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Another batch nearly ready to eat. I like the taste of these and they’re supposed to be very good for you. So easy to grow as well.

Thanks. I’ll have a read. I did have some of this media many years ago, I may even have some left somewhere.

Update. This seems to be working much better. Hard to be exact at the moment but it seems to have transferred about 2ml of water in about 12 hours which is much better. I can obviously increase the rate buy adding more strings.

A second attempt with much thinner cotton cord.

Yes, the cord proved to be too large and did indeed over water. Plan A2 is to try some much thinner cord. I’m still waiting for supplies for plan B, a drip system. 😉

Maybe an experiment when I get a minute. :lol:

This is one of the ideas I’ve seen. https://www.gardening4joy.com/diy-wick-watering-system/

I’ve forgotten to water a couple of my plants recently and one of them didn’t recover from drying out. One of them in particular gets through a lot of water. I have been contemplating using either a wicking system or possibly a drip feed. Anyone else use anything other than standing the pot in a...

Thanks for that. I don’t need anything quite that large but food for thought!

You misunderstand, they are all eaten at the sprouting stage. Grown indoors so no problem with pests etc

Have any of you tried using Aquarium light units for growing sprouts like Broccoli, Radish and Cress etc?

Yes, we get little flies on the herbs on our kitchen windowsill. Mostly on the Basil for some reason.

Anyone on here growing salad leaves or herbs indoors? Apparently any old fluorescent tube will do the job.

They had a Mulberry where I used to work. The fruits really stain your fingers.

I've made a note of that Darren, thanks. I'd like to see the Hosta collection Prince Charles has as well.

Just collected some seed from my Hosta's. I normally just divide them to get new plants as they don't grow true from seed but I thought it would be interesting to see what I get - if anything. :lol: You never know, something nice may come up!

Not heard of those pellets, let me know what they are just in case!

Not sure, but I split one of the ones in the garden and potted it a while ago which I think may be an Elegans. It's the one in front row in the terracotta coloured pot. The parent plant is really quite large, biggest Hosta in the garden.

No, slug pellets are nasty things for wildlife so we don't use anything like that in the garden. The Hosta's planted in the garden sometimes get a bit knibbled but the potted ones generally fair better. We encourage lots of birds to our garden and seeded a new pond with frogs spawn some years...

All my potted Hosta's have come out now :D