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hi blake those plans would be great- <subwayguyana@rocketmail.com> best, brian
help!! i cant find any of the posts i have made before how do i find them?
Hhi Ron, just ordered yur sys, question is: Grow Max Jr 430 watt be appropriate for the 11 plant sys ? sugg. on cheap lighting? total sq. ft. on sys?
Thanks in Advance Phil
Yes 430 watt is perfect.
Hey Blake can i have the how to hydroponics too ok thank you RICKY165@prodigy.net
What are the advantages of hydroponics over the usual method of growing plants in soil?
faster growing and less root borne diseases.
the 11 plant system??/ how big of a plant can that hold???? can that handle tomatoes and peppers???
student
Patio type tomatoes that only grow 3 or 4 feet are ok.
BLAKE if you still have those plans id like a set THANKS a million fungiamongi@yahoo.com
RON Im trying to grow watermelons and cantaloupe do you think a 3.5 gallon bucket is big enough to hold the roots Im using a homemade aquafarm stile setup and would appreciate any insight you have to offer
Should be plenty. I grew cantaloupe in the 16 ounce cup system a few years back.
Hi Blake, I would really like a copy of the plans. bobeverett@email.com Regards, Bob Everett
Hey Blake, would love a set of the plans. Thanks aacap@nycap.rr.com
I hope you are listening Blake?
Hi Ron, I just purchased a plant called Horses Tail. I then found a link to you for the plant. I know nothing about it and cannot find it in any of my books. What can you tell me about this unusual plant. Ron (that's me too) ronlene@att.net
The herb guy that I bought it from at a flea market here in Central Florida just told me that it was used to cure athletic feet. It grows great in hydro and when I planted some in my yard it is still growing. See!
to all the people who wanted the plans sorry I haven't signed on in a while but I'm sending the plan out now!
-Blake
well my question is based on renewable energy systems.... i want my garden to "off the grid". how can i use the suns power for my "girls" where can i go for this info?????yorussl@hotmail.com
Ron, I am working on a new system; it is a sub-level hydroponic grow hole for production of tomatoes, basically. My plans are for a 14x70 ft. 6 ft. below ground level to use geo therm temps. after looking at all the systems, your pipe dream is really impressive. Is it possible to get more info from , and about your system ?
what kind of info? everything I know about hydroponics is on this web site. what else do you need to know?
Hi Ron
Just wanted to thank you again. The extra time that you have put into the 11 plant system, allowed me to setup (testing) oh about 10 mins.. With the system basically already built, Cool. I had to use aquarium sealant beaded around 2 threads that's all. But 1 I over screwed, so that's on me. The reason I used sealant instead of PVC glue was I may need to take out for whatever reason.
Great work Mr. Ron
Thank you.
I have built your 11 plant system. How do you keep the roots from growing down into the pipes??
Clip them or water more often so they won't have to go looking for water
Blake, Please send me the plans also. thanks michael.wickham@oracle.com
Question?
I would like to make a aeroponics clone starter. I have a plan to make the device(5 gallon pail design) but need to know about the mist system. How fine does the mist have to be? Can it be more of a stream or do I need a true mist? Should I use a combo of the two? What size pump? Considering a Rio 180, big enough? Are the mini sprinklers I see in the catalogs what I need?
Don't know
Question #2
Have a three by three indoor grow area that needs to support three or four tomato plants. Do I need a 400HPS light or is a 250 enough?
400 W, tomato plants love light.
Thanks for the input
Dean
Blake, Please forward me a copy of those plans also. Thanks, joggle321@yahoo.com
Blake,
Please send me the plans for the airoponics system. My email is mahkhc@rohmhaas.com.
Thanks alot!!!!
Kevin Curington
Please let me know if I am understanding correctly. Instead of paying large sums of money for those three part nutrient systems I can buy Miracle Grow add Calcium Nitrate and Magnesium Sulfate (Epsom Salt) and get similar results?
That's right. Miracle Grow for Tomatoes to be exact.
bsmalley@ccaonline.com
I have started a hydroponic tomato garden. The plants have been in it about 18 days and have really been looking good. I have noticed in the past few days that the better boy's leaves have curled up. The others are doing well though. Also, there is a brownish looking residue in the tubes and some of the roots have this brownish look to them now. The roots used to look white when they first started to grow. Is this some sort of fungus or algae growth? Should I do something about it? If someone could offer some info, I would welcome it.
Thanks, Eric ejordon21@home.com
18 days is to early to worry. Just keep an eye on them longer before you panic.
Blake, can I also get copy of your plan for aero thanx mora2b@hotmail.com
I started my plants in small rockwool cubes. I put the cubes in the cups with grow rocks. If I wet the rockwool cubes every half hour or so, am I going to get root/stem rot in the cubes?
I don't think so. I know that would be better than letting them dry out because then they would be toast.
Attn: Eric/Brown tomato Roots
Last year when I first built Rons system, I had the same problem. It's called "Too much ambition". I believe the brown roots are caused by lack of oxygen in the root area. The plain simple truth is that the 2 liter bottle and 16 oz cup are too small for tomato plants. That's why Ron uses gallon grow systems for his operations.
When the roots grow larger, they will start to clog the pipes and starve the plants the furthest from the inlet/outlet fitting on your system. The nutrient will also not drain back to the tank and will maintain a residue that tends to rot the roots.
