I can't use those totes for my Kratky stuff. We get too much rain and the tops funnel it into the reservoir. I had to build mine out of 2X6's and use foam board for the top. I think this should be almost mandatory for anyone who uses lettuce - super simple, super cheap, super great to go pick it right when you need it! It cost about $20 to build a box that will hold 8 net cups. It pays for itself the first time you harvest.
Here's a pic of the yellow bell pepper that I finally picked....... yep, it's February and I still have plants growing! Yeah, Florida! I'm trying to overwinter most of my pepper plants. There were over 20 peppers on this plant at one point. A storm tore up the plant and I lost some branches. Then I cut all of them off except for one per branch because winter was coming. I ended up with 8 good sized peppers.
A pleasant surprise was the broccoli, I had harvested all of the main heads back in December but had not pulled the plants or plucked the leaves for greens. Well, I ended up with enough smaller shoots/heads to make a meal last night! When I say a meal I mean feeding 5 people one of which is a college soccer player so he eats like a horse! It was equal to almost 2 big heads. All off of six plants.
