What do you think about Hydroponic Gardening and Where to Get Tree Collards and more Q&A
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What do you think about Hydroponic Gardening and Where to Get Tree Collards and more Q&A
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so, here’s a question - I have irrigation water. It comes from the lakes above where we live. Wouldn’t there be traces of minerals, micro organisms and even fish ferilizer in the irrigation water that would helps my soil in my yard?
Whoohoo! John is going to be exhibiting at the Heirloom Seed Expo:)
@KingRyltar Plankton are plant, animal, and bacteria (they aren’t in the animal kingdom anymore). Plant plankton and algea are responsible for most of the oxygen produced, more than all the other plants (trees, bushes, grasses, etc.).
It would be great to meet you!!!! If you ever come to Miami Beach, please let me know…I only have a balcony, but I am growing some food on it :)
Rock Dust can be bought at
Orange County Farm Supply
1826 West Chapman Avenue, Orange, CA
(714) 978-6500
hydroponics will definitely give faster and bigger results. It’s bettter for the earth, because it’s a closed system, where the fertilizer doesnt pollute the earth. You can use organic or mineral fertilizer. I think if you use organic fertilizer, it isn´t that unnatural. I´ve seen videos of people using a fish tank where the fishes produce the fertilizer by defecating. That seems natural and very sustainable to me
Wow. GREAT idea to have a MAP with your subscribers! Aside from giving you places to visit, even more powerful would be as a way for viewers to network with each other. IMAGINE: a new gardener (like me two years ago) being able to find others in my own town or county who could mentor/support/inspire each other. Front yard food growers unite!
i love growing outside because the sun is free
If you can’t find rock dust Esphoma makes Greensand which is the next best thing. Your local garden center should stock that.
Hey John, guess what, you have subscribers in Amsterdam, Holland!
I think hydroponic gardening is perfectly fine. You can easily dissolve the right nutrients in the water and get the same quality produce as with soil. That said, for the hobbyfarmer / small farmer, I agree with John that it’s easier to use earth, as it’s dead cheap, and you can make your own, and is easily managed.
correction, most plants grow in water! Plankton(being a plant life, most abundant life form on earth, responsible for most of the oxygen generation mechanism), etc.,,.Most plants we eat, grow in dirt or hydro, aqua, etc.,. I am in the Philippines, visit in a few years!
That map idea sounds really cool. I wish I lived closer. Then I could go to the National Heirloom expo. Your booth sounds like it will be awesome!
another organic and awesome way to garden is aquaponics instead of hydroponics which is not organic, aquaponics is totally organic. check out my channel if your interested.
@growingyourgreens Hi John, What are your thoughts on using diatomaceous earth (DE) in the garden soil? Have you ever done it?
If so, with which plants is level of success greatest?
I currently can not get rock dust but started to wonder about using DE at least for the time being until I could. I know that it can never be a perfect substitute.
I have been doing all sorts of hydro for the last five years and I am going back to organics and using soil, I actually am using the beats peat that you pointed out. Im using it with fox farm ocean forest and some bat guano. I want to use a simple compost tea. I see less expense with soil and its less temperamental. Soil is less work with = quality if not better . Im not really into using all the synthetic nutrients for medical herbs. I have experienced bad side effects from some top name nutes
I grow a certain kind of medicinal plant hydro indoors. Growing hydro is a lot of hassle. Its like having an aquarium, you have to check for ph and nutrients and do water changes. Organic nutrients are also super expensive. Compared to compost.
I have a vegetable garden in my backyard where I basically just plonk the plants and then let them grow on their own. So if you have space to garden outdoors, dont even think about going hydro :P
Hi John, You seem to know a lot about the growing conditions in Las Vegas so I’m hoping you can help me. I recently transplanted a 18″ tall Rosemary bush. It was doing good for the first month but now it’s turning yellow. I water it every day because it it so hot and dry here, but I’ve read over watering can cause this problem. So my questions are; am I over watering it and is there any way to save it? thanks John
John had a great Hydroponics response! This soil vs hydro argument amongst gardeners feels so childish. Just grow food and feed people! With that said, I personally gotta say Aquaponics appears to be hands down better than both for productivity and simplicity except for of course the vegetables that can’t grow in Aquaponics.
i have found container gardening to be FAR superior to hydroponic gardening. : )
Thanks for answering my question regarding the Tree Collards and Walking Stick Kale. I look forward to seeing you at the National Heirloom Exposition. Will you be there on Tuesday?
Growing Power has tours pretty much daily. It might be an awesome midwest tour stop for you John if you do end up in this area.
For those of you in WI and the midwest area, you should check out Growing Power in Milwaukee, WI. They are nonprofit and grow TONS of food on 3 acres in an urban setting using aquaponics and worm composting.
What growing zone are you in?
I like the idea of John doing garden visits… 2 green thumbs up..