Yeah… my spinach seedlings are damping off. It took a while for them to get going and then forgetting to drain the self watering reservoirs during those heavy rains has wrecked them.
The carrots might be ok and the cat grass/parsley are doing well but more of the spinach is just dying. I might have to trash them and try again with new potting mix after bleaching the pot
My previous ones did ok in a cheap window box of potting mix.
I just made the same mistake here as the tomatoes, of overcompensating with self watering reservoirs in case I forgot to water. Ended up killing the plants with wet feet
Yeah… my spinach seedlings are damping off. It took a while for them to get going and then forgetting to drain the self watering reservoirs during those heavy rains has wrecked them.
The carrots might be ok and the cat grass/parsley are doing well but more of the spinach is just dying. I might have to trash them and try again with new potting mix after bleaching the pot
check out perpetual spinach if you can - it’s technically a chard (like silverbeet) but it’s bloody hard to kill and won’t bolt in hot weather
I actually have a packet of those seeds too, I went with spinach because I thought more iron but honestly the perpetual would hold up better.
Especially since I now know keeping it inside on a sill to protect is during heat isn’t enough light
I could never get spinach to do anything either , I think they need a very free draining sandy soil and I just used ordinary potting mix 🤷♀️
My previous ones did ok in a cheap window box of potting mix.
I just made the same mistake here as the tomatoes, of overcompensating with self watering reservoirs in case I forgot to water. Ended up killing the plants with wet feet
same, I over watered