Saturday, March 02, 2013

DWC Pt. 2 Nutrients & Plants

Nutrients

My nutrients have been delivered. As mentioned in Part 1, I'm using Jacks Pro 5-12-26 Hydroponic and J.R. Peters Calcium Nitrate 15.5-0-0. From everything I've read, this mixture will have everything that my plants need.


Plants

I'm starting with 4 spinach plants started from seed in dirt trays about 3 weeks ago, and 4 strawberry plant shoots dug up from my outside garden. I plan on setting up a 2nd tub in the next few weeks to add some variation.

Again, the water in the tub is filled to just touch the bottom of the pudding baskets until the roots grow down into the water at which point I'll lower the water.

Here is everything planted in Perlite, Day 1.





So that's it! I'll be watching these closely and will update with new photos as they grow.