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I'm back again with my experience and Garden Journal this week. As friends know, I have a hydroponic garden at my house and I also work as a vegetable farmer, selling hydroponic products and also providing consulting services and making hydroponic installations. There are several activities that I do this week, such as checking plants, transferring seeds to the media and also controlling fertilizers in the planting media.
Simple Way to Harvest Mint Leaves
I have often said in my previous garden journal, that this mint leaf is a unique plant and has characteristics that are easy to grow and develop. Mint leaves have a distinctive and unique aroma and taste. Mint leaves are often used for food and drink by many people and mint leaves also have many health benefits.
Mint leaves are very easy to grow. We don't need a large area of land or good agricultural skills. I only have 130 mint leaf planting holes, and it has produced very satisfactory results. This time, I want to explain about the best way to harvest mint leaves.
First, we choose mint leaves whose leaves are dense and lush. Then we cut off the very bottom, but we must pay attention to leaving one branch of the plant.
Mint leaves that have been harvested, we leave one stalk for replanting. Also, don't forget to trim the roots and stems of the mint leaves that are growing under the pipe. Simple isn't it?
Hydroponic Kangkong Condition
I have transferred this kangkong to hydroponic media last week. Currently, this kangkong is 10 days old after sowing. The condition of the kangkong changes color and is striped. Some kangkong is green and some kangkong is yellow. My first analysis, the discoloration was caused by the lack of nutrients in the vegetables.
I tried to check the ppm levels in hydroponic media. My first analysis was correct, the average ppm levels of kangkong in hydroponic media ranged from 700-800 ppm. This is still far from the normal standard of ppm requirement for kangkong. Kangkong needs about 1050-1400 ppm to grow and develop properly. I have to spend extra energy to increase the ppm levels of kangkong. We will see next week, how is the condition of these vegetables? Is it normal or is it getting worse.
Pakchoy Hydroponic Condition
In addition, last week I also transferred the pakchoy seeds to hydroponic media. Pakchoy is a vegetable that is widely consumed by Indonesians and Asians as well. The pakchoy that I planted is about 15 days old after sowing. The pakchoy that I planted showed very good development, the leaves grew luxuriantly and the color was uniform green.
The ppm concentration in this hydropic medium is around 1100-1200 ppm. From this figure, it still matches the normal ppm standard of Pakchoy. PPM pakchoy according to the hydroponic manual ranges from 1000-1400 ppm. Planting pakchoy with a hydroponic system is very easy, we don't need to do anything special. We just need to keep the sun, control the concentration of fertilizers and also do a spray of midges.
Wall Hydroponic Installation
This week, I'm back to activating the hydroponic wall installation that I have. I made this hydroponic installation using leftover pipe materials and reconnected them. Sometimes, I make custom hydroponic installations and some leave pipes that can still be reused.
I grow sweet mustard and bitter mustard in this Hydroponic Installation. The weakness of this hydroponic system, is the limited sunlight due to the position of the wall that limits sunlight.
Okay, this is my gardening story for today. See you again next week.
Call me Isdarmady, because I have a full name that is very long, namely Isdarmady Syahputra Ritonga. I am a head of the family who work as Farmers Vegetables Hydroponic and Consultant Hydroponics, sometimes I also sell coffee from various regions in Indonesia.
I have expertise dispensing coffee with a variety of techniques and tools brewing, because I have the desire to make a coffee shop with hydroponics as centerpieces. Help me realize that dream.
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