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Well looky looky...



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Solar here we come!!!!

Ooooh nice score!

Yeah i am stocked. I think my solar system has cost me around $50. Thats a 110W panel, 800Ahr of battery and the 40A controller. Not too shabby at all. Price will go up when i make the solar tracker...

Growth updates!

Crappy photos as usual. Get over it



The brahmi is getting to be a monster. It is almost a weed now More than once i have thought about removing it. But it looks nice hanging over the edge



The lettuce is growing very well. Big surprise The chives are also looking much happier with the cooler weather.



The beets are also starting to power along. This photo really shows how heavy handed i have needed to be with the Dipel to control the caterpillars. Now it is just the grasshoppers i need to contend with



My watermellon is also starting to recover from the caterpillar attack. I am very happy with that



I am even getting some flowers



Bok Choy is also starting to do some good things.



Jalapeño is starting to fruit really well.



Chocolate capsicum is starting to produce a lot of fruit as well. This is one of the survivors of the move. With all the extra sunlight it is like a different plant.



Regular capsicum is starting to fruit as well.



Habanero is also starting to blossom.



Corn is starting to get some size to it.



Starting to get some cherry toms too. This plant is getting massive, it is starting to all out of the grow bed!



It is even taking the media with it!

This last photo just goes to show any new comers how important setting your water level below your media level is. This is after about a week of hot days with exposed water.

All in all the system has been powering along. Especially since there has been a break in the mid 40 deg C days. That has been really pushing the plants.

Surprisingly though, my house mate has had corn and watermellon in the soil. His plants have been far more successful than mine. I was expecting it to be the other way around. Although the water used to grow them is significantly higher.

Photos are fine...as is the growth....

Looking good rsevs, heaps of growth there.

Our watermelon, rockmelon and corn grow better in our dirt garden too. Once I was around at OBO's house and he had a rockmelon plant that was crazy out of control with massive melons on it. Mine seem to be doing better this year than last but the garden is still the winner with those few plants for us so far.

Cheers guys.

I really would like to get a wicking bed going. One day, when i have my own place

Great growth there
What kind of lettuce is that you are growing and looking very good despite all the hot weather!!

And what is the plant with the white flowers?

Thanks mate,

It is a standard Cos lettuce. I have been impressed with it given the heat.

The plant in the top photo? That is brahmi the memory herb

If you havnt already, throw a leaf of cos to the SP... come back in a couple of hours and will be decimated. Fun to watch from a distance too.

Nice looking Cos. Makes mine look small! Maybe I need some more nitrates

Just realised that all the plants that are flowering other then the water melon have white flowers.

The plant I was referring to was to the right of the brahmi. Is it chives? If it is I hope you dont end up growing beans otherwise you may end up with a goose that lays golden eggs!!

I will give them some when i go to get some water samples for Marc D W.

They dont like brahmi if you were curious

Yes that is garlic chives Marc. The leaves are crazy thick too.

Time to get some beans me thinks! Free upgrades for everybody

Must be chives. My leaks send out those ball looking seed flowers too.

Missed it by that much!