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Tuesday, June 04, 2024
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Richmond Dave
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Richmond, BC, Canada
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This is the control center. The large black box is a CO2 generator controlled by a "small black box" under the aluminum flashing . The space heater (glowing) is turned on to give an instant boost of CO2 to the greenhouse raising CO2 to 1500 ppm in about 10 minutes. It's turned off and the CO2 generator will maintain levels of CO2 approximately 1000 ppm. I could increase the output of CO2 but I want to balance CO2 production and heat build up. The large plastic drum is where I mix my concoctions of biologicals and a pump, via a hose and spray wand, will drench each mound of vine burying soil. The leaves are never hit with anything but water. I.e. no foliar feeding. The concoction consists of liquid kelp, liquid humic and fulvic, an enzyme that breaks down dead root matter to prevent root rot, a natural plant immunity booster made from chitosan, a microbial inoculant composed of 5 different Bacillus species and a mixture containing all the B vitamins. Since amendents were added in March no macro or micro fertilizers have been added to the soil or concoction. A new soil test last week has shown that Potassium, Manganese and Boron are being used up so I'll start adding those soon. The lounge chair is where a refreshing beer is consumed after a hard day of vine burying.
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