I wonder how much of that 1 gallon a day is actually due to the air injection. I run an airdome in my 20 L thorny trappy pot, and compared with the 22 L smarpot , more water definitely goes into the TT than the smartpot. Both is inhabited by a Think Different with same soil and feeding, and the TD in the TT is thirstier and some 25 cm taller. The TT pot gets about 3 L/ and the smartpot 2 L, or thereabouts.
This has made me wonder if there could be a salt build up in the TT compared to the smartpot, and whether it would be worthwhile to deploy some H&G Drip Clean on the next run, not that the TD in TT is showing any sign of distress, it is at day 47 growing 3-4 cm a day, standing 79 cm tall.
Any thoughts?
here is an couple of pics.....
Thorny Trappy empty with the home made air dome next to it
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TD stem today, she was planted deep in a 1 liter pot on top of the TT, some 7-8 cm of her stem went into the soil, just like I do with tomatoes, although those I like to get about 20 cm into the soil.
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TD today topside
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