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Sunday, July 02, 2017
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bnot
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Oak Grove, Mn
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I enjoy having all these extra days to work on gardening. The project for today was to move my hydro tomato outside. The 55 gallon drum is buried but i dont want to move the plant from the five gallon bucket until the roots are growing past the 6 inch net pot filled with rockwool. First problem that I have..temp inthe rockwool is climbing close to 100 degrees even though it is only 80 outside. The chiller is keeping the reservoir at 68 degrees but that isn't helping higher up. I added 4 drip lines to cool the rockwool but when i did this inside I was flooding the roots and causing purple. To try to avoid drowning the young roots I now have four airstones in the reservoir. Temp at root zone is back to 70 degrees but will evaluate if I am drowning the roots after a day. This was easier with a 2 inch net pot but i wanted more spread of roots. This is an outdoor hydro learning year for me. If I can get the plant healthy in open environment then will add the mini greenhouse with co2, humidity and temp control. By the time I am done might have a $2000 tomato that weighs 2 pounds. The fun of hobby is priceless though.
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