Tonight I made a sub irrigated planter. These are pots that hold water under the dirt and let the pot get watered from the bottom up. Supposedly this gives you better roots as they grow deep, towards the water as opposed to staying near the top. I built mine using recycled ‘stuff’. The pot is …
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Flooding my new plantings.
I had planted 3 types of lettuce in this box planter this time last week. It looks like the Arugala is coming up now. Here you can see the baby arugalas better. It looks like they are growing towards the grow light I have running for that shelf. I had turned on my new irrigation …
Planter
I have been trying to grow herbs in this planter for several months now. Just as the herbs start to sprout, it gets really cold out, and i have to bring them in. Well, the cats just LOVE this new toy and insist on tipping it over and pouring it out. Well the last time …