Shane's Vegetable Farm

[Joebud]

Just harvested even more than last week! I have takers for all of it. I cut the plants nearly back to only growth tips. Strawberries and pepper plants doing their thing.View attachment 20428View attachment 20429View attachment 20430

What is your technique for pollinating your strawberry flowers?

 

[Shane Karmann]

I rummage the plants with my fingers. There's also an oscillating fan. The more flowers there are the better the pollination so when they are small the fruit tend to be irregular shaped but once they're at critical mass, the berries all attain regular shape and size. As plants mature, they eventually tire out but ideally I am propagating replacements as I go.

 

[Shane Karmann]

I pulled some basil plants out of the system and pruned their roots. They were pushing the pods out of the rails and next would be an overflow and tent flooding, been there done that. Should have done that earlier, it was a struggle getting them out. Eventually I'll take cuttings and replace the current plants with new ones

 

[Laughing Grass]

are you thinking of making one with larger diameter pipe?

 

[Shane Karmann]

are you thinking of making one with larger diameter pipe?

Thought about it. It would be expensive and larger. I can currently go into the tent and easily reach the other side. Using the rear tent doors isn't an option, they are against the foundation. Most plants will regrow their roots quickly in this system. The 2 rack systems and the 40 gallon tote res cost about $280 total. I'm not growing high value crops (but delicious!) and I would prefer to not sink more capital in at this point. I would be happy to break even and with grocery costs the way they are I may get there.