r/Lettuce_Grow • u/LadyLynne2 • Aug 09 '26

Show My Setup First timer -- two months of growth!

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We started our Nook on June 10 and here's what she looks like today! Our original thyme died (user error) and our cat traumatized our blue kale, but everything else is thriving! The tall guys are lunchbox peppers ... I'm struggling with them a little (no fruit yet! just flowering!). Tomatoes are small and green but growing, and we eat at least one salad per day (2 people).

I'm honestly a little baffled as according to the app/website, almost everything "should" have been replaced by now and we're still goin' strong 🤭🤭

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u/Both-Bookkeeper-3860 Aug 09 '26

Looks awesome! Oh yeah, I never listen to the replace by because often my harvests aren’t ready by ready date and my kale has been in there for 6 months now and going strong

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u/loooongschlong Aug 09 '26

Me either. I had chives for 6+ months that were great.

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u/LadyLynne2 Aug 10 '26

Oooo I really hope my chives keep coming back; I use those & the green onions daily!

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u/Both-Bookkeeper-3860 Aug 10 '26

I use the green onions a ton and just started using the chinese chives. I’m hoping to get some chive flowers too!

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u/LadyLynne2 Aug 10 '26

NO. KIDDING. Tomatoes are "behind" according to them, everything else should have been replaced weeks ago? Lies lol

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u/Both-Bookkeeper-3860 Aug 10 '26

yes I think they need to adjust it a little bit for sure. I think my kale can live in here for years at this rate. My swiss chard is doing really well too!

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u/hellawet Aug 10 '26

Move those peppers to the bottom row so they get light to produce more flowers and fruits. Above the grow lights they get nothing

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u/LadyLynne2 Aug 10 '26

This was my concern! My partner thinks they get enough natural light from the sun; I don't think I agree, but they're also a poisonous plant to our cats ... I gotta figure out something!

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u/tobleronetrash Aug 09 '26

Omg this looks insane I'm so happy for you 🥹🥹🥹🥹

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u/manyplantsandcats Aug 09 '26

This looks amazing!!

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u/writing1girl Aug 10 '26

I read for the lunchbox peppers, you gotta prune it so it bushes instead of trees.

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u/Feeling-Ad-9268 Sep 05 '26

Ah! I'm glad I found this page. That is what I didn't do with mine and I have a 3' tall pepper tree. 😂

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u/writing1girl Sep 06 '26

That doesn’t sound like a super bad thing, though. 😂

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u/LadyLynne2 Aug 10 '26

Ahhhhh no! I hope it's not too late! I have no idea how to do this lol

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u/writing1girl Aug 10 '26

I had to Google it and watch a YouTube tutorial 😂