The indoor garden is very happy, although not producing much of a harvest. Here is a pic of the Onions, Brocolli, Basil and Cilantro. The Onions and Brocolli were started on September 1st, and have had 14-16 hours of daylight bulbs every single day inches from foliage, plenty of water and no issues or problems. […]
I have to make room to start my seeds indoors, so I have decided to harvest my carrots. These carrots were started on September 1st 2010! I can’t believe it’s been that long. That’s about 200 days. That is a very long time to not have full grown carrots at harvest time. These carrots got […]
So, I have discovered that tomatoes need a lot of light. Mature plants need more light especially if they are going to flower/fruit soon. So I am increasing the light on my mature plants to 18-20 hours per day. That should get them to flower/fruit. 🙂 The seeds and seedlings that I have started for […]
So, I have discovered a few things about potting soil, and seed starting soil etc… that I want to share with you! Seed starting soil: Already has fertilizer in it! Unless your soil is over 6+ months old do NOT use a fertilizer when you water! Seed starting mix has a lot of Peat Moss […]
Well, the tangerine tree is totally against all this care and change that has come to its home recently! It was thriving just sitting by the window, I would forget to water it, I certainly was not fertilizing it, and all it had for light was indirect, winter light deflecting from the yard which is […]