Day 53
UPDATE#6
Grower update
Update #6
Oops! The bok choy is done.
GrowLog
SuccessfulBok Choy Thinned for Larger Leaves and Continuous Grazing
Grow log by Sher · Original thread
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View recapCrop🌱Bok choy
Variety-
MethodAeroGarden hydroponics
EquipmentAeroGarden Harvest
Plants4
AudienceBeginners
What you can learnA concise spacing lesson showing how reducing bok choy density improved leaf size and ongoing edible production.
Actions:1 Nutrients1 Pruning1 Harvest
Useful practices
- adding nutrients when foliage looked hungry
- thinning to two plants per Harvest
- eating thinned plants
- harvesting replacement leaves as snacks
Problems encountered
- crowding
- plants appearing hungry
- limited space in a Harvest
- grow-light discomfort prevented a Kratky move
*The days were calculated automatically and approximately.
Conversation
U
OOPS! BOLT-CHOY!
S
Yikes. Well you can start something new or more choy.
L
It's pretty, though!
S
That's what I thought, too, lynnee. It reminded me of some of my tiny wildflowers.
Day 39
UPDATE#5
Grower update
Update #5
These keep putting on new goodies for me.
Conversation
S
Nice sized stalks
Day 33
UPDATE#4
Grower update
Update #4
It is amazing how fat and prolific bok choy gets when you limit it to 2 per Harvest!
Conversation
A
They must love all the elbow room!
S
Nice thick heavy duty choy
Day 22
UPDATE#3
Grower update
Update #3
Actions taken
PruningReduced the crowded planting to two plants per Harvest.
HarvestAte the two removed plants.
The bok choy was too crowded to grow the way I like to eat it in a Harvest. So I thinned them to two plants per Harvest (and ate the two runts). Now they are producing the bigger leaves that I dearly love to graze on.
Conversation
A
I love that second picture of your bok choy, Sher. They look so healthy and vibrant! Very pretty plants.
S
Thank you! They are my very favorite plant to snack on, and they just keep growing and growing new leaves to replace the ones I take.
Day 11
UPDATE#2
Grower update
Update #2
The bok choy is coming along. Unfortunately, it will stay small in the Harvest. Plant lights are really bothering my eyes, so I have decided not to move them into Kratky.
Conversation
A
Wow, they're growing fast! Those are happy li'l bok choy
Day 1
UPDATE#1
Grower update
Update #1
Actions taken
NutrientsAdded more nutrients because the bok choy looked hungry.
I'm not sure where I will put the bok choy when it starts getting big. But I will make places for them! They looked hungry, so I added a little more nutrients.
Conversation
S
Cuties
L
"They looked hungry ...." It's funny, the way we all nursemaid our plants!