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Thursday, April 12, 2012
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Ashland, KY
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Day 12 post-seeding and time to start transplanting the seedlings from the container/soil in which they were germinated into their hydroponic system. "System" sounds too sophisticated! It’s really a gallon jug, some plumbing supplies (1 ½ inch tube and elbow) and an aquarium pump/bubbling stone. One seedling per jug; this is not their final home-in several weeks the best 3 or 4 will be transferred into a larger system. There are 11 pictures in this series, mostly self-explanatory. The plumbing elbow was cut so the growing stalk will be trained to carefully bend toward the horizontal. The aquarium pump runs 24/7, with the stone at the very bottom of the jug (both for aeration and for mixing). To get the plant from the germination jug, warm water was hosed into the container until the lose soil was washed out, the container then laid sideways and the plant is carefully carefully (not pulled by the stalk, but by grabbing the roots) pulled out. After a bit more rinsing of the roots, the plant is inserted into the gallon hydroponic reservoir (using the slits cut into the 1 ½ inch tube and elbow). Got one done today, the rest will be done over the weekend. Foliar feed with seaweed every day. Stay tuned!
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