{"id":738,"date":"2026-02-02T18:21:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T02:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/?p=738"},"modified":"2026-02-02T18:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T02:27:16","slug":"quick-notes-and-more-photos-amazing-blue-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/02\/quick-notes-and-more-photos-amazing-blue-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Notes and More Photos + Amazing Blue Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Recent days and today:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Grow bag soil from dead plants solarized, sifted, amended<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Amendments for use in strawberry patches included small amount of pumice, sifted compost, vermiculite<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Added to strawberry patches, lightly mixed in, gently watered<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Harvest some carrots, daikon radishes, tomatoes<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Began cleaning out and preparing south planter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Progress:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Seedlings growing well – tomatoes, basil, parsley, broccoli, etc on track<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Jalapenos, Serrano, Bell Peppers predicted to sprout soon<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Restarted Desert Willow after 30 days, this will be the third try<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Changes this round: surface sowing only, aiming for maximum oxygen, less moisture, inside under grow light the heat mat set to 75 instead of 80<\/li>\n\n\n\n
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