<span class="link_user">@cultivars</span>, The differences are stark. This year's plants are 4 days ahead as far as flip to flower, but comparing same days above ground you can see the difference. Similar controlled enviornment, same fertilizer formulas throughout etc.. Primary difference is a humidifier not running for some period of time -- it's in the notes, but i ddin't look it up.
There is a 1-day difference on the first set of pics which is irrelevant relative to the size difference, and you can see by day 56, they catch up significantly.... which is weird. I think this is a product of the RH being fixed for a few weeks at that point and the plant regains it's normal growth rate in time for flower stretch, so that wasn't hindered by the early VPD issues. So, it most likely didn't impact the yield or quality of outcome in a noticeable way as the relevant variables were back to normal long before that point.
Day 34 of 2025-2 is somewhere near or after the point i got the humidifier running again. It definitely takes a bit to recover to a normal growth rate after the RH% was fixed.
35 and 34days
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42 days
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49 days
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56 days - 2025-1 catches up significantly
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Each set is 2026-1 followed by 2025-2, if i did it right... The angle of the picture from each year is from the opposite side, so that distinguishes the year, too.
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<span class="link_user">@cultivars</span>, Hi. Blumats are really impressive. I use them for my indoor garden, for my tomatoes in the greenhouse during summer. It's quiet easy to set with the different videos on Blumat website. If you use larger pots, you should consider drippers !
Yes I top dress around them. I had no issue so far but it makes carrots pretty dirty (I think you can find something to protect your system... it's like a plastic ring that you fix on the top of your blumat's carrots and drippers. When you top dress, just rince with water carefully and it's all fine. I only pull carrots out if I have a doubt... plant wilting or else ... And all this works with gravity, zero power. I love them. Hum, I have much to say about them, but I need to get to work ! :grinning: If you have other questions... Do not hesitate. All the best !