Updates! Towers 1,2,3,

Tower 1 is growing fast and we are going to harvest on Friday. The pH was 7.5

 Tower 2 pH is a 6.0 and the strawberries and cucumber are growing!

Tower 3 pH is at 7.5 and still growing fast harvest on Friday.

tower updates

tower #2 ph 6.0 growing good we cut some vines out because they were getting really bad and replanted the end of the strawberries in the pots above.

Tower 1 and 3

Tower 1 is growing pretty good! The pH is 7.0 and we might need to add water next time! Tower 3 pH is 8.0 and water level is a little low!

towers

tower 1 ph was 7.0  water is fine we didn't add anything we pulled some pods out and the roots are growing great just like they should.

tower 3 the ph was 7.5 we added 5 gal, of water added 100ml of a and b fertilizer and will check in on Tuesday.

Tower 2 update

The pH was 6.0 and we had to add 7 gallons of water and 120 mL of A and B fertilizer. Everything is looking good and growing.

tower 1 we fixed the ph level its a 8.5 right now it was at 4.0 monday we corrected it with ph minus 5ml

Tower 2 and 3 update

Tower 2 pH was 6.0 and the water level is good. The plants are growing really fast!

Tower 3 the pH was 7.5 and the water level is good and the pumpkins have flowers on it so it will start to grow very soon! 

tower #2--3 updates

tower #2 is growing great one of the eggplant stems broke they got to heavy and the cucumbers kindof took them down trying to grow. Maybe next time we shouldn't plant certain plants that close or on the same stage of the tower the ph was good it was 6.0 so its staying green

tower #3 is growing strong as we moved the two towers away from eatchother we had to prob the pumpkin up on the window so it gets more light  everything is still going great especially the kale its getting crispy and soon enough we will be able to make kale chips the ph was 7.0 still doing good

Updates!

The pH 7.5 and since it was a little high we added 5mL of pH minus! There are a few that haven't  sprouted yet so we are going to replant on Monday!

Updates!

Tower 2 is doing great!The pH was 7.0 and it's still growing really fast and using a lot of water! We had to add another 10 gallons of water! And we had to add 200mL of A and B fertilizer!

Tower 3 is doing great too! The pH was 7.5 we harvest the spinach and the Roman lettuce and we had about two pounds of it! We also added 5 gallons of water and put both A and B fertilizer in it! 

tower #1 updates

tower #1 the ph was 7.0 it was good. we pulled one of the baskets out and there was 1-2 roots hanging out so we walked around the kindergarden room and showed all of them what was going on and they new what the job of the stem,root,flower,leaves were.

Tower 1 and Tower 2 updates!

Tower one is stilling in the process of sprouting! The pH was a little high at 8.0! But we took care of that and added what the Kindergartners like  to say is their "Meds" or knowns as the pH minus. And also we added  30mL of fertilizer.




Tower two is still growing great! The pH was 7 and we didn't need to add water since they did yesterday!

tower updates

tower #3 updates we added 10 gal, of water and because we added water we added 200 ml of both 1 and b chemicals the ph was a little high sitting at 8.0 we added ph - to help it come down a bit.

11/8/17 Update (Mr. Miller)

Went ahead and added water to Grow Tower #2.  Added 9 gallons of water and A and B mineral blend (180 ml/each).  I noticed that there are now some flowers on the Eggplant plants as well.  The cucumbers are just growing all over the place with A LOT OF flowers.  Hopefully with some more "pollination" we can get some more cucumbers to set on.  pH was at 7.5 so no adjustments were made. 

Update 11-1-17

Today, we harvest tower one and we had 2 big bowls full of lettuce! We had almost 8 pounds of lettuce! The pH was a little high at 7.5 so we added 5mL of pH minus.

Tower three is doing good on growing! Everything is going great. The pH was at 7.0!

tower#2

we added ph minus into tower #2 because the ph level was 7.0 thats high for what we are growing the cucumbers have also kept going with little sprouts of cucumbers.

