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[daveb]

Haha oh no! A "failure" due to it thriving so well, haha. Good on ya mate.

lol ya well i should have thought ahead and done my original plan to just start the tomatoes there then move them ha ha ha ooops, and compounded with leg its making it rough to bend down to the channel and reach in so need to do one of two thing raise them so i can putter around while standing or lower them so proper level while slide a kitchen chair over and sit to work in beds, its too deep front to back to work easy for me with leg now. so a minor revision coming. go from growing too slow to too much i cant get a happy medium this time

 

[Mandy Onderwater]

I think I'd take growing too much over too slow. Can always cut down the excess, but can't stretch the lack.

 

[daveb]

other thing i am doing is just snapping leafs off as i do a salad instead of full cut and watching how it progresses. i am noticing a higher lvl of water use but also its been extreme burst of growth, last week i have had a couple salads a day and yesterday snapped off a bunch for neighbor enough for about 4 salads, The suggested amount is 4 oz of lettuce per salad with other vegetables also in it but just lettuce herbs and the dressing i do 6 oz. . Also been using lettuce in sandwiches so this time I am growing less then the normal amount i set herbs and tomatoes into this same bed so slightly more then half the normal amount of lettuces but still way more then i need.

 

[daveb]

ok so like i was saying it went from growing slow and then got out of control. from channels to the light panel it 13.5 inches ( 34cm ). i was pollinating tomatoes more just a few minutes ago. also you can see how i am taking leafs now off lettuce to harvest for salad but i need to cut them back more they herbs in the back and getting over run ...... yes the back channel is all herbs ha ha ha not that they can be seen. plus noticing lowest leafs on the lettuce getting shaded out

 

[Mandy Onderwater]

Wowza! They look amazing though!

 

[daveb]

i surrender lol i cant keep up with lettuce now that it got a good foot hold lol, and tomatoes are showing nice starts lights are at 19 inches up i think i have to measure

 

[Mandy Onderwater]

They look amazing

 

[daveb]

so was in again today pollinating and they ones forming have gotten much more pronounced growth

rear plant, looking under leafs of front plant , and overall to the tomatoes in the corner of bed