The lettuce is taking off. We will actually have something to harvest. It seems that they do very well in a water culture system. The basil that we planted is not doing so well but it is still alive. We … Continue reading
What a relief the plants have turned around. They are looking good again after adding that water. The basil has actually came back and the lettuce looks green again. Im glad we learned our lesson without killing all of our … Continue reading
It seems that our idea to add more nutrient solution was a bad one. It seems that we have too many nutrients in the system because the basil is all but shriveled up. The lettuce is a yellowish green. Too … Continue reading
We checked the system and once again it seems to be doing fine. Looks like it may work out for use after all. Our lettuce continues to grow at an alarming rate. The basil is growing a little slowing but … Continue reading
I checked our plants briefly after our mid-term exam. they seem to be doing well and the lettuce has already outgrown our basil. We still have plenty of nutrient solution in our system so we left it alone. Everything seems … Continue reading
WOW!!! the lettuce is looking great for only 5 days. It has already caught up to our biggest basil plant. Im glad we chose lettuce because of the quick growth rate. It seems to do well in a water culture … Continue reading
Our plants do not seem to be doing so well. We have decided to take action and plant more lettuce in the empty rock wool. We added more small rocks underneath the rock wool because they are still getting moldy. … Continue reading
Only one of our basil plants seems to be growing at all. We have checked the pH and it is right around 7. We did some research and we believe that the problem is that it is getting to much … Continue reading
Our basil seems to be doing much better than our lettuce but the growth is slow. We are on the end of the table with a light that is constantly moving back and forth. We rotated our system so that … Continue reading
After two days of germination our seeds have grown a little. We can see that they are germinating in the rock wool. We feel comfortable not adding any solution since our water culture system is on a floating platform. We … Continue reading