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costopher
gardening
8y
Outdoors 10-05-2018
A couple of days ago the cherries started to form. The currants are having a lot of clusters. And I had to toast the first strawberry that started turning pink!
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hydroponics
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Greenhouse 08-05-2018
Got the first cucs! I like this plant, it's an all female plant and will try to clone it. Never cloned cucs but it seems to be easy enough. Just need to wait for some shoots to develop more. Curious to
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Outdoors - 07-05-2018
So this was supposed to be my mint battle royale zone. I've planted 4 different varieties and was looking forward to see which one will take the crown. At the same time I've planted lemon balm and
costopher
hydroponics
8y
Greenhouse 06-04-2018
The plants in the dutch buckets are doing ok, started their growth spur. Got the first bean flowers, finally! The lettuce is coming back after being cut down almost completely a few days ago. The strawberry
costopher
gardening
8y
Outdoor plants 05-05-2018 + Pogo
Happy naked gardening day everyone! Don't worry, none of that going on in this post. My strawberries have finally started flowering outside as well, whoop whoop! Even the pink flowered ones. I have to
costopher
greenhouse
8y
Greenhouse 04-05-2018 - soup?
Pre+post harvest pics The toms seem to have woken up and started growing faster now. The cuc put out a few flowers now, I forgot what variety it is so I don't remember if it's supposed to be all female
costopher
beer
8y
Calypso - Siren
This one deserved a quick post of its own. It's the Calypso by Siren Craft Brew. This one is batch #980 so it's hopped with Ekuanot, Simcoe and El Dorado. It's a Berliner-style sour beer, so it's as fizzy
costopher
hydroponics
8y
Greenhouse 02-05-2018 + Cubic
Got the first tomato flowers opening up. Beans are growing pretty well. The lettuce seedling from yesterday seem to have perked up. And I had a Cubic from Beerd Brewery. An APA, nice haziness. Plenty of
costopher
hydroponics
8y
Greenhouse 01-05-2018 + The Lawn Mower
It's been a week since the lettuce has moved into the new system. It seems to be doing pretty well out the outside, had 1.5 harvests since moving them and they keep growing. There does seem to be a problem
costopher
gardening
8y
Outdoor plants - lot 2 - 30-04-2018
These are the plants I have in the front garden. They're not getting as much sun there as the ones in the back but they still seem to do ok. My little apple tree is undergoing a growth spur atm. Not quite
costopher
gardening
8y
Greenhouse 29-04-2018
Saw that a couple of plants were suffering because they were over watered; I think the problem was during the night mostly, not the day time watering. In the mornings I could see that some of the tom plants
costopher
hydroponics
8y
Greenhouse 28-04-2018
Quick before and after pic of the tubes. Buckets. Strawberries
costopher
gardening
8y
Outdoor plants 26-04-2018
The cherry tree is in full bloom. It's great to see it set so many flowers. This currant is looking really good. The grape vine finally woke up and growing some leaves. The avocado is setting it's first
costopher
hydroponics
8y
Greenhouse 25-04-2018
The new system seems to be working pretty well, none of the salads suffered since moving them in. I saw brand new roots spreading into the pipes, so they are happy, I guess. The dutch bucket crops are
costopher
hydroponics
8y
My new vertical linear hydroponic system - part 2
This is finishing up the new hydro system that I've started here. The hardest and most annoying part of this project was cutting the holes in the pipes. I've done 3 of them in total and used a separate
costopher
homesteading
8y
My new vertical linear hydroponic system - part 1
It's been almost a year since I got the materials for this system but never got round to actually build it. Well the day has finally come, heh! The inspiration for this were many a youtube videos. Initially
costopher
homesteading
8y
Greenhouse update
The greenhouse plants aren't looking so sad anymore, guess they enjoyed the lovely weather just as much as I have. Salads are still going strong, having a harvest every couple of days. The toms finally
costopher
gardening
8y
Summer weather
Over the last few days we've had some great weather around here and the plants have been loving it. My indoor strawberries are doing great, looking healthy and putting out lots of flowers. The first fruit
costopher
gardening
8y
Toms disaster
About a week ago I've finally moved my tomato and pepper seedlings in the greenhouse. And... they're dead. The peppers seemed to have bounced back but 75% of my toms are gone. I've hardened them up for
costopher
gardening
9y
Indoors vs outdoors strawberries
About 2 months ago I've cleaned up my strawberries and moved a large part of them inside the greenhouse. I wanted to see if there's going to be any growth differences. The results are in and ... it is
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