Day 3

My babies are starting to grow!! Their 2nd set of leaves are starting to open and the roots are swimming for their water

In a past grow (in the same closet), I ended up getting spider mites. Yesterday I found one of my cucumber plants, so I SOAKED the carpet with soap/hot water and sucked it out with my carpet shampooer. You'll see below one area of a leaf that seems damaged (I believe due to the mites).

Tonight I did not see any mites on my cucumbers (over 24hrs since last one), but as a precaution I sprayed down the plants and top of my rubber maid container with diluted dish soap.

Also tonight while trying to cover the base of my plants (to prevent light from reaching the roots), I cracked a leaf in two. I put root gel on the crack and propped it up to allow for it to heal.

Lets just hope all the little kinks have been worked out early in this grow

Sorry about the file size :s. I have shrunk the photo's to app. 125kb. Let me know if this is better for loading and thanks for your interest in this fun project of mine!