Such a cool system Cody !! Once you have the few parameters in balance, it kinda takes care of itself. Definitely something im now interested in. The list is getting huge lol !! Have a geeat weekend!! Cheers Jason and Colleen 🌱👍🌱
Hello Cody. 🌱. Thank you for the lesson. I would like to try this someday. 🌱 My tomatillos you sent are growing well i neef to do a video on it. Have a blessed day. 😊
You should PH the solution after adding the nutrients as they will tend to lower the ph. If you dilute a little of the PH down in distilled water (add acid to water, not water to acid) you will be able to make fine adjustments and be less likely to overshoot. PH down adds phosphorus (P) and PH up adds potassium (K) to the nutrient solution so its better not to overshoot. If you are using the mineral blend nutrient with bottled water i would check the label on the bottled water for the calcium content. The mineral blend is formulated with less calcium to account for the contribution from the water.
@@groundskeepercody6013 I use RO soley because it has no elemental content :) If you have access to a glasshouse grade calcium nitrate (such as Haifa or Yara) i`d suggest adding 6g per gallon along with 6g per gallon of magnesium sulphate (Epsom). That will give you an additional 24ppm of NO3 (Nitrate-N), 15ppm of Mg and 43ppm of Ca. You can use a Calmag product too, it`ll just work out a lot more expensive. The full strength mineral blend in RO water will provide 52ppm of calcium. If you have tomatoes in the tower it`ll be difficult to find a balance that works for all. My aeroponic toms like190ppm of Ca, where as lettuce is happy with 100ppm or so. The main problem with toms and low Ca is it increases the risk of blossom end rot (BER) and there`s nothing worse than losing toms to BER :) Here`some of my outdoor aeroponic (indeterminate) toms on 190ppm of Ca with 16 weeks to go (they get to over 6ft tall) ua-cam.com/video/WpTaZxvJzM8/v-deo.html Here`s some determinate toms in one of my aeroponic towers which used the same nutrient formulation. They were supposed be a dwarf variety but grew to almost 3ft. Lesson leaned, never trust the height given on the seed packet. ua-cam.com/video/3Xp2KbT744k/v-deo.html
Such a cool system Cody !! Once you have the few parameters in balance, it kinda takes care of itself. Definitely something im now interested in. The list is getting huge lol !!
Have a geeat weekend!!
Cheers Jason and Colleen 🌱👍🌱
@ Groundskeeper Cody year a great way to learn!!
Dealing with plants is an art. nice video
Very cool, Cody! Can't wait to see how everything grows over the coming months. 👍🌄🍃
Wow Cody thanks for sharing this is amazing!
Interesting Cody. I look forward to watching the plants grow.
Hello Cody. 🌱. Thank you for the lesson. I would like to try this someday. 🌱 My tomatillos you sent are growing well i neef to do a video on it. Have a blessed day. 😊
For vegetable garden soil, what should the PH be? Nice setup Cody….great space saver for sure. Looking forward to more updates!
You should PH the solution after adding the nutrients as they will tend to lower the ph. If you dilute a little of the PH down in distilled water (add acid to water, not water to acid) you will be able to make fine adjustments and be less likely to overshoot. PH down adds phosphorus (P) and PH up adds potassium (K) to the nutrient solution so its better not to overshoot. If you are using the mineral blend nutrient with bottled water i would check the label on the bottled water for the calcium content. The mineral blend is formulated with less calcium to account for the contribution from the water.
@@groundskeepercody6013
I use RO soley because it has no elemental content :) If you have access to a glasshouse grade calcium nitrate (such as Haifa or Yara) i`d suggest adding 6g per gallon along with 6g per gallon of magnesium sulphate (Epsom). That will give you an additional 24ppm of NO3 (Nitrate-N), 15ppm of Mg and 43ppm of Ca. You can use a Calmag product too, it`ll just work out a lot more expensive. The full strength mineral blend in RO water will provide 52ppm of calcium. If you have tomatoes in the tower it`ll be difficult to find a balance that works for all. My aeroponic toms like190ppm of Ca, where as lettuce is happy with 100ppm or so. The main problem with toms and low Ca is it increases the risk of blossom end rot (BER) and there`s nothing worse than losing toms to BER :)
Here`some of my outdoor aeroponic (indeterminate) toms on 190ppm of Ca with 16 weeks to go (they get to over 6ft tall)
ua-cam.com/video/WpTaZxvJzM8/v-deo.html
Here`s some determinate toms in one of my aeroponic towers which used the same nutrient formulation. They were supposed be a dwarf variety but grew to almost 3ft. Lesson leaned, never trust the height given on the seed packet. ua-cam.com/video/3Xp2KbT744k/v-deo.html