Plants You Can Grow

[Dylan]

Is there a plant that grows best in hydroponic conditions? Can you
grow any plant with hydroponics succesfully, for example, pumpkins?

Thanks,
Dylan

[laurie jackson]

The only plant that you can't grow in hydroponics, are mushrooms.

You can grow all vegies, fruit trees, herbs, flowers, & trees.  Well, in Australia you can.

Loz.

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From:  "Dylan" <dylanph...@gmail.com>
Reply-To:  Greenhouse-...@googlegroups.com
To:  "Greenhouse Hydroponics" <Greenhouse-...@googlegroups.com>
Subject:  Plants You Can Grow
Date:  Wed, 31 May 2006 03:14:30 -0000

[derek zeanah]

I've got tomatoes, nasturtiums, zinnia, raspberries, melons, strawberries, herbs, elephant garlic, and a citrus I started from seed all growing hydroponically.  As long as there are no system failures, they're happy.

[Steddie]

Just out of interest, do tomatos and strawberrys live happily together
in the same system, or do they have massively different requirements?

thanks

[derek zeanah]

Depends on who you ask.

The general rule seems to be this: one mixture for vegetative stage, and another for flowering/fruiting.  Some people like to fine tune the concentration per plant and what not; I'm lazier than that (and it's my first year so I don't want to get too detailed -- this is all an experiment for me, after all...).

Other than that, whatever you like, I suppose.

[Steddie]

Yeah that's kinda what i thought - I'll try and synchronise the
veg/flower nutrients to when both types of plant start to flower, but
if it overlaps then i'm sure it won't be a disaster.

It's my first attempt also, so i'm experimenting aswell. I've got 3
tomato plants quite well established, and some strawberry and chillie
seedlings that i'm rearing to plant into the system (45 litre NFT 1
metre x 50cm). I think it's gonna get a bit crowded in there, nothing
a machette won't sort though!

[Dylan]

Thanks!
How do you secure the seeds if your growing them from seed?

Thanks,
Dylan

[Zach]

Derek, I see you are growing roses in your greenhouse using the drip
system. I am also trying to grow roses but so far I haven't had much
success. I am using the ebb and flow system. Have you tried this? If
you have how was your success or what would you have to do to make it
work? What did you use for a watering schedule?

[lydia anacta]

Derek, I'm also interested in growing roses hydroponiccaly.  What ppm and ph of the nutrients should I take?  Please help me. And what should be the watering schedule?

[derek zeanah]

Guys, I'm far from a guru here.

My system works like this:

1. Buy roses mail-order
2. wash off the roots
3. put in a bucket full of gravel
4. Fill the reservoir with General Hydro nutrients, mixed for the "transitional" phase -- equal parts of all 3 nutrients
5. Water between all the time (when I was lazy) and 1/3rd of the time during daylight hours

They seem to like it, though I don't know that it's the best solution.  Search for Dutch Buckets for how others are doing it.

BTW, I *really* need to update the site.  I've learned a bit since I started...