Talk:Hydroponic Gardening

Jeff attended on online seminar in 2021 by Spore, these are some notes he took:

• Kratky system is the easiest to get into
  • This is what Greg taught Jeff to do with mason jars, net pots, rocks, and nutrient solution. Growing basil
  • only a fraction of the roots should be submerged
• add a capful of hydrogen peroxide to green slimy roots
• NPK nutrients
  • MaxiGro by General Hydroponics
    • 10-5-14 (NPK, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium)
      • $16 , up to 10 systems (buckets are systems)
• HydroCrunch and HomeDepot are good sources for plant seeds
• use a small section of pool noodle to wrap around a soil plug to fit into a net cup
• FamilyPlot website has good intros on hydroponics

• Recommended beginner things to brow:
  • Kale, cabbage, spinach, lettuce, basil, strawberries, cherry tomatoes, bell peppers, herbs

• pests
  • whiteflies. sticky traps
  • aphids: occur when there are low amounts of magnesium
  • mold:
  • root rot: submerging roots, bundled nasty mess. allow oxygen flow to cure.

• maintenance
  • replace nutrients every month
  • check undersides of leaves