Terminated (5/17/19) ~ Wanna Easter Egg(s) (1/11/19)

[Shawn]

Today I started the Easter Egg Plant.

Machine:  Harvest (can be moved IF needed)

Pods:       two Park Sponges

Seeds:     Park Seed (2 per pod)

Nutes:     3ml to start

I planted two pods IN CASE one does not come up.  I can always transplant or terminate the other if needed.

This project reminds me of the Bugs Bunny Cartoon.  Here is the cartoon (1min and 24sec long): 

@cornne , if you want this to be a GAL I can move my thread, otherwise we can just grow along with each other in our own gardens.  Let me know.

More when (or if) something happens.

I am going to grow this in my Gal timeline because my seeds were just ordered. The Gal is custom,'choose your own', so I don;t think it would matter if you have planted now and have it as a Shawn's Garden project rather than a GAL. The Gal planting is a few weeks off yet.

[Shawn]

Looking inside the pods, both have life.  Not enough that I can get it in a picture but soon.

[Shawn]

This is a slow growing seed at least in this stage.  I can not get a clear picture as it is still in the pod. 

I am gonna heat- cheat!

I stuck 2 seeds in a paper towel to see how long it would take to germinate. These were placed in a tupperware on top of a hood and took well over a week.Today they are just starting to do something.
Sooooo....I am going to put my GAL seeds in a paper towel and start them on top of the hood and start the machine mid-week.

[Shawn]

I had planted these in the Harvest on the 11th.  They did root but I ignored the machine by my own fault.  So I planted a pod in the Harvest soon after and it rooted and is growing.

So I HAVE liftoff.  I am moving htis pod over to the harvest later today. 

I also think that the machine being in the coldest room of the house was not good so that too has been moved.

[Shawn]

YAY, I have one growing in the Harvest pod and two growing in the Bounty pod.  The Bounty will be moved into the Harvest unit soon.

[Shawn]

I am thrilled that my Easter Eggs are on their way .....

One popped up over the label this morning and you can see another one in the pod.

[Shawn]

The second seed popped up over the label.  I will wait another week and take one out.

[MaryL]

Exciting!

[Shawn]

I will need to trim one out of the left side. 

Nutes given

[Shawn]

I want my Easter Eggs 

[Shawn]

These are doing well. I think I may transplant to the Ultra or Extra today.  A little better lighting power

[Shawn]

I FINALLY moved these over to the Ultra.  Hopefully the higher wattage will assist in it growing faster.  But these have grown.

[Shawn]

[Shawn]

I wrote the vendor to make sure I did not have to prune these plants.  I also sent a picture.  They told me to trim the largest leaves out to give the plant some energy to grow.  SO that is what I did.  Pictures to follow.

[Shawn]

A couple of days ago a removed several large leaves from the plants.  They both have had growth since doing so.  I may remove a couple more of the really large leaves.

[Shawn]

I am pleased with the way these are growing.  I can see a difference since removing large leaves.  Of course there are more large leaves.

What I found that did not see last time is the large leaves get thorns    (see second picture).  They are pointy but now that bad yet at least.

[Shawn]

My plant is trying to harm me LOL...  Today I went to turn them both and I was getting pricked by thorns left and right.  They are on the leaves and stems

Tomorrow I also need to remove another two HUGE leaves.  These are both around 7" x 5" leaves WITH multiple thorns.  I wonder if I will get more thorns if I remove them but for my safety those leaves have to go.

[Shawn]

So I did remove a few other leaves, this is what I uncovered