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OsmosisRunning
Osmosis chamber. Fertiliser scoops per litre at 9 scoops. Feed concentration 3.15 units, Root concentration 1.4 units. Currently feed concentration is over by 1.75 units.TUNINGwater moves → more solute
t = 0.0s

Feed concentration

3.15units

Root concentration

1.4units

Feed concentration is over by 1.75 units

9 scoops

Osmosis chamber. Fertiliser scoops per litre at 9 scoops. Feed concentration 3.15 units, Root concentration 1.4 units. Currently feed concentration is over by 1.75 units.

What has to balanceΨ=Ψs+Ψp\Psi = \Psi_s + \Psi_p

What is happening

You arrive at a hydroponic bed where every seedling has wilted overnight.

Water is being pulled back out of the roots. The root zone sits at 1.4 units of solute, and each scoop of fertiliser raises the feed by 0.35 units.