waffles
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waffles
breakfast food
11d ago
I just finished a small setup on 9 pots, I totally get the analogy now. I'll post about it at the next Friday Fun thread and you can critique it...
waffles
breakfast food
13d ago
Thanks for the suggestions. That Youtube channel looks excellent. Regarding the mulch, like I mentioned, I just started a week ago so still trying to figure out how well the soil is holding moisture. I used mulch on a couple of the plants, but it's starting to look like the others will need it too.
waffles
breakfast food
13d ago
Basically start at the apex of produce and work your way down
That's what I figured as well. The fun stuff are the fruits and vegetables you can't find in the supermarket, either because they're fragile or the market for them is too tiny. Thanks for reminding me about the alpine strawberries, I read about that several months back but it has since slipped out of my mind.
I actually just bought a drip irrigation starter kit last weekend from a big-box hardware store, which hooks into a typical 3/4" garden hose connection. I also bought a timer, which attaches to the 3/4" GHT and will let me run the drip irrigation to send 0.5/1.0/2.0 gallons of water per hour to each planter. For those of us who work long hours away from home and may not be able to consistently water in the morning, it's a good solution.
waffles
breakfast food
14d ago
I've been getting into gardening lately. I grew some herbs and small vegetables many years ago, but otherwise I am completely new to it again.
Two months ago I made the rookie mistake of using "garden soil" in planters (garden soil is to be used in the ground, or in raised beds) and unfortunately nearly all of the plants died. But the California growing season is forgiving, and I haven't lost much time. Last weekend I bought a strawberry plant, a cherry tomato plant, a larger tomato plant, and six zucchini squash plants. This weekend I'm setting up a drip irrigation system to keep the plants watered, as I have quickly learned that the plants I currently have will need a lot of water.
AI chatbots have been very helpful for answering every question I could possibly have, and capturing the nuances between different varieties. (Certain strawberry varieties have runners that you should snip off to encourage upward growth! Zucchini squash may need hand pollination when flowers appear! Switch to liquid fertilizer when fruiting!) What could've been hours of searching in the library, or talking with the local gardening club, in the good old days, is now a half hour conversation at my desk. In one way, I am glad that I am able to kick off a new hobby successfully, but in another way, I'm a bit sad that I no longer have a reason to get up with the local gardening folks to figure out what's going on.
I've got a lot of planters sitting around. What should I grow next? What is everyone else growing?
Posted about some beginner gardening things last Friday. Currently fighting off some leaf miners on the zucchinis and powdery mildew on the begonias. Starting some basil plants from seed this weekend. Might plant some lavender and some mint if I can find them at the garden center. I'll need to upgrade the irrigation system though. How's my drip?
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