At my current location, animals (mostly groundhogs) have eaten everything I have grown other than peppers.
The groundhogs dug under the fence I put up in 2021 and ate my tomatoes. This year I have put a fence up on the patio, where they can’t dig under. This is a fence from Amazon advertised for use with pet dogs. This fence should be high enough to keep the groundhogs and raccoons out. Deer could easily jump this new fence, but I am hoping they will be discouraged by the narrow claustrophobic space.
I am trying hydroponic growing this year for the first time. I purchased a Mr Stacky hydroponic system, and also components for Bato buckets. The Mr Stacky will be for herbs. Bato buckets for tomatoes and peppers. Most of my peppers will be in pots filled with Miracle gro potting mix, outside of the fence, since nothing wants to eat them anyway.
I was hoping to use the Mr Stacky in my grow tent this winter, but I couldn’t get the lighting the way I wanted it. My seedlings were growing leggy, so I removed the Mr Stacky to keep it from blocking any light. I will save the Mr Stacky for outside.
I am planning on 10 Bato buckets inside my fence, growing 4-5 tomato plants and 5-6 pepper plants. I still need to assemble a table and trellis netting for the Bato buckets.
The groundhogs dug under the fence I put up in 2021 and ate my tomatoes. This year I have put a fence up on the patio, where they can’t dig under. This is a fence from Amazon advertised for use with pet dogs. This fence should be high enough to keep the groundhogs and raccoons out. Deer could easily jump this new fence, but I am hoping they will be discouraged by the narrow claustrophobic space.
I am trying hydroponic growing this year for the first time. I purchased a Mr Stacky hydroponic system, and also components for Bato buckets. The Mr Stacky will be for herbs. Bato buckets for tomatoes and peppers. Most of my peppers will be in pots filled with Miracle gro potting mix, outside of the fence, since nothing wants to eat them anyway.
I was hoping to use the Mr Stacky in my grow tent this winter, but I couldn’t get the lighting the way I wanted it. My seedlings were growing leggy, so I removed the Mr Stacky to keep it from blocking any light. I will save the Mr Stacky for outside.
I am planning on 10 Bato buckets inside my fence, growing 4-5 tomato plants and 5-6 pepper plants. I still need to assemble a table and trellis netting for the Bato buckets.