My Urban RGGS Container Garden

[luigiwu]

Hiya Mr.Salvage. Sorry I didn't see this sooner. The piping is actually just electrical conduit. 1/2in dia? I dress each container at the beginning of the season with a cup of 10-10-10 as a perimeter, adding CaNi weekly. And then towards the end, I'll supplement with Masterblend fert. added to the rainbarrel. The plumbing for this system is so easy and awesome! I highly recommend!

[Barb_FL]

Originally Posted by luigiwu

....I dress each container at the beginning of the season with a cup of 10-10-10 as a perimeter, adding CaNi weekly. And then towards the end, I'll supplement with Masterblend fert. added to the rainbarrel. The plumbing for this system is so easy and awesome! I highly recommend!

You will definitely have to keep us posted. You didn't use Masterblend last year, did you? What did you use in 2015?

Your 2015 garden was awesome.

So when you use Masterblend / or what you used last year, do they get fed everytime you water?

[luigiwu]

Thanks Barb! I checked my notes, I planted out 5/17. I started using Masterblend in the rainbarrels on 8/21. Everything is hooked up to get water from two rainbarrels. So I directly put Masterblend into the rainbarrels from 8/21 forward. I think we dismantled the garden near the end of October/beginning of Nov?

[PureHarvest]

So Luigi, you don't add calcium nitrate or MgSulfate to the Masterblend to make the full recipe?
If not, have you ever considered trying it?
You can get small packages of CaNitrate online for pretty cheap. And obviously you can pick up some Epsom salt at your local pharmacy.

[luigiwu]

Pure, Yes, I believe I do put epsom salt, CaNI with the Masterblend but I'll need to check my notes. Its been a while!

[luigiwu]

Here are pictures from 2016 - it looks more or less the same because I didn't change anything. My memory is probably faulty but I'm surprised by how much growth there is out there as I started my seeds much later than in years past.
I am betting on Chernov to be the first ready tomato this season - it has quite the head start over others. I had started out only wanting to plant dwarfs this year but of course, other tomatoes caught my wandering eyes. The two huge ones at the end are Alice's Egypt and Lucid Gem. Lucid Gem is quite the monster. I've just spend the weekend pruning each one to 3 main stems. I'm not a good pruning. I need to get a better understanding of which ones to keep/cut.
I'm planting Snows and Muncher cukes this year - they are looking pretty good already but some of their leaves are not looking too hot... Wish I had more pollinators - our patch of self-seeding sunflowers didn't realy come back this year.
There is one lone green pepper that is quite large. I planted YOLO and King of the North and I don't think its either of them???
Some Serrano and Malabar spinach action!

[ricman]

Looking great Luigiwu....way to rock the RGGS.

Rick

[rockman]

Great watering sys. One of the best organized patio gardens. Beautiful healthy plants and still you take time for flowers. Rockman

[Barb_FL]

Thanks for updating this year. Two things I never noticed from last year is the giant air holes at the bottom of the buckets and that you don't cover the top.

Your garden looks beautiful. Everything is so healthy looking.

Do you like the taste of the Malabar spinach?

[NewWestGardener]

Wow, very nice job! That is a highly productive garden for the space you have there!

[nancyruhl]

Looking great, but again. Love the urban vegetable forest look. Still gives me a thrill to see gardens grow where there is no "garden".

[efisakov]

Gorgeous garden! Keep on posting pictures. Nice looking cukes. Wonder how they taste and if they turn bitter during hot temps.

[luigiwu]

Thanks Barb, I do usually cover the top, I just couldn't muster up the energy this year... I haven't tried the malabar spinach yet, was waiting until it got more established but maybe I should this weekend. Is it basically one vine that just keeps growing growing growing? or does it branch out?
As for the holes on the bottom, they are for air-pruning but I am not sure I've ever been careful enough in the study of how it compares to my buckets without holes...

Originally Posted by Barb_FL

Thanks for updating this year. Two things I never noticed from last year is the giant air holes at the bottom of the buckets and that you don't cover the top.

Your garden looks beautiful. Everything is so healthy looking.

Do you like the taste of the Malabar spinach?

[sdambr]

Luigiwu, Amazing! Your garden looks great. Your plants are so far along already, mine are just starting to flower, and only 1 tomato plant set fruit (sun gold f1).

[Gerardo]

Cuke city. Very nice, on all fronts.