It's been a bit busy. That's also the reason, I didn't realise how time flew and along with it the nutrient for the Kratky-ed cucumber to be...courtsey geekgardener.in. Meanwhile, along came the true leaves on the cucumber sapling...and all in all, finally it fell into place, this beautiful fall morning (some words have more life than the others...fall instead of autumn, for instance). The nutrient fell into 280 litres of water and was given a whirl.
The clay pellets fell into the netted pot and the true-leaved sapling nestled into the clay pellets. This now rests a second time in the cut lid of the tank, the pot's bottom flirting gently with the nutrient rich solution beneath.
And then, a radish popped out. Literally. Now, I clearly remember having planted just a seed for the radish. Since the past few days I began to notice a sudden increase in the density of the leaves atop. And then I was taken by surprise a couple of mornings before, when I saw the white of a full-fledged radish peeping out from the coco-peat. I gingerly coaxed and this came out. God bless coco-peat, it came out with almost no effort...with no disturbance caused to the second radish, still snug under this wonder medium.
I have to admit this, there's nothing to beat the fresh-crisp-unadulterated-firm-crunch of a root /leaf/ fruit/ vegetable straight from its fount. So while the radish became salad, its leaves made a very lively dinner side-dish...with a dash of garlic and diced tomatoes. Tomatoes yet bought from the market. Soon that should change!
This part of the basil meanwhile, can't help being good-looking.
And last, but definitely not the least...something else has also flown in from the geekgardener. Neem oil. I intend to prepare its concoction tomorrow. I shall keep us posted.
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