I'm a day late posting this, as I took these photos yesterday. My hydroponic system is doing well along with the plants upstairs. The weather has been nice, but I am beginning to lose a lot of sunlight. Here are some photos.
DOWNSTAIRS
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| Lettuce |
The bigger plants are blocking sun from hitting the smaller plants in the middle. I should start to harvest leaves to eat salads.
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| Bok Choy/Cabbage |
Both cabbage and bok choy thrive in the deep water culture setup. My experiments have been successful.
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| The smaller ones |
The Kratky method is good for growing plants, but the results I am seeing from adding the aquarium pump to my setup are spectacular.
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| Lettuce is getting bigger |
I might be overcrowding the red lettuce plant. I should consider removing some plants to allow the other to grow large. Lettuce don't like being crowded out, but I do it anyway.
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| No strawberries yet |
The strawberry plant probably won't start producing again until next year. The new foliage should allow it to grow more and bigger berries than last year.
UPSTAIRS
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| Cabbage is heading nicely after caterpillar attack |
I had to kill a dozen caterpillars on this cabbage. Those little critters would have eaten the whole thing had I not done something about it. The best pesticide is you (however tedious the destruction of little caterpillars might be).
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| Garlic that I put in this soil several months back is sprouting all over the place |
I am not sure if the garlic will be fine with all the other sprouts around it. The cilantro might crowd it out.
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| Tomato canopy |
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| Lettuce is bolting |
If this lettuce plant can make it through winter, I'd love to get all the seeds it will bring. It'll be my largest "seed plant" that I've had.
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| Kale |
The kale plant is starting to spread its leaves out and grow a core that looks purple in color. It might be time to transplant it soon.
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| Chard |
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| More Kale |
Once some more tomato plants are gone, these kale will get much more light (and will hopefully grow faster).
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| Close up of more chard |
The chard might be looking smaller than last week because I harvested ~ 2 bunches worth of leaves. I cooked it up with garlic, olive oil, onion, and bok choy on separate occasions. Very tasty! I highly recommend this variety and other Swiss Chard to any vegetable garden.
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| Lots of leaves (poor lighting) |
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