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| Left: Pak choi / Right: Spinach (Kurouma [black horse] 2 |
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| Far side: Spinaches in 2 tunnels / Center: Pak choi Near side: Komatuna |
-- from iPad
Jan 23, 2011
Seedng komatunas, spinaches and Qing gen cai (pak choi)
-- from iPad
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11 comments:
Lol, I love your rice sack tunnel end, but it doesn't fit in very well with the very organised image I have of you Takaeko!
The tunnels look really interesting, how do you water the vegetables inside?
Hi Takaeko, I just noticed since I started following your blog, now I noticed dramatic changes in your plot. You are very hardworker and an adventerous person. Trying many new methods to grow your vegetables and especially now in very samui condition. I have never heard of Qing gen cai, is this type of Pak choi have blueish colour leaves? Please join "Seed Week" if you like to.
>Ali
I'm happy to been seen myself as an organised person! I should have figure out the length of all vinyl sheet I had! Actually I feel embarrassed for showing the poor tunnel on my blog.
>Malay
It took about 10 months since I opened my current garden and through glowing vegetables there I have learnt many things. I just try to demonstrate them to get more harvest. As you noticed, I also realize many changes in my garden.
Qing gen cai is Chinese sound of "青梗菜（チンゲンサイ) or Pak choi with blueish leaves.
>Ali
I forgot answering your question.
The sheets are hold with cloth pegs so I can flip up the sheet when watering.
Very ingenious Takaeko! Have you considered how you will water the plants later on? I have never had much luck with plastic / vinyl crop-protection. It always seems to either promote fungal growths by creating excessive humidity, or gets blown away by the wind! I hope you will have more success than me. I prefer fleece because it is permeable to air and water (though of course not as strong as vinyl).
>Mark
Well, I don't water plants in vinyl tunnels so often because you can see kind of " water circulation " inside the tunnel. Water in the air can be vaporized inside the tunnel and the vaporized water can be cold on the surface of vinyl sheets and will be dew drops. Finally the dew drops will return to the soil. Therefore, the soil bed inside the tunnel is always moist.
My vinyl tunnels are tough enough to stand against winds since the vinyl sheets are firmly hold with cloth pegs but if it should be heavy snow, they would be so vulnerable.
I just ordered some pak choi and michihili seeds today. I have grown pak choi before and was pleased with how easily it grew but michihili is new to me. Good luck with yours. I think your tunnels look great.
You are very hard working person Takaeko, always finding new ways to improve the garden and your planting methods like this, to keep your veggies warm and healthy not matter what condition is the climate there. I hope all your effort will be paid back with good harvest soon. Happy gardening!
>Becky
I think growing michihilis are a bit tricky since they need cold temperature to roll their leaves after they grow their leaves in warm temperature. Growing new vegetables might give you a lot new experiences!
>p3chandan
I just don't want to have spare planting beds with no vegetables during winter and that's the reason why I tried to set up the tunnels.
That is a tough job but I believe the workload will be paid back!
That's an ingenious way to solve your plastic shortage for your tunnel! I love komatsuna and have a seed tray of them started, I hope they come up. After they do I will be transplanting them into tunnels very similar to yours.
Very nice and tidy tunnels, the veggies will thank you for the protection.
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