- Yeah, agreed on the algae side. It's all about light. I was worried that these buckets would be too thin, but they're turning out alright... so... yay? (I never let the tap water air out. So I wonder if the little bit of chlorine or whatever is enough to kill off the algae but not enough to kill the roots of the plant. Not sure)
Concerning nutrient water left over! Cool thing!!! So at first I did a gallon per lettuce, cause thats the estimation for soil based growing. But, as you can see, each head of lettuce really will only take about a fourth to a third of a gallon.
So I thought about either having smaller containers, as you mentioned, or growing two plants, or whatever.
BUT!!! I found a cooler thing! I just do a "Cut and Come Again". So This first planting will take about 6 or 7 weeks to grow fully and consume around 1/3 of the nutrients in the bin (give or take).
When I harvest it, I cut about an inch to an inch and a half above the base line AND IT GROWS AGAIN!!!
The roots are already there, the infrastructure in place, so it takes about FOUR weeks for the second plant to grow. I cut again above the base line and GET A THIRD ONE going, lol!
So one seed and I get three crops out of a one gallon bin.
That's a passive grow system right there and I like it.
#solarPunk #hydroponics #kratky #indoorGardening #urbanFarming
Tinker ☀️ /
npub1hq…ent6l
2024-05-03 13:39:40
in reply to nevent1q…pg0y
Author Public Key
npub1hqevlj9hckkq0t30yachlqr06pcf8avevw9v5h8areekx3z2y54shent6lPublished at
2024-05-03 13:39:40Event JSON
{
"id": "43d0329be0a106e9be751aed1da8f94ae34cf085bade526de9e65741a627854d",
"pubkey": "b832cfc8b7c5ac07ae2f27717f806fd07093f599638aca5cfd1e7363444a252b",
"created_at": 1714743580,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"t",
"urbanfarming"
],
[
"p",
"5f2dac217c35680cbce574baa0ae609373a356ef1de1ab2ed0a920abb9db3fff"
],
[
"t",
"indoorgardening"
],
[
"p",
"330a1b5579daabec624a4de6c64a810b6a98b60b473a5e9ad12bb56961b71704"
],
[
"t",
"hydroponics"
],
[
"e",
"494c0c19994886998340c55458db0adb78f46aa425c11f02d0a0a62539ff6cd6",
"",
"root"
],
[
"e",
"ae8f1b1ab96f0748690d340cbf403c799aedfcb086cf24a3b1eff6b33d9df308",
"",
"reply"
],
[
"p",
"b832cfc8b7c5ac07ae2f27717f806fd07093f599638aca5cfd1e7363444a252b"
],
[
"t",
"solarpunk"
],
[
"t",
"kratky"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://infosec.exchange/users/tinker/statuses/112377435295120594",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://infosec.exchange/users/tinker/statuses/112377435295120594",
"pink.momostr"
]
],
"content": "- Yeah, agreed on the algae side. It's all about light. I was worried that these buckets would be too thin, but they're turning out alright... so... yay? (I never let the tap water air out. So I wonder if the little bit of chlorine or whatever is enough to kill off the algae but not enough to kill the roots of the plant. Not sure)\n\nConcerning nutrient water left over! Cool thing!!! So at first I did a gallon per lettuce, cause thats the estimation for soil based growing. But, as you can see, each head of lettuce really will only take about a fourth to a third of a gallon.\n\nSo I thought about either having smaller containers, as you mentioned, or growing two plants, or whatever.\n\nBUT!!! I found a cooler thing! I just do a \"Cut and Come Again\". So This first planting will take about 6 or 7 weeks to grow fully and consume around 1/3 of the nutrients in the bin (give or take).\n\nWhen I harvest it, I cut about an inch to an inch and a half above the base line AND IT GROWS AGAIN!!!\n\nThe roots are already there, the infrastructure in place, so it takes about FOUR weeks for the second plant to grow. I cut again above the base line and GET A THIRD ONE going, lol!\n\nSo one seed and I get three crops out of a one gallon bin.\n\nThat's a passive grow system right there and I like it.\n\n#solarPunk #hydroponics #kratky #indoorGardening #urbanFarming",
"sig": "f77781ead7ca0eb2b75ba17e0fb98c5db34aa68a85ed7f5c340173567e15b06483204a1bfecb97a1b73ad81f7f99b52f033cfa1c295c3ca6f302fb33fb4062b0"
}