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27 Jan - Harvest #1 White Crown Bok Choi

The very first fiest harvest of the White Crown Bok Choi. Trying out multi harvest and see where this leads. A reasonably happy harvest. From 11 plants. Good for 2 pax. Stir fried with fish cakes as usual, though from the picture it would seems that the fish cake is the main actor instead of the green!  Now the before and after. EC kept to about an average of 1200 over the 3 weeks of growth. Busy with work, i was unable to monitor daily. So I just checked the EC every 4 to 5 days. Sometimes, it drops to 600+, and I will top it up with 40 or 50ml of A and B. That will bring the level back to abput 1300+. From this experience, I am more confident that for hobbyist, its OK not to maintain required EC all the time. That is a requirement though for farms, where a sustained process is necessary to ensure regular produce.  In between the 4 to 5 days, I just made sure to.top up water, and this can be up to 3L every 2 days.  The after look.

Batch#01 - 27 Dec - Day 18 (FIRST Harvest!)

The Very First Harvest!   My very first harvest from the Yashponics system! 18 days old Grand Rapids lettuce. Decided to harvest for our salad brekkie and also to thin them out! Cut out 25 plants about 6 inches tall. Tender, crunchy, and just slightly bittersweet. Nice with a slice of banana cake and Kopi-O! Too excited to plate a slice of banana bread (from Bollywood Veggies), slathered with generous butter, placed on a bed of greens! So just use your imagination! The Before and After Look All over the place due to the reduction of comrades. Not sure if the rest are happy about losing their comrades, but at least they are not as packed as sardines! And so we started out with the morning with this... Starting from top to bottom: CR (Cos or Romaine) Grand Rapids Red Oaks Butterheads Data: EC1180 - between optimal range for lettuces (800 - 1200) pH6.3 - once again it has increased. Added another 4 drops of pHD to Tier 4. WT29 - consistent! ** note to self: to consider cooling down the wa