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Fertilize lettuce seeds at planting time or later?
Comments (4)We grow lettuces/arugula/chicory in pots from September to about June or sometimes even July here in SoCal. It is just a couple of months that we live without lettuces, but during those months we get enough cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes that we just make different salads, but we always have something for salads. I use compost rich soil and water often but I do not fertilize lettuces. We start from seeds, directly into the pots, we pick them often (leave the heads and keep cutting leaves from the sides) and we get lots of salad from each plant. We do place the pots in protected areas of the garden (keep them from freezing or getting too sun burned)....See Morecontainer crazy
Comments (7)Too funny and I'm so there... Me to Friend: "How about another glass of Coke?" Friend: "No, thanks, I've had two already." Me: "But you know you like it. Besides there's only a little left. Come on, finish it up." Friend: "I think I'm ready for a martini." Me: "Fine. While I'm stirring it up, finish the soda." Friend: "No, no, really I can't." Me: "Look. You want the damn martini, then drink the soda first!" Pause... Friend: "What's with you and the soda?" Me: "Look, I have poppies to sow, OK? It's a long story." Friend: "Tell you what. Make it a double and I'll finish the Coke." Me: " Tell YOU what. Drink another 64 ounces and I'll make you a triple!"...See Morevertigo company
Comments (1)NFT is used a lot commercially, there's just a lot of different things that have to be done to make them work right. A lot of commercial applications use flow to waste configurations which eliminate the problem of recirculating pathogens, for example. There's dozens, if not hundreds, of different ways to apply NFT commercially that minimize the drawbacks inherent to the system. Ask Dr. Resh - he's done a lot of commercial NFT work. You can also talk to AN's tech support people, they know a lot. I ask Erik Biksa most of my questions, but I'm not sure if he wants his private email given out and I'm not sure what his public one is....See MoreSalanova
Comments (38)Hello Rina, We are still on topic, talking lettuce and all lol :) Thanks for pointing out ReStore in montreal, i badly need a place like that to source materials and had no clue of their existence:) I initially decided to grow vertically because i found it an ingenious, cheap and intriguing way to grow more food on less space. I always wanted to grow my own food and i live in the city on a 5000 or so sq ft lot, which leaves me with 3000sq ft of grow space scattered in small irregular parcels. So i started looking for a cheap diy system to grow vertically. So the shoe organizers were my first idea. As the season progressed, i realized more important things: weeds dont grow in off the ground growing systems. Pests didnt seem very efficient at attacking my plants either, i had 95% pest attack reduction. The product coming out of these systems beats whatever you can grow in the ground, with a quarter of the work....every time. Harvesting time, because of density, vertical stacking, the fact that theres no need to kneel or bend over much...etc This is valid for the 30 or so varieties of vegetables ive done vertically. I dont like paying for chemicals and even less spraying them on food, makes no sense to me. I dont swim against the current, i cant beat mother nature and i know it. I needed it to be as simple as possible while being as productive and efficient as possible, all the while growing premium food only. Im beyond organic, i spray NOTHING on my plants, water and composted chicken manure, thats it. I dont like the control that the companies producing the chemicals, seeds, etc have over farmers. They are liars, fraudsters who just want your money and leave you holding the bag. 2nd season (this year) I installed the gutter system and the A frames and I started selling. The clients would tell me "wow this salad is nice, clean, no grit, no brown spots". That made me realize the level of quality of the product compared to whats out there. That took me to the next problem which is distribution, thats what brings me to the store part :) I dont have a greenhouse or cold frame yet and thats gonna be my next problem lol. I have a 1200 sq ft basement thats empty and where i could grow lettuce and other crops under fluorescents/t5/metal halide/hps, but thats not my ideal plan. Thanks! Khaled...See Moretriciae
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