Planting seeds – Come Join Me!
From: Phyllis Davis, Co-Inventor, Portable Farms(TM) Aquaponics Systems and President, Portable Farms, Inc. Call me! 858-750-2053
Friends:
Above, I’ve posted a photo I took this afternoon of the inert planting pots I wrote about yesterday. I planted these 30 seeds in about 10 minutes, compared to the hour it would have taken me with the peat pots which require preparation, planting and lots of clean up. For these 30 plants, I planted 10 seeds of India mustard, 10 mulit-colored Swiss chard, 5 butterhead lettuce and 5 bib lettuce (what can I say, we enjoy our salads). I’ve put my seeds on a heating mat for four days and nights to germinate, then I’ll place them NEAR (no direct sunlight) a sunny window during the day for a week but back on their heat mats at night. I expect they will all be ready planting in about 12 days depending on the seeds themselves.
The beauty of our Portable Farms(TM) Aquaponics Systems is that I can use the same section of gravel each time I harvest a head of lettuce (or anything else for that matter) because there is no soil to become depleted. The plant receives fresh nutrients and warm water several times a day when the water comes through the gravel grow table so the plants can absorb it (or not, if they’re not hungry or thirsty), and then the plants have a chance to let their roots dry again so the won’t drown. So, if it takes a head of lettuce, let’s say 40 days, to bring to harvest size, I can use that same few inches of gravel nine times that year to continually raise new plants. Now, that’s food security.
Spring is near my friends. Just keep moving and remember that clarity is the most powerful tool there is for change.
Your friend,
Phyllis Davis