starke
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I'm going to call this experiment complete at this point until I have time to make a few changes to the system and mother nature becomes more hospitable. 99 day before yesterday, 100 yesterday 99 today. Looking at the next 10 days no temps below 94. Crazy heat for May, even for Florida. I'm afraid to see what the Dog Days of August will be like this year.
The plants have done amazingly well under the shade cloth and even the lettuce has grown out again to the point it will produce another bowl full when chopped the final time. The basil has grown like mad and will produce a fine mess of pesto. The two spinach plants have bolted without producing any usable leaves so they are for sure a fall crop. Going to transplant the parsley and oregano to dirt with the rest of our herbs.
Changes to be made:
The half inch pvc feed tubes work OK but leak when the system shuts off. Water drops run down the outside of the tubes and splash on the frame and deck causing algae and evaporated salts. The two drilled holes to feed each cup work OK but it was impossible to drill them in a perfectly straight line so the angles going into the cups differ and some spray almost outside the cup, again causing a mess. Even with the adjustments I built into the feed tubes I cannot adjust out all the spray/drips etc. Probably going to have to break down and just buy some regular drippers.
I have an idea floating around in the back of my mind using half inch rigid copper and various copper fittings for kind of a steampunk meets caribbean soul solution.
Be back in a bit when I fix the bugs and the weather cools off.
Peace,
starke
This morning:
Last Update
I'm going to call this experiment complete at this point until I have time to make a few changes to the system and mother nature becomes more hospitable. 99 day before yesterday, 100 yesterday 99 today. Looking at the next 10 days no temps below 94. Crazy heat for May, even for Florida. I'm afraid to see what the Dog Days of August will be like this year.
The plants have done amazingly well under the shade cloth and even the lettuce has grown out again to the point it will produce another bowl full when chopped the final time. The basil has grown like mad and will produce a fine mess of pesto. The two spinach plants have bolted without producing any usable leaves so they are for sure a fall crop. Going to transplant the parsley and oregano to dirt with the rest of our herbs.
Changes to be made:
The half inch pvc feed tubes work OK but leak when the system shuts off. Water drops run down the outside of the tubes and splash on the frame and deck causing algae and evaporated salts. The two drilled holes to feed each cup work OK but it was impossible to drill them in a perfectly straight line so the angles going into the cups differ and some spray almost outside the cup, again causing a mess. Even with the adjustments I built into the feed tubes I cannot adjust out all the spray/drips etc. Probably going to have to break down and just buy some regular drippers.
I have an idea floating around in the back of my mind using half inch rigid copper and various copper fittings for kind of a steampunk meets caribbean soul solution.
Be back in a bit when I fix the bugs and the weather cools off.
Peace,
starke
This morning: