Conditions and Development of Some Vegetables in The First Week of December in My Hydroponic Garden
Hello Gardeners
How are you all doing today? I hope and pray that we are all always given good health and also ease in facing the various problems and crises that we will face. I feel, time flies and ends very quickly. It's already December and we are about to enter the end of 2022. Hive Garden Community, is organizing The Last Garden Challenge of The Year and everyone is invited to participate here.
One thing that I am grateful for in 2022, I am more consistent in taking care and planting vegetables in my hydroponic garden. Almost every month, there is never a time when my garden is empty without vegetables. I pray and try to be consistent in the future. As usual, every Monday I always try to contribute to this community by sharing stories about the development of vegetables in the hydroponic system and also my routine work in the hydroponic garden.
At the beginning of this week, the weather anomaly is still happening where I live. Morning to noon, the weather will be very hot and scorching, making all the vegetables wilt. However, in the afternoon and evening it would rain with very strong winds. For normal humans, this kind of weather can make us sick easily. I've coughed a few times and experienced the flu because of the temperature difference and this transitional season.
What is the impact of the transitional season on vegetables in our garden? According to some agricultural literature, the transitional season often damages some vegetables, especially in the early weeks of their growth. However, if you grow vegetables using a hydroponic system, there is almost no problem with climate change like this. Hydroponic systems utilize water as a growing medium and optimize the nutrient content given to the plants.
Even if it doesn't have any adverse effects, the transitional season is usually the season for insect attacks on our plants. Therefore, one of the routine preventive measures that I can take is to spray a plant-based pesticide that I make with water and garlic. I spray it every two days and we can see the results now. So, let's check the condition and development of some vegetables in my hydroponic garden.
Condition and Development of Pakchoy
Let's start this discussion by looking at the pakchoys that I grow in my hydroponic garden. I have over 600 pots of pakchoy with two different ages of plants. Let's start with these bigger pakchoys. The pakhcoy you see here is about 28 days old after seeding. These vegetables are growing very lushly and optimally, the leaves are green and the stems are large and strong.
I was quite surprised by the development of this pakcoy. In the early weeks, the condition of this pakcoy looked very concerned, some leaves looked yellow and very sad. The situation began to change, since the last two weeks I did treatment and added hydroponic liquid fertilizer to increase the ppm concentration in the solution. As a result, you can see that the pakcoys are growing very well until now. I plan to harvest these vegetables in two or three days.
In addition, I also have about 400 pots of pakcoy that are currently about 15 days old after seeding. These pakcoys are also growing very vigorously and optimally. I regulate the water in the hydroponic media with a concentration of around 1300-1400 ppm, and until now, the results are still good and optimal. All the pakcoys grew uniformly and there was no sign of pest infestation.
Condition and Development of Kangkong
Kangkong is one of the vegetables that I consistently grow in my hydroponic garden. Kangkong was also my first vegetable that I used to learn about hydroponic vegetables. Kangkong is perfect for those of you who want to try growing vegetables. It is easy to care for, grows very fast and tastes very good.
In my hydroponic garden, I have kangkong with two different planting ages. The first one is 17 days after sowing. This kangkong grows very well and also grows uniformly. For the concentration of ppm solution in the water medium, I used liquid hydroponic fertilizer so that the water concentration in the hydroponic medium was around 800-1000 ppm. I think I will harvest this vegetable in four days.
In addition, I also have kangkong that I moved into the growing medium at the beginning of last week. This kangkong is about 10 days old. It is also growing very well and optimally. I think this growth is also because I used the right concentration of liquid fertilizer.
This week, I also added five more boxes of hydroponic media to my hydroponic garden, five Styrofoam boxes that I made for planting the kangkong or as an addition.
Condition and Development of Lettuce
Next, I invite you to see the condition of the lettuce that I planted in my hydroponic garden. I planted about 200 pots of lettuce and all grew uniformly and optimally. From my observations, I found no damage to the lettuce that I planted. I planted the lettuce on the second floor of my house. I utilized a little wall of my second floor balcony and modified it to put the hydroponic media there. Actually, lettuce is a vegetable that should be grown at high altitudes and this vegetable is not resistant to hot weather.
The hydroponic system can allow us to grow lettuce in lowlands or hot weather. We just need to find a location that doesn't get too much sun. Therefore, my balcony is ideal for growing lettuce. On my balcony, direct sunlight is only about 4-5 hours so it is ideal for lettuce development.
