Hydroponic Gardening ** Was: Organic Food/Cosmetics: Worth the Money?

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Hi y'all,

 

Hydroponics is a good solution to a lack of space. I have a friend in

Hawaii (owns Green Growers of Hawaii) who has been raising tomatoes

using such a system for better than 35 years. He supplies most of the

restaurants and hotels on Oahu. But .. Hydroponics is NOT Organic.

 

Hydroponics involves using a holding system like rocks or sand or lava,

etc. Then a trellis .. and a pump that pumps water mixed with various

sulfates, phosphates and nitrates and other nutrients .. to the roots

of the plants. Its effective .. but not Organic in the pure sense.

 

> It is kinda expensive but I have seen special pots that can grow a

> whole garden on a patio. check the back pages of a garden magazine.

> They are hydoponic(spl?) And do not take up too much space.

> Ravenstone

 

> <oceanmoon wrote: Can anyone give a suggestion on how

> to grow a few things on just a patio space?

> My patio is enclosed with a screen but it is not in direct sunlight.

> I love organic foods but I've been shopping at a farmer's market b/c

> even commercially grown foods are getting outrageous in price (don't

> taste all that great either after tasting the stuff at the farmer's

> market...). Drae

 

Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com