Thursday, April 9, 2009

Aeroponic System - Spinach



When I moved I transplanted spinach from the indoors to the outdoors. I planted the spinach in soil that i had composted over a year in the back yard from organic food waste and grass cuttings. The spinach grew well and grew a strong root. As spring approached the insects discovered a great new meal source leaving holes in the spinach. Yesterday I saw a bluebird indulging. I am happy for them, however I decided to move the crop back inside and see the results of moving from soil to aeroponic. I trimmed the spinach leaf and left it for those in need in the back yard. I rinsed off all of the dirt so that the spray nozzles in the system would not clog.
I placed the root systems in rockwool to insure the roots were kept warm and maintained enough moisture to acclimate to the move from soil to aeroponic. I set the ph to approximately 6.0. The air temperature was 75 degrees since we had a cold front move in the day before. I would have liked to plant at 82 degrees but we should warm up in the next few days. Relative humidity was a little high at 75 %, however it dropped to 48% overnight. With such a strong root system the spinach should yield some promising results and great evening salads.

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