03-28-2023, 05:39 PM
(03-27-2023, 11:24 PM)wiperhunter2 Wrote:(03-27-2023, 03:55 PM)jjannie Wrote: Did the weekly maintenance yesterday. Also trimmed another big bowl worth of the lettuces/spinach (pic) as they were shading the plants next to them too badly. Many of roots were so long (1-1.5 feet long) just after a week from trimming them last week. Having long roots interferes the plant below it from getting water trickled onto it.
ph was still holding before maintenance at 5.75. The goal was to get it slightly lower this week. Also, will check on Farmstand#2's ph after setting it up on Saturday. I had it close on Sun, so gave it a dose of phDown. I'll check both now that they've had a day to stabilize and update this post with their numbers.
Wow, that's amazing the roots, grow that long in one week, how far do you cut them back every week? Good to hear the PH is holding so good.
I cut the roots back to a couple inches of the little grow basket, which is about 3-4 inches total left. Then the roots will get really branched out and full.
ph yesterday:
Farmstand 1 - I've got good handle on it - it needed a little bit more. I did add so much more water and that maybe threw it off a little more than I planned for. Gave it little more treatment.
Farmstand 2 - still a work in progress as it was still bad (ph was an 8) so gave it big dose more.
then rechecked after 24 hours....Today the ph was:
Farmstand 1 - dead center of target range at 5.75
Farmstand 2 - I got it to the top end of the range at a 6.
I'll take these readings for this week for sure.
Moved the wintered-over bell peppers upstairs. They seem really happy and green with just a few leaves starting to grow. Hopefully being a little warmer they will like better. Still a ways to go of course but its all a good sign this just might work out. Fun experiment for sure.