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Dufflight
PostPosted: Oct 21st, '08, 16:28 
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I like the one of the fence. :mrgreen:
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RupertofOZ
PostPosted: Oct 21st, '08, 16:31 
Iceberg ....

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Red Mignonette ...

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PostPosted: Oct 21st, '08, 16:33 
veggie boy wrote:
Which picture is which rupe :twisted:


Compared to the photo a week ago VB.... not the two photos in the post.... :roll:

Sorry about the "fence" photo... not sure what happened there.... :lol:
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PostPosted: Oct 21st, '08, 16:36 
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RupertofOZ wrote:
Sorry about the "fence" photo... not sure what happened there.... :lol:
Auto focus. Happens to me all the time. Silly camera wanting to look at something else.

Nice plants. I kill a lot of lettuce, will have to try the NFT.
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PostPosted: Oct 31st, '08, 15:02 
Anyone want to know how fragile a hydroponics operation can be... or for those that thought it might be a set & forget sort of thing....

Warm day here today ... about 35c.... checked the hydro stuff this morning... aOK...

Seemed alright with a quick glance around lunchtime...

Checked again about an hour ago... and noticed a few plants seemed a bit wilted...
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One of the spagetti lines had blocked.... channel was dry.....

Roots had turned brown very quickly... damn that autofocus... but you can get the idea that they are not happy and healthy..
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Should be good in a hour or two.... probably only happened about an hour or so ago... just goes to show....

On the other hand... tank temp today was holding at 28c... Silver Perch doing backflips... double feed ration tonite.... gone in a gulp :cheers:
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PostPosted: Oct 31st, '08, 15:20 
OK... slightly better shot of the root ball ...
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Normally, they would be clean and white... see previous pictures...
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PostPosted: Oct 31st, '08, 18:34 
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what amount of oxygen do you have gowing into your water reserve?
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RupertofOZ
PostPosted: Oct 31st, '08, 18:39 
Haven't actually measured it... but sufficient... these were only the first few plants in a single channel that had no water flow due to a blocked delivery tube...

Plants have since recovered just fine...
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PostPosted: Nov 3rd, '08, 19:32 
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how deep are your channels, and how far in the water are the roots?
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PostPosted: Nov 3rd, '08, 22:15 
Hi Ducky... channels are 100mm*50mm..... run a film about 5mm in the tray... roots grow down into the water... fan out/along....

I'll see if I can get a decent picture tomorrow... if I can find a way past the autofocus... guess I'll have to RTFM...... :wink:
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PostPosted: Nov 3rd, '08, 22:23 
Had a surprise visit from Scott11006 and family this evening.... impromptu mini "open" day....

Scotts' wife is keen to grow a lot of spinach in a system.... Scotts' daughter reckons she never wants to eat a spinach pie again..... :lol:

Hope you and the family enjoyed seeing the fish feed Scott....

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we have been absolutely stoked with our plant growth in the nft. Basil and lettuces growing noticably daily. So far, better than gravel I reckon, once we got the ph and water level in the channels sorted out so it was dep enuf to touch the bottom of the net pots. ie we have 2 x feed tubes to each channel to have the flow up a bit and decreased the slope from one end to the other.
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PostPosted: Nov 15th, '08, 19:17 
Well a week away... and more consistant temps have done wonders for the hydro lettuce...
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PostPosted: Nov 15th, '08, 19:23 
Everything is starting to "heart" up... time to get serious with the second table... and do it right.... :lol:
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Outbackozzie
PostPosted: Nov 15th, '08, 19:38 
Seriously, this cant be healthy.
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Looks a lot like my AP lettuce :cheers:
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