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Hello Gardeners
How are you today ? I hope and pray, we are all always given health and also happiness in living this life. I am very happy, finally given the time and opportunity to be able to participate and contribute to the HiveGarden Community again. So, what activities did I do during this kick in my hydroponic garden? continue to see my story this time.
**Conditions of My Hydroponic Garden**
This week (or so) has been a busy one for me. I have to harvest the lettuce, then transfer the vegetable seeds to my hydroponic growing medium. I also had to leave my activities in this hydroponic garden for a few days because from April 28-30 I had to go to Rantau Prapat City to attend a family event. The distance between my residence and Rantau Prapat City is 8 hours away by car.
I asked my father to pay attention to the condition of the hydroponic garden. This is very important, the weather conditions in my city are experiencing an anomaly or transition. During the morning and afternoon, the weather will be very hot. This hot weather will cause high evaporation so that the water conditions in the hydroponic media can dry out if you don't pay attention. What's more, I will be leaving my hydroponic garden in about 3 days and this condition certainly needs attention.
I am grateful, when I come home and see the condition of my hydroponic garden. Everything went very well and smoothly even though there were some problems but we will tell about them in this post.
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**Conditions of Lettuce in My Hydroponic Garden**
Lettuce is a vegetable that is known by everyone in the world. In contrast to pakcoy, mustard greens and kangkong which are known as Asian vegetables. Lettuce is often found in various dishes or salads by various culinary cultures. Lettuce is a vegetable that has a very beautiful shape and texture compared to some other vegetables. Therefore, this lettuce is often used as a garnish in a food dish to make eating look attractive.
This week, I did some lettuce harvesting in my hydroponic garden. I get about 15 kilograms of lettuce and I sell it to my friend, a greengrocer. My friend, is very happy to see the quality of the lettuce that I grow in my hydroponic garden. The lettuce looked fresh, clean and beautiful. I'm sure, people who will buy it again will definitely be happy when they get this vegetable.
After that, I immediately transferred the lettuce seeds that I had finished sowing into my hydroponic media. I'm trying to create a sustainable growing cycle in my hydroponic garden.
Something I realized when I harvested the last lettuce. I am aware, if there is not a single pest that attacks this lettuce. I've read that lettuce is a vegetable that has no calories and nutrients, only fiber. Is it for that reason, no pests want to come to these vegetables? I envisioned a small plan to grow my entire hydroponic garden with lettuce only.
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**Condition of Pakcoy in My Hydroponic Garden**
Next, I will invite my friends to see the condition of the pakcoy in my hydroponic garden. This vegetable is one of the vegetables that I consistently grow and grow in my hydroponic garden. During this planting period, I have pakcoy with several different planting ages.
The photos above are pakcoy with the age of planting 27 days after sowing. I am quite sad to see the condition of the pakcoy during this planting period. If friends pay attention, the condition of this pakcoy grows very unevenly. You can see it from some of the pakcoy that look smaller than the others.
As often happens in my hydroponic garden, rats are still the biggest enemy for the vegetables that I grow, especially pakcoy. Usually, in normal conditions I spray garlic solution to reduce rat attacks on vegetables in my hydroponic garden. However, last week's busy conditions, after Eid al-Fitr and also my activities outside the city meant that during this week I could not do that.
Apart from that, I also have pakcoy which was planted 21 days after sowing. The condition of this pakcoy is better when compared to the pakcoy that I discussed earlier. Pakcoy conditions during the planting period appear to grow well and uniformly. I hope the rats don't attack the pakcoy here.
Finally, I also just transferred about 200 Pakcoy seedlings to my hydroponic growing medium. Currently, this pakcoy is about 12 days old after sowing. Meanwhile, pakcoy conditions are growing very well and optimally. I use hydroponic liquid fertilizer with a concentration of around 1000 ppm. So, we'll see how the condition of this pakcoy is next week?
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**Condition of Kangkong in My Hydroponic Garden**
Okay, I'll invite my friends to see the condition of the kangkong in my hydroponic garden. Last May 2nd, I harvested all the kangkong that I planted in my hydroponic garden.
My kangkong is growing very well and the growth is also very uniform. During this planting period, I got about 20 kilograms of kangkong. Unfortunately, I don't have time to sow the kangkong seeds. Because of that, after I did the kangkong harvest. I can't immediately fill in the empty hydroponic media. I immediately did the seeding and my plan is that next week I will be able to transfer the kangkong seeds to the hydroponic media.
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**Mint Leaves Condition in My Hydroponic Garden**
Finally, I invite my friends to see the condition of the mint leaves that I plant in my hydroponic garden. I grew mint in a pvc pipe installation with several installation methods.
I have two PVC hydroponic installation media with 130 planting holes. The mint leaves that I planted this time grew very well and optimally. You can see that all the mint leaves are green and very fresh.
I also optimized a section of the wall of my house to grow mint leaves. As a result, mint leaves are very suitable for growing in vertical hydroponic media. Some time ago, I planted mustard greens and lettuce in this hydroponic installation and the results were not satisfactory for me.
Okay, that's all my post this time. See you next week all member of HiveGarden Community.
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<b>About Author</b>
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Call me Isdarmady, because I have a full name that is very long, namely Isdarmady Syahputra Ritonga. I am a head of the family who work as Farmers Vegetables Hydroponic and Consultant Hydroponics, sometimes I also sell coffee from various regions in Indonesia.
I have expertise dispensing coffee with a variety of techniques and tools brewing, because I have the desire to make a coffee shop with hydroponics as centerpieces. Help me realize that dream. </sub>
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