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one thing I’ve discovered in growing food plants indoors for fun, is that aphids are very pervasive. I’m trying to puff some DE (diatomaceous earth, food-grade) on the soil … amazingly, one of the plants still put out a flower, even though it’s been weakened by aphids and it’s been cloudy for a few days.

#butternutsquashseeds

the next necessary step with my foray into indoor food gardening ~ getting these 5 (giant) butternut squash sprouts into something with more space.

I’m gonna have to cut the soymilk cartons’ tops off. It looks small still, but it’ll be a 7” deep by 4” wide container for one sprout, vs. 5 crammed in a 4” deep with 6” diameter pot.

#butternutsquashseeds

so sturdy #butternutsquashseeds

this has become my year of growing stuff from seeds for the first time. I decided to try some chive seeds since that’s supposed to be a very easy indoor one. Learned there is also a chive that has pink flowers. (parents grew the white flowers one)

Then, a butternut squash had seeds that were already all sprouting (🤯for me and my partner; according to a Google search, this is common). So I planted 5 in a pot that is about 10 in. diameter. They are growing fast … except for one that is slower. I think I may have planted them upside down. The sprouts were coming out of the pointy side, so I put those facing up.

#sageseeds -> #chiveseeds -> #butternutsquashseeds (+ a random #chinesecabbageseed & #wildspinachseed )