Cityfarm Little Green Thumbs Program
Photo Journal
October 22: The kit has arrived and we can
start assembling.
October 24 (Day 1): Tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet peppers, chile
peppers, beans, basil and parsley have been sown.
October 29 (Day 6): Some have sprouted!
November 6 (Day 14): Time to transplant the eager shoots.
November 15 (Day 23): Bird's eye view of the growing garden. We
moved the boxes to the floor as the lamp will have to be moved
up with the plants.
November 22 (Day 30): The cucumbers love the continuous water
supply from the tank below. The radishes are very spindly....
possibly it's too hot under the lamp for them.
December 5 (Day 43): The cucumbers are blooming! There are no
bees for pollination in the office, therefore we're using a
small paint brush to transfer pollen from flower to flower.
December 11 (Day 49): Now the monster cukes need additional
support (strings from the ceiling) and the lamp had to be
raised. We might get some radishes after all.
December 13 (Day 51): Cucumbers are taking shape.
December 19 (Day 57): Bean harvest from the jungle.
December 27 (Day 65): Wow! What happened here!?
Hmm... maybe the coffee grounds should have been worked into the
soil.
January 2 (Day 72): The tomatoes are again out of control and
need severe pruning. A couple of cucumbers are almost ready to
be harvested.
January 23 (Day 93): A Sungold cherry tomato is almost ripe.
Some of the flowers did not develop into fruit... I now know
that each cluster of flowers has to be tapped gently every day
to ensure cross-pollination within each flower. Once I started
tapping the flower clusters, more fruit was developing. Outside,
bees and the wind take care of pollination.
February 7 (Day 108): Dr. Mirza, Greenhouse Specialist, came to
help us figure out what was wrong with some of our plants. Shown
here are cucumbers with nitrogen deficiencies: pointed fruit (on
left) and very light green at one end (fruit on bottom right).
We need to make sure that fertilizer is added every time we
water. The next photo shows leaves with calcium deficiency: the
leaves have light spots and they are cupping. A calcium and
magnesium fertilizer should help the plants' growth.
February 19 (Day 120): Some Sweet 100 cherry tomatoes are ready
to be enjoyed.
February 26 (Day 127): A healthy pot of carrots, and beautiful
Sungold tomatoes.
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