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Garden Tour – Week 35 – 2020

It’s amazing how much these two potatoes have grown. They look like they really like the self-watering boxes, with all the water and nutrients they would ever need. It might be difficult to see in the picture, but the leaves are actually beginning to turn a bit yellow near the stems. It turned out that

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Away on Vacation for One Week – Before and After Pictures

Before – Potato Tower: After – Potato Tower: Before – Potato Tower: After – Potato Tower: Before – Potatoes in self-watering box: After – Potatoes in self-watering box: Before – Potato in self-watering box: After – Potato in self-watering box: Before – Potato in self-watering box: After – Potato in self-watering box: Before – Carrots

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Self-watering Polystyrene Box for Tomato Plants

This is a fine spot for another self-watering box. This wall is facing south and the patio is surrounded by bushes, so the temperature will be high when the sun hits. Unfortunately, the concrete slabs are not level and I don’t want the self-watering box to break when the water is added. I will even

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Planting Hokkaido Pumpkin Seeds in Self-watering Boxes

Uuh, a present from 2019! I’m wondering what it is. Actually, I know: Hokkaido pumpkin seeds! And they’re very well preserved. Let’s find out what they’re capable of when they are exposed to a self-watering box. I’m planting three seeds in each hole to make sure I’m left with at least one healthy plant. Unfortunately,

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