Update 10-30-17

Tower 1 is growing really fast and using a lot of water. The pH was a little high at a 7.5 but nothing to worry about. We added 5 gallons of water and 100mL of a and b fertilizer. On Wednesday we will harvest!

Tower 2 is doing AMAZING! We had to add 9 gallons of water. And also add 180 mL of a and b fertilizer. The pH was also great it was at a 6.5! Lastly we have one baby cucumber already starting

 to grow

Tower 3 is growing great to! The pH was at 6.5 and we had to add 5 gallons of water. And also we had to add 100mL of a and b fertilizer. 

Updates 10-26-17

Tower 1 has grown a lot since Tuesday. The pH was high but I think that's just because we just added so much water. The pH was at 7.5 

Tower 2 is doing great the cucumbers are vining out and it is wrapping its self around everything. We had to harvest the bib lettuce and we had almost 2 pounds full of it and a bowl full of it. pH was at a 7.0

Tower 3 is growing so well and the pH was good at a 7.0 

Update! 10-24-17

Tower 1 is doing great on growing. And since it's growing it uses a lot of water so we had to add 5 gallons of water and 100mL of A and B fertilizer. Also are pH was perfect 6.0

 Tower 2 is doing awesome! It almost overwhelming! We had to add 10 gallons of water and 200mL of A and B fertilizer. pH was at 6.5

Tower 3 is growing along as well. pH was perfect at a 6.0 It also use a lot of water during the weekend so we had to add 4 gallons and also had to add 80mL A and B fertilizer.

all tower updates Thursday,19,october

tower 1 ph level is at 7.0 its running good i think we need to replant soon because we have harvested it 3 times and we need new.

tower 2 the ph level is also 7.0 we harvested 1.9 ounces of rainbow chard and took it over to the kitchen for them to use.

tower 3 the ph was a little high sitting at 7.5 we added 5ml of ph minus acid to bring it down a little bit.

but overall the towers are still doing great we would appreciate your feedback as in ways to do things different or if you have questions feel free to ask!!!!

Update on all Three Towers!

Tower 1 is growing back and doing great you can see how it gets darker and darker after we harvest.
The pH was a little high 7.0 but we put pH- to help bring that down. With that we put 5mL in.

Tower 2 is doing AM
AZING! The pH was perfect at 6.0 and all the plants besides the strawberries are growing so fast!

Tower 3 is also growing so fast the only plant that hasn't sprouted yet is spinach but we just need to give it a little more time. The pH was a little high it was at 7.5 so we put in 5mL of pH-.

tower #2 update

we cut some of the rainbow chard and sent it over to the kitchen it wasn't much but it was 1.85 ounces . The P.H. level was 6.5 and we added 4 gal. of water with it as well as 80 ml of fertilizer A,B

Friday 10-13-17 Updates

Tower 1 is doing amazing we harvest today I think it was good that we waited longer to harvest because we got  a lot more lettuce 2 bowls full of it. We also added 7 gallons of water and 140 mL of A and B fertilizer. All together about 3 pounds of lettuce! Also Tower 3 is doing amazing and it has began to grow! The pH was 7.5

tower #2 updates

tower two is going great still the cucumbers are getting a little burn on one side and we are unsure why but it will be ok as of right now the P.H. was 6.5 witch is good on this tower because it usually runs a little high all the time. our strawberries seeds haven't grown quite yet but they still have plenty of time.

Update on Tower 1!

Towers one is doing great we will need to be harvesting some time next week! The pH is staying pretty low it's still at 6.5 and it used a lot of water in just the past few days.

Update on Tower 1! 10-3-17

Over the weekend our plants on tower 1 has had a lot of  progress. We had to add 4 gallons of water and so then we had to add 80 mL of A and B fertilizer. The pH was at 7.0 today but we aren't going to worry about that until to Thursday.

tower #2 stats Tuesday the third.

tower number two is showing signs of growing the strawberries that we re planted are starting to grow more than i would've thought so far the  P.H. level was 7.5 in this tower so it is running a little high but it always has so we think it will be ok we added 6 gal, of water as well with that 120ml, fertilizer both A,B,.....

