Envidrawer 4 - Plants, harvests and fertilisers, a glance from gardeners perspective

RE: Envidrawer 4 - Plants, harvests and fertilisers, a glance from gardeners perspective

DAB — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 19:52:29 GMT

I have found that if you give the plants too much light early in the development cycle results in leggy plants.

You can help support the stalk with more soil/growing stuff.

You should start out with a nominal light cycle of 8 hours on and 16 off and then increase the time on slowly.

Let the plants show you when, they will create a stronger stalk and get their first pair of leaves on before they are ready to grow more.

DAB

RE: Envidrawer 4 - Plants, harvests and fertilisers, a glance from gardeners perspective

neilk — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 15:44:10 GMT

A great project!

For years, I have found leggy seedlings to be a problem in my greenhouse. I always thought the main problems were light and overcrowding and have worked to minimise these problems. Recently I began to wonder if it might be too much nutrient available too soon after germination. I have cut the nutrient in my home made seed compost by 50% and managed to grow some much sturdier seedlings, even under winter light levels.

Increased nutrient comes later - for me, by pricking out into a "stronger" compost

Neil

RE: Envidrawer 4 - Plants, harvests and fertilisers, a glance from gardeners perspective

14rhb — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 15:35:32 GMT

Always nice to see progress and the production of edible plants is a real milestone, well done [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-9de681f5-2f9f-4935-af15-cbb7b5475a40/contentimage_5F00_1.png:16:16]. I couldn't see much info on your lighting scheme except for the top photo in this blog - the drawn out seedlings are often a sign of lighting issues IMO. The amount of diffusion of natural sunlight cannot be underestimated - a point painter/decorators often notice when working in artificial light rather than daylight. Even on the windowsill at home I can get some slightly wispy seedlings. Good luck in your next stages.