Hydroponic Herb Garden
Getting starting with your hydroponic herb garden can be incredibly easy. Like this article I read (see below), getting started can be done with products you have around the house already.
Well - almost.
Here’s the list of necessities:
14 Gallon Rubbermaid Tub - make sure it’s opaque. If light gets through, you’ll have algae problems. Something like $6.
Air stones - these are the bubblers for aquariums. I used 3 big round ones.
$3 each. A valve for the 3 air stones. About $4.
An aquarium air pump. I already had an extra one of these. However, they’re cheap too.
Air tubing. Another $4. 6 Net baskets - I ordered these from Hydro Harry’s a few weeks before I actually built this.
Rockwool - Also ordered from Hydro Harry’s
Nutrient. This stuff gets mixed 3 teaspoons per gallon to make the nutrient bath.
Basically, the plants sit in plastic baskets filled with rockwool (an inert, lightweight material that holds onto moisture). Those are suspended just barely into a solution of water and a whole pile of nutrients. At the bottom of the nutrient broth are airstones (from aquariums) that pump oxygen into the nutrient bath and the roots of the plants. This gives the plant roots all that they need: nutrients, water and oxygen.
For your own hydroponic herb garden - the hardest decision may be where to put it.
Thanks to
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ProgressiveGardening.org | A lot of people are surprised that a full sized tomato plant can grow in a small pot without any soil! Carl Anderson of Virginia Hydroponics shows how easy it is to grow fresh cut herbs, tantalizing vegetables, and fabulous flowers, all year long, with hydroponics gardening! This video is brought to by the good folks at ProgressiveGardening.org!
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Grow your own herbs hydroponically (no dirt!) with this Power Plant system. Interview at the 2008 International Home & Housewares Show by Ann Volkwein for Cooking.com.
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Seems hyrdoponic gardens will be more than a trend if the high gas prices stick around.
from Americans Are Using Home Hy…
“Americans are sick and tired of paying high gas prices, driving to grocery stores, and paying high food prices too,” Michael Straumietis explains. “They’re tired of high energy prices. So they’re turning to home-based farming, and it’s paying off.”
Hey I’ll be the first to say I love Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s (the markets). But even in those stores, prices can be more than I really want to pay. Starting my own garden seemed a great way to save a few pennies.
Again from Americans Are Using Home Hy…
“You don’t have to spend several dollars per gallon driving somewhere to buy your food. That’s one big benefit,” Yordanov explains. “You get total control over the quality of what you eat, because you grow it yourself. You get a higher yield than with regular gardening. And it’s a form of self-sufficiency.
I’ll be happy with my little kitchen crop however.
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Ah what nutrients to give your sweet herb darlings in your hydro garden? A good organic plant tea is highly recommended.
Here’s what is in it:
Alfalfa Extract - Alfalfa is the base of the highest quality organic plant teas because it contains high amounts of Triacontanol. This compound can help stimulate rapid growth in a number of ways.
Citric acid- he same stuff you can find in oranges, lemons and other citrus fruits, is a completely organic way to decrease the pH of your nutrient solution and ensure optimal uptake of nutrients.
Kelp- Nutrients derived from kelp can help your plants grow dramatically and provide some the biggest yields you can get with hydro-organic growing
Canola Meal - functions very well in an organic plant tea because it breaks down very easily, which makes more of the nutrients available to the plant.
Here’s a good source on nutrient info: http://www.advancednutrients.com/articles.php?articleID=95
One tea that is on the market is Mother Earth Super Tea found here.
So remember to feed theherbs in your hydroponic garden their regular dose of nutrients.
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