One day we found that our basement apartment had grown a little stuffy. After reading that Gerbera daisies are excellent at cleaning the air, we promptly purchased a yellow daisy for the corner of the room... and then a pink daisy... and then a majesty palm... and then some ivy... and so on until we had two rooms full of plants including fruits, vegetables, herbs and flowers growing in soil, soilless mixes, hydroponics, and aquaponics.

This is the story of our garden and how it grew in a basement apartment from a single yellow daisy.

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Mulberry putting out flowers

After freezing during transport and loosing all of its leaves, I was worried my mulberry tree would go dormant for a while. But instead it put out new leaves AND flowers! When the new growth slows a bit, I will transplant the little guy into hydroponics/soilless media.
Pink lemonade blueberry plant with its new leaves. We had to add mylar and treat the soilless media with neem oil several times in order to knock out a white hairy mold that had started to grow on the surface and walls of the basket. This is most likely because peat is excellent at retaining moisture. Combined with a constant supply of water via the dripper, this is a perfect home for mold and fungus. Luckily, this type of mold is not really harmful and can be used as a soil additive.
The Jersey blueberry has started producing buds so we should see some new baby leaves soon.
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