Day 4 Trouble with Pump

Pump trouble!

Initially I thought it may be caused by root debris. So did the usual clearing step.of turning off the Pump, unplug the top inlet pipe and then blow into it to clear any detritus.

Unfortunate this didn't work despite a few attempts. So decided to do a whole system clean up.

Spent a total of 2.5 hours dismantling, hosing down, cleaning, and reassembly.

And that's where I found the issue. Instead of root detritus, there were signs of calcification over the Pump metal net. Wondering if it was caused by the addition of H2O2.

Anyways brought a hard sponge to it and removed the caked up solids. Afterwhich I tested out the Pump after cleaning the inlet and outlet. That's when the cotton bud I used, got caught and the cotton ball was stuck inside the Pump!

So I did what any self-respecting trained ex-mechanical engineer would do. Unscrewed the housing, and cleared the Pump turbine. Did a thorough clean up as well. After reassembling the pump, I tested it out in a cup of water. And it's alive again!

That took a whole 2.5 hours.

And that's when I did something unplanned. Decided to seed KK, RA and BC (this one from BLH) on leca balls. The thinking is to compare the germination in sponge and in leca and see how the greens develop.

So in goes a sprinkling of seeds.

KK on the top tier, RA on Tier 2 and BC on Tier 3. Most them with spray and let's see what happens over the next few days.

Meanwhile, the progress of seeds in sponges.

So far green house like condition seems the fastest way to germinate seeds.

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