Tower 1 and 2 updates from Wednesday 9-27-17

Today our pH on tower 1 was 6.0  And our pH on tower 2 was 8.0 it was a little high so we put in pH minus so we can get that to go down. We also harvest for the second time already! We almost had 2 pounds of lettuce!

towers checkup from 9/29/17

tower #1 the P.H. level was 6.0 and the lettuce is growing right back soon enough we will have to harvest for the third time.




tower #2 the P.H. level was 7.5 we replanted 4 strawberries and 2 cherry tomatoes but otherwise everything was all good and growing along real great.




tower #3 we put the 4 wheels on this tower today and rolled it into position for planting on Tuesday.

Tower 1 updates!

When we went to go check up on tower 1 and 2 we notice that the pH on tower 1 was a little higher it was 7.0! We also notice that on Wednesday we need to harvest again! It hasn't even been a week since our last one! With all this growing our plants are using a lot of water, we also had to add 3 gallons. We also added 60 mL of A and B fertilizers. The picture on the top is one our the bokchoy and this is what happen if the plant gets to close to the light!

tower #2

tower #2 is growing great a few plants haven't started sprouting yet but the bib lettuce we thinned out because there were to many seeds planted when we planted it and the rainbow chard already is getting its purple started.

tower #2

Tower #2 is going great some of the plants have already started to sprout and soon next week hopefully it will be stay tooned in for more info next week.

Tower 1 Update

Today the pH was 6.5 and the water was at 9 inches! Ever since harvest the lettuce has grown back very quick!

Harvesting! 9-19-17

When we saw our lettuce today we knew we needed to harvest! We had a huge bowl full of the lettuce and Lisa took it to the kitchen to wash it so everyone can have some for lunch today!

In total our first harvest included 16.68 ounces of Gourmet Lettuce, Arugala, and Bok Choy.

Maintenance on the Grow Towers for 9/19/17

Paige and I were the only two here today in class and we had a lot to do.  For maintenance we checked the water level of both towers and determined that we needed to add water to Grow Tower #1 (GT1).  With the plants getting a lot bigger, it is starting to use a lot more water.  We we add water, we have to add fertilizer to the GT's.  We also checked the pH in both towers.  All of our number for today are listed below.

GT1:  Added 3 gallons of water
GT1:  Added 60 ml of Fertilizer A and 60 ml of Fertilizer B
GT1:  pH level was 6.0 so we made no adjustments at this time
GT2:  pH level was 7.5 so we made no adjustments at this time
GT2:  Most (but not all) of the seeds we planted last week have sprouted.  No strawberries have sprouted yet.

Today was our first Harvest Day.  Paige's post will be sharing about that.

The second tower isn't growing anything yet but hopefully by next week we will see some green.

Grow Tower 1

  The grow tower one is coming along great! The pH was 5.0 it was really low so we added chemicals to bring it back up! By next week we might be able to start harvesting!

Planting Tower Garden #2 Today

Paige and Claton following their planting guide and we have our 2nd tower started!

Tower Garden #1 has some lettuce that looks really good!  Can't wait to try it.

Monday's Maintenance

                            Today Mr. Millar and I checked up on the plants. We found out that it used a lot of water over the weekend. Since, it used so much water we had to add four more gallons and when we add water we have to add fertilizer! We added 80 mL of A and B. By the end of the week we could be eating our lettuce!

Lots of Growth Over the Weekend!!

Grow Tower Blog Post #1.

This is the first post for our new blog.  Some of our goals with this blog is to share what we are doing within the wall of Hampton Schools with those outside our walls.  We encourage comments, suggestions and questions to help us as we learn about plants with this new approach.

Here is a picture of some of the Bok Choy lettuce that we have started.  Stay tuned for my pictures and comments from the two students in the Ag Ed 10 Class.  They will be posting every other day of class with what is happening.