Getting crowded

[jackb]

It is almost time to set some plants in the garden, and it can not come too soon as the greenhouse is getting crowded. The tomatoes and cucumbers on both sides of the greenhouse are setting fruit and have been attached to their overhead supports. These will be grown to completion in the greenhouse. The peppers, on the large container in the upper right, will be planted in the garden along with all of the plants in the flats. I have been removing the flower buds from the peppers for a few weeks, but now it is time to let them do their thing.

 

[SuperChemicalGirl]

Wow those plants look great... nice job! I'm jealous!

 

[jackb]

Wow those plants look great... nice job! I'm jealous!

These were all started from seed and I am glad they did so well as I am amazed at the price of plants this year at the garden centers.

 

[wsmoak]

My tomatoes aren't even that dark green out in the garden! What did you start and grow them in? Any extra fertilizer?

-Wendy

 

[jackb]

My tomatoes aren't even that dark green out in the garden! What did you start and grow them in? Any extra fertilizer?

-Wendy

They were started, and are growing, hydroponically. I used coco coir and perlite as a medium and I mostly use professional greenhouse grade hydroponic nutrients at very low levels. The nutrients are in the large tanks at the back of the greenhouse and are gravity fed to the plants by automatic valves. It pretty much maintains itself and uses no electricity. After it is setup there is not much maintenance.