Given that this is my first attempt at this kind of thing I don't have too many hopes for a plentiful bounty but we shall see come harvest time.
I understand that this post is fairly late on in to the growing season and you've missed all the prep that I've done. To summarise I bought some seeds online, so far I'm very happy with the supplier and I'll name them once I've done my first harvest. I bought some compost (4 60lt bags for £10) and some higher grade seed and cutting compost. Planted everything and watered it everyday.
A little bit about my setup:
Lettuce - Little gems growing in a plastic tub that I have sunken into a bench
Mixed salad - Scattered in a tray on the same bench as the lettuce
Tomatoes - different varieties started in seed trays 5 of each, then once the second leaves come through transferred the strongest 3 into buckets that are hanging on a rack
Cucumber and Cucamelon - started in seed trays and transferred to larger plant pots once the second leaves come through
Aubergines - Started in seed trays transferred to hanging buckets
Bell peppers - Started in seed trays transferred to hanging buckets
Habanero and Jalapeno peppers - Planted into ceramic pots from the start.
Peas - Planted outside into a long planter backed with trellis.
Herbs - Basil, Coriander, Marjoram, Lemon balm not having much luck with the lemon balm but the other three are doing okay, sown into small plastic plant pots from the start.
So that's pretty much the setup I'm going with for now, I'm struggling with some courgettes the older leaves are turning yellow, I'll stick it out and see how they do, I only want the courgettes for the flower because courgette flowers are pretty hard to find in the UK but they can be stuffed then dipped in tempura an fried which is what I plan to do with them.
Thanks for reading, any questions or comments please get in touch.
Back to fish tanks next time.
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