A MID-OCTOBER FARM REPORT

2022-10-14

As of this date, I have SIX Smart Garden-3s, FOUR AeroGarden Harvests with Aerovoir reservoirs, TWO iDOO 12-pod gardens, ONE iDOO bucket, THREE Amber 32-ounce Mason Jars with Kratky adapters, and THREE clear 16-ounce Mason Jars with Kratky adapters covered with Neoprene Sleeves. The Mason Jars are served by some combination of separate grow lights, including two bars and two types of halos. Over half my equipment came directly from Click & Grow or AeroGarden or from Etsy. Some even came from Walmart.

Names

All my hydroponic equipment is named. I will admit that some names are just convenience.

The Click & Grow Smart Garden-3 units are collectively named, “the Smart Garden 3 x 6 Ranch” A.K.A. “the Ranch” or "the Ranches." The individual units are labeled, Ranch One through Ranch Five and Rancho Cero (Ranch Zero in Spanish.)

The AeroGarden Harvests are named Harvey[1], Harvey Too[2], Seble[3], and Teresa[4]. Each Harvest is served by a reservoir. They are named for water deities (female). respective to the Harvest they feed, they are named Shirley[5], Nancy[6], Lassy[7], and Anny[8].

The two iDOO 12-pod units are Phredd and Ethyl[9].

The iDOO 6-pod unit is Sheba[10].

The three amber Mason Jars. are Katemcy[11], Fredonia[12], and Grit[13],

Finally, the three clear 16-oz. wide mouth Mason Jars wearing neoprene covers are Castor[14], Lowell[15], and Jenny of New Jarsey[16].

Inventory

Inventory falls into broad categories - what seed pods are planted where and what seed pods are available to plant. A third category might be what seed pods are on order, and a fourth might be what hardware is there. I'll start with what's planted and where, using the same list as above.

The Click & Grow Smart Garden-3 Template

Ranchero Cero: [Freshly cleaned]

1. Click & Grow Red Sweet Pepper plants, not in blossom yet.

2. Empty. Covered

3. Click & Grow Red Sweet Pepper plants, not in blossom yet.

Ranch One:

1. Some kinda plant in blossom, no fruit.

2. Empty. Covered

3. Empty. Covered

Ranch Two:

1. Jalapeno plant in fruit, several ripe peppers harvested

2. Empty. Covered

3. Mini Tomato plant in fruit, two of ten ripening to red.

Ranch Three:

1. Basil Plant, freshly planted, not germinated under the dome yet.

2. Empty. Covered

3. Basil Plant under dome, not germinated yet

Ranch Four:

1. A tomato plant, no blossoms.

2. Empty. Covered

3. Basil Plant under dome, not germinated yet

Ranch Five:

1. One Yellow Sweet Pepper plant bearing fruit. Ripe ones have been harvested.

2. Empty. Covered

3. Empty. Covered

The AeroGarden Harvest Template

Harvey:

1. A prolific Red Fire Pepper plants bearing many peppers in various stages of ripening. Many have been harvested already.

2. Empty. Covered

3. Empty. Covered

4. Empty. Covered

5. Empty. Covered

6. A prolific Red Fire Pepper plants bearing many peppers in various stages of ripening. Many have been harvested already.

Harvey Too:

1. Romaine Lettuce

2. Romaine Lettuce

3. Romaine Lettuce

4. Empty. Covered

5. Empty. Covered

6. Sweet Pepper, germinated.

Seble:

1. Romaine Lettuce

2. Romaine Lettuce

3. Empty. Covered

4. Empty. Covered

5. Romaine Lettuce

6. Romaine Lettuce

Teresa:

1. Baby Greens

2. Arugula

3. Romaine Lettuce

4. Salad Greens

5. Swiss Chard

6. Salad Greens

The iDOO 12-pod Template

Ethyl:

1. Empty. Covered

2. Romaine Lettuce 2 inches tall

3. Empty. Covered

4. Romaine Lettuce 2 inches tall

5. Romaine Lettuce 2 inches tall

6. Empty. Covered

7. Romaine Lettuce 2 inches tall

8. Empty. Covered

9. Empty. Covered

10. Romaine Lettuce 2 inches tall

11. Romaine Lettuce under dome 2022-10-01

12. Empty. Covered

Phredd:

1. Salad Greens, not germinated, under dome.

2. Salad Greens, not germinated, under dome.

3. Empty. Covered

4. Empty. Covered

5. Salad Greens, germinated

6. Salad Greens, germinated

7. Empty. Covered

8. Heirloom Cherry Tomato Plant

9. Salad Greens, germinated

10. Salad Greens, germinated

11. Salad Greens, germinated

12. Empty. Covered

2022-10-21 Update

A third iDOO 12-pod unit will be arriving tomorrow. There will be some rearranging. In the course of cleaning, the tops of Phredd and Ethyl were switched. If I can figure a way, I'll switch them back. I think the third unit's name will be Lucy.

