Beginnings of a five gallon bucket winter garden

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Thank you

Not sure where you’re plants are located, but leggy and etiolated (light green/white) is a sign of lack of sun. If they’re green, it’s not light they’re lacking. Plants are a lot like folks….without exercise they become weak. The strength of a stalk can be greatly increased with exercise (wind). Setting up a fan a distance away from the plants (think breeze, not hurricane) will cause the stalks/trunks to toughen up/thicken and not get as leggy. As someone else said…..drill holes in the bottom of the buckets, overwatering is death. Best of luck, share pics as they grow up.

Edit: breeze doesn’t have to be constant. Couple hours a day will suffice. Also, you want to start air soon after germination….once they’re 12” tall with no support, the wind can beat them to death.

thank you wolf!!! I moved them into more direct light today. I’m in south Louisiana where the temp still reached 82 degrees. I’ll definately keep you posted

 

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