has anyone besides murray and me done any hydroponic gardening?

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Sherry, you are just too funny!!!!!

seriously, has anyone else ever done hydroponic gardening? that's what we are working on again this year. it is our summer project.

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I've never tried it...but I am intrigued. Do you do this inside..or outside...and what are you growing?

LMAO I am just thinking and looking at the picture I took in 2002 of my trip to Amsterdam and Looking at the Hydroponic system they had. If your good at it you can grow some remarkable plants and the ones I saw were easy 5ft and higher and if you have to ask what kind of HERBAL plants that they had growing I think a crash course in Amsterdam customs is necessary.

The Cool thing was this was in the museum and they were proud and wanted people to take pictures of their Hydroponic system and it was a nice one this was inside in a climate controlled room and those Plants Looked real healthy Those guys are true Pros when it comes to that.

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The lead story last night on the 10pm news in NYC was this type of gardening in the city to grow pot.

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it is really interesting susanna.

first, to ron and chris and the 'grow your own pot' generation: we are too old to spend time in jail so we only do legal crops.

susanna, we are into our third year of growing produce. the first year it was one grape tomato plant on the back deck that yielded about 5-800 grape tomatoes. last year it was several plants, mostly grape tomatoes and cucumbers with a few jalapenos to experiment with. this year it will wind up with 20-30 plants on an entirely new system. we grow outside here since our growing season is several months long. where you are it might be more difficult so indoor growing with 'grow lights' might be the way to go. anything that can grow in dirt can grow in water. once we get it all set up i will post some kodak links.

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I remember seeing this at Disney World...a pavillion run by Kraft foods, I think. I found it so interesting, a also a great idea for more desert climates, or where the soil is poor. Also, in areas where land is hard to come by. I am looking forward to seeing your pics.

Chris.....Around here too...any hydroponic growing is associated with a certain herb!! The police watch for spikes in energy usage...which usually means lamps are being used.

they are wiping out my good computer as we speak and i will be in the 'recovery room' soon (which means when they get done i have to recover the entire system, help!) after that is done i will get to my photo link and start sending links to kodak gallery.

as to 'that smokable product', lol, when we were trying to purchase hydroponic items, the ebay sellers would only do private sales where they didn't release your name, just in case, and the local sellers wanted everything but your blood type to sell anything.

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my computer is finally back and almost running so i am able to start posting pics of our hydroponics. i hope i posted these right.

there are three links here. the first is from 2006. it's a few pics of our very first experiment with one grape tomato plant. we didn't even take pics of it until it was about to be moved before we left for aruba in august. it then flourished on my daughter's deck for 8 more weeks before she finally got tired of eating them.

http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slidesho...1_706408747208

the second is from 2007. it was supposed to be about 6 plants. uhm, it grew. we started on may 29th and during the first week of august had a disaster happen. we were packing and getting ready for aruba. we forgot to fill the middle container with water and it became top heavy. it collapsed but still spit out enough tomatoes and cucumbers to give our neighbors many many salad fixin's for weeks while growing on the ground.

http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slidesho...9_609908747208

the third is the beginning of this year's venture. you will note that we have expanded. we have enough space for 32 plants but so far have 22. we always expect a few to die and if they do, we will take cuttings from the survivors and fill them in.

http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slidesho...1_329908747208

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Wow..you are getting sophisticated!! And well equipped!1 The second year looks to me like weedless gardening...my kind of garden. So, how expensive/complicated is this system (the 2nd year)?
I see that you have those clay balls in the container...could we have a lesson in hydroponic gardening...101...or a website link? This looks interesting to me!

the second year it took less than $100 to buy everything, set it up, and buy the plants. it cost about $20 for the nutrients that lasted 1st 2nd and now starting the 3rd year but we are actually having to bite the bullet and buy more. yes, clay balls are the best for this. if you give me a day or two i can, with the maestro's help, get lesson one together. with the cost of produce now and the probable great increase in price, we figure it is a well worth it investment.

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Sounds interesting..if you know of a good website that will give the info..youwon't have to go to the trouble of typing all of that!

Gee, Sherry, this looks so interesting! Susanna's right. My kind of gardening. I'm not allowed to have a regular veg. garden. The last time I had one was over 20 years ago. I paid someone to tear up our back yard. My husband said no more garden after I lost the hoe...in the weeds. lol

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the problem with the sites are they give some idea but we all have different ideas. i will have murray check and see if he can find a good one but the idea is basic. what you really need is:

a container
an easy irrigation system
a way to refill the water
a tool to test the water
a pump to move the water
and of course little pots, clay balls (different than fish balls, lol), and whatever you want to grow.

we also found that direct sunlight is not needed with a water based garden. in fact, plants tend to burn.

there is much more but that is the basics.

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bobbie, i have a thing about gardening. the thing is, i don't do it. no garden ever in this house but i actually enjoy this. it's more like feeding a pet, lol.

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here a good site to learn the basics.

http://www.hydroponicsonline.com/les...f-contents.htm

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