Hydroponic
What does it grow?
Currently: Fatalii yellow
In the Past: Lemon Drop Chili
Progress and Status
Air Pump
The air pump kept dislocating the connected hose from time to time so I bought another one. Now there are 2 air pumps running at the same time. This should be failsafe. Besides I want to know what the effects of a higher H2O concentration will do to the plant.
Material
Building
- Carve nearly all of the lid off in order to stuck the Air-Pot in it.
- Drill a hole into the barrel which should just be big enough to get the hoses trough.
- Connect the corresponding hoses with the air pump, water pump.
- Put the perlite in the Air-Pot.
- Connect the hoses of the micro drip system on Air-Pot.
- Flood the perlite with water. (This will remove all the dirt which would block up the water pump)
- Throw the dirt water away.
- Plant your seedling.
- Position your UV lamp approx. 20cm over your seedling.
- Use a plug-in-timer to start your Hydroponic construction. Your Hydroponic should run at least for 12 hours straight.
- Dehumidifier is a must if you can't open windows in your room.
PH
Optimal PH level for growing chilies lies between 5,2 - 5,6.
EC
Optimal EC level lies between 600-800 µs/cm for seedlings.
After a month you can go up to 1300-1500 µs/cm.
Pictures
First version
Second version
