hydroponic hydroponics/ flood and drain 12/27/09

redeyes · Dec 27, 2009

well i had a aquaponics system working for a awhile and i found out that i need bigger grow beds .... well anyways i turned it into a hydroponic flood and drain system ... i also have a small aquaponics system still there if you can see my 2 buckets there, on the ground there is a small 10gallon tank... i have not gave up yet i still have 5 fish left ... as you can see i have some nice stuff working already ... i got all the hydroponic systems hooked up to a 20gallon rez...... it has been 2weeks now and all the plants look so much better i even have a few peppers starting to come out.... lettuce is also looking way better ... you can see all the nice colors of the plants now... i have a few more pics ..

redeyes · Dec 27, 2009

here is a few more

toastynoodles · Dec 28, 2009

Wow!! looks great.What type of let lettuce?

Toleman · Dec 28, 2009

Thats some of the nicest looking lettuce I have ever seen. :onfire:

Biggie on the left

redeyes · Dec 29, 2009

i think it is called green summer crisp...the leafs on there is so crisp right now .... they could be a bit bigger but it is all good ...

wordwiz · Dec 29, 2009

I second the idea that is fantastic looking lettuce!

Mike

redeyes · Dec 29, 2009

here is a few more pics ... i trimed up the basil plants they are taking up to much room... i planted a few more swiss chard in the bare spots... there is like 8 peppers starting to come out.. i will have pics when they get bigger... i added water in today and i got my TDS 974 i was trying to get 1000... i was close so i left it alone... you can also see i keep my PH around 6.0 ...

wordwiz · Dec 29, 2009

Redeyes,

I'm no expert on basil, but I grew some in the garden this year. Had maybe 10 plants in less than 8 feet of space. It didn't hurt it at all. I ended up selling $100 worth of it to a restaurant, charging about $12 for a pound of leaves. I could have charged more but he is a friend and it was cheaper than what he was paying. If you find a buyer, you could pay for all your fun selling it. All I had to do was to be sure to cut off any buds as they formed.

Mike

redeyes · Dec 29, 2009

wordwiz said:
Redeyes,

I'm no expert on basil, but I grew some in the garden this year. Had maybe 10 plants in less than 8 feet of space. It didn't hurt it at all. I ended up selling $100 worth of it to a restaurant, charging about $12 for a pound of leaves. I could have charged more but he is a friend and it was cheaper than what he was paying. If you find a buyer, you could pay for all your fun selling it. All I had to do was to be sure to cut off any buds as they formed.

Mike

i would love to sell my stuff ... i already checked into seelling veggies... i really want to do some outdoor stuff in hydro but i still have deer in my back yard... i need to get my back fence fixed up... i kinda know a guy at a produce company... i think he would buy stuff from me.. i talked to him 1 time about it he seemed cool with it...

redeyes · Dec 30, 2009

i think i am going to add this other system in ... i also was going to move my 400MH there instead of the 250... i am going to use a soilless mix in there no rocks..

toastynoodles · Dec 30, 2009

That system you are about to add a turbo garden??? Looks great keep it up.

PepperLover · Dec 30, 2009

nice project

redeyes · Dec 30, 2009

toastynoodles said:
That system you are about to add a turbo garden??? Looks great keep it up.

yes it is a turbo garden... i am not sure what i even want in that system .... :lol:

redeyes · Jan 3, 2010

here are a few more pics... i got the 400watt MH in today.. and i got soilless mix in my buckets ... and they are ready togo...

redeyes · Jan 3, 2010

and a few more.

toastynoodles · Jan 4, 2010

Do you know what our going to put in the turbo garden YET???? look's nice.Home made mix or from a store????

Toleman · Jan 4, 2010

What does your soi less mix consist of? Is it a whole new system, or is it sharing the reservoir with the rest of them? If the latter I would be worried about nasties entering the res and infecting everything.

Looks good though.

Chris

redeyes · Jan 4, 2010

toastynoodles said:
Do you know what our going to put in the turbo garden YET???? look's nice.Home made mix or from a store????

i will be doing some tomatoes, okra,little cumbers.. not sure what eles i would put in there ... right now thats the plan... here is the mix i use...

Toleman said:
What does your soi less mix consist of? Is it a whole new system, or is it sharing the reservoir with the rest of them? If the latter I would be worried about nasties entering the res and infecting everything.

Looks good though.

Chris

i have used this mix along time now and i have never had anything happen ....i change the water every week so far... we will see it does make the water alittle dark on the first watering but after that the mix dont really come out of the bucket...i have another rez i could use if things get bad ... i am trying to keep just 1 rez easy to keep up with.....i also am keeping my TDS at a low levle right now.... i am flushing the system out with plain water so i can take a few heads of lettuce out to eat and a few other thing i have there...... i will keep u guys updated...

redeyes · Jan 6, 2010

well i am back with a few pics of what i pulled out tonight i made 3 salad and i just took a few thing out of my garden today.. it was very good .. the wife and kid ate it all up ... my kid said it was crisp.. this was super fresh ... my goal is to get everything i need out of my garden all year long... enjoy!!!!

redeyes · Jan 7, 2010

here is a update on things .... everything still getting bigger!!! i harvested 2 heads of lettuce last night and 1 today and some of the red stuff u see there and something else just not of the name, we loved are salad last night.. today i cut down some of the broccli Raab spigariello liscia... but i could have waited a bit longer for the flowers to come out.. maybe next time...those leafs are taking up all the room too...