Post by tex13 on Aug 28, 2011 15:24:24 GMT -5
It's good to find others in the "no really....I'm growing vegetables, not pot" crowd. I've got 3 different types of units set up and I'm waiting for the weather to cool before I set anything out (we're still in the triple digits). I have a 4 gulley NFT unit for lettuce, greens, herbs and possibly fennel. I've got an NFT/drip hybrid with 9 sites for tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants and maybe pumpkins. And I've got two 5 gallon buckets with pumpkins in deep water culture going at the moment. I have a background in science, so this type of gardening is so much fun! I do also love to play in the dirt, although I live in an apartment and my balconies are all I have to work with. Anyway.....I wanted recommend a book. It is called "Home Hydroponics...And How To Do It" by Lem Jones. It is from the 1970's, but it is a very thorough book. I saw a couple of posts here that mentioned trying to mix your own nutrients. Well, this book as a couple of recipes for it and many of the salts necessary are readily available at the hardware store, pharmacy or online. It would be a little pricey at the initial investment, but it seems like it would mix up enough to last a lifetime.
Good to see some fellow hydro enthusiasts that are into growing legal crops.
Cheers
Good to see some fellow hydro enthusiasts that are into growing legal crops.
Cheers
