Hello Everyone,
Things have been coming along pretty good with the outdoor garden.
Some areas of the garden could be better, but overall I'm happy with how it's looking.
The tomatoes are showing impressive progress. Some of them look absolutely perfect and ripe.
The Cherokee tomato plant in the front that I grew from seed is looking very healthy and should start producing tomatoes soon. If all goes as expected, these tomatoes might be the best ones (flavour wise) in the entire garden.
This little bean plant from seed is doing its thing. Hopefully it will get a lot bigger and produce a lot of beans.
Along the back of the fence is a sad sight, and the part of this garden that isn't doing so great. Truth be told I don't even feel like doing anything with it, which is equally as sad but I just am not feeling it really. I kind of knew right away that I chose poor placement for the pepper plants, but since they aren't the super hot types that I like I won't lose any sleep over the failure.
And if this thing is a cucumber then I definitely need to work on my cucumber growing skills :D
So that is what is going on with the outdoor garden.
I'm really happy that the plants are doing good, but my excitement for the outdoor plants does not come close to the excitement with the indoor plants.
So let's have a look at some of them.
The Crack Mack cannabis plant is a monster, and only four more days are left in vegetative growth before I switch the light schedule to 12/12. I expect this plant will get much bigger during the initial stretch.
The photo above represents the plan. The arrows indicate the overall vision of projected growth.
During the stretch phase, which is when the plant is changing from vegetation to flowering is when I will gain the needed size to spread this plant out to absorb maximum luminosity for production.
I think establishing maximum spread to maximize lumen efficiency will be a challenge. If I do not establish a spread to comparable size to the light, efficiency will be lost, which equates to a loss in production, so fingers are crossed that this plant will stretch hard.
The height of the top net is not a sure thing yet because the stretch will dictate the needed height for the spread.
Still no roots after a week in water, but they are still looking good and I am rooting for them to root :)
Word on the streets is daughter aloe on the right is turning more heads then her mother lately. I think she has surpassed the size of her mother. In fact I think the mother aloe might need a little bit of nutrients or something, her color is a little dull and her growth is not very fast lately. Maybe it's because I've been eating her so much lately that she needs a little time to recover.
I decided to put the 4X4 tent back into use since I'll be flipping lights in the 4X8 soon.
These plants look rather happy in there.
I'm not sure why I ever mixed the Graptopetalum Sedums with the Ceropegia Woodii but they seem to enjoy one another's company, and also they look pretty together.
This tub is part of a greater vision. My goal was to allow the string of hearts to take over this container so that I can create mass clones from it. The plan is going great and it's been growing really good. The sedums struggle a bit in this big container but not in the smaller container where I cloned them from.
The Graptopetalum Sedums have been some of the touchiest succulents I've ever cared for. Not enough water they die, too much water they die, not enough light they die, and I've still not zeroed in the perfect pH for them, but they seem to like a 6.0 approximately.
Their current state is pretty happy! These Graptopetalum Sedums are a pretty specimen lately with a beautiful little blush from intense light exposure.
The baby aloes are happy as can be! Which one is your favorite of the three?
The bamboo has been making me work to achieve its green lushness. I think they look alright but could be better, I might be overexposing them with the light and am considering putting them on the floor of the tent so that their new foliage doesn't burn. I feel the foliage should be greener and this is likely a sign of too much light or an issue with the soil. I think they'll come around eventually.
That will do it for this garden update.
How are the plants looking to all of you?
I would love to read your thoughts in the comment section!
Thank you for stopping by!
Have a good day! -@futuremind
Nooo those tomatoes look beautiful, the redder the better, I didn't quite understand what happened to the bell pepper plant, didn't they have enough space to grow? It's good to accept the mistakes and not break your head over them, sometimes things happen and well what can you do.
I LOVE SUCCULENTS, I LOVE THAT THERE ARE SO MANY AND SO VARIED.
Thank you @nitsuga12! I'm a succulent lover too, they are special plants and seem so different than the majority of plants that grow on earth. Hopefully everything will keep growing healthy!
It all looks lovely and lush! Congratulations!
Thank you @nikv! It's been an exciting year for the plants so far, and there's plenty more to come :)
My major concern on your farm has always been the tomato and I’m really happy to see it doing well
It’s becoming red just like the ones I usually buy
Thank you @rafzat! The tomatoes are delicious too, I tried the very red one last night and loved it.
Man, your garden looks good! I love the growth of the plants, especially the first part of your garden update! I have always wanted to try to grow things like cucumbers and beans, but never successfully though. I have grown some pumpkin many moons ago, but that was as far as I could manage. Awesome garden update post and photographs!
Thank you @fermentedphil! I hope you will try growing some things like cucumbers and beans in the future. There's nothing like the feeling of producing our own food and medicines. This is my first time attempting an outdoor garden like this and feel like I got pretty lucky because I still have a lot to learn.
For sure, we will never stop learning when we garden; every year there is something new that will teach you either a life lesson or something of importance. Thank you so much for sharing your enthusiasm and knowledge! I will also try to grow these things, as I agree with you, there is nothing like growing your own food!
Those tomatoes look so appetizing and perfect, a beautiful red color present, excellent job you are doing with all these plants 👌
Have a great harvest!
Thank you for the compliment and good harvest wishes @elbuhito!
Thank you kindly for the manual curation @ewkaw and @qurator!
Really incredible! I don't have a single tomato yet, and yours are ripe! That is definitely a cuke, and give it a couple more days, it will get bigger.
What goes on in your tents are the show stoppers. I am amazed by how much you put into it all.
Thank you @owasco! I hope you get tomatoes soon! The plants I have here were surely clones and is the reason they grew so fast. The Cherokee tomato plant is close to starting some tomatoes but still hasn't yet, and that was from seed.
I could do better with the outdoor stuff, but the surrounding environment has to be different for that to ever happen. I get too reclusive when there's too much going on in a space that I want to be private. The indoor stuff will always be a passion that I plan to expand even further.
You create a beautiful home for yourself, indoors. I'm glad you have that space!
I saw my very first tiny tomato today, a black brandywine that I started from seed in mid April. So exciting!
Those tomatoes are looking fabulous.. the cannabis also. STRETCH mf'er stretch..
Thank you man. The Crack Mack sucked up 1.6 gallons today in a 7 gallon pot and has a lot of new vigorous growth, she's turning out to be a serious plant. Fingers crossed she get's a massive stretch.
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