re: The 2021 Garden Thread

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This is what I am growing with right now. This is my upgrade from the Fluorescent set I had last year. It puts out a decent amount of heat and is SUPER bright. My plants are looking good so far. They only sprouted a week or so ago though. I spray Superthrive every week and do Miracle Grow Starter fertilizer once a week as well. I had to rebuy my Jimmy Nardello seeds. The seeds left from last year never germinated this season.

Any recommendations on grow bags? Did fairly well with potatoes in a huge pot. Naturally when I went to flip it to get the potatoes, it cracked. I’ve lost too many rows of potatoes over the years due to excessive rains to plant in ground again.

I finally got around to modifying my garden. It was too wide before and I wanted it deeper.





I wanted to be able to reach in without stepping inside but didn’t want to lose much square footage. The old one was 16x8. This one is 16x10 with the 5x6 walk in area. I actually ended up with 2 more sqft.

I used 6ft cedar boards and leftover 2x4s from building the fence. I’ll probably add a few more in the middle of the boards for added support.





I learned my lesson from last time and went overboard on the weed barrier. My Bermuda was constantly creeping into my bed.

Tomorrow I’ll be adding a hexagon bed next to it for the bean/cucumber teepee. You’ll also noticed the strawberry plant hanging on the fence. My boys are obsessed with the garden so I thought I’d get them something they can look after too. Had to hang it out of reach of the chickens.

As soon as they get back in stock I’ll be getting a soil monitor that links up to my weather station.

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Ummm.... please share. What are we talking about here?

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This is the weather station on the pole behind the bed. I can pair it with this soil moisture sensor. It’s been out of stock for over a month now.

BUT when I looked it up just now to link I saw that it was back in stock so I appreciate you asking!

If I were buying for myself, I’d probably go with the 2902. The only monitors the 2000 has that the 2902 doesn’t that I care about is the lightning detector and soil moisture sensor. I could care less about moon phases and those other features.

To me it doesn’t justify the cost. Including purchase of the sensors your looking at a $180 swing. The only reason I have the 2000 is because it was a gift.

I’ve been very happy with it though. It’s been flawless in reporting. I like that I can send data to weather underground and see it on there. (KLAIOWA11)

Idk if you have iPhone or not but if you do when you get your station download the PWS Monitor app. I like using it for quick looks as opposed to the ambient app which shows you a lot more info but requires some scrolling.

That’s reassuring. I know strawberries can handle some pretty low temps. Wasn’t too sure how low the blackberries could handle. There were talks of us potentially being in the teens with wind chills even lower. Looks like the models have backed off of that extreme, so that’s even more reassuring.

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This is the weather station on the pole behind the bed.

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Thanks. Something else added to my long wish list.

Thanks for the review.

Having an internal fight between being cheap and the desire for more toys.

I never realized people in city had gardens in their back yards till I starting researching for mine .

This is fantastic. I love it.

Side note: anyone know a good warming pad for seedlings? (if it's even necessary)