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Comment by Sheri Schmeckpeper on August 28, 2013 at 3:49pm

Greetings and Felicitations, Friends! I'm back from an unintentional hiatus. All's well in Schmeckpeper Land, but there are only 24 hours in each day, and that presents problems sometimes. :)  I hope everyone has survived the worst of the summer months. It sure can drag on!

I think I'd have to go back about 25 pages to get caught up, so I'm just jumping in on page 1.

I just cleaned out our system for fall. I'm leaving the strawberry bed, so we're only working with one media bed and one floating bed. I'll be growing the big things in the soil garden and smaller, faster crops in the AP this season. I'm in process of convert the small duckweed trays back to media trays to serve as sprouting trays. Beyond that, time's been spent in the business, prepping the soil garden for canning crops, playing with cows and laughing at the new guinea fowl we now have. And soon we'll ad a couple pea fowl. Should be interesting!

Jim Troyer, what am I supposed to do with this flower? It's huge! ;)

Comment by John Malone on August 28, 2013 at 3:24pm

Cutting propagation

This is how I propagate cuttings.  In this location under the water outlet I rarely have a failure.  It's just magic. 

Dill cutting at 4 days (from the kitchen fridge)

Comment by John Malone on August 28, 2013 at 3:22pm

Seeds : growing fast

I recently stated that I prefer to grow things from seed.  This is why!

Summer Squash at 10 days

Cucumber at 4 days

Beans (pole) at 4 days

I am very, very happy with this.   I didn't get a great germination rate on the zucchini, and they're a bit slower out of the ground, but it'll be good enough.  I always plant 2-3 seeds per pot, just to be sure.  Looks like I've got some thinning to do with the squash and cucumber. 

Comment by Chris George on August 27, 2013 at 8:20pm

Thanks for the info Mark!  Not sure I can visualize the seedling trough you described....will take another look at your photos.  That is a 'big' greenhouse, lucky you!

Comment by Dr. George B. Brooks, Jr. on August 27, 2013 at 7:17pm

Hi Aaron (Great last name by the way). Buttercrunch is a common seed depending on time of year. I find them at Baker's nursery in Phoenix or Home Grown Hydropoincs in Tempe.

Comment by Mark Bogart on August 27, 2013 at 4:04pm

Oh and the actual greenhouse is 30' X 30'.

Comment by Mark Bogart on August 27, 2013 at 3:40pm

George the gravel beds are 192 SF and the raft is 288 SF.. And Chris it's not a wall. I wanted to have a shallow trough to start seedlings and to grow micro greens, so we built a 6' X 24' shallow raft for lack of a better description. The water is only about 1/2" to 3/4" deep, just enough to keep the tops of the net pots damp. So we are able to use that space and hold seedlings there until space opens up below. We will start again this week or next planting about 60 lettuce a week along with arugula and other leafy greens. They go about three weeks in seedling tray then go another 4 weeks or so depending on conditions. That way eventually whatever you plant every week is what you harvest 6 or 7 weeks down the line. Obviously cuc's and tomatoes and such, go in the gravel and are occasionally replaced as needed.

Comment by Aaron Brooks on August 27, 2013 at 3:29pm

Thanks for the reply. I will try to pick up some seeds today. Is the buttercrunch a common seed, or do I need to get it online?

I will make a trip to Lowes and see what is available.

Comment by Chris George on August 27, 2013 at 2:32pm

Nice setup Mark!!!!  Great pictures on Facebook, too!  That is one 'big' greenhouse, what are the dimensions?  And, what was your reasoning behind installing walls every so often down the DWR beds instead of having one long open trough run?

Comment by Dr. George B. Brooks, Jr. on August 27, 2013 at 2:21pm

Hey Mark. How many square feet of grow bed?

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