Hydroponic Lettuce

[trinidadPepper]

Monday 18th March
First transplanted Iceberg lettuce (3) in 5 gallon hydroponic bucket.
Using FloroDuo A+B
Water Temp: 85.5 degrees Fahrenheit
Ph: 6.5
Time taken 11:00am

 

[NattyPepper]

Sounds good, I think I'm going to start a lettuce raft soon myself.

 

[Island_Dan]

Pictures!!!!!!! I want to see how you have the lettuce in the bucket.

 

[trinidadPepper]

[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Monday 18th March - Time 3:00pm[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Water Temp: 92.2 degrees Fahrenheit[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Ph: 7.2[/background]

[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Monday 18th March - Time 3:00pm[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Water Temp: 89.8 degrees Fahrenheit[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Ph: 7.2[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]The pH seems to have reach a level where it shouldn't be according to the directions on the bottle.[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Does anyone know how to lower the level of the ph? Should I add just a bit more of the grow formula in and it would take the pH down?[/background]

[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Island_Dan, I will post up some pics for you to see tomorrow.[/background]

 

[pwmcustom]

A few drops of vinegar will work.

 

[trinidadPepper]

Thanks alot! I didn't know what to do about it so I kept adding more of the solution bit by bit until the pH finally came down to the suggest level on the directions!

 

[trinidadPepper]

[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Monday 18th March - Time 8:00pm[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Water Temp: 89.8 degrees Fahrenheit[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Ph: 7.2[/background]

[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Monday 18th March - Time 9:00pm[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Water Temp: 88.1 degrees Fahrenheit[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Ph: 7.0[/background]

[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Monday 18th March - Time 10:00pm[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Water Temp: 87.3 degrees Fahrenheit[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Ph: 6.8[/background]

[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Tuesday 19th March - Time 8:00am[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Water Temp: 78.9 degrees Fahrenheit[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Ph: 6.6[/background]

Here are the pics as requested. However I have since removed two of them and placed them separate.
So there's only 1 lettuce plant in there now.

 

[Onefstsnake]

Looking good.
Temps seem to swing quite a bit though...
Im growing 5 heads of Boston lettuce in a 10gal tote. pH around 6.0 and water temps near 70*F.
Should be about 35-45 days from seed to harvest.

 

[trinidadPepper]

Thanks!
I'm not sure how old there were when I got them though, so I'm counting from the time I transplanted which is only 3 days now.
I have removed two of them and now I just have 1 in the netted pot.
Do you have pics of yours?
Would love to see them.

 

[trinidadPepper]

[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Thursday 21st March[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Time 6:30am[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Water Temp: 81.8 degrees Fahrenheit[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Ph: 6.5[/background]

[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Time 9:30am[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Water Temp: 82.9 degrees Fahrenheit[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Ph: 6.5[/background]

[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Time 11:17am[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Water Temp: 85.3 degrees Fahrenheit[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Ph: 6.5[/background]

[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Time 12:30pm[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Water Temp: 87.1 degrees Fahrenheit[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Ph: 6.5[/background]

[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Time 4:00pm[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Water Temp: 95.4 degrees Fahrenheit[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Ph: 6.4[/background]

[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Time 6:15pm[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Water Temp: 96.7 degrees Fahrenheit[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Ph: 6.3[/background]

[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Time 8:00pm[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Water Temp: 93.7 degrees Fahrenheit[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Ph: 6.3[/background]

[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Roots have also been spotted emerging from the netted pot[/background]
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[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Other than that, the plant seems to be growing healthy as I can notice a big difference in the growth as opposed to the ones I transplanted in the disposal cups.[/background]
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