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Pictures from the hydroponic farm

Posted on October 29, 2013 by admin

These plants were planted September 19th. Approximately 40 days for red berries.

Plug strawberry plants planted on September 23rd

Bareroot strawberry plants planted on September 16th

Bareroot strawberries plants planted on September 16th

Hydroponic leaf mix

Hydroponic Leaf Mix

Hydroponic Red Butterhead

Hydroponic Romaine lettuce

Hydroponic Kale

The Kale and Lettuce is growing well. Will be ready for delivery in a couple weeks.

This kale has some damage from a large grasshopper. Picked them off the kale and lettuce this morning and will be spraying a preventative to keep the grasshoppers out of the farm.

This lettuce plant was eaten overnight by a large grasshopper. Amazing how much damage this grasshopper did overnight.

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Tomato hornworm caterpillar

Posted on October 26, 2013 by admin

Found these guys on out Thai Pepper plant this morning. These Tomato Hornworm Caterpillars can destroy a crop in as little as 24 hrs. Our pepper plant isn't looking to happy right now

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21 days until this flower is a delicious strawberry!

Posted on October 15, 2013 by admin

On our hydroponic farm in Valrico we have lots of strawberry plants going in to provide to our produce delivery customers.

Once you see the flowers it takes about 21 days for that flower to turn into fruit. Still at the beginning of bloom stage so it's about another 40 days until we have a ton of strawberries ready for delivery.

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Clipping runners off the hydroponically grown strawberry plants. This promotes the production of flowers and ultimately strawberries!

Posted on October 14, 2013 by admin

These strawberries were planted about 20 days ago. The plants have been throwing off a bunch of runners which uses up energy. By clipping the runners we are discouraging the plant to put off runners and will end up using the energy stored within the plant to produce flowers which ultimately develop into beautiful strawberries! Currently a couple flowers out there. Well share some pictures of those later

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Great looking starters planted from seed

Posted on October 8, 2013 by admin

We planted these seeds approximately 2 weeks ago for our produce delivery and stand. Romaine Lettuce, Red Butterhead Lettuce, Leaf Mix Lettuce, kale, collars, and broccoli.