They’re small and idk 3 weeks old, no signs of deficiency aside from blossom end rot.
Was set up with Manutec 1L Hydroponic NK Plus For Fruit And Veg. Water is about half depleted, has been hot so possibly nutrients are concentrated?
pH had risen to about 7 from 6.5. I readjusted it to about 6.5. In dirt this range would be fine for calcium transport.
Oh hydroponic wisdom people, enlighten me. Should I just remix new solution? Add a supplement? Is pH for transport different in hydro?
I’m going to ask what is probably a really foolish question but was the flower fertilized?
I’ve never grown these hydro but if I saw this in my garden I would just assume it didn’t get fertilized, based on the colour and how skinny it is. This is in contrast to a fruit that was fertilized and was rotting.
The only foolish questions are ones in bad faith!
It was growing in size but possibly. The co-located summer squash has several small ones and one larger one which also rotted.
It’s in the open, next to bush. I kinda assumed nature would do the work since there are ants/bees/wasps/flies and wind everywhere. I suppose I could do some manual fertilising, always feels a little bit creepy to do so, and see if that helps.
The creepy comment is so relatable lol! Good luck figuring it out!
Went out this morning and a fresh round of squash flowers had bloomed. There was a handful of gnats in then and a happily little bee doing it’s thing.
I feel like they would get fertilised under that sort of condition but I took a male flower and manually did it anyway.
Fingers crossed it’s as simple as poor pollination and I’m just fretting because hydro is new to me.
Learning new things can be scary but so rewarding! May you be absolutely overrun with zuccs <3