That's what I get for sleeping!

Well, the cats got to the hydro setup, and it looks like they were chowing down on seedlings!

Don't know if anything is gonna survive that. Need to find a better spot for these things.

So, the next post might be a while starting over.

No more cucumber, no more pea

So on advice from the Gardenweb Hydroponics forum, I got that moldy pea the heck out of my system. The verdict is that the rooters are too wet for sugar snap peas to germinate, and there was probably some mold on the pea itself. I inspected the pea to see if it was sprouting when I took it out. It was not. It stunk like rot. Glad I got it out when I did.

I also removed the cucumber seed I hurt. I'm at almost 100% germination right now, and am going to have too many plants. Knowing it was going to be distressed, I just removed it. So now its just peppers, and a tomato plant.

I'm going to take some pictures of the life tonight. Will post at some point soon.

Grow it. Cook it. Eat it. Love it.
The Green Guisador

The cucumber I killed. I think.

It's still showing signs of life, but I can't imagine it will survive the damage I did to his early roots.


Grow it. Cook it. Eat it. Love it.
The Green Guisador

Sugar Snap Pea, is there a problem?

So I've been hawking the sugar snap pea, and the past day or two, it has changed a little. I didn't know if it is sprouting, or just kind of taking on water and decomposing. Now there is a little bit of white stuff that seems to have popped up on the surface of the rooter. Do I have a problem here, should this be removed from the system? I don't know if this is common, or harmless, but it looks like some kind of fungus or mold growth. My first instinct is to get it the hell out of there, so it doesn't spread.

Having never done this, I'm worried about over and under reacting.
Am I okay to give it a few more days to see what happens, or should I get it the hell out. Maybe these rooters are just too wet for the sugar snap pea? We'll see how it goes, I know sugar snaps seem to have a lower germination rate than other peas. Hopefully, if it is troubled, it won't hurt my other plants!

Grow it. Cook it. Eat it. Love it.
The Green Guisador.