hydroponic Some trippy Hydro - Simplified Non-circulating Hydroponics

[QuadShotz]

Well I found this surfing around in YT, never heard of this before. It's called "Simplified Non-circulating Hydroponics" and apparently has the plants floating in nutes in styrofoam racks without any pumping or anything. It's being done in the Philippines.

Weird eh?

Simplified Non-circulating Hydroponics (SiNcH)

The guys website has much more info: http://ra-initiatives.tripod.com/id4.html

Sounds interesting, more so because I live in a small apt. without any land.

-QS

 

[wordwiz]

I believe they've been doing that with burly tobacco plants for several years. Seeds are sown in one-inch square cells that taper to a half-inch at the bottom and are three inches tall, with a quarter-inch square hole in the bottom. Each tray has 256 cellls. They float in troughs and are moved around in aided by wind. The root ball is all roots and practically no dirt.

Mike

I've toyed with growing plants in a part of one - they did pretty decent

 

[talas]

Very interesting Quad Cheers my friend

 

[LUCKYDOG]

Check this
http://www.growingedge.com/basics/easyplans/coolers.html

for a smaller version

 

[Necrocannibal]

Wow watching that made me feel like I was on LSD again, with the swimming around and all. Thats hard to watch sobber.

 

[QuadShotz]

Check this
http://www.growingedge.com/basics/easyplans/coolers.html

for a smaller version

Pretty cool..esp. this part:

Materials

Styrofoam cooler, seed-starting trays, seeds, utility knife, scissors, aquarium pump and tubing, air stone, HID lamp (optional), growing medium, nutrients

I can get most all of that stuff for free or nearly free on CL and thrift stores.

Might be something to think about.

One thing though; would peppers change heat and/or flavor if grown entirely without dirt?

 

[RedwoodIsland]

dirt flavor

Would peppers change heat and/or flavor if grown entirely without dirt?

Dirt does not impart flavor or heat, only the nutrients in the dirt do. If you use good nutrients hydroponically, no problem

The dirt acts as a physical support, not a flavor/heat enhancer.

 

[wordwiz]

Redwood,

One nitpicking point: lots of people like to "stress" their superhots just before harvesting them - that is, deprive them of water. That would be hard to do in a hydro system, unless they want to pull the pots out of the water for a couple of hours at a time.

Mike

 

[lostmind]

I've heard of people stressing plants on purpose by shoving a shovel into the ground on one side of a plant to effectively cut a lot of the root system and causing fruit to be ripened faster (tomatoes). Would the same principle work in hydro? Just pull up the plant and snip off some roots a couple days before harvest?

 

[915river]

That is very cool video's my friend indeed.

 

[RedwoodIsland]

stress

Would the same principle work in hydro? Just pull up the plant and snip off some roots a couple days before harvest?

Of course it would, some people are just stuck on dirt even though it is not necessary for plant success.

 

[talas]

Nice ideas to quad seriously gonna try this myself

 

[QuadShotz]

Thx all, jus somthing i found and thought I'd share.

My dirt-babies are doing jus fine though.

 

[ring sting]

How critical would the air stone and air pump be? I didn't see this in the other link. Reason I ask is that I could probably get this one by the "financial controller" if all I need is those foam coolers. (I wouldn't need to purchase anything else.)
I think I would try lettuce first, maybe tomatoes.
Cheers

RS

 

[talas]

How critical would the air stone and air pump be? I didn't see this in the other link. Reason I ask is that I could probably get this one by the "financial controller" if all I need is those foam coolers. (I wouldn't need to purchase anything else.)
I think I would try lettuce first, maybe tomatoes.
Cheers

RS

My dirt babies doing good to my friend..But the hydro side of things is always fun to look into

 

[willard3]

How critical would the air stone and air pump be?RS

Air stone provides oxygen to the roots (what makes hydro better than dirt) and oxygen also kills pathogens. You need the airstone and pump.

 

[wordwiz]

How critical would the air stone and air pump be? I didn't see this in the other link. Reason I ask is that I could probably get this one by the "financial controller" if all I need is those foam coolers. (I wouldn't need to purchase anything else.)
I think I would try lettuce first, maybe tomatoes.
Cheers

RS

RS,

You could get an air stone, tubing and pump for a dozen dollars or less.

Mike

 

[NatGreenMeds]

Floating gardens have been used since the Aztecs perfected their use. Modern day "DWC" (Deep Water Culture) hydroponics is an off-shoot of that method.

Here's a link to a very nice setup:

Floating Lettuce Garden


Table of Contents

• Greenhouse Hardware
• System Component Information
• Computer Technology
• Lettuce Production
• Pond Stage
• Crop Health
• Post-Harvest Procedures
• References

 

[NatGreenMeds]

Redwood, One nitpicking point: lots of people like to "stress" their superhots just before harvesting them - that is, deprive them of water. That would be hard to do in a hydro system, unless they want to pull the pots out of the water for a couple of hours at a time. Mike

Unless an Ebb and Flow system is used. Then water deprivation is simple; you'd simply set the pump to run at less frequent intervals. NFT could be adjusted to accomplish the same goal, as could drip or any of the hybrids of these systems. In fact, the only type of hydroponics that would be difficult to do this with is the DWC or floating type. The rest are easy.