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November 2020 News:
November 2020 has been an interesting month for the farm. Throughout this month, I've gotten to witness the blooms of many species and the success of my new greenhouse. I've also been able to think about future projects for the month of December which will be a great time for me to expand my farm.
LED Tub:
The LED tub has been growing nicely and it's now a matter of remaining consistent with maintenance, harvesting, and replanting. Each Saturday, I typically do a massive harvest and water change. Sundays usually consist of trimming mother plants and using those trimmings to replant my containers in my farm tank. Here is a short video/gif of my tub a couple of days after doing a massive replanting.
Greenhouse:
The greenhouse has been keeping my plants nice and toasty, with the added bonus of keeping the humidity extremely high. The higher humidity has fixed all emersed stunting issues that I previously had when the ambient relative humidity dropped below 40%. I also have recently had the blooming of many species which I shall picture below :
Pogostemon erectus
Rotala macrandra:
Mayaca fluviatilis:
Nano Tank:
Here's some nice pictures of my nano tank overgrown during November. The scape is slowly, but surely coming together over time. I'm finding it difficult to consistently tame the rotala bush in such a small space. One stray stem seems to ruin the entire "hill" or manicured bush look due to the small size of this tank, but it gets easier to manage with each trimming. This picture has no color editing, this is the color of the rotala with nitrate limitation. The colors here are still a bit washed out from my phone camera.
20G Long Indoor Farm Tank:
Here's another one of my farm tanks that I've shown earlier. It's a 20G long on a DIY stand. In December, I'm planning on upgrading this tank to a 40B and I also plan to build a custom stand as well. Here's some pictures of some pretty plant shots (no color editing, raw shots) and my plans for the stand.
Rotala macrandra:
Limnophila hippuroides:
Future Stand Build Plans:
2x4 frame on left, finished product on right
Thanks for reading!
November 2020 has been an interesting month for the farm. Throughout this month, I've gotten to witness the blooms of many species and the success of my new greenhouse. I've also been able to think about future projects for the month of December which will be a great time for me to expand my farm.
LED Tub:
The LED tub has been growing nicely and it's now a matter of remaining consistent with maintenance, harvesting, and replanting. Each Saturday, I typically do a massive harvest and water change. Sundays usually consist of trimming mother plants and using those trimmings to replant my containers in my farm tank. Here is a short video/gif of my tub a couple of days after doing a massive replanting.
Greenhouse:
The greenhouse has been keeping my plants nice and toasty, with the added bonus of keeping the humidity extremely high. The higher humidity has fixed all emersed stunting issues that I previously had when the ambient relative humidity dropped below 40%. I also have recently had the blooming of many species which I shall picture below :
Pogostemon erectus
Rotala macrandra:
Mayaca fluviatilis:
Nano Tank:
Here's some nice pictures of my nano tank overgrown during November. The scape is slowly, but surely coming together over time. I'm finding it difficult to consistently tame the rotala bush in such a small space. One stray stem seems to ruin the entire "hill" or manicured bush look due to the small size of this tank, but it gets easier to manage with each trimming. This picture has no color editing, this is the color of the rotala with nitrate limitation. The colors here are still a bit washed out from my phone camera.
20G Long Indoor Farm Tank:
Here's another one of my farm tanks that I've shown earlier. It's a 20G long on a DIY stand. In December, I'm planning on upgrading this tank to a 40B and I also plan to build a custom stand as well. Here's some pictures of some pretty plant shots (no color editing, raw shots) and my plans for the stand.
Rotala macrandra:
Limnophila hippuroides:
Future Stand Build Plans:
2x4 frame on left, finished product on right
Thanks for reading!