Seeds Sown in rockwool trays in electric propagator on 27th march
I grew these on on my windowsill in large 19 litre aluminium catering trays. Terra Aquatica TriPart plant food: 1 ml/litre each of Grow, Micro and Bloom.
Growing Phase
Planted out in my glasshouse on 24th April. Bucket size is 25 litres and the “soil” is perlite.
1.8 ml/litre of Grow, 1.2 ml/litre of Micro and 0.6 ml/litre of Bloom for the growing phase. The drip system is on a timer and runs 3 times a day: 07:00, 14:00 and 19:00. I also run an air pump for 15 minutes before and during the watering to aerate the water in the tank.
The plants grew like crazy. The cucumbers were showing flowers on the 10 May.
Changed the feed mix to pre flowering: 2 ml/Litre of Grow and Micro, and 1.5 ml/litre of Bloom.
First cucumber on 26th May.
Flowering and fruiting phase
Food ratio changed again to 0.8 ml/litre of Grow, 1.6 ml/litre of Micro and 2.4 ml/litre of Bloom.
Tomatoes (Gardener’s Delight) are on their third truss although none have ripened yet. The Padron peppers are just starting to flower