After a few months in the MegaGarden, Jessawick's orchid has started blooming. I'm pretty pleased with it's progress. It was in pretty bad shape before it started living in the hydroponic system, but it's quite strong these days. Thur far, we have a single flower blooming, but more are on the way. We've been using Technaflora nutrients in the MegaGarden for the last several months. I've really grown to like Technaflora. They stay "in solution" to a much greater extent than some other nutrients that we use. Technaflora has certainly done right by our orchid.
We have a sample of Orchid Focus still sitting on the shelf. I'd like to try it, but the MegaGarden is always supporting multiple plants. We'll try it once we have an "orchid-only" setup. No date set for that, as yet.
I'll be adding plans for building a lightstand for the Do it yourself aeroponic system in the next week or so. It all depends on how distracted I am with the PVC tube gardens. In theory, I'll have a number of Fort Laramie strawberries on my doorstep shortly, and I'll need a home for them.
I'm reworking the design on the PVC tube gardens, to get better irrigation with the sprayers. More on that once I figure it out...
Here's the photo for this week:
| Plant | Type | Status |
|---|
| #01-#09 | Alexandria Alpine Strawberries | All of the Alexandria Alpine Strawberries were removed on 02/10/2008. They never had the life they deserved, as they were always overshadowed by the eggplant. |
| #12 | Bambino Baby Eggplant | This fellow has grown beyond all expectations. It's taken over the entire TurboGarden. The roots are massive. We've given over the TurboGarden, just to see how much more it can grow. |
| #18 | Black Beauty Eggplant
| This sprouting has been transplanted into a 6" net pot (with hydroton). Although it's still living in the MegaGarden, it's ready to move to an aeroponic system when it's large enough. |
| #19 | Black Beauty Eggplant | This little plant never really "got going". It has not yet grown secondary leaves, and will probably be culled in the near future. |
| #20-#25 | Alexandria Alpine Strawberries | A young batch of seedlings. I'm not sure their destiny at this point. We're awaiting the new Fort Laramie plants. |
Unnumbered Seedlings
| Black Beauty Eggplant
| We've planted 12 seeds for plants that will be used in an upcoming experiment. Planting date: 02/08/2008. They are at different stages of growth. Some have sprouted, others not. We'll be choosing the two that are the most "equal" for our experiment. |