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Old 10-27-2007, 03:15 PM
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Day 11 - Home again

Looks like my two plants survived my absence . They're working on their second set of leaves and growing strong.

I was kind of worried about the water level dropping too low while I was gone, but I guess little plants just don't drink much.

Nute strength is a tad bit stronger than what I was aiming for. It's currently at 360ppm. I guess maybe my math was off. It doesn't seem to be bothering the plants at all, though. I'll probably increase it to "normal" Lucas Formula seedling strength - 470ppm - in a couple of days.

pH has been a bit unstable, but that maybe due to the fact that I forgot that distilled water tends to be really sensitive to pH adjusters. There just aren't enough nutes in the water yet to really buffer the pH so when I adjusted it down on the initial fill up I overdid it just a touch. But not too bad, though. pH was at 5.2 this morning, so I added a wee bit of pH UP to bring it back into optimal range.
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My journey as a gardener....

Round One - Blueberry x Haze Beginner's (un)luck and the learning process
Round Two - White Widow High temps = hermies ...and how I fixed them
Round Three - Blueberry x Haze (again) Third time is just right (mostly)
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