You can paint the transparent water bottle, or cover it with a dark plastic.
Notes
Algae growing at the bottom of the bottle, and on the roots.
I recycle dark color plastic from delivery package.
Cut the plastic into suitable height and length to cover the entire water bottle.
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I bought the yellow sticky paper which trap insects online from Taobao (saw it on shoppee as well).
There are two holes on the paper where you can hang it up, but I don't have suitable location to hang it so I make a stand instead.
The original sticky paper is too big for my DIY stand, so I cut it into half.
Material: scissor, tape, ice-cream stick, tiny bottle and yellow sticky paper.
Tape half the ice-cream stick to the tiny bottle.
Stick the yellow sticky paper on the top half of the ice-cream stick.
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Found some really tiny worms in the soil where the tomato grow.
I suspect it is fly larvae, not sure from external fly or the larvie frass.
There are the tiny red ones, which can curl up and jump up to 2cm away.
Then there are white ones, which look like maggots.
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Remove algae. Probably not the most ideal solution.
I experiment with the following fertilizer
- Organic Fertilizer (2 weeks once)
- Coffee Grounds (2 weeks once)
- Home-made Liquid Enzyme (twice a week)
Mix with some Larvie Frass / Vermicast and Egg Shell.
The pot using Organic Fertilizer finally show some major improvements after 4 weeks, where light green leaves turn lush green with new leaves growing.
Capsicum: front middle pot use Organic Fertilizer.
Cherry Tomato: the middle pot use Organic Fertilizer.
Bought this on Shoppee (about RM 40), delivery from China.
- The light sensor is not working, always show low.
- Most of my soil show a PH of 5, which is acidic. There is no sure way to know how accurate this test is, unless you send the soil to the lab or buy multiple test kit.
- For moisture, most of the soil show wet or very wet, including soil I didn't water for 3+ days.
I am not quite sure how accurate or useful this device is at the moment.
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Small bag of coco peat (RM 3)
25L Microbial Nutrient Soil (RM 12)
My mom made this enzyme more than 3 months ago, and it smells like fruity alcohol.
I try mixing with water using 1:10~20 ratio and experiment with watering some of the plant.
Water plant from bottom up.
- Good for thorough watering (water tends to run down to the bottom from the sides on root bound pot, without moisturing the center soil)
- Doesn't damage the leaves (good for plant which are sensitive)
- Top soil remain dry (discourage pest and fungus)
- Less likely to overwater
Fill a tray with about an inch of water.
Soak the pot in water for about 30 minutes. Don't soak for long hours to avoid root rot.
Baba Vegimix with egg shell, coffee grounds, organic fertilizer and larvie frass.
Baba Vegimix soil, mixed with coffee grounds.
Fertilizer and nutrients.
Egg shell.
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