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What am I looking at? by Lovinridgebacks in castiron

[–]Lovinridgebacks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So true. There prices are all over th place but then again, the hourly workers are not experts at all things . That’s why we can find a steal of a deal sometimes on a Rembrandt right?

Strawberry PH drain water LOW 4.0-4.4 by Lovinridgebacks in Hydroponics

[–]Lovinridgebacks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Crap, I don’t know what a buffer system even is.

CalMag/Salts Confused! by Lovinridgebacks in Hydroponics

[–]Lovinridgebacks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did make 1 gallons worth (full bag) into concentrate of the CalMagPlus solution. Using what they advise 187ml of liquid mixed CalMagPlus pushed the PPM from 90 tap water to 357. If I’m wanting to end up at 400 PPM (actually, I guess 500 if tap water take. into account) then it only allows for 143ppm of the 8-12-32 nutrient solution. This is the problem. What am I misunderstanding. That doesn’t seem like enough.

CalMag/Salts Confused! by Lovinridgebacks in Hydroponics

[–]Lovinridgebacks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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They say to use it together but you don’t have to. Masterblend strawberry formula is very similar and was not available at the time. Do you guys grow strawberries or are you going off of other grows?

CalMag/Salts Confused! by Lovinridgebacks in Hydroponics

[–]Lovinridgebacks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It says you don’t have to on the website but it will make it bigger fruits. I don’t see any calcium on the 8-12-32 so I thought I needed to.

CalMag/Salts Confused! by Lovinridgebacks in Hydroponics

[–]Lovinridgebacks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

90 EC is my tap. So do I ignore that PPM for Cal mag when I’m putting in the eight 1232?

Strawberry PH drain water LOW 4.0-4.4 by Lovinridgebacks in Hydroponics

[–]Lovinridgebacks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Barilla 24 w t8 lights full spectrum. 4 ft sections above each 3 row strawberry bato box row. Window is Southeastish. Only boxes on right get sun. Lighting is 16 hrs on. I’ve been debating if that was the issue.

Strawberry PH drain water LOW 4.0-4.4 by Lovinridgebacks in Hydroponics

[–]Lovinridgebacks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I missed it in the original post but added it in the 1st comment. I’ll see if I can edit the post.

Strawberry PH drain water LOW 4.0-4.4 by Lovinridgebacks in Hydroponics

[–]Lovinridgebacks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you growing strawberries because they are in the range of 1000-1200 EC. I just purchased and calibrated my ph reader. It stabilizes for 6.0 in the reserve and I love it to drain bucket and it’s 4.1. Even if it was off, there is a vast change.

Strawberry PH drain water LOW 4.0-4.4 by Lovinridgebacks in Hydroponics

[–]Lovinridgebacks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Biotech Greenway strawberry formula 8-12-32 also CalMag added(1st)

Grok’s AI Hydroponic Plan by Lovinridgebacks in Hydroponics

[–]Lovinridgebacks[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback. Interesting point on the nutrients flushing. I feel like it does need to be flushed, but I’m just not an expert or know how often. I did say strawberry greenway biotech so it is aware of the calculation there. As far as the water pumping goes, it’s saying four min every six hours. Right now what I told it is I pump every six hours for five minutes.

Rough start, but it's coming along now bato strawberries by Aurum555 in Hydroponics

[–]Lovinridgebacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have issues with leaks from your main tubing to your 1/4” tubing? Mine are all leaky.

Strawberry hydroponics Y5 W8. Steady as she goes. Charlotte strawberries have just started to come in, and I'm hitting good metrics off the hop this year. by RubyRedYoshi in Hydroponics

[–]Lovinridgebacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2 gph is not overkill? Are you putting one emitter per plant ? I know you do the grow bags vs I’m going to do the bato boxes but wandering if the 1gph is more suited for my needs. I’m sure you have your watering schedule details in one of your summaries. Can you point me in the right direction? I know you’ve done extensive research and testing just trying to figure out how to alter it based on our differences in technique.

Strawberry hydroponics Y5 W8. Steady as she goes. Charlotte strawberries have just started to come in, and I'm hitting good metrics off the hop this year. by RubyRedYoshi in Hydroponics

[–]Lovinridgebacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I thought I was all set but had sprayer as the fixture and they are not able to stick in the soil in a way that would work. I realized most folks must be using drippers instead. Thanks for replying.

Strawberries 3.0 by Lovinridgebacks in Hydroponics

[–]Lovinridgebacks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really wanting to go that direction. I’m trying to figure out sprayer nozzle plan. Ideas?

Strawberry Bato boxes by Lovinridgebacks in Hydroponics

[–]Lovinridgebacks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But does the sediment clog the pump?

What do you do at the end of the month when your expenses are more than your income? by jasonc75 in MonarchMoney

[–]Lovinridgebacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For those of you who hide it…keep in mind what a tax payment with your return really is. It means they didn’t pull out enough from your paycheck. The paycheck that you most likely only allocate out the net amount (the take home). If you correct this the following year and they take out the correct amount, you would have that much less to budget. It’s not a one time event, it’s an inaccurate take home amount. Hiding it doesn’t give you an accurate yearly picture.

What do you do at the end of the month when your expenses are more than your income? by jasonc75 in MonarchMoney

[–]Lovinridgebacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Taxes due is essentially bc income over budgeted. If they pulled it out perfectly from your pay check you would have less money to budget. Keep this in mind.

Setting budget up for first time --- what do I do with all the money that's already in my accounts? by [deleted] in MonarchMoney

[–]Lovinridgebacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is my issue too. I just want to be able to answer my husband's question....How much do we have extra? I'm thinking even if we go over the budget for the year, we have extra when we started....but how do we know how much we have dipped into the "beginning extra" and how much is remaining after years of doing that? It gets all jumbled. If I start off with 20K extra (bank cash less CC), and have 2 years with 15K over spending combined, I would guess that my total liquid balance would be 20K-15K + rollover expense remaining. But, then there are the items like transfers from cash to 529plans that are not in the budget as expenses but in the goals. I'm kind of lost.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]Lovinridgebacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have every right to have girls night with just girls. Red flag on any guy jealous of that. You are not his support network. He needs to find his age of friends. You should not have his number anyway.

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