Indoor Garden Guy
@koryk.bsky.social
Awkward indoor gardener. Nature enthusiast. Backpacker. Fitness addict. Lover of life.
Player of video games.
Forever a student of business. Finance professional, coach, and educator.
Nerd about 401(k)s.
Player of video games.
Forever a student of business. Finance professional, coach, and educator.
Nerd about 401(k)s.
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Indoor Garden Guy
@koryk.bsky.social
· Nov 21
A bit more about my indoor gardening journey:
- Currently growing: tomatoes, peppers, ginger, potatoes, onions, strawberries, sugar snap peas, edamame/soy beans, celery, variety of salad greens
- Always making mistakes and learning
- If you like growing things, would love to be your friend here!
- Currently growing: tomatoes, peppers, ginger, potatoes, onions, strawberries, sugar snap peas, edamame/soy beans, celery, variety of salad greens
- Always making mistakes and learning
- If you like growing things, would love to be your friend here!
Trying something new-
Left side, added ~1/4 inch chunky perlite to top of good soil, dropped in a bunch of arugula seeds, and then watered with higher pressure (to bury seeds). Fabric pot on top of bottom-up self-watering system.
Now we see what happens… 🌱
Left side, added ~1/4 inch chunky perlite to top of good soil, dropped in a bunch of arugula seeds, and then watered with higher pressure (to bury seeds). Fabric pot on top of bottom-up self-watering system.
Now we see what happens… 🌱
March 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Trying something new-
Left side, added ~1/4 inch chunky perlite to top of good soil, dropped in a bunch of arugula seeds, and then watered with higher pressure (to bury seeds). Fabric pot on top of bottom-up self-watering system.
Now we see what happens… 🌱
Left side, added ~1/4 inch chunky perlite to top of good soil, dropped in a bunch of arugula seeds, and then watered with higher pressure (to bury seeds). Fabric pot on top of bottom-up self-watering system.
Now we see what happens… 🌱
Potatoes 🥔 🌱 (mostly)
March 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Potatoes 🥔 🌱 (mostly)
This Hibiscus has flowered non-stop all winter long. 🌺 🌱
March 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This Hibiscus has flowered non-stop all winter long. 🌺 🌱
New “green” toy. 🌱
Never going back from electric.
Never going back from electric.
March 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
New “green” toy. 🌱
Never going back from electric.
Never going back from electric.
PPP. (Potato Plant Progress).
🥔 🌱
🥔 🌱
March 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
PPP. (Potato Plant Progress).
🥔 🌱
🥔 🌱
New potatoes! (Green onions in background).
🌱 🥔 🧅
🌱 🥔 🧅
February 22, 2025 at 3:35 AM
New potatoes! (Green onions in background).
🌱 🥔 🧅
🌱 🥔 🧅
Someday, this will be a tower of strawberries. 🍓 🌱
January 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Someday, this will be a tower of strawberries. 🍓 🌱
My plants are evidence that if I had a bear, I would most certainly over-water it.
January 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
My plants are evidence that if I had a bear, I would most certainly over-water it.
Lettuce. Should have a lot more, but the bottom-watering of these planters, combined with not enough perlite in the soil, lead to many of the seeds failing due to excess water. Always learning.
January 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Lettuce. Should have a lot more, but the bottom-watering of these planters, combined with not enough perlite in the soil, lead to many of the seeds failing due to excess water. Always learning.
There is so much good in this world.
January 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
There is so much good in this world.
This week’s wisdom from “The Philosopher’s Deck” 😁🌱
January 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This week’s wisdom from “The Philosopher’s Deck” 😁🌱
This is a failure.
One plant out of 10 seeds.
What happened?
I’ve been experimenting with bottom-watering for convenience, but the soil is not draining fast enough and the seeds/seedlings received too much moisture.
Moving forward, I’ll amend the soil with more perlite
Always learning.
One plant out of 10 seeds.
What happened?
I’ve been experimenting with bottom-watering for convenience, but the soil is not draining fast enough and the seeds/seedlings received too much moisture.
Moving forward, I’ll amend the soil with more perlite
Always learning.
January 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
This is a failure.
One plant out of 10 seeds.
What happened?
I’ve been experimenting with bottom-watering for convenience, but the soil is not draining fast enough and the seeds/seedlings received too much moisture.
Moving forward, I’ll amend the soil with more perlite
Always learning.
One plant out of 10 seeds.
What happened?
I’ve been experimenting with bottom-watering for convenience, but the soil is not draining fast enough and the seeds/seedlings received too much moisture.
Moving forward, I’ll amend the soil with more perlite
Always learning.
Indoor growing tip: Don’t buy big grow lights, even if you have the space.
Buy multiple smaller lights.
When a single big light goes down, they are expensive to replace and your entire grow area goes dark until the replacement arrives. Multiple lights allow modular lighting and replacement. 🌱
Buy multiple smaller lights.
When a single big light goes down, they are expensive to replace and your entire grow area goes dark until the replacement arrives. Multiple lights allow modular lighting and replacement. 🌱
January 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Indoor growing tip: Don’t buy big grow lights, even if you have the space.
Buy multiple smaller lights.
When a single big light goes down, they are expensive to replace and your entire grow area goes dark until the replacement arrives. Multiple lights allow modular lighting and replacement. 🌱
Buy multiple smaller lights.
