I havent had fresh berries out of my hydroponics in over a year. After coming back from a week away I came back to the most INTOXICATING sweetness smell in my garage.

There are a few dozen fruits hanging and they smell absolutely wonderful. I grow outdoor berries but Ive never had ANY that smell or taste like these. Their size is laughable still but the flavor is explosive.

Like minutes later your brain is still hanging onto the sweetness and taste it experienced. I am blown away by the quality of these even though the crowns are still struggling a bit.

3 years of learning hydro/plants from scratch to get to this point. The pain, struggle, frustration, and countless times I almost scrapped the entire hobby finally feel justified.

Tiny Tim tomatoes!

Literally just a countertop LetPot setup. I left for a little under a week and came back to a cherry tomato explosion. It’s my first year doing this and I’m very happy with this. I wish I grew lettuce so I don’t need to go out and buy it for salads (and to avoid the cyclospora going around right now….)

Hello everyone,

I built an NFT hydroponic system using 125mm PVC pipes and am currently growing basil, dill, peppers, and coriander. Because the bottoms of my net pots sit a few centimeters above the nutrient solution, I am using wicks to deliver the solution to the plants.

While the wicks keep the rockwool starters moist, only my basil has developed healthy roots. The other plants remain thin and weak, failing to grow roots down into the nutrient solution.

What do you think might be causing this issue?

Edit : I am using Plagron AB solution and keeping the ppm around 800-1000.

Hi all, this is day 5 for these lettuce seeds. They’re not quite above the little sticker yet. Should I wait until they pop out, or should I remove the domes now? Should I add nutrients now?

Alright, so I enjoy growing carnivorous plants. My outdoor plants need to remain in standing water at all times