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2.4 KiB
69 lines
2.4 KiB
Title: Grow Log, Home: Round 2 |
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Date: 2022-07-29 |
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Category: Notes |
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Summary: Grow log for my home hydroponics setup, round 2. |
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Wide: true |
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Short: hlog2 |
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2022-03-05: Started germinating |
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2022-03-07: Just barely noticed germination |
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2022-03-08: Noticed all leaves except spinach again |
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2022-03-10: Transplanted into tote |
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2022-03-12: measured pH: 6.0 |
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2022-03-20: thinned out weak plants |
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2022-03-25: lettuces have no roots below net pot. others have lots of roots in the water. some leaves have a weird film on them, some have white stuff. |
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2022-03-28: Three lettuces wool dry on top. No roots below net cup. Roots are growing a bit out the sides. Dropped wool to bottom of net cups, topped water up to 1 cm above bottom of net cup. This might harm the other plants? The lettuce roots grew through a lot of the clay balls but not enough to reach the water. |
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- I assumed the clay balls would wick up enough water that it wouldn't matter. |
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2022-03-30: EC measured 1.1. trimmed oldest leaves, lettuce roots now good in water |
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2022-04-01: pH measured 6.7. brown tips on lettuce. |
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2022-04-06: Harvested first salad, arugula and cress taste horrible like paint thinner. Lettuce was good. |
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2022-04-14: Terminated. |
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## Germination |
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- index is top left in tray |
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- rinsed all equipment with water |
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- 1 L growth solution prepared |
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- 1 L tap water |
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- 1.3 mL plant food |
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- 0.5 mL pH Down for 5.5 pH |
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- forgot to shake plant food |
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- 12 mineral wool cubes each soaked for 10 seconds |
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- three seeds of each, except five for arugula and cress in X pattern |
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- hole was opened with a broken toothpick |
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- seeds tamped down the hole with the toothpick |
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- remaining solution added to the bottom of the tray |
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### Result |
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(columns left to right) |
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- iceberg lettuce LT541 |
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- arugula MS483 |
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- romaine lettuce LT470 |
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- cress MS495 |
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- butterhead lettuce LT458 |
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- spinach SP705 |
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## Growth |
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- used 102 L HDX tough totes |
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- sides bow out quite a bit, try duct taping |
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- 100 L growth solution prepared |
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- 100 L tap water (estimated) |
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- 117 mL plant food (needs more?) |
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- 10 mL pH down to 6.0 |
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- cut six holes into Foamular |
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- transplanted sprouts into net cups |
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- layer of clay balls under and around sides of starter plug |
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- filled tote pretty much to brim |
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- tote sides bowed out quite a bit. maybe it's 110-120 L full of water? |
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### Layout: |
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(reading order) |
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- iceberg lettuce LT541 |
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- romaine lettuce LT470 |
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- butterhead lettuce LT458 |
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- arugula MS483 |
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- cress MS495 |
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- arugula MS483
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