I am using it to start seeds that I could not get to sprout planted directly in the garden. I am using it with his coconut coir. Right now I have 5 varieties of tomato and basil. The slowest to sprout have been the Everglades Wild Tomato seeds that I planted. After 10 days they are just starting to come up. Everthing else popped up in 3-5 days.
Seedlings will go into instagrow bags, and some will go into a raised bed that is still waiting to be planted.
I planted 4 of the everglades wild tomato seed directly in the garden. 25 days later, they are finally sprouting. I am using Boca Bob's Instagarden watering stakes and apparently the seeds liked the extra water they gently get from the sprayer. I put one in opposite corners of my 4 foot square garden bed (two per bed) and they seem to cover the space beautifully.
I have flowers on my bush beans. Something seems to be eating the green part of the corn and leaving the veins. Whatever it is leaves tiny grey flecks on the inner stalks. What does that? I am going to have to spray them with something this evening. I have neem, and insecticidal soap. Anyone have any ideas what to do for my corn?
Bob's amazing seed starting kit
The seedlings
ok so there are only 4 types of tomatoes
Beans in flower--ok so I was silly and only planted 4. I planted another whole 4x4 foot bed with just beans thank goodness.
corn with a problem(planted with beans)
Kathy: I love Bob's starter kit and have two and have them reserved for my maters as I had no BER at all last Spring by using it and the fertilizer. Here is my suggestion, as the tomato startling gets bigger transfer it up to a larger container and keep adding coir to the container up to the bottom two leaves. I bought a bunch of 1 gallon plastic bags from Bob to do this in this next Spring, I will not fill the entire 1 gallon plastic bag with coir, just enough to put my tomato starting in, then as it grows, will continue burying the stem so to speak, which means putting coir up to the bottom to leaves, until the gallon bag is full up to the top. When that happens, I will then slit the bags down the side and transplant my tomatoes into their containers such as 5 gallon HEBS and EBs. I think the reason my tomatoes did not suffer from late blight or BER is that I had them planted in coconut coir, used Bob's fertilizer and buried the stem. My main stems on my tomato plants were about as thick as my arm when I was done, making for strong and healthy tomato plants.
With Bob's fertilizer you need only add epsom salt to it and you have the perfect combination of minerals, nutrients and all for the tomatoes, make sure you add dolomite lime to your coconut coir. I had mine tested after I used it last Spring/Summer for tomatoes at the UFL extenstion group and here is what mine tested in PH - 6.49, now my new Jungle Grow for hanging baskets unused tested in PH - 5.76. We have a guy at the extension group that uses coconut coir and perlite successfully and they also gave me a article which might be of benefit to those using coconut coir: www.progressive-growth.com/article/cococoir.php
Sorry, here is the link if the above doesn't work for you: www.progressive-growth.com/article-coco-coir.php. The author is Erik Biska
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This message was edited Oct 27, 2009 12:26 PM
Kathy, any new updates? Nothing's happening in my garden so I have to live through some of you.
Thanks!