Blueberry Indoor/Outdoor Summer 2022

I have two grow lights. One is a FEIT 27 Watt from Home Depot – which is in the house. The other is a much more powerful Best VA DC light – which is in my unheated shed. Temps have been a bit nippy here in Phoenix metro, so from the beginning I've been putting the girls outside during the day and inside at night to give them 18 hours of light. This week, I decided they were strong enough to spend the night in the shed. So far they seem to be handling the cooler nighttime temperatures well. In Phoenix we have a charming small business called the Arizona Worm Farm which sells worms, worm castings, mulch, etc. I started her off in the worm farm seedling starter, but she needed a bigger home. Day 20 was re-potting day. I will continue the indoor/outdoor veg schedule till May, so I needed a good potting mix. The worm farm has a lovely raised bed mix (compost, worm castings, coco coir, vermiculite & basalt dust) that will eventually be her home outdoors. For her tender juvenile years, I wanted to spoil her, so I decided to start her off in Fox Farm Ocean Forest soil. However, to conserve $$, I used Fox Farm in the center of the pot and Worm Farm mix at the bottom and sides. The weird milk jug pictures show how I did this. I cut a hole in the top and bottom of the milk jug and scooped the worm farm soil outside of it and the Fox Farm inside. Also put 100% Fox Farm in the top 3-4 inches. Not 100% sure the size of the plastic pots – 3-4 gallons is my guess. I was able to stretch a 1.5 cubic foot bag of Fox Farm to fill 6 pots.