Hope everyone has been enjoying this F A L L weather as much as I have been! 🍂
Rachel from the Green Team speaking, and I'm happy to report that the Grow Room is off to a good start! Tori and I are enjoying watching the progress our little ones are making!
After experiencing some irregularities in our EC measurements in our nutrient solution, Tori and I researched the issue and came to the conclusion that we have a buildup of salts in our system. Why is that bad? Excessive salts in the rooting zone can cause stunted plant growth and other problems as well.
Tap water has salts already present in it, but these aren't necessarily nutrients the plants can use. The salts can build up in the tank and growing media (pictured below as white crusty deposits) over time. We completely flushed the system and cleaned the sponges, so hopefully we will start seeing some changes!
We'll keep you posted on our progress, but in the meantime ... have a great weekend everyone!
Rachel 🌿
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