by Andrew Dodd
Snap Peas, Basil, and Lettuce Pictures
3:38 pm in Completed Window Farms, Nutrients, posts with pitcures!, Projects in Process by Andrew Dodd
Just thought I’d share some pictures of my farm’s progress. You can see in the last picture that the snap peas and lettuce didn’t appreciate the pure fish tank water after having the nutrient solution. I switched back to nutrient solution and everything is fine now. Made two large salads last week after harvesting some lettuce and it was delicious. 
Thanks for the pics ! I’m in the process of fabricating my first vertical hydro system right now. It’s encouraging to see how things wil get in a couple weeks. Great job,
keep on growin’
! Guillaume
Looking awesome.
Thanks a lot for your pictures ! I’m always eager to take a look at more mature windowfarms. I’m starting to wonder, by the way, how vegetables will make their life cycle in an environment like this. For instance, how long peas will produce fruits without the hot summer days to put an end to their yielding. Or the cherry tomatoes. Here, outside, it’s simple : they usually produce until the cold nights make them slow down or until the first killing frost. But inside ? So much mysteries !
For the pea in the bottom picture, you attributed the browning to the changing of the nutrient. My peas had done the same type of thing. They get pale and dry out. Of my three peas that I planted, only one is still alive. It seemed like once they started to go, is was too late to try and help them. Can you give us an update in a few weeks and let me know if they fully recovered. Anyone have more experience with peas?
I’m not sure, because my last bunch of peas outside in the garden were harvested, let’s see… 14 years ago ! But to the best of my recollection, they always did this in July, which did not prevent them to give me a good springtime yield. I assumed that the growing summer heat induced this reaction.
I checked on internet and found an old book you can consult on line. They talk about different sorts of fungi that can attack pea plants and infect the next generation of seeds when they reach the pea pods.
Here’s the link :
http://www.archive.org/details/peaspeaculturep00seve
Beautiful pictures!
@louisefromquebec Thanks for the link to that book.
Thanks everyone for all the comments!
@Guillaume: Yeah with lots of trial and error in the beginning, it’s amazing how fast everything has grown. Good luck with your farm!
@Louis Dalpe Lavertu: I’m not sure when or if the peas will stop flowering. It seems that their vertical growth has halted somewhat with all of the pod producing they have been doing recently. It will be interesting to find out!
@Tony: So far, the peas have been doing much better and the decay on the lettuce has been replaced with healthy looking green now that the nutrients are back in the cycle. The brown on the peas appears to have halted about 1/4 of the way up the plants. Hopefully it will stay there.
@adodd87f, Just a note on using this goofy web site, everyone has a name and a unique identifier and they may or may not be the same. Use the unique identifier in the messages. So for example, mine is really @ajinil . Click on people’s picture or name and you will see it.