This week we learned how to plant Microgreens. Week started seedlings. Trays should be close sided and open bottomed. Place a paper towel on the bottom of tray. Sift the soil because the seeds are so small, they will grow better if soil is sifted. Seed spacing is important. Place trays inside were they will get a lot of sunlight. They don't need very much water. You will know that they are ready if you peel up paper towel and the roots don't come up. It takes 1-3days to germinate and they will be ready to eat within 7-10days. When they are ready just trim the tops and eat, leaving the roots so they can keep growing for future harvesting. Microgreens are great for trace minerals. A good book to get is Microgreens the Guide to Growing Nutrient Packed Greens by Eric Franks and Jasmine Richardson.
Hon Tsai Tai known as Asian Broccoli with flowers. You can eat the flowers also. Greens were very tasty.
One of the plants had Apids (mites) on it as you can see here. Apids are a sign of stress. We trimmed the plant down so hopefully the Apids won't spread.
I found out that the cover crops pictured last week are Clover. Clover is great for replenishing the nitrogen in the soil. Pictured here are Clover growing with lettuce. Lettuce are growing well, very health.When we left we cover beds up again because the weather still called for frost. Later in the week forecast shows temperature warming up with a lot of rain. I anxious to see how well everything is growing next week. Check out my blog next week for more.
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