Batch#01 - 04 Jan - Day 26 (FIRST SCHOOL DAY for 2021)

First School Day for 2021

Woke up to healthy growing lettuces. No time to take data and photos in the morning, so it will have to be in the evening.

COS/ROMAINE:

Seeing more burn tips appearing on the romaines. Nothing much can be done for this since the rest of the lettuces are growing very well.

GRAND RAPID:

Growing tall. Not much new shoots seen. Will be observing this closely over the next few days.

RED OAK:

Growing well but the reddishness of the leaves are quickly fading away. Interestingly, the taste of Red Oak is not as earthy as butterhead. Will be one lettuce type that I am looking forward to growing more of.

BUTTERHEAD:

Growing well too except it's more opened-up compared to those found in the marts. Could it be due to the surrounding temperature?

DATA:

EC1316

- a tad higher than the recommended EC of 1200.

pH6.14

- happy to see the effect of 10 drops of down is able to keep the pH around 6.

- added 5 drops of pH down again to the tank

WT28

Water level: midway between mid to min level
- to moderate the EC and to top up the water level, 1L of water minus nutrients is added, moderated by 3drops of pH down

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