Lucky #8 - Veg Day #29 - was moved out to where she will be spending the rest of the summer and fall!
I will be watching her closely though to make sure the direct sun for that many hours does not stress her out. I don't think it will. It has been enjoying the open greenhouse for the past couple weeks.
A quick recap on this raised garden bed. This is the third year of using these beds. At the end of winter, it was amended with fresh compost, chicken manure, alfalfa meal, azomite. At the time of planting the original seed on April 28th, I added 20 oz of 'VEG' from
@GeoFlora Nutrients . I came up with that number by imagining a plant and a 20 gallon container. I added a bunch of the Earth Alive 'Soil Activator ' too.
She will also have access to an ancient river bed full of nutrients and minerals. She will never be able to mine that far down though. I will be planting other plant miners instead that will be used for green mulches and fermented fertilizers. Comfrey and dandelions will be primary miners. Still looking into other species. If you have any recommendations, please let me know what you like to use.
This was the intended spot for one of the seeds sown directly in the soil. Neither of those germinated so that is why I decided to germinate more seeds at a later date.
At the time of planting the seed, back on April 28th, I also planted some red clover. This is an excellent nitrogen fixer. It got cut down today and will be a green mulch for #8.
Another companion plant that I sowed seed back in April are marigolds! You can see some in the front edge of the raised bed and also some in the back. I'm probably going to transplant some more that are already blooming from other areas in the garden. I want to disguise her for as long as I can with the marigolds. They should help confuse the cabbage moths...not for long though. I'll still be utilizing BT foliar sprays for complete prevention.
Oh...quick edit. I forgot to mention that I am seriously thinking about burying her as is in this container. What do you all think? Good or bad idea? I'm on the side of "it's worth a shot and see what happens". I could get her into the ground tomorrow if I wanted to and just let her go nuts. Thoughts?!
I also harvested the "micro" greens in the adjacent bed that was intended for the other GSC seed. My intent was to have a living mulch of micro greens to harvest throughout the summer. I let the greens get a bit out of hand though so I chopped it all down and do better at harvesting when they are young leaves.
This spot will be getting a different plant though.
