Today we came in after the weekend and checked on the system. We discovered that there was some minimal algae growth in the upper tray. We took the upper tray out and cleaned it. The next thing we did is … Continue reading
Today we came in after a week of not being in the lab and noticed that some of our plants were looking a little droopy. We believe that the droopiness of the plants can be attributed to the amount of … Continue reading
Today I came into the lab and discovered that our system had evaporated some of the nutrient solution. There was no sign of settling with the solution. I added two gallons of the nutrient solution to the system and then … Continue reading
Today we came in and changed out our nutrient solution. We also cleaned the tank and the pod holders. After changing the solution we checked the PH and found it to be at 7. From there we lowered the PH … Continue reading
Today we checked our PH at the beginning of class. We found it to be at 6.0. from there we stirred our solution and added one more gallon of nutrient solution. At this point we again checked the PH and … Continue reading
Today we noticed that there was growth on 10 out of 10 pods. We did a check on the Ph and noticed it was a little high at 7.6; Therefore we lowered the Ph to 6.5. We also noticed that … Continue reading
Today we noticed that the solids in our nutrient solution have settled to the bottom of our tray and aquarium. We did a complete clean out of the system and replaced the nutrient solution. We had growth in 6 out … Continue reading
Today we planted the gem lettuce seeds. The planting medium we used was rockwool. Before we placed the seeds in the rockwool we rehydrated them in a wet paper towel; we also pre-soaked the rockwool in plain water. The rockwool … Continue reading