Wednesday, September 1, 2010
DWC/NFT HAS ROOTS BLOCKAGE
The roots has finally grown big enough to block the flow of water thru the pipe. This in turn is keeping nutient from reaching all the plants. Many leaves are turning brown. Will be shuting down this system shortly.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Need to use a ladder to reach the tops the cherry tomatoes now, which are approx. 11 feet above the ground.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
New pictures the zucchini plants
7-4-2010 |
6-29-2010 |
Zucchini plants are growing little faster than I expected. Last year I put 2 plants to a bucket. This year I put 6 plants, with the intention of pulling out 2 plants from each bucket. But now the roots have all grown together. I'm worry that the root mass will be to dense and the water will not drain from the buckets. Time will tell.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Nylon Trellis added for plant support
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Support structure in place for zucchini plants
Friday, June 18, 2010
Plant support to keep plants from being wind blown
1 1/2'" diameter pvc piping structure added. Temporary strings were then added to keep the plants from being wind blown during thunderstorms. The 1/2" pvc pipe was added for support to the first two plants. Will be replacing the strings with a nylon trellis later.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Current picture of NFT\DWC system
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Pump failure
Another pump wore out. Second pump in 4 years, not bad. Came home tonight and found the pump on the NFT/DWC system making a strange sound. No water was being pumped. Switch out the pump with another, was back up and running.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
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