Hey Ocelaris,
That’s quite a collection you have there. When I first saw the mister I wondered where the runoff was going. That’s always been my problem. But then I see you’re working over a sink! Great idea. I gave up on misting years ago due to crown rot. After that I just kept the humidity at 70+%, which worked fine unless I damaged the roots during transplanting. How long do your plants stay wet after misting?
That tiger on the bottom right looks a lot like a Beallara “Mar-Fitch”(sp.) I haven’t been able to bloom. You’ve done well. One more question, the mottled leaf, is it a phrag, has it bloomed for you? I haven’t yet tried that genus.
Our well puts out water at ~50uS/cm (est. 25ppm) so I’ve never had to deal with RO or DI. As Sput noted, our water is so pure it’s eaten through three water heaters in the last 12 years. For the first go-round I’ll be using my TNS #1.1 = 150/50/200 N/P2O5/K2O (ppm) solution at weekly increasing strengths during vegetative stage then migrate to a not as yet calculated formula as the flower stretch progresses then eventually to a zero N formula for the last few weeks. In addition to the formula I’ll be adding ore extracts to provide those crazy elements like silicon, samarium, and gadolinium. I decided to make my own nutes just because I can. I have no expectations that they’ll be any better than the commercial stuff, it just allows me to play.
Sput, you festering nut sack, what do you mean, ugly leaves? They just have a lot of character, that’s all. |