Batch#01 - 25 Dec

Batch#01 - 25 Dec - Day 16

Xmas Day!

That's day 16 after seeding! I would rate the experience and outcome as pretty good so far. Pretty easy to maintain actually. Although of course right now, measurement is being taken each day to find out the trend of the EC and how often to top up the water and nutrient mix. Also the pH. For the long term this should be made more organized and pragmatically manageable, with information distilled from the experience of this batch 1.

Observation from top to bottom:

CR:

GR:

RO:

BH:

EC760

- It has dropped somewhat drastically by almost 200 overnight. Water level has also dropped to almost min. Time to add more nutrients and water.

- 2L of water and 10ml of ABC each added. pH of water was also adjusted with 6 drops, giving the mix a pH of 3.5. EC is 4000 for 1L of water.

- 1700h EC1100

pH6.8

- added 4 drops to reduce the pH.

- 1700h pH5.5

WT29

- consistent

Other learning points:

As the plant grows, the roots start to spread and grow from the net pots. So it is becoming more and more challenging to remove and re-insert the pots without doing damage to the roots. Hence it may be better to have at least one empty net-pots in two tiers, either 1 or 3 and 2 or 4. The reason is not to cause damage to the roots due to repeated measurement actions.

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