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    If that is the case, that will probably go a long way toward the longevity of everything it has dried out as well.

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    It looks like the seeds I planted like the wicking beds. Stuff is growing like mad. My daughter and I did plant more tomato and pepper seeds because we only got a few sprouts from them initially. The new seeds took off.

    The lettuce and bok choy are going totally nuts. I need to chop some out since they're bullying everything around them.

    25 more goldfish went in too. The initial 25 or 30 I put in dwindled down to about 15 and they've all been good for a few weeks. Those that sacrificed themselves for the cause became fertilizer. Once I'm confident the chemistry is right on I'll get some trout in there.

    The one thing I'm working on now is the pH of the water. It's a bit high at about 8. Not catastrophic, but closer to 7 would be better. It turns out my well water is at 8 coming out of the tap. Looks like I'll be adding "pH Down" from now on every time I top off the tank.

    Oh yeah, I got another light too. Now each bed has a 4 foot light drenching them with light.

    This pic is about 5 days old. The lettuce and bok choy are dominating now.
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    Looking great. Did the stuff in the other bed die, or just not growing as well?

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    Whoops, I read your post again and see that you were staying a fact, and not making a comparison. I was doing garden stuff today and found an onion growing in the middle of my compost pile. It reminded me of you and I was wondering how your stuff was growing.

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    Speaking of onions, another cool thing I did was take the root end I cut off of a normal yellow onion and put it in the clay media. I got 6 inch greens growing out of it now. I read that you can do that in soil and full onions will eventually grow. Cool.

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    I posted a few more videos if anyone's interested. Many thanks to those that helped me figure out the humidity problem.




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    There are tomato and pea flowers appearing. If I get tomatoes to grow that will be a first. I had ONE tomato actually grow one year and a damn squirrel ate half of it. That was outside in a pot of course.

    Anyway, pretty excited.
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    Excellent!
    "There are no finger prints under water."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Irving View Post
    I'd really like to have another small garden inside to grow herbs again. They are so expensive at the store.

    I made this basil pesto this last summer with my own Thai basil and garlic from my garden and it was insane! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-dOZezSwwM
    I finally made this, and holy shit is this awesome. Nuff sed.

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