Batch#01 - 19 Jan - Day 41 (Cos cycle #2 germinated! & GR Microgreens)

2nd Cycle of Cos/Romaine Lettuce Germinated!

And the Start of Grand Rapids Microgreens

Placed 1 seed each in eight pots on Tier 1, two days ago. And ALL of them germinated successfully after seemingly 3 days plus. Experience from the first seeding cycle suggests that this is slow. Important to note that the seeding took place in the evening, and the seeds were placed a little deeper than the usual "sprinkled over the leca balls" method. Wanted to find out if this will keep the Cos more anchored and upright.

Seems like pelleted seeds are a good investment. Since seeds usually expire 3 months after the seed package is opened. So what do we do with those plants that come in quantities like 2500?

Microgreens seem to be the obvious answer.

Grand Rapid Microgreens

Did a little research and came across this site on microgreens. Seems like quite a large variety of microgreens are edible. Lettuce family is one of them. So decided to try out the Grand Rapid from Yash's set.

Decided to try germinating them with moist kitchen towel, placed on moist leca balls. Prepared 2 pots of this.

And read somewhere that for microgreens, it's best to germinate in the dark. Hence the two upside down coffee cups!

DATA:

EC1400

pH5.80

WT28

Water level: just below Max level.

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Batch 2 - Transplant Cycle 2

Transplant Cycle 2 Transplanted an assortment of GL and L211 mix that is about 7 days old. These came from seeding that was done on 9 May. Leftover sprouts. Tried to grow Chinese Kale via Kratky using the wicking method planter pots and two 20W E27 grow lights. A close up of the CK sprouts.

Batch#01 - 31 Dec - Day 22

HARVEST TIME! GR for New Year's eve dinner! Finally harvested 134.9g of Grand Rapids for dinner! The before, harvest and after look! Leaving some leaves for brekkie tomorrow! From the top to bottom again: Cos/Romaine: The Grand Rapids or what's left over! Red Oak: Butterhead: Data: (before harvest) EC1146 pH6.93 - once again, the pH crept up again, despite adding 6 drops of down yesterday. Time to adjust it downwards once again. - added 10 drops of pH down. WT29 Water Level: at MIN level again. - Topped up with another 2L with 10mL of ABC. Adjusted with 6 drops of Down.

Batch#01 - 21 Jan - Day 43 (GR microgreens!)

It's all about the GR microgreens today! And that is just 2 days after seeding. The kitchen towel method seems to be working till now. Let's see what happens in 8 days. For the time being, will keep the cup to cover the mini sprouts. Now the lollas. A close-up of the tip burn like of the cotyledons. Interesting to see that the lolla young leaves are relatively tender and thin compared to Cos. DATA EC1532 pH5.83 WT29 Water level: at mid level.

Deep Water Ebb-Flow System

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