It took a little longer than "just a weekend" but I'm finally planting the garden in the garage
Posted Apr 14, 2018, 4:12 PM UTC
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First time trying beans and potatoes in a hydroponic system. There are potatoes in the 40-gallon tanks (fill and drain vs. drip) and the black beans and green beans go in the towers sometime this week :)
Few more pictures - https://imgur.com/a/tkbyY
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It looks like some kind of futuristic space station garden.
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The dream is Mars :)
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What type of lights are those?
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LumiGrow Pro 325
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Thought so. Those lights are hands down some of the best I ever got to use. We had about a dozen of those and a dozen or so at the farm, the lettuce looooved them.
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They're definitely my favorite - I love being able to control the red/blue output. I've only used them for lettuces until now so I'm looking forward to playing with color spectrums now that I have some flowering plants!
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How many years have you been doing this for?
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I've been dabbling around for 2.5 years. I started with aquaponics, which my favorite but hydroponics is much easier to get going and fish can always be added later.
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Here's a pic of my setup! : D
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1.5 years ahead of me! I will post a pic of my setup soon haha but it truly is a poor mans rig. (all hydroponics / dwc / kratky)
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That's awesome! After seeing root systems in dwc, I never wanted to go back to digging around in dirt... but I did have to throw some earthworms in the aquaponic system with fill and drain beds because who doesn't like worms?
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Really!!! Can they survive in the water?
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I look up to people like you : )
Plants are just super cool! You made my week - thank you :)