My Shot at Hydroponics - Basil Tomato Capsicum Palak (Spinach) Methi (Fenugreek)

In spite of gardening for years, I've never really done it properly, scientifically understanding the process. Its been more of an arbitrary & inconsistent process where the results are just by chance.

I've been reading up on hydroponics for a while & thought that I should document my trials with it & try to do it more scientifically. The plan is to use the Kratky method.

20th September 2020 - Starting the Seedlings for a Hydroponics Experiment

So today is Day 1. I am just starting my seedlings in discarded mushroom trays. Normally when gardening I just arbitrarily plant seeds and hope for the best. This time I've decided to be very efficient.

I've taken 10 seeds each of all the plants I plan to grow in this edition. I've treated them with 'Agrilabh Seed Guard' & will let them sit overnight & plant them tomorrow morning. This is what we are working with, in this experiment

Basil
Tomato
Capsicum
Palak (Spinach)
Methi (Fenugreek)

I'll update this post again once the first shoots start showing.

15th October

So something went very wrong with this batch of seeds. Its now 15+ days and only some Spinach and a few Capsicum seedlings have come up. Of those some got gobbled by Snails :(

I was trying to grow the seedlings indoors initially but the soil mix started showing some signs of fungus so i moved them outside & put them in the polyhouse which is isnt properly sealed yet. So they fell prey. I've now brought them back indoors. I hope to still manage to recover some..

The Kratky containers are waiting eagerly for their guests !

P.S. I had a tomato plant that was already growing in the garden that i moved to a Kratky container and that seems to be doing well. After the Strawberry episode that gives me some hope !

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