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Posted by ProZachJ on Jun 7, 2010 in Zach's Garden | 11 comments

I’ ll be metformin hcl and pregnancy posing alot of video updates soon. Until then, enjoy. Tigerlily, ragnar, or red any advice on nutrient mixture? I am currently using 3-part flora series in a 1-1-1 ratio at 500ppm.

Ragnar
This looks metformin side effects acne so good, I wouldn’t change anything. If you feel the need, a slight shift to the bloom formula (1G:2M:3B as the absolute max.) could be beneficial, or a flavour enhancer. Tigerlilly could give advice, if FloraMato could be an improvement over the three-part series, or any of GH’s plant enhancers would be the best addition to your actual feeding.
Ragnar
This looks so good, I wouldn’t change anything. If you feel the need, a slight shift to the bloom formula (1G:2M:3B as the absolute max.) could be beneficial, or a flavour enhancer. Tigerlilly could give advice, if FloraMato could be an improvement over the three-part series, or any of GH’s plant enhancers would be the best addition to your actual feeding.
ProZachJ
Sometimes I think the pictures look better than real life I do have a couple of concerns that may or may not relate to the nutrient concentration. The first is the small size and occasional misshapen nature of the current fruits. The second is a small portion of all the leaf clusters (~10%) will turn darker green and begin to brown and crinkle at the edges. I have just been removing these leaves and more grow to take their place, but I still would like to make sure that my nutrients are optimized before blaming the lights or temp or the system.
ProZachJ
Sometimes I think the pictures look better than real life I do have a couple of concerns that may or may not relate to the nutrient concentration. The first is the small size and occasional misshapen nature of the current fruits. The second is a small portion of all the leaf clusters (~10%) will turn darker green and begin to brown and crinkle at the edges. I have just been removing these leaves and more grow to take their place, but I still would like to make sure that my nutrients are optimized before blaming the lights or temp or the system.
Ragnar
Maybe try the 1:2:3 with 500ppm, a deep green can be a sign of too much nitrogen. (I'm always confused with the different ppm scales can you tell us the EC?). About the shape of the fruits: the strawberries they sell us in the supermarkets are all class one types to have this perfect shape, I bet the growers have to sell at least 75% of their strawberries to jam companies, since their fruits don't fit the perfect shape the market demands.
Chris
Hey, your plants look great. I do like your system. I'm new to this and am doing more research into aquaponics before I delve in. Can you tell me about your system, how you built and what supplies you used. I'm considering the same system but there are other things that can be added to it from what I've found on the net. I have read that when they start flowering you need to change to more bloom than to the others, on the other hand I've read that it doesn't matter. Anyway I would agree with Ragnar that you may be burning your plants with too much nitrogen. Looking forward to the progress, and from what I've checked out you're going in the right direction.
http://studiologic.com ZachJ
I'll get you the EC when I get home my meter does both if I remember correctly 650ppm correlated to about 1.2. As far as the shape, I thought seascape where supposed to be the “double wide” type strawberry.
http://studiologic.com ZachJ
All I can really say about the system construction is that they are vinyl fence posts. We are saving the HOW-TO for people who want to help UHGU pioneer distributed urban agriculture. If you are interested in this keep checking out the site we will be posting an application form to join very soon.
http://www.urbanhydro.org ProZachJ
EC 1.14 pH 6.0
Andy
Wow, I don't know how I didn't keep up with this more! Thanks for dropping by my post over at the GH Blog to let me know!
I would definitely make the switch to the 1-2-3 bloom recommendations. We have been monitoring our EC quite close and they always seem to do extremely well around 1.5-1.7
I love the 3-Part for my Berries. Try to get your pH into the 5.5-5.8 realm. I see you are at 6.0 already. Most of the time, I don't hinge on such small differences but the results I saw after lowering the pH into that area, were stunning.
I'll be sure to keep up with this!
http://www.urbanhydro.org ProZachJ
Thanks for the great advice Andy. I will definitely make your recommended adjustments. Keep checking in with UHGU we have so many exciting things coming up that I can hardly contain myself sometimes.