Julianne Metz – Blogs @ MU

Julianne Metz wrote a new post on the site Lettuce Talk Hydroponics 11 years, 4 months ago

This past Monday and Wednesday we checked our plants to find that both the temperature and the pH level were at normal as they have been for the past few weeks. To our surprise a bunch of the leaves were starting […]

Julianne Metz wrote a new post on the site Lettuce Talk Hydroponics 11 years, 5 months ago

It’s been about a week since we last checked up on our system due to the cancellation of class this past Monday. To our surprise the baby romaine lettuce has grown significantly, which called for us to perform […]

Julianne Metz wrote a new post on the site Lettuce Talk Hydroponics 11 years, 5 months ago

Hey everyone! So it looks like our system has been doing well so far. The leaves have grown quite a bit since the last time we checked up on the system. The temperature has been a steady 71.3 degrees today and […]

Julianne Metz wrote a new post on the site Lettuce Talk Hydroponics 11 years, 5 months ago

Due to Hurricane Sandy that rolled in over the weekend and part of Monday, we did not have classes for the past two days. As a result of this, we were not able to check on our system. This worries us a little bit […]

Julianne Metz commented on the post, Day 7, on the site C&S Hydroponics 11 years, 6 months ago

What are the benefits to using rockwool over perlite and vice-versa? Are you trying to use both to see which one works better?

Julianne Metz commented on the post, October 22nd , on the site Davis and Ronan Hydroponics 11 years, 6 months ago

By adding more water did the pH naturally go down or did you have to add pH Down chemicals to alter it?

Julianne Metz commented on the post, day two of WEEK TWO: More Growth, High pH, on the site Homemade Hydroponics 11 years, 6 months ago

Would you consider using the pH Down chemicals again? My group has been running into higher pH levels too. If you put in a very small amount of it, less than 1/4 of a teaspoon the solution gets to a good pH level.

Julianne Metz wrote a new post on the site Lettuce Talk Hydroponics 11 years, 6 months ago

Things are looking good for our Baby Romain Lettuce plants on this fine Monday. They have grown quite bit over the weekend. It seems that 12 hours of light and 12 hours of dark are working out thus far. We […]

Julianne Metz commented on the post, Built and Ready, on the site Lettuce Talk Hydroponics 11 years, 6 months ago

We’ll have to take more pictures on Monday, but we can definately provide more information and photographs!

Julianne Metz wrote a new post on the site Lettuce Talk Hydroponics 11 years, 6 months ago

As of this past Monday, our water culture hydroponics system is built and ready to test! Our seeds have been planted using rock wool as the medium in two plastic cups. Nutrient water that has been prepared is […]

Julianne Metz wrote a new post on the site Lettuce Talk Hydroponics 11 years, 6 months ago

Welcome to our hydroponics blog! Come adventure with us as we explore the mysteries of water culture systems. 🙂

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