Report on the Ladies garden & Tunnels
The Ladies garden was planted on the 9th June
2014 with beetroot. The whole garden was planted, except the parts that do not
have sprinklers. This was planted with cabbage. Most of the seed have germinated.
The beetroot in the ladies garden is facing insects, eating the leaves. The cabbages
are not troubled by insects.
The tunnels are also planted on the 9th of June
2014 and most of the seed germinated, looking good. The planting bags in the
tunnels are full of beetroot. The leaves look green and growing fast. For the
planting bags which did not germinate during the first round, we replanted, until
all of them had plants.
Difference
All the beetroots in the ladies garden and that in the
tunnels were planted on the same date with same variety of seed, but if you
look at the pictures of the beetroot in the ladies garden and those in the
tunnels, there is a big difference. The beetroot in the ladies garden are very
small at 3 weeks and not so green. The ladies garden is receiving water every
day from the sprinklers, from 6 o'clock until 11 o'clock in the morning and
again from 2 o'clock in the afternoon until 6 o'clock. The leaves are not so developed
and they grow very slow.
The beetroot in the tunnels look very much different from
that in the ladies garden. They are green and they are much bigger. If you look
at the pictures there is a big different in size and leaves. Comparing the
sizes was a big surprise. The tunnels are receiving water once per day, mixed with
hydroponic fertilizer. Even though the beetroot in the ladies garden and the
tunnels was planted on the same day, it will not be harvested on same date, due
to the difference in growth. The plants in the tunnels are performing much
better than that in the open garden.
Please see the pictures below.
