A change agent (PMP certified project manager) who to help organisations achieve positive results and be more eco friendly. In my free time, I like to explore new places on a bike, learning about psychology (more than electrical and electronics engineering) and experimental planting. Everyday is a gift.
I’ve not had splashing success on tomatoes planting since a long time. This time round, I’ve started a few tiny Tom seeds. It’s a determined cherry variety and can grow.
8/24/2021 Tiny Tom planted typically grow to be about 12-18 inches (30-45 cm) tall
I’ve also prepared a tote for it to grow in the open, those were dead now. For those which have survived, are those start from trays.
Sweet capsicumsBake them with sauce and garlic8/9/2021 seeds are started from here “nursery”8/29/2021 20 days – transplant from seed to hydroponics bottom tier
500 g fettuccine or angel hair pasta (cooked and drained)
100 g kale (non standard)
Super kale 4.58 per 100 g, usa organic kale $6.10 per 100 g, , organic home grown kale – priceless
Description
Spaghetti aglio e olio is a traditional Italian pasta dish from Naples. It is a typical dish of Neapolitan cuisine and is widely popular because it is simple to prepare and makes use of inexpensive, readily-available ingredients. Wikipedia
Procedure
Cook the spaghetti per instruction for 10 minutes without need to drain
Meanwhile add in finely chopped garlic (4 clove) with olive oil into pan
Dump In shrimps and let them swim in the pool of sizzling garlicky olive oil
Blend the Ingredients well and remove the shrimp from the pan.
Taiwan white Bayam grows pretty fast. And some of my kale 🥬 grown to have bigger leaves. So I harvested a bunch of them for lunch.
Kale has bitter tastes and folks massage them to reduce the bitterness taste. “ Glucosinolates are basically a chemical compound containing sulfur and nitrogen. It’s easy to relate this compound to the cruciferous veggie family, as most of these vegetables have a sulfur smell which is also responsible for the bitter taste you get when you eat broccoli, cauliflower, and Brussels sprouts”https://nutritionstripped.com/massaged-kale-salad/
I didn’t realise it was way to grow in the Singapore hot weather. Its quite cool watching them grow up faster than my kale. That’s about it
First kale, second rocket, third Taiwan white bayam
Prepare the seeds
Currently, I sow them in rows of trays where I water them gently in the morning
Next, I transplant the seedlings to hydroponic nutrients solution and used a method call kratky to let them starte with a weak EC solution.
564us/cm 28.4C 258ppm Solution X 17-9-29, calcium 12, magnesium 3This is how the veggies look on Jul 8th right after transplanting from weak to strong EC solution. Let’s wait to see how different it look after a few days. 1596 um/cm 28.4C 809ppm
When they are big enough, I moved them to a spacious box of higher EC level.
How tall are they?
Soil
Hydroponic solutions
The soil-based plant seems larger as compared to the one in hydrophobic solution.
I’ve added fertilizers 8-8-8 for one week and then bone meal for the next. It’s a bit too much as the instruction do caution me to add once every two to three weeks.
Brand Z 8-8-8 Directions of Use: Sprinkle approximately 1 teaspoon of fertilizer onto the soil of small potted plants (1-2 tablespoons for large pots, 2-4 tablespoons for trees) once every 2-3 weeks, water immediately after to start absorption by the plants.
Zen’s garden 