Anybody Grow Anything?

This is General, so we'll keep talk of the other stuff we grow for the Dungeon...................anyways, got a bunch of peppers and one tomato plant this year (I don't eat tomatoes and all the plants were free from somebody at work who had too many).

3X Habanero
1X Jalapeno
1X Cherry Pepper
2X Thai Hot Pepper
1X California Wonder (basically a generic green pepper)
1X Shishito Pepper
1X (forget which kind) Tomato

There's a gallon of perlite covered with ~4 gallons of potting soil in each bucket. If you're wondering why the buckets are covered in a shiny reflective surface, they were repurposed and used to be used in an indoor grow The dripper in the middle was also repurposed and frankly I haven't even hooked it up - although I love to automate all my indoor grows, I've really enjoyed hand watering the plants every day or two - it's quite relaxing

I'm planning on building a decently large garden for next year and growing my own lettuce/zucchini/cucumbers, etc., in addition to all the peppers I currently grow.

 

I have the following growing in our garden:

10 heirloom tomato plants (aunt ruby and pineapple)
2 yellow cherry tomato's
6 Sicilian eggplant
6 cubanelle peppers
6 bell peppers (mixed colors)
4 burpless cucumbers
3 Kirby cucumbers for pickles

Also have red leaf and romaine lettuce, chive and a shitload of basil.

 

I've got ghost peppers, habaneros, cow horn peppers and tomatoes growing in 5 gallon pots. Have window boxes full of herbs growing along the deck railing where they hang. I wish I had all day Sun but with the woods behind the house it's only from 2 or 3 till till 7 or so. They still put out pretty good.

Why the pearlite on the bottom? I always just mixed it up really good.

 

do kids count?

 

Only if they get eaten.

 

We didn't do a garden this year and plan to rip out our raised beds for tilling the ground next year. Typically have done tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, jalapenos, zucchini, green beans, and various herbs. Will see what next year is once I get the garden in shape this fall.

 

The buckets that I'm using have a drainage hole about 2" from the bottom (that was the drain line - they were all plumbed together), so there'd be totally saturated soil if I didn't use something lighter like Perlite down there. The buckets were setup on a DTW drip system in my basement running 100% perlite before they were repurposed. Like I said above, I'm not very skilled in growing in dirt - I've got E&F systems, LP aero, DWC, HP aero (both pneumatic and air assisted)..........basically, I'm not a fan of using media

 

Growing tired.

Growing old.

Does that count?

 

40 tomato's (various heirlooms), couple tomatillos, 20 various peppers, 4 rows of onions, acorn, and butternut, spaghetti squash, cucumbers, couple different kinds of peas, beets, kale, and cabbage. Rainbow chard, watermelon, and broccoli.

Usually grow a bunch of beans and corn, but didn't have time to get them in. Might still have a crack at beans, but it's too late for the corn. Also have lots of garlic, lettuce, and other herbs in a smaller front garden we call the salad garden.

Been eating salads for the last 2 weeks, and the peas and peppers are starting to come in. Tomato's will be coming soon, and then we'll be canning every couple of nights....

The cabbage (any brassica's) I grow usually gets infested with worms so I give them to a buddy to feed his chickens. In return he gives me a chicken or 2. So I usually refer to the row of cabbage as my row of chickens.

 

The fifth. I pleads it.

 

Saw a sign for Culver's in Wisconsin. Showed a picture of a delicious looking cheeseburger, with the caption, "Our food is grown, not made."

Still looking for those cheeseburger seeds.

 

Cheeseburger on the hoof.

 

Somebody page Cannoli. She was the resident expert on growing stuff. I remember a few discussions about her garden.

 

FWIW, if you mixed 3 parts permits to 1 part vermiculite you wouldn't need the potting soil up top in a DTW system. The vermiculite will retain enough moisture at the root area for the upper roots while the reservoir below will hold moisture for 2-3 days.

Biggest advantages to that for an indoor grow is most potting soil harbors bugs that can harm your plants.

 

I used 100% perlite in my indoor (drip) DTW grows. The goal is to have the media which holds the least amount of water to feed as often as possible.

But my preferred method of growing indoors is media-less - I built a (IMO) fairly cool coliseum replica out of 90 PVC wyes which was a top feed NFT (also setup for LP aero eventually). I'll see if I can dig up some old photos without plants in it to keep this thread General friendly

 

My garden has not fared well this year. Having two young dogs romping in the back yard hasn't helped. Maybe I'll try the bucket thing next year.

 

21 Tomato plants {7 varities}
72 Pepper plants- Ranging from mild to Habanero

 

With drippers you are correct, the media shouldn't retain moisture. I was referring to hand-watered DTW set-ups. Watering every 2-3 days and not having to worry about a pump failure or clog was my goal.