Condition of Mint Leaves in PVC Pipe Hydroponic Installation
This week, I did a lot of harvesting of mint leaves that I grew in my hydroponic garden. I have about 130 pots of mint that are growing very well. You can see from the photos I uploaded in this content. When mint leaves grow too lush, they give off a fragrant aroma and sometimes attract caterpillars that will eat the leaves. One way to reduce caterpillar attacks on mint leaves. We can do regular harvesting and should not give the mint leaves too lush.
This week, I also transplanted the seedlings to my growing medium. I have one wall hydroponic installation unit that I installed on the side wall of my house. I planted about 60 pots of bitter mustard in this hydroponic installation. Bitter mustard is a favorite vegetable in my family and one of the vegetables that I consistently grow in my hydroponic garden. I grow this vegetable only for personal use and not for sale to consumers.
Okay, that's all my story this time. I hope you get information and inspiration from this post. See you next week.
Call me Isdarmady, because I have a full name that is very long, namely Isdarmady Syahputra Ritonga. I am a head of the family who work as Farmers Vegetables Hydroponic and Consultant Hydroponics, sometimes I also sell coffee from various regions in Indonesia.
I have expertise dispensing coffee with a variety of techniques and tools brewing, because I have the desire to make a coffee shop with hydroponics as centerpieces. Help me realize that dream.
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This is a cool way of farming! I have seen a few of these on YouTube, on how they do it. You elaborated on the process and how to take care of these plants through hydroponic. Very cool farming!
hello @jijisaurart thank you for stopping by
that's right, there's been a lot of youtube content about hydroponics. Some are very inspirational and I also learn from them. My hope is to be consistent and provide inspiration for Hive friends everywhere.
This kind of method in farming is one the things that I'm aiming for in the future hihi. This one is very cool in many ways and yet it can give you a great harvest just like what I saw from your blog now.
What a good way of farming this is..
I agree with that opinion, maybe hydroponics is a solution for farming in cities. The narrower agricultural land makes people more creative, we can also make a hydroponic garden on the rooftop and it's very efficient.
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The idea of doing it in the rooftop is just an ideal way of growing some plants that we can harvest later on. I loved things like this about gardening tips and innovations.
thank you for stopping by @jhero22
that's absolutely true, utilizing the rest of the room in our homes for hydroponic farming is indeed the best way.
About the Pakcoys, why the first 600 pots growing more long than the second 400 pots? Is there any issue why the same plants has different old after seeding?
hello @viviehardika thank you for giving the response. There seems to be a misunderstanding in my post. I have 600 pots of pakcoy, 400 pots are still young (or you see the smallest part of the vegetables) and 200 pots are about to be harvested. That's just one vegetable that has a different planting age. I do that because I want to maintain a good harvest cycle.
Aaa alright. Might be I am missread haha
What a lot of crops you have here. In my town I knew a friend who had hydroponic crops like this one. Normally, because of the climate here you can't grow lettuce; however, he managed to grow it thanks to this hydroponic system. It is certainly an alternative to the climate problems that can occur in certain regions.
hello @gaboamc2393 thank you for stopping by
I really like that opinion, how hydroponics is a solution to the climate crisis that is happening. Moreover, the condition of the food crisis makes us have to be smarter in utilizing the remaining space for farming or other useful things.
Wow you have plenty of healthy ants.
When I read about pesticide I thought you used chemicals but I was wrong. So I must say your vegetables are healthier to eat than using chemicals.
Are they for sale?
hello @missleray thank you for stopping by
I am very happy to be able to provide interesting and informative content for my friends.
I don't use chemical peptides, it's very high-residue and can't be dangerous for humans either. I use garlic and shallots to repel pests. Next time, I will make a special post about it.
Of course I sold it, I think it is also profitable.
I'm happy that you prefer using organic. Hehe
You're welcome.☺️
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Wow, that is a very nice system you have working for all those plants. I am sure that your customers love all that healthy food. Great job!
hello @sunscape thank you for stopping by
I think so too and let's hope my customers are happy with the crop this time.
Oh my goodness, your garden is very large and well arranged. I wish to visit your garden some day
hello @chichieze thank you for stopping by
thank you, I just used the remaining space in the front of my childhood house. In the past, my mother planted a lot of flowers and didn't produce anything. Since I turned it into a vegetable garden, my mother gets fresh vegetables.
Woaooah, that's sounds so interesting. I know your mother will be happy for enjoying those vegetables