Comments on: Hydroponic Vegetable Garden http://www.alexawesome.com/hydroponic-vegetable-garden/ The life and times of alex awesome Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:27:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: alex http://www.alexawesome.com/hydroponic-vegetable-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-3760 alex Sun, 22 Aug 2010 19:30:57 +0000 http://www.alexawesome.com/?p=960#comment-3760 It's still in progress for a few reasons, one being that we live in an apartment with white carpet, and the only reasonable place to set this up would be in a closet - which we have - and with an electric light - which we can get. There are a few issues with this, however, 1) electric light is great as a supplement to natural light, but if it's the ONLY light, it's expensive. 2) running a light in an enclosed space creates a very real fire hazard. 3) most lamps exist somewhere between heavy, and absurdly heavy, which means hanging them from a stand (remember, apartment - we rent) is not an option. The other half of it is the hydroponic garden I have is incomplete. The motor is dead and I need new growing media. I had tried to contact a number of local hydroponic garden centers with regard to replacing the motor at a reasonable price (aka, something substantially lower than the cost of a brand new hydroponic garden kit), but never heard back (boo!). Growing media is less of an issue, but again, this is a recipe for disaster in a rented apartment with white carpets. A giant reservoir of water, a fire hazard, growing media... So for now, the idea is shelved, but not forgotten. We're looking at houses with patios/decks in the next few years, at which point I would want to build my own hydroponic system. Here are some excellent videos on the subject: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFWYjmzmRbo - a gorgeous outdoor hydroponic garden. It's surprisingly simple to set up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yy5kJwdMv8 - a primer on hydroponics. It’s still in progress for a few reasons, one being that we live in an apartment with white carpet, and the only reasonable place to set this up would be in a closet – which we have – and with an electric light – which we can get. There are a few issues with this, however, 1) electric light is great as a supplement to natural light, but if it’s the ONLY light, it’s expensive. 2) running a light in an enclosed space creates a very real fire hazard. 3) most lamps exist somewhere between heavy, and absurdly heavy, which means hanging them from a stand (remember, apartment – we rent) is not an option.

The other half of it is the hydroponic garden I have is incomplete. The motor is dead and I need new growing media. I had tried to contact a number of local hydroponic garden centers with regard to replacing the motor at a reasonable price (aka, something substantially lower than the cost of a brand new hydroponic garden kit), but never heard back (boo!). Growing media is less of an issue, but again, this is a recipe for disaster in a rented apartment with white carpets. A giant reservoir of water, a fire hazard, growing media…

So for now, the idea is shelved, but not forgotten. We’re looking at houses with patios/decks in the next few years, at which point I would want to build my own hydroponic system. Here are some excellent videos on the subject:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFWYjmzmRbo – a gorgeous outdoor hydroponic garden. It’s surprisingly simple to set up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yy5kJwdMv8 – a primer on hydroponics.

]]> By: Hexdump http://www.alexawesome.com/hydroponic-vegetable-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-3759 Hexdump Sun, 22 Aug 2010 19:20:03 +0000 http://www.alexawesome.com/?p=960#comment-3759 Whatever happened with this project? I'm hoping to try something very similar, and wanted to see how your experiment turned out. Is it still going producing great results? Or did it sound good on paper, but never actually happened? Whatever happened with this project? I’m hoping to try something very similar, and wanted to see how your experiment turned out. Is it still going producing great results? Or did it sound good on paper, but never actually happened?

]]> By: Karen http://www.alexawesome.com/hydroponic-vegetable-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-3243 Karen Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:18:46 +0000 http://www.alexawesome.com/?p=960#comment-3243 Yay! That's great news. I'm really happy for you. I'm interested to see how this project goes. Thanks again for dinner! I had a lovely time with you. However, I'm cursing myself for not getting at least one picture of us together. That's me, I either forget to bring a camera, or I just forget to use the darn thing. Maybe sometime in the future I'll remember. :-) Yay! That’s great news. I’m really happy for you. I’m interested to see how this project goes.

Thanks again for dinner! I had a lovely time with you. However, I’m cursing myself for not getting at least one picture of us together. That’s me, I either forget to bring a camera, or I just forget to use the darn thing. Maybe sometime in the future I’ll remember. :-)

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