Happy Groundhog Day. Just to catch up on the last week’s progress, which amounted to quite a lot. I finished the frame for the first 16 tower grow rig, which will serve as the template for the next ones, or at least until I get a better idea. Enough supplies for another rig just came in the mail from Zipgrow, so I’ll need to construct it within 3 weeks to keep ahead of my weekly seedings.
I actually, finally, at long long last, got my first seedlings into 4 of the towers and fired the lights up. Initial rows of kale, Swiss chard, butter crunch lettuce and basil are all fired up, a full 21 days after seeding. The next week’s seeds are doing better, probably because I added a Sunblaster T5HO into the mix. .
In addition to that, I started exploring micro green production on my seedling shelf. Why not? They’re popular and it will help diversify my products, and most of my infrastructure is already in place, or on its way. I started two trays of sunflowers and peas, the most popular, and ordered another 4 varieties.
