested basil. Today I harvested even more. And the leaves are huge. I should probably move them away from the light just to slow down the yield. We already have a lot of pesto frozen. Maybe 9 plants is too many!
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