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Garden Diary 2009: Hydroponic Aquaponic Wick Tomato Plants

I decided to turn the tomatoes I started into hydroponic tomatoes. I was able to slide the root system out of the pot. I cut a strip of an old towel and fed part of it into the drain hole of the pot and ran it up the inside of it. I put the root system back in the pot making sure the end of the towel stuck out just above the dirt.

I cut a hole in the top of the storage container and fed the other end of the towel through the hole. I made sure there was plenty of towel to reach the bottom of the container. I filled the container with water and liquid feed miracle grow. I believe the container is 18-20 gallons. I am hoping the water will last most of the season. I think If I have to fill it again half way through the season, it will cause some sort of root rot. We will see.

I placed the top in place with the towel soaking in the water in the container. The tomatoes in their pot sat flush over the hole. The roots will grow through the holes and along the towel to the water. I should have some really nice tomato plants in the next few weeks.

Garden Diary 2009: Bush Beans and Tomatoes are Doing Great

My Bush Beans and Tomatoes are doing great. I need to take some time and separate and repot my tomatoes into bigger pots. I am thinking about planting one of them in a hydroponic wick system this year to see how they grow.

The Cucumbers and Cabbage is growing well. Growing a little on the slow side. I think that is because I am forgetting to water them.

Basil is growing really well. The spinach I was growing didn’t like the move to outdoors. It just kind of died so I pulled them.

Something has been eating my broccoli. Think it might be caterpillars, but I am not sure.

Garden Diary 2009: I Wonder if I Should be Cutting the Spinach to Make it Grow

The leaves are getting bigger on the spinach. They are growing a lot slower than I thought they might. I am wondering if the leave will get bigger and greater in number if I cut the older leaves. I’m not sure. I might conduct a little experiment.

The broccoli is growing nicely outside. They seem to have taken nicely to being moved. I pulled some of the old leaves that browned on me. We will see what they do over the next few weeks.

The other seeds I planted are coming up. I have marigolds, bush beans, tomatoes, and cabbage. I look forward to their continued growth.

Garden Diary: Transplanting Broccoli and Planting Tomatoes, Cucumbers and More

I planted all these pots over the weekend. I hope they come up. The night I planted them we had some nearly freezing temperatures. That was what the storage container was about. I placed the container over the pots. The broccoli I didn’t bother to cover. They are supposed to be cold hardy.

What I planted: Beefsteak Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Peppers, Cabbage and Bush Beans. I also transplanted the Broccoli to the big green pots. They seem to have survived the ordeal.

Garden Diary 2008: My tomatoes are a Foot Above the Rest.

My tomatoes are up to the first rung on the wire support. I would sal nearly a foot tall. They are doing so well.

The Bush Beans are doing very well, too. I am curiuos to see this one grow fruit.

Pepper is moving a little slower than the others, but still looks amazingly strong.