Marta 🌿🍃May 20
I planned to create the pH range animation in Manim, but once you've been holding a tool in your hand for several days, you really don't want to switch to another way of thinking for two animations.
It was probably a bit slower in #Friction2D because of all the 'admin' with renaming and grouping that needs to be done there, while in Manim I'd largely reuse existing code, and all naming happens as I go. But of course, I'd need to render to see what I'm getting ;)
#animation #animation2D #infographics
Show threadMarta 🌿🍃
I never got to this in my video because my approach radically changed since writing the script. It didn't exactly matter for the video itself, but I think it's a good advice.
Originally I thought that beginner #Kratky #hydroponics gardeners like me don't need to bother about EC, as leafy greens are tolerant (in my one-season experience, tomatoes are tolerant too). But should make effort to lower solution's pH to lettuce levels (around 5.8). Which is a struggle as I found pH meters to be drama queens, while my EC meter is more reliable.
That was before I studied recommended EC/pH tables a lot, and also ran an experiment on my surviving kale, and then learned that it applies to all brassicas: they actually _like_ higher pH, and also like much higher EC, so if you have 'a bit hard' water like mine, you can ignore pH, scale the nutrients up to reach EC 2-2.5 (using a reliable non-fussy device to check), and be a happy owner of a garden with kale, pak-choy, mizuna, mustard greens, and a number of other 'cabbages'.
I'm currently unsure why the 'hydroponic beginner default' is lettuce, while it's so much easier to grow brassicas.
This year's young mizuna and pak-choy say hello (with sorrel in the front bottle).
May 20 at 7:39amWeb
Show threadLovesTha🥧May 20
@triffen Guessing the "lettuce = easy" is from somewhere with soft water?
Show threadMarta 🌿🍃May 20
@LovesTha Yeah, and a grow lamp, as most windowsills won't be suitable either.