Vertical garden diary

[Dave Rennie]

I made a few tweets to try and improve a few plants.





I moved the mint, sage & rosemary from the white IKEA planter to a pot of their own.
We've added a few curry leaf cuttings in there too.





I moved the strawberries and toms from the green planter into the IKEA planter, as they were shading the seedlings in the pockets behind them.

I planted some of the seedlings from trays into the bottom empty pockets.

I think this will work better than the previous arrangement.

[Dave Rennie]

We started a new microgreens experiment today.

We bought a bag of sunflower seeds and want to see the difference between soaked/dry planting.



So, I filled a flat with soil,



Pressed it down, soaked it,



sprinkled 70g of seed over the top,

[Dave Rennie]

Wet the seed,



then placed an empty flat on top,



and weighed it down with my lizard boots.



According to a renowned microgreen specialist, the boots will give the leaves a reptilian kick.

[Dave Rennie]

The second experiment was to soak 70g of seed for 24 hrs, then plant in the same way as the dry seed.





We'll see what the end results are.

[Dave Rennie]

Another experiment with microgreens.
I read last night that because microgreens are harvested at a juvenile age, they don't rely on nutrients from soil, as all their nutrients come from within the seed.

So, we'll try growing on damp kitchen towel.



Covered and pressed down with another pair of boots.

[Dave Rennie]

More boots on the ground.
The soaked seeds now sowed and covered.

[Dave Rennie]

2 weeks in for the vertical grower.
I'm not sure how to measure the progress, but it's been a fun little family project so far.

[Jay22]

Nice collection of boots there too David!

[Dave Rennie]

Nice collection of boots there too David!

Yes, I'm a boot lover.
Wearing only, not sniffing/licking

[Dave Rennie]

Today was our first microgreens harvest.
The peas are still a few days away from the table, but we gave everything else a go.

[Dave Rennie]

The radish, beetroots and lettuce went into tonight's meals.

[Dave Rennie]

Macaroni cheese for the little one.



Opor ayam (chicken in coconut) for the Mrs.



And steak for me.



It was nice to eat something we'd grown from seed.

We've set up a small area in the conservatory that we'll use for microgreens and mescaline salads. More on that tomorrow.

[Snoop Puss]

Maybe 'mesclun'?

[Dave Rennie]

Maybe 'mesclun'?

Yes that too

Where do you live in Spain?
We lived in Javea for 5yrs until about 6yrs ago.

[Snoop Puss]

Where do you live in Spain?
We lived in Javea for 5yrs until about 6yrs ago.

In the province of Teruel. Not such a nice climate as Javea! Been in Spain for a while now. Arrived in Barcelona before the Olympics and lived there for nigh on 20 years.