Hello, friends!
This is my first ever grow of our beloved plant. My setup is pretty simple... Outdoor vegetable garden in native soil. Our temperatures are averaging between 85 to 92 degrees since I started the grow. We've had regular rainfall and humidity averaging in the 60 to 75 percent range. Though, we've had a little lower humidity lately. The plant gets direct sunlight from 9:30 until 3:30. I use a no-till method of bed preparation, except for the use of a garden fork to break up compacted areas. Prior to this planting, I grew a winter cover crop of oats, hairy vetch, and winter peas. I cut the cover crop and left it as a mulch until I realized I was getting eaten alive by slugs... so I removed the mulch and added it to the compost pile.
I planted one Nirvana Bubblicious seed directly in the soil on May 22nd... it broke ground on the 27th! I didn't start taking photos until June 10th (The photo below). She is planted among my vegetables for stealth.
As you can see, something happened to one of the second set of true leaves. I still haven't figured out what happened. Almost looks like there may have been an insect that got it... but the rest of the plant was fine.
On June 10th, I gave her an application of Neptune's Harvest Tomato & Veg fertilizer. I also applied neem oil. This would have been day 13 from germination.
As experienced folks follow along, please offer any thoughts you have on ways for me to improve in the future.
More to come...
This is my first ever grow of our beloved plant. My setup is pretty simple... Outdoor vegetable garden in native soil. Our temperatures are averaging between 85 to 92 degrees since I started the grow. We've had regular rainfall and humidity averaging in the 60 to 75 percent range. Though, we've had a little lower humidity lately. The plant gets direct sunlight from 9:30 until 3:30. I use a no-till method of bed preparation, except for the use of a garden fork to break up compacted areas. Prior to this planting, I grew a winter cover crop of oats, hairy vetch, and winter peas. I cut the cover crop and left it as a mulch until I realized I was getting eaten alive by slugs... so I removed the mulch and added it to the compost pile.
I planted one Nirvana Bubblicious seed directly in the soil on May 22nd... it broke ground on the 27th! I didn't start taking photos until June 10th (The photo below). She is planted among my vegetables for stealth.
As you can see, something happened to one of the second set of true leaves. I still haven't figured out what happened. Almost looks like there may have been an insect that got it... but the rest of the plant was fine.
On June 10th, I gave her an application of Neptune's Harvest Tomato & Veg fertilizer. I also applied neem oil. This would have been day 13 from germination.
As experienced folks follow along, please offer any thoughts you have on ways for me to improve in the future.
More to come...