I suspect that if you want to try to save your plants, you must quickly move them into a larger system. I personally would clip the roots back and inspect all to make sure they aren't long enough to clog the pipes. You may have to do this every other day or so until they can be moved.
Tailwheel
pleas help! my self and a friend have tried growing in cupboard, and appear to be doing everything correct, but we've tried 2 times with quality stock and our efforts are not going any where, our ph levels are fine, timers are all correct, the light is positioned correctly, after trying many different things our efforts are still unrewarding, the plants become discolored and droop then eventually are dying, HELP! any one that can help, PLEASE email me leolozza@yahoo.com
You can't grow in an enclosed chamber without proper ventilation.
need help with a tomato problem. hydro system outside modified drip 15 min on each hour daylight hours only in crescent city fl.various type tomatoes. very young tomatoes are brown at end resembling blossum end rot. did not have this problem during the winter months in greenhouse. anyone have any clues as to what this is? TIA, george <bmmcnaught@usa.net>
I need to know about tomatoes, carrots, potatoes, onions, and other vegetables: 1. production per m2 per year 2. time of growing of each vegetable 3. production per plant per year Eugenia
I have made the 11 plant system. However I am using it as a flood and drain system; ie, raising and lowering a 5 gal bucket. I am using pea gravel on the bottom few inches, and 3-2-1 pea gravel, perlite, peat moss in the middle, and a little more gravel on the top. I figure the peat will hold water if I can't flood and drain enough. Any suggestions on how often to flood and drain? and how long to let the water sit in the bottles before draining.
Hi. I am very new to hydroponics. I have some basil growing and they don't look as healthy as they should, so I checked the pH and it was around a very low 4. The bottle that contains the pH checking solution recommended that potassium hydroxide be used to raise and phosphoric acid to lower the pH. Do those two particular chemicals have to be used to adjust the pH? Or can other alkaline and acid chemicals be used? I asked a local garden store if they had anything for hydroponics (they didn't). They did have something for fish tanks and outdoor ornamental ponds. Would something like that work?
Where can I find information about growing roses in a green house with hydroponic methods.
Blake, If you're still offering those plans, I wouldn't mind :) dudleyl@triathlete.com
i have a new transplant to the hydro system and one of the leaves is starting to curl down on the end. What's going on?
transplant suicide, call a priest.
So far so good with the rockwool cubes (where I started the seedlings) and clay pellets in the cups. One minor catastrophe when the timer I use lost it's programming but I caught that in the nick of time.....
Stay tuned to more hydro drama and see if he has any more problems with his timer.
Metal Halide or High Pressure Sodium
what kind of pump should i use with the 11 pipe system? do i have to worry about it or will a too strong or weak one not work effectively?
To weak would be a problem. 100 GPH on up would work. If you use a large pump you can use a flow control valve to slow the flow to the garden. To strong a pump will negate the over flow pipe and cause the garden to over flow the cups.
thanks for the food ron. if it ever stops raining i can start my garden. ill keep you posted. again thanks. steve
ATTN BLAKE
yes I'd like the plans from howtohydroponics. My email address is ctickle@earthlink.net
Thanks,
Chris ctickle@earthlink.net
Blake,
You oughta just give your email address then everybody can email you and _know_ you'll see them. ;-) Much better contact plan, eh? Or, you could email out a "secret" web page w/ the plans on it. Change the page title once a week/fortenight/month/etc, just for spy-giggles, and then send the URL encoded ROT-13.
Now, if I could only figure out how many White LEDs would be required to grow tomatoes...
:-D
are those high-bright or standard LEDs ? what size ? 3mm ?. It'll probably be easier with 10mm, but i don't believe I have ever seen 10mm high-brights :)
Funny thing is, there is someone out there who would calculate the amount of 3, 5 or 10mm LEDs you'd need.
5mm White LEDs... 5600 mcd @ 20mA, 3.6v -- very nice, and bright.
I found some interesting pages about folks growing under red and green LEDs (mostly NASA or JPL related). Interesting, but pretty useless. I was thinking that the white LEDs might fare better for two reasons... better spectrum, and v. hight brightness. The LEDs the other projects used were on the order of 300 mcd or so, and arranged in large banks.
Forget LEDs I think the future is in Fusion lighting. A new cheaper , more energy-efficient light that uses sulfur particles that are bombarded by microwaves to produce a bright light that resembles sunlight.
HOW DOES THE HYDROPONIC SYSTEM WORK?
The timer turns the pump on. The pump sitting in the nutrient solution reservoir pumps the solution up the hose to the garden to supply the plant roots with food. The plant roots will use as much nutrient as it needs and the rest is returned back to the reservoir for the next feeding. Determined by your timer setting. About every 15 minutes. The overflow pipe keeps the water from rising to high in the cups. This is the ebb and flow or flood and drain hydroponic system.
leaves have light green patches, lack of or too much fert?
one or the other
Hey, Ron! Time for another project! I've had the "Live" page as my browser start page for a month. A MONTH! The last time you had a project was May 1, 2001. I know because I've been staring at it for a month. A MONTH!
Aw, come on. Even if you just point the camera at your mail box or something, give us SOME input. PLEEEESE? Just don't point it at the clock or something. Give us some plants to watch.
Sorry. my live camera broke so I took these pictures with my still camera Click Here.
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