Evelyn’s Twigs, Thyme and Stranger Things Garden journal Entry 01/26/2025

 Today, January 26, 2025, I seeded some more ‘Tiny Tim’ tomatoes, so that we would have more this coming spring. The four older plants are still doing well, and although, they took four months to mature and are still putting out more tomatoes, they will not last forever. They look a little ragged, because I trimmed back the heavy leaf growth. We have been eating them with in casseroles and salads.  The Parris Island Romaine lettuce is tasty like regular romaine. 

Last night, I added four regular strawberry plants to one of the other systems. The expert say it is better to buy them, and then put them in the hydroponic system after removing the soil. They looked a little limped after I did this, but today they have perked up. I also have some hybrid cucumber seeds that I will try. They are the small variety used in most countertop hydroponic systems.

Keep in mind, I clean these hydroponic systems once a month, but filter the water in them more frequently, as the water and the liquid nutrients are the plants only source of food, which gets used up quickly depending on the plants needs. Therefore, and remember this, I know if there are problems.

Finally, if you have been following this journal, you know I rooted my ‘Angel Begonia’ in one of the hydroponic systems, because it had become too leggy. The photo below shows how well it is doing now. I also intend to germinate some flowers for spring as well.

Evelyn’s Twigs, Thyme and Stranger Things Garden journal entry 01/11/2025

 No entries were written in December 2024, because I wanted the plants to grow more before posting a new entry online. I would say that my experience with Hydroponic indoor gardening to date is successful with very little hiccups.

The plants are as listed below, not in order:

Patio Baby Eggplant
 

Alpine Red Strawberry

Tiny Tim Tomato

Lemon Thyme

Spearmint, Salad Bowl leaf lettuce on 2nd row

 

Tangerine Dream Sweet Pepper

Young Parris island romaine lettuce

 
Green onions/scallions

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In addition, there are various herbs seeds planted. However they just beginning to spouted and are to see of camera. The store green onions were bought on October 30, 2024 and are still growing. One the leaves is budding; however, I will remove, so that it will not flower.

The lettuce in the larger planter is ragged, because we eat regularly for salad and BLTs sandwiches. While the Spearmint plants are regular trimmed and made into tea and my favorite summer evening drink, mint julep to keep the plant in control.

All in all my experience is successful.