Veranda Red Tomatoes, Fairy Tale Eggplants, and Gypsy Peppers in a Vegetable Nursery
Grow log by Sher · Original thread
What you can learnA useful multi-crop nursery diary documenting germination, transfer timing, nutrient introduction, suspected flow blockage, and the practical problem of finding space for mature plants.
Useful practices
- starting six fruiting vegetables without nutrients
- using a Harvest as a temporary nursery
- moving established seedlings into Bounty units
- checking water flow when nursery plants become pale
Problems encountered
- missing Harvest water-fill cover
- possible old roots blocking water flow
- very weak circulation through the deck
- pale slow-growing eggplants
- leggy Gypsy pepper
- difficulty locating additional grow lights
*The days were calculated automatically and approximately.
These are small enough that you can remove them and lay them flat or place in a cup or something, remove the deck and take it apart to check for roots. Also make sure it is level. If not that can affect they way the water flows. At least that is what happened to me and my gardens.
Thanks, Shawn!
I transplanted the eggplants into a Bounty last night. The only thing left to find a home for is a leggy Gypsy hybrid pepper that will grow way too tall for the Harvest. I am considering planting it in coco coir and perlite and feeding it hydroponic nutrients, as coco coir does not support the growth of bugs or their eggs.
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What a lovely batch of little ones!
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Update #1
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Excellent improviser!
Looking forward to seeing your babies grow!