How Does Your Garden Grow??????

Hey guys just learning how to start from seed, got some lights a heat pad and everything was going great but the plant all appear to start wilting. I may have over watered so i put a fan on them and havent watered them in 2 days soil is still wet 1/4 deep.any advice? here are some pics.

Current Setup
2 - 17w 24" lights
1 - 30w 36" light
1 - 9w Grow Lamp
1- Fan on low
1 - Heatmat temp set to 70°

Thank you in advance.

JacobOliver said:

Hey guys just learning how to start from seed, got some lights a heat pad and everything was going great but the plant all appear to start wilting. I may have over watered so i put a fan on them and havent watered them in 2 days soil is still wet 1/4 deep.any advice? here are some pics.

Current Setup
2 - 17w 24" lights
1 - 30w 36" light
1 - 9w Grow Lamp
1- Fan on low
1 - Heatmat temp set to 70°

Thank you in advance.

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Are you sure they're still overwatered? They look dry. What's the temperature in that room? You can probably ditch the heat mat. One thing about those peat pots is they dry out real quick. The bottoms could be dry while the top could be wet.

xtsho said:

Are you sure they're still overwatered? They look dry. What's the temperature in that room? You can probably ditch the heat mat. One thing about those peat pots is they dry out real quick. The bottoms could be dry while the top could be wet.

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I have watered them almost everyday and when i move the top coil the underneath is moist

xtsho said:

Are you sure they're still overwatered? They look dry. What's the temperature in that room? You can probably ditch the heat mat. One thing about those peat pots is they dry out real quick. The bottoms could be dry while the top could be wet.

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I took one pod out and dug down dry as a bone thank you. I put more water in the bottom of the pan to let it soak up from the bottom and spritz the tops hopefully they rebound

JacobOliver said:

I took one pod out and dug down dry as a bone thank you. I put more water in the bottom of the pan to let it soak up from the bottom and spritz the tops hopefully they rebound

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Glad you got it taken care of.

Everything’s taking off with this nice warm weather. Gonna have to transplant all the starts soon.

We be harvesting!

Overwintered carrots. Small variety. I'm going to plant a bigger variety this year to overwinter.




Swiss Chard planted last fall. We ate it last night. Had a couple steaks and I cut the chard in strips and then cooked them in the cast iron skillet after the steaks came out to rest. A patty of butter and all that delicious meat goodness on the bottom of the pan released with a splash of broth and it was pure greenage heaven. I like my greens. Mustard, Collard, Kale, Chard, Beet, Turnip, etc... You name the green and I eat it. Horseradish leaves are surprisingly good as well if you pick them at the right time.



Radishes planted a month or so ago.



I have to thin that row of lettuce so It's going to be salad with dinner tonight. Probably a sesame ginger dressing to keep with the asian theme as I made potstickers from scratch that will be dinner tonight. I made the the dough for the wrappers and everything including the pork filling made with pork I ground myself and onion from the garden. I put some garlic tops in as well. Add some black vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, and ginger dipping sauce and it's a flavor explosion.




Grow It!

Dinner was a home run. The lady was very happy.

You guys are kicking butt. We've ate four or five cherry tomatoes, but my closest pepper is still a few days from ripe. This moon cycle I planted sunflowers, peas, sweet corn, okra, green beans and melons in the garden. I got the Armanian cukes and pepper plants transplanted and the soaker hoses laid in the last week or so.

Arm cukes. As you can see, I limited my weed pulling to the inside of the fence. I have some acorn squash plants this same age, but haven't got them in the ground yet.



Mammoth Jalapeno in Mammoth pot. We will see if it grows into it or not.

Hatch Patch.



Mammoth Jalapeno, Cubanelle, Bell, MIni Sweet, etc, etc.

I've been spending most of my time at the river house. I'm going to build some raised beds, but for now, I'm growing in pots, cow troughs and old stumps. Sister is going to donate a purple blooming plant she has for the stump. (The little side part is what I cut off. The gray stuff stuffed in the cracks is mushroom growing media. Two kinds of edible mushrooms should be forthcoming. The side part is filled with soil now, but didn't get a picture)



I'm going to plant something at the base of the little hobbit hole too.

Lots of seeds in trays this last good above ground day. This is mostly citrus, but a few Cayenne, Habs, arm cukes, spegh and acorn squash.



BIL lemons starting to sprout. I potted 3 of the WC oranges this week. Will pot these soon. The roots grow quick. My neighbor gave me a tall stack of little black pots. I'm going to use them for now. (you can see the three orange tree sprouts in them at the top of the trays in the above picture) It will mean having to transplant sooner, but less soil for now. And as you can see from all the different shades of the trays, I've been winging it for soil mixes.

No good pictures of my river house garden. This is a roofing in progress picture, but you can see the peppers and tomatoes. Okra is up and looking good in the cow trough, but not tall enough to see in this picture. (the roofers assured me the plants were fine where they were. But one tall lanky Better Boy got broke. It will live.

too larry said:

Hatch Patch.

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Mammoth Jalapeno, Cubanelle, Bell, MIni Sweet, etc, etc.

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I'm making chili right now using some Hatch peppers I bought last year, roasted, and froze.

Ok people, I have a load of Irish peat moss and was wondering would it be any good for planting my tomato seedlings into to grow into big plants?
I've a funny feeling the pH might be too low but I thought I'd better ask you experts afore I kill them lol
Or what about cutting it 50/50 with garden compost maybe?
I suppose I could get lime to raise pH but how much to use per 100 litres?
And how long after mixing in lime before I could use it ?
Any input most welcome

Here is our Trug grow

Got everything hardened and in the ground over the last few days. Everything is enjoying a nice drizzly, 70F day today. The weather has been pretty nice to them throughout the transplant process. I know things are really cramped, but we are going to wing it this year and do a major expansion with some unused ground we have over the fall in preparation for next year.

.Smoke said:

Got everything hardened and in the ground over the last few days. Everything is enjoying a nice drizzly, 70F day today. The weather has been pretty nice to them throughout the transplant process. I know things are really cramped, but we are going to wing it this year and do a major expansion with some unused ground we have over the fall in preparation for next year.
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That Catnip sure looks a lot like tomatoes. Is that a new tomato catnip variety?

Hitmen are out

So still going but I have some issues with a few of my plants drying out even though I have fixed the lack of water issue here are a few pics tell me what you think please