2023 our new gardening adventure

[jjannie]

You would think after adding that much of the PH, the water would stay down to the proper level all the time, unless you keep adding more water, then I can understand it going back up. If I remember correctly you do add more water once a week, is that correct?
If the lettuces is big enough to pick in three weeks the plants must be getting pretty big?

So far, we're surprised but we've only been adding enough water to mix up the nutrients/phdown to dissolve them before adding them in so they can be better mix in the reservoir easier. Until the plants really take off, causing more evaporation from the plants, we really haven't been adding very much water like we thought we would. 

First lettuces are about 3inches now. Each day they look more and more filled out. We know if we were to have started from seedlings (not seeds) that they sell, it's supposed to save you about 3 weeks before your first harvest. So that's why we're hoping to be able to at least start removing some of outer lettuce leaves by then. 

I need to go check today's ph level to see how it is (we've been out all morning). Actually, we're waiting until Sunday's maintenance day to do any more ph adjusting so we'll know how long we can go between treating it. (Maybe I'll also take a progress picture to share.)