DIY Grow Light Center Plants Update

 Hello, Darlings

 As the above title states this is an update off the progress of the plants growing under my DIY Grow light center and using repurposed countertop pod boxes. 

The remains of old previous lettuce plants have all been cleaned and are ready to be eaten, and theses new plants are growing well. 

 

These scallions and broad-leaf chives have yet to reach their maturity, but I have chipped them a couple times to make egg omelets for breakfast. Added them into the egg mixture with a little salt, pepper, garlic and cayenne pepper with a side of bacon, toast and fruit side, and  you have a great yummy meal.

These are the older tomatoes that moved from a countertop hydroponic in the house, because I wanted to seed some new ones. I didn't think they survive the transplant but they are well.

Before the transplant

The above Roma tomato plant is the one I stated in a hydroponic system; it had growing so fast and tall that I transplants in this pot. I did,n't think it would live, but it did, so I might repeat the process with several more seeds and then after they germinates plant them all in a larger pot.

 The long view of the pods. I put cardboard between them because the larger plants, the lettuce and the tomatoes plants were crowding out the scallions and chives. In addition to the card board, I added a couple of 1.4ft T8 led grow lights; because I discovered that when I raised the 4ft T8 center lights, the seedlings below had less light to grow. By adding the 1.4ft lights on to the pipe at its original 7inch height, the seedlings have enough light to continue to grow healthy. In addition, you can see that the blackout curtains are closed. This is due to the fact that one afternoon this Florida heatwave had the sunroom's temperature at 97 degrees. I am now keeping the the curtains closed with the portable ac running at 75 degrees and two oscillating fans running at opposites ends of the run. The sunroom door also kept open. Doing all this stabilizes the sunroom's temperature at 80 to 82 degrees by 4PM each day. So farm the plants love it. 

 

This Polka Dot plant was one of many gifts given to workers where my husband works. It happened to be a special event day a month ago. This Polka Dot plant started out 3 to 4 inches tall in a 4 inch pot, but I re-potted two days ago, because it has grown so fast just sitting beside DIY Grow light center.  

One finally photo. I brought in my Rose Of Sharon plant and placed behind the fountain of Malawi and Kamuzu.