Sheba: (No template) One Heirloom Cherry Tomato Plant, under three inches. Sheba was emptied, washed with bleach, and recommissioned with distilled water and 3 mL of nutrients.

The Wide-Mouth Mason Jar Kratky Template

Grit: AeroGarden Mini Jalapeño, 4 inches tall with new growth. Rescued from a green slime incident in the Harvests.

Katemcy: Click & Grow Wild Strawberry, germinated. lit by light bars

Fredonia.: AeroGarden Romaine Lettuce 4" tall. Lit by halo.

Lowell: AeroGarden Marvel of the 4 Seasons, just installed. Lit by halo.

Castor AeroGarden Romaine Lettuce not germinated. Lit by halo.

Jenny of New Jarsey: AeroGarden Genovese Basil nearly 4 inches tall. Lit by halo.

The next category is what's available to plant:

• Click & Grow Romaine Lettuce, 1 seed pod

• Click & Grow Red Romaine Lettuce, 3 seed pods

• Click & Grow Red Sweet Pepper, 4 seed pods

• Click & Grow Yellow Sweet Pepper, 3 seed pods

• Click & Grow Chili Pepper, 2 seed pods

• Click & Grow Yellow Tomato, 2 seed pod

• Click & Grow Chives, 3 seed pods

• Click & Grow Basil, 15 seed pods

• AeroGarden Romaine Lettuce, 26 seed pods

• AeroGarden Salad Greens, 18 seed pods

• AeroGarden Marvel of the 4 Seasons, 9 seed pods

• AeroGarden Heirloom Cherry Tomatoes, 10 seed pods

• AeroGarden Golden Harvest Tomatoes, 4 seed pods

• AeroGarden Pablano Pepper, 1 seed pods

• AeroGarden Bell Pepper, 1 seed pods

• AeroGarden Mega Cherry Tomato, 1 seed pods

• AeroGarden Italian Parsley, 1 seed pods

• AeroGarden Gourmet Herb Pouch, 2 pouches of 6 seed pods each

• loose seeds, 4 packets of various tomato seeds

Hardware:

• Spare Sponges suitable for Click & Grow, bring your own seeds, 2 each

• Spare Sponges suitable for AeroGarden AND/OR iDOO, bring your own seeds, 120 each

• Spare Seed baskets suitable for Click & Grow, 13 each

• Spare Seed baskets suitable for AeroGarden only, bring your own sponge/seeds, 13 each

• Spare Seed baskets suitable for AeroGarden AND/OR iDOO, bring your own sponge/seeds, 13 each

• Spare Click & Grow Hothouse domes, 16 each

• Spare iDOO Hothouse domes, 15 each

• Spare AeroGarden Hothouse Domes (fits iDOO, too), 200 each (every seed pod kit comes with 1 per seed pod, plus a bottle of nutrients)

• iDOO cactus pod covers, 20 each

• iDOO regular pod covers, 15 each

• AeroGarden pod covers, 50 each

• Green Onion Seed Baskets, 12 each

• Scallion Seed Baskets, 3 each

• Flexible Pod Covers, 40 each, for surrounding plants to keep light off the sponge.

• 10 16-oz clear Mason Jars with neoprene covers

• 9 32-oz amber Mason Jars

• Other stuff, lots and lots. (Thermometers, pH meters, conductivity meters, remote temperature detectors, fast-reading meat thermometers... stuff.)

• 10 Etsy Kratky Wide Mouth Mason Jar AeroGarden Adapter as shown in the template

• 4 Etsy Kratky Wide Mouth Mason Jar 2" Basket Adapter

• 3 Etsy 2" Basket Adapters for Smart Garden-3s

• NEW 3 Etsy Kratky Wide Mouth Mason Jar AeroGarden Adapter with air bubbler.

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1. Harvey is short for Harvest

2. Harvey Too is a play on Harvey the second and Harvey also

3. Seble is a female Eastern African, Amharic name that means Harvest

4. Teresa in numerous languages, also means Harvest

5. Lassy is from Thalassa- primeval spirit of the sea. She was a consort of Pontus and together they presided over the seas.

6. Nancy is from Naiad. In Greek mythology, the naiads are a type of female spirit, or nymph, presiding over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of fresh water.

7. Shirley is short for Chalchiuhtlicue ("She of the Jade Skirt"), an Aztec deity of water, rivers, seas, streams, storms, and baptism.

8. Anny is for Anuket, the ancient Egyptian goddess of the cataracts of the Nile and Lower Nubia in general, worshipped especially at Elephantine near the First Cataract

9. Named for Fred and Ethel or The Mertzes, a married couple on I Love Lucy television show. It says iDOO on the water container - they must be married.

10. It is far easier to refer to Sheba the She-bucket than to the "iDOO 2-in-1 Hydroponics & Soil Growing System, 6 Pods Hydro Indoor Herb Garden Up to 13.8", Plants Germination Kit with LED Grow Lights, Automatic Timer for Kitchen, Countertop, Home." That is just too weird, and way too long.

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