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(Updates) Various updates

Semi-hydroponics lettuce – Day 23
This batch of lettuces (local, butterhead, buttercrunch and iceberg) all get the full morning sun, and my bright table light at night.

Melaleuca alternifolia seedlings
They are taking a VERY long time to grow fast!

Chocolate mint
And, from the kindness of Rummi’s heart, she gave me some free cuttings from the choc mint bunch [...]

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Various updates

Red spider mites
I finally went Petunia’s method and spent over two hours soaping all my mints down and then rinsing them off. They’re a bit limp now, but will perk up soon.
Gonna repeat this over the weekend.
High Brix Farming
After reading Kelmund’s thread on high brix farming, I went to put about two tablespoonfuls of raw [...]

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(Harvesting | Sowing) Pak choy | Lettuces

Pak choy experiment
So the results are as such:
1. Pure hydro solution – only one pak choy turned out good. The other was stunted;
2. Semi-hydro – both pak choys turned out the best
3. Water reservoir – not good for veggies.
Maybe because the sun is shifting positions or something, but that’s not really the case – the [...]

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