Batch#01 - 09 Jan - Day 31 (Time for Lolla Lettuce)

Harvested Grand Rapids fully and Seeded Lolla Lettuce (from BLH)

Before and...

After! Gone are the "messy" GR from the whole tier. Yield is approximately 100g.

Decided to harvest all the GR. These are 31 days old. Stems and leaves are fine and soft, not as crisp as I would have liked. Same observation for the Romaines. Suspect that it could be due to lack of macronutrients such as nitrogen and possibly calcium. Ordered calcium nitrate pills from Shopee to address this.

COS/ROMAINE:

More tip burns observed. Two likely factors - calcium deficiency and lack of regular airflow to increase evapotranspiration.

LOLLA LETTUCE:

Bought this from BLH. Cleaned all the pots, and got rids of protruding roots, and cleared the remaining stems from the pots. No signs of algae on the leca balls. Roots that were removed were crisp to the touch and not slimy. A good sign. Placed about 4 to 5 seeds per pot.

RED OAK:

Little tip burn observed on the RO. Could be due to the better and regular airflow from the dining room ceiling fan.

BUTTERHEAD:

EC1042

pH6.42

WT28

Water level: at min level.

- added 20 drops of down to further depress the pH.

- Top up 4L of water, and added 30ml All-in-Onegrow solution.

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