It's been a whole week since starting my latest experiment comparing basil growth in different soil types...so how are we doing? It looks like all 5 pots have sprouts, with the tea leaf compost and my tumbler compost tying at 9 a piece. To my surprise, the vermicompost has just two sprouts so far. Let's take a look: There you have it! Are these the results you expected? I’m pretty psyched to see how this experiment progresses…
Time for an experiment! I just realized that I have a lot of basil seeds, and a lot of different types of compost sitting around here…so I came up with the genius idea to try growing basil in each of them and see what happens. What really brought this experiment along is that I had to cut down my only tree in the backyard the other day, so now I have my first direct sunlight ever since moving into my house a few years ago. My balcony makes a great place to put tons of plants now…I can hear them thanking me. From left to right, the candidates are: Dirt from across the street, compost from a commercial compost facility (computer controlled high temperatures and goretex covers), tea leaf compost…