Major Changes

Lots of picture in this post, and lots of excitement!! (no one reads this, do they....??)

First things first, I felt like both the Jalapenos and the Big Boy Tomatoes were ready for the next pot size this week. Rather than go for an interim pot size, and then another final pot size increase later on, I decided to just go for the big one. These are #7 pots...which are about the size of a 5 gallon bucket, even though their name would suggest a 7 gallon? I don't know. Either way, they are big, and bigger than the pots that the Cayenne's did very good in . At the end of this post, you will see the new pots in the garden. But before we get to that...some incremental photos of the installation of a more permanent and established Mylar configuration. The Mylar relfects a high percentage of light back to the plant, so that as little light as possible is "lost"...especially helpful in 100% artificial environments where you are supplying EVERYTHING for these plants. If you recall, at the other house I had taped the Mylar sheeting to the light fixture itself, but this was never an idea I was in love with, and am happy to now own a home and be able to make some more long-term plans.

First thing was to raise the brackets to the highest possible height, for max flexibility in growing options in the future.

I hatched a plan to use some scrap wood....

I cut some 2x4's the width of the grow space...and installed 2 of them in parallel on the back wall.

I used my new impact driver to put 3" screws into the studs with EASE

To install some wooden arms extending out from the wall, I used my new nail gun!!

The mylar will be stapled to this wood piece.

The other side...

After cutting the Mylar sheets, I installed it onto the first arm.

TADA!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!

And here's the garden

3 pepper flowers now

TOMATO FLOWERS...WHAAAAT?!?!?

Tomato VINE

A new long-term addition to the garden, ALOE!!!!

Note the flag ;)