Prime time growing right now. I think the combo of the weather and the roots reaching the super soil has inspired some vigorous growth.
Definitely noticed some thrip an/or leaf hopper damage. I’ve spotted 4 thrips and 2 leaf hoppers across all of the plants this week, although the overall damage throughout the greenhouse would suggest that there are more (even still, the damage is not that bad. Limited to a leaf or two on 4 plants.
Fed them a bunch of beneficial nematodes and did 2 nights of spinosad followed by three nights of neem, and then one more night of spinosad. Hopefully that gets things back in check.
I’ll be feeding a compost tea tomorrow morning.
Removed some of the straw top covering since the weather has cooled back down.
Good luck with the purple mate. I got the same freebies. A couple struggled but the best ones are going really good, I have them outdoor too but we are in the middle of winter here and they have handled it really well. Cheers
@jahredi, so close mate,, "gold coast". 2 hr drive from sunshine coast. But i have lived in sunshine coast also. Great surf yeah for sure. Best of luck with Alaskan mate👍🏽👍🏽
@Shooey, I couldn’t agree more! Seedsman is my favorite source, for sure!
I almost dropped Sunshine Coast, only because I’ve spent a fair bit of time around there. Some great surf in that area. Excited to see how your winter grows finish up! They’re looking nice!
@jahredi, spot on mate. I am on the north east coast of Australia. We still have reasonable temps in winter and beautiful clear days. This was my first late season try as an experiment and they are doing really well. Seedsman really are the best for freebies, but i have chatted to a few growers and it seems they save their best quality seeds for sale and give the lower grade ones as freebies, so they can be a bit hit and miss. Still, hard to complain about that when they are free!! Im happy to stick with seedsman. Cheers mate