The lettuce mix is on day 25 now since sowing, and seems to be doing quite well. I was hoping for a harvest at 30 days, but I think it may be closer to 40 before the leaves are large enough.
The basil clones are doing OK. They were great, but then I discovered a couple aphids on them. (There will be an entire post dedicated just to these little monsters) Since I found the aphids, I have been dousing them with a water and neem oil mixture. The aphids seem to be gone now, but the basil hasn't liked the treatment much either. The leaves just don't look 100% healthy, but I am hoping that they will be looking good in a week or two.
The strawberry plants I put in the DWC bucket are doing great as well. The roots are poking out of the bottom of the net cup, and the crown is unfurling, revealing new growth. I still have quite a few strawberry roots in the refrigerator, and in 2 weeks I'll plant those and see which plants experience the better results, the chilled plants or the ones I put straight into hydroponics. I'm excited about the strawberries yet to come!
Now that I have the seedling heating mat, it seems all of the seeds I plant pop up right away. Without the heating mat my peppers didn't come up at all. These seedling are still another 2 weeks out from transplanting, but that will give me time to construct something to plant them into.
These seeds were planted just a couple days ago and already they are starting to poke out.
The Elephant garlic is still rocking in it's shallow soil pot. I spray is several times a day with a PH-adjusted water mixture.
Here's my little floor set up as it is now. The entire "garden," now takes up roughly 2' x 4' which is the size of my light bank as well.
Tonight I planted 16 more lettuce rockwool cubes, as I will be expanding my lettuce setup. We really enjoy salads, and with more production, we'll be able to eat as much as we want. Plus, the 2 kids of ours that will actually eat salads will enjoy the added production. Below is my little seed planting set-up before I get started.
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