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A project log for Figuring Out Hydroponics

Let's be honest... hydroponics are so simple but so very complicated

garretGarret 11/03/2016 at 03:000 Comments

I planned on putting a lot more into the project by this point but school has been a lot recently, but my plants are doing great at the moment. My setup right now is my air pump connected to 3, 2 gallon buckets and another small container I 3D printed which is the one from an earlier picture. currently i have one tomato plant that is about 3-4 feet tall growing in a winder and my 2 jalapeno plants have started to flower but are about 2 feet tall, however they have 15 -20 bud that are about to start blooming with about 2-3 on each flowering.

Hopefully i should be back with a few holidays coming up and once I get caught up in school.

As far as what i have learned there is a few main points:

- No or as little light in the reservoir is very good (something as small as spray painting the outside helps

- Always check how much water your reservoir really can hold because for the containers the amount is said is at the very top of the bucket from what I've experienced

- Use slightly less nutrients then what the feed charts recommend to keep a safe PPM and happy plants

- Also make sure of what unit your ppm meter measures in to ensure you have the correct PPM

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