Hello my fellow gardening enthusiasts.
I wanted to give a quick update on the progress of the seeds I started last month and on the rebuild of my front outdoor hydroponics system.
This past week I re-dug out the hole for the 55 gallon reservoir and this time lined the sides with quick set concrete to prevent the sand and soil from liquefying and forcing it's way down and under the tank in heavy rains like it did last year. I never would have though that ground soil saturation would have enough hydroponic pressure to lift a 55 gallon tank up out of the ground, but it does and did.
I installed a new ECOPlus 633 pump which at it's current lift should cycle over 400 gallons per hour through the rails, this is about 175 more G/H than the pump I was running before. I decided to use the outlet with the 1/4" air supply node and left it open. The jet of water coming from the node will circulate the water and mix the nutrients in the tank and also give me a very clear audible indication if the water level ever drops down to the top of the pump.
With the water and nutrients flowing in the vertical garden rails, I moved the tomato and cucumber plants outside. This will be temporarily for this week, but Friday they will be moved over to the dutch buckets on the other side. I will then put the pepper plants and maybe some herbs in the rails.
This week i will rebuild the cover box for the reservoir tank and run new 1/4" feed lines to the dutch buckets and hook up a new pump for them as well. As soon as that is done the tomatoes and cucumbers will settle in to their final place for the growing season and I will put lettuce new lettuce plants in the inside wall garden.
If all goes well, by mid-March everything should be back up to speed and producing food for us.
Fingers crossed - NO HURRICANES THIS YEAR!!!
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