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Last update on: 15 Aug 2010

MOVING HOUSE SOON, HERE’S MY LAST CULTIVATION OF LETTUCE

 

UPDATES - CULTIVATING GAILAN (KALE)

 (3 Jul – harvest time, horay!)

 (13 Jun)               (4 Jun)

 (28 May)               (21 May)           

 (14 May)        (9 May)              (2 May)

 

               

 

BIRTHDAY GIFT FROM WIFE

 

GIF ANIMATION

 

SEED GERMINATION USING ROCKWOOL

There are many different methods of germinating seeds. Here’s a method that is successful for me.

            Place seed in rockwool. Put rockwool in a plastic container.

            Pour water into container up to half the height of rockwool.

            Close the container lid tight to keep the moisture in. Place the container near window where there is light but not under direct sunlight. Once you can see the leaves, open the lid to reduce moisture level.

 

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GERMINATING GAILAN (KALE) SEED

I have made a time lapse video of Gailan seed sprouting.

 

 

HARVESTING LETTUCE

The butterhead lettuce is of a different variety from my previous culture. I bought the seeds from two sources, Oh Chin Huat and Ban Lee Huat, and this variety is from Oh Chin Huat. The leaves are much smaller and darker.

                       

 

CULTIVATING BAYAM, GAILAN AND LETTUCE

Lettuce growth seems slower than previous cultivation, probably due to the competition of nutrients with Rocket plants. Now that the Rocket plants are gone, I am hopeful for a faster growth.

          

 

SAY GOODBYE TO MY ROCKET PLANTS

After the 2nd harvest, I decided to sacrifice them for other veg species. Here’s a photo before I throw them away. I have reshuffled my Lettuce, Gailan, and Bayam plants, will post some photos soon.

 

NEXT PROJECT – CULTIVATING BAYAM AND GAILAN (KALE)

I decided to keep the two rocket plants for 2nd harvest. Seems 6 growing holes are not enough for now.

 

 

HARVESTING ROCKET LEAVES (ARUGULA)

At last, I have harvested the Rocket leaves (which took about 9 weeks to harvest). I took the effort to buy a packet of Rocket leaves from Cold Storage, just to compare. The leaves on the left are grown by me, those on the right are bought from CS. They looked very different but have similar taste, probably of different variety.

 

CULTIVATING ROCKET LEAVES

After week 1                                                   After week 3

           

 

After week 4                                                   After week 6

           

 

After week 7

            The young lettuce on the right is 1-week old.

 

After week 8

            The young lettuce on the right is 2-weeks old.

 

HARVESTING LETTUCE

After week 5

           

 

CULTIVATING LETTUCE

After week 1                                                   After week 2                          

           

 

After week 3                                                   After week 4

           

 

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