So I've decided to pair my love of all things spicy with my total hack gardening knowledge and glog the results. It's your time to waste...
I acquired 2 earthboxes from a garage sale awhile back for pennies on the dollar and elected to put them to use on this project. The plants were all provided to me absolutely gratis by the supremely awesome and overwhelmingly generous KingLeerUK, known hither and yon on this very site. The dude drove out to my house in the pouring rain to give me free plants. He is the man.
The victims:
The operating theater:
Homemade compost tea for after the transfer:
And the results:
Since I have run up against my 5 image limit, I'll spare you an additional post featuring the other box - you can use your imagination. These guys were a little small to be transplanting, but I think they are going to be okay. I performed this operation on Tuesday and they seem to have taken root just fine. I will update this as they progress. I also built a homemade earthbox for the other 3 that KingLeerUK gave me, but I'm going to put that in a separate thread showing the build process. I'll edit this post with a link to that thread once I finish it.
Thank you so much KingLeerUK for the starter plants! I hope to do right by 'em!
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I have completed my promised DIY Earthbox thread featuring the planting of the remaining 3 peppers. If you are just swimming in free time feel free to check it out:
http://thehotpepper.com/topic/40135-cheap-diy-earthbox/
I acquired 2 earthboxes from a garage sale awhile back for pennies on the dollar and elected to put them to use on this project. The plants were all provided to me absolutely gratis by the supremely awesome and overwhelmingly generous KingLeerUK, known hither and yon on this very site. The dude drove out to my house in the pouring rain to give me free plants. He is the man.
The victims:
The operating theater:
Homemade compost tea for after the transfer:
And the results:
Since I have run up against my 5 image limit, I'll spare you an additional post featuring the other box - you can use your imagination. These guys were a little small to be transplanting, but I think they are going to be okay. I performed this operation on Tuesday and they seem to have taken root just fine. I will update this as they progress. I also built a homemade earthbox for the other 3 that KingLeerUK gave me, but I'm going to put that in a separate thread showing the build process. I'll edit this post with a link to that thread once I finish it.
Thank you so much KingLeerUK for the starter plants! I hope to do right by 'em!
------------------------------------------ EDIT ------------------------------------------------
I have completed my promised DIY Earthbox thread featuring the planting of the remaining 3 peppers. If you are just swimming in free time feel free to check it out:
http://thehotpepper.com/topic/40135-cheap-diy-earthbox/
