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Monday, December 18, 2017
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Oak Grove, Mn
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I am starting to see the fuzzy root hairs. From initial research I believe these are called trichoblasts. Each hair is a single cell and very efficient at nutrient intake. With potentially thousands of these in the rooting area, I can see some really big tomatoes coming. I will be taking a look at them soon under the microscope. Aeroponics is not a system for plant and forget growers. It will take constant monitoring to maintain. As the plant grows and increases the intake of moisture will have to modify timing duration or blast volume to compensate. Ideally should modify the cycle for day night differences, plant growth stage and for atmospheric humidity changes. There is so much fine control of the roots that this system can provide but also there is very little tolerance for mistakes. I am sure I can spend the next decade trying to fine tune the setup. So many things to learn to improve it...how do you connect a computer to input the variables and control the timing of the mists and the nutrient ratios and strengths? In time I will be looking for the way to do it. Maybe extreme growing now, but I expect 20 years from now that some of the younger growers here will think that this is basic. Their extreme will be things not even thought of today.
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