No. No. There’s … No. No. There’s hydroponics and aeroponics. Hydroponics is plant roots immersed in water. Aeroponics is plants suspended in air. You use a spray or mist to transfer nutrients to the roots. Like hydroponics is to soil agriculture, so is aeroponics to hydroponics. It uses less space, energy – water, nutrients, etc, and yields more. Check it out. Also check out disadvantages. There are always two sides to every story. But I’m really interested in this.
lettuce doesn’t … lettuce doesn’t take 85 days lettuce takes about 8 weeks and you can harvest the lettuce as it grows, and many varieties of tomatoes are faster than that. Especially cherry variety and smaller ones. Bloody Butcher is an heirloom variety that only takes 55 days.
Im interested in … Im interested in getting a small indoor garden started but I don’t have much natural light, maybe 2hrs worth. How well would using mostly artifical lighting work?
Patti continues her seedlings.
June 13th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
Haha. Geoponics. …
Haha. Geoponics. Everything has a name, apparently.
June 13th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
No. No. There’s …
No. No. There’s hydroponics and aeroponics. Hydroponics is plant roots immersed in water. Aeroponics is plants suspended in air. You use a spray or mist to transfer nutrients to the roots. Like hydroponics is to soil agriculture, so is aeroponics to hydroponics. It uses less space, energy – water, nutrients, etc, and yields more. Check it out. Also check out disadvantages. There are always two sides to every story. But I’m really interested in this.
June 13th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
lettuce doesn’t …
lettuce doesn’t take 85 days lettuce takes about 8 weeks and you can harvest the lettuce as it grows, and many varieties of tomatoes are faster than that. Especially cherry variety and smaller ones. Bloody Butcher is an heirloom variety that only takes 55 days.
Why burpee… why not heirloom?
June 13th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
You will need …
You will need artificial light.
June 13th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
Im interested in …
Im interested in getting a small indoor garden started but I don’t have much natural light, maybe 2hrs worth. How well would using mostly artifical lighting work?
June 13th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
Do you mean …
Do you mean aquaponics? check out my aquaponic video. Some people don’t have an area that can get wet so this is a great alternative.
June 13th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
Use aeroponics and …
Use aeroponics and grow 4 times faster!
June 13th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
Looking great.
Looking great.