When a single big light goes down, they are expensive to replace and your entire grow area goes dark until the replacement arrives. Multiple lights allow modular lighting and replacement. 🌱
Growing plants is like growing wealth.
Both require a plan, constant attention, patience, and faith that what you are doing will have a worthwhile result.
Both can go sideways due to no fault of your own.
Both make all the work worthwhile when it does actually bear fruit.
💰 🌱
Both require a plan, constant attention, patience, and faith that what you are doing will have a worthwhile result.
Both can go sideways due to no fault of your own.
Both make all the work worthwhile when it does actually bear fruit.
💰 🌱
January 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Growing plants is like growing wealth.
Both require a plan, constant attention, patience, and faith that what you are doing will have a worthwhile result.
Both can go sideways due to no fault of your own.
Both make all the work worthwhile when it does actually bear fruit.
💰 🌱
Both require a plan, constant attention, patience, and faith that what you are doing will have a worthwhile result.
Both can go sideways due to no fault of your own.
Both make all the work worthwhile when it does actually bear fruit.
💰 🌱
Growing plants indoors requires ongoing cleanup- leaves, dropped flowers, and stray dirt can quickly take over.
Part of the process is regularly picking up debris, trimming leaves, and keeping it all looking organized.
A shop vac helps. 🙂
#gardening #plants 🌱
Part of the process is regularly picking up debris, trimming leaves, and keeping it all looking organized.
A shop vac helps. 🙂
#gardening #plants 🌱
January 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Growing plants indoors requires ongoing cleanup- leaves, dropped flowers, and stray dirt can quickly take over.
Part of the process is regularly picking up debris, trimming leaves, and keeping it all looking organized.
A shop vac helps. 🙂
#gardening #plants 🌱
Part of the process is regularly picking up debris, trimming leaves, and keeping it all looking organized.
A shop vac helps. 🙂
#gardening #plants 🌱
New office plants! 🌱
January 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
New office plants! 🌱
Fresh Edamame!
One of the great benefits of indoor #gardening. I’m convinced fresh edamame tastes better than frozen. 🌱
One of the great benefits of indoor #gardening. I’m convinced fresh edamame tastes better than frozen. 🌱
January 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Fresh Edamame!
One of the great benefits of indoor #gardening. I’m convinced fresh edamame tastes better than frozen. 🌱
One of the great benefits of indoor #gardening. I’m convinced fresh edamame tastes better than frozen. 🌱
I’m a financial planner who regularly spends real money buying bags of dirt. Is that weird? 🌱😁
January 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I’m a financial planner who regularly spends real money buying bags of dirt. Is that weird? 🌱😁
Added a tower for the strawberries and buried some runners. The goal is to have enough strawberry production to have about a handful every few weeks... 🍓 🌱
January 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Added a tower for the strawberries and buried some runners. The goal is to have enough strawberry production to have about a handful every few weeks... 🍓 🌱
Indoor #Gardening Tip: 16 qts of potting mix fits perfectly into one cat litter bucket. Easier to scoop from, a handle to carry, and you can stack them! 🌱
January 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Indoor #Gardening Tip: 16 qts of potting mix fits perfectly into one cat litter bucket. Easier to scoop from, a handle to carry, and you can stack them! 🌱
Big fan of “Big Leaf Energy” spray.
Neem oil based, but without the horrid smell of neem oil. I’m impressed with how well it knocked out a recent spider mite invasion. Expensive by the bottle, but their concentrate is reasonably priced.
Random tip from my journey of indoor #gardening 🌱 😁
Neem oil based, but without the horrid smell of neem oil. I’m impressed with how well it knocked out a recent spider mite invasion. Expensive by the bottle, but their concentrate is reasonably priced.
Random tip from my journey of indoor #gardening 🌱 😁
January 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Big fan of “Big Leaf Energy” spray.
Neem oil based, but without the horrid smell of neem oil. I’m impressed with how well it knocked out a recent spider mite invasion. Expensive by the bottle, but their concentrate is reasonably priced.
Random tip from my journey of indoor #gardening 🌱 😁
Neem oil based, but without the horrid smell of neem oil. I’m impressed with how well it knocked out a recent spider mite invasion. Expensive by the bottle, but their concentrate is reasonably priced.
Random tip from my journey of indoor #gardening 🌱 😁
Does my celery plant have a trunk?
This one has been going for years and still produces perfectly fine stalks. It’s been going so long it has a… trunk? A celery trunk?
I mean… it’s not quite a stem, right?
The hard questions of indoor
#gardening
… 🌱 🪴
This one has been going for years and still produces perfectly fine stalks. It’s been going so long it has a… trunk? A celery trunk?
I mean… it’s not quite a stem, right?
The hard questions of indoor
#gardening
… 🌱 🪴
January 2, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Does my celery plant have a trunk?
This one has been going for years and still produces perfectly fine stalks. It’s been going so long it has a… trunk? A celery trunk?
I mean… it’s not quite a stem, right?
The hard questions of indoor
#gardening
… 🌱 🪴
This one has been going for years and still produces perfectly fine stalks. It’s been going so long it has a… trunk? A celery trunk?
I mean… it’s not quite a stem, right?
The hard questions of indoor
#gardening
… 🌱 🪴
Evidently, all the pets are taking a chill day together. 🐶 🐱 🐱
January 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Evidently, all the pets are taking a chill day together. 🐶 🐱 🐱