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[SP8]

I'm so impressed with your determination with the appartment garden!! Looks beautiful

It's amazing how productive such a small area can be!

[Diane]

I'm so impressed with your determination with the appartment garden!! Looks beautiful

It's amazing how productive such a small area can be!

You know that old saying "Bloom where you are planted", looks like you did.
I thought about the hose problem.

[kgall]

Wow!! Incredible! You have been way more successful than I ever have been on my porch!

[somegeek]

Nice work, SP8!

[Jewell]

Great growing! Love your balcony garden. Just shows that the love of gardening doesn't have to be forgotten if you have the water, soil and sunlight. Thanks for sharing

[SP8]

I’ve just added a bunch of edits and heaps of pictures to update many of my previous posts.

[gixxerific]

SP8 I'm quite impressed with what you have done. You are very passionate about your garden as am I. Keep up the good work. I may have to try some of those homemade (green) death sprays you posted.

[SP8]

I'm getting a bowl of this size full of Rocket and Ruby Chard every week at the moment from a container only about 60cm x 30 cm x 30 cm




It’s nights like last night that make me glad to have my small veggie garden under cover on my balcony. A big thunder storm rolled in with high winds and pelting rain, but all I had to do to protect my newly planted seedlings and established crops was pull the containers back about 1m. There will be lots of people waking up this morning in the local area going out to inspect their smashed up veggie gardens.......



My Reggae Roma Tomato plant that I grew from that 180g tomato has started to take off

[Duh_Vinci]

Very impressed with your container style garden and it's performance! Well done!

Regards,
D

[crobi13]

Amazing garden. Well done!

[SP8]

Radish
What: Seed (Yates Radish - Gentle Giant).
Where: Square self watering planter, large black pot around Shiso.
When: 25 August 2009.

Sown in: Used Seed Raising Potting Mix.
Fertiliser: Thin layer of RICHGROW: Organic Blood and Bone + Trace Elements & Sulphate of Potash 100mm below surface. Weekly application of YATES: Multi-Nutrient Plant Food with Seaweed at 5ml/L.

Advertised Germination: 5-8 days.
Actual Germination: 4 days.

Advertised Maturity: 6 - 8 weeks.
Actual Maturity: 4 weeks.

Just over a month after planting and harvest time!



A couple of these got a little on the big side and are quite hot to eat as a result…



I planted another 12 seeds around the Shiso plant and left 1 plant in a corner of the square container to see just how big it can get.

[gixxerific]

I tell you what sp8 you never cease to amaze me. You probably have one of the smallest gardens on this site but you always come up with a large bounty of goods.

Keep it going bro.

Till the next amazing accomplishment.

[SP8]

Thanks mate!

[SP8]

Buk Choy - White Stem.
What: Seed (Yates ).
Where: 1 x small seedling container and 3 x 1L Yoghurt container.
When: 4 August 2009.

Sown in: Re-used Seed Raising Potting Mix.
Fertiliser: Thin layer of blood and bone 100mm below surface.

Advertised Germination: 7-10 Days.
Actual Germination: 4 days!

Advertised Maturity: 6-8 Weeks.
Actual Maturity: 5 Weeks!

22 August 2009




29 August 2009




6 September 2009




This plant just took off once I put it in a bigger pot and we had our first meal from it just the other night only 5 weeks after planting it! With 6 other plants also potted it's going to be a struggle to eat it all, it's a nice problem to have I guess.

19 September 2009




With seven Buk Choy plants producing far more ‘cut and come again’ leaves than the two of us can eat every week I decided to snip this one off to make some room for something else.

29 September 2009

[Diane]

Not only do you get a great harvest, you get it early!!
Great job.