Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Power Failure and Continued Harvesting

The system was showing signs of distress and I didn't quite know what was wrong. Some of the plants looked like they were shriveling up. I checked the nutrient level and at 27 it was pretty high, but then I noticed that the pumps were off. The ground fault detector had fired and apparently the contribution of the splashing is pretty important. I added water and CF =16 so I added a cup of nutrient.

Since last count I've picked 14 tomatoes. Four were picked from the garden and the other ten were picked from the Float system. Total harvest for both systems is currently 222 3/8 ounces or 13.89 pounds. Given the number of plants this is not too great a yield, but there are still a lot of plants and tomatoes to pick from. The scorching days have produced lots of splitting and I've lost quite a few tomatoes to the ground due to failure of support systems. So there are no shortage of problems. Still even this leaves lots of tomatoes on the kitchen counter top. We've been having tomatoes every night with dinner.

HARVEST 2010
Totals: G: 89 1/2 ounces; F: 132 7/8 ounces.
8/17 F: 6 Dona 1 7/8, 1 3/8. 1 1/8, 4 7/8, 4, 3 1/4 for 28 at 53 7/8 ounces
8/17 F: 4 Atkinson/AL 5,5,5 3/4, 6 1/8 for 13 at 79 ounces
8/17 G: 4 Donas 4.25, 4, 3 3/8, 2 4/4 for a total of 16 at 48 7/8 ounces
8/15 G: Dona 3 at 4 3/8, 2, 4 1/8 for a total of 12 at 34 1/2 ounces.
8/15 F: Dona 2 at 1 3/8, 5 for a total of 22 at 37 3/8 ounces.
8/15 F: Atkinson/AL 2 at 6 1/4, 7 for a total of 9 at 57 1/8 ounces.
8/14 G: Dona 3 at 2 1/2, 3 1/2, 4 5/8 for a total of 9 at 24 ounces.
8/14 G:Atkinson/AL 2 both 5 ounces for total 7 at 40 5/8 ounces.
8/11 G: Corn picked three total now 5. and likely only a couple more.

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