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Friday, April 20, 2012 EP Ashland, KY

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Hydroponic maintenance- In the past, I have washed all of the soil off the roots before I transferred the plants from the germination soil to the hydroponic solution. This season I did not, and I think this caused a bacteria problem in 2 of the jugs. The soil and root ball was compacted, and even though I added H2O2 on occasion, I think that the regions of soil and roots that are all wadded together in a ball were not accessible to the disinfecting H2O2. I cleaned up each plant's roots and removed most of the soil and debris. While I was at it, I measured the roots, nearly 2 feet long!
 



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