What is the most economic microgreen setup?

[OneHitDone]

June bearing usually take a season to really take off, in my limited experience outdoors. Maybe too much nitrogren, especially with lots of vegetative growth and no fruit? Day neutral might be worth a shot?

Don't get me wrong, there's lot's of fruit but not really a $ making scale for the time/space
It would be very costly to run them under lights for 2 seasons to get a crop I would think.
I had seen something talking about popping your june bearers in the fridge for 2 weeks to reset them?

 

[OneHitDone]

 

[OLD MOTHER SATIVA]

we are into day neutral..thanks for the insight both of you!

 

[OneHitDone]

20 w tubes..6-8 for for 4 x4..so far so good..

doing some as micro greens but the market wants particular greens too..

we are looking into trying cheaper cobs too[when the m3 screws arrive]
but they would need to be raised higher and are more expensive and efficient than the 122lm/w these are..

Any update on these tubes @OLD MOTHER SATIVA ?

 

[OLD MOTHER SATIVA]

one hit..

they are doing pretty dang good..as good as the led bars which have higher watts

what i like is 20 w per tube seems to do good so its looking like ..120-160 w per 4 x4 to get good salad

our test is not totally done but pretty much..they are the best $/w i have seen ..self powered etc

and there may be betterbones out there..122lm/w i think

 

[OneHitDone]

one hit..

they are doing pretty dang good..as good as the led bars which have higher watts

what i like is 20 w per tube seems to do good so its looking like ..120-160 w per 4 x4 to get good salad

our test is not totally done but pretty much..they are the best $/w i have seen ..self powered etc

and there may be betterbones out there..122lm/w i think

So your only growing to the micro stage, not full sized heads?

 

[OLD MOTHER SATIVA]

no ..not micro..or nt much..and not heads..kale ..and exclusive salad greens that high end restaurants want..the leaves are plucked every week..last week it was Chard

 

[JorgeGonzales]

Chard is my fave.

 

[OLD MOTHER SATIVA]

yes i like em in green drinks ..i am not sure what chard it is..the first kind he grew was not the right kind for the restaurant..

we hope to get a good swath of high end salad seeds form some online company

 

[JorgeGonzales]

yes i like em in green drinks ..i am not sure what chard it is..the first kind he grew was not the right kind for the restaurant..

we hope to get a good swath of high end salad seeds form some online company

It has the same wild ancestor as the beet, that's about all I know. I like to saute it and make pasta with it, throw it in stuffed pizzas, whatever. Like spinach, only way tastier. I grow it in my garden and it just keeps producing, even July I was picking leaves off in 90+ weather.

How are you growing it? Like lettuce? NFT?

 

[OLD MOTHER SATIVA]

my brother has aquaponics [trout] ..and they are on floating styrofoam rafts..i lent him my 1hp chiller,,this summer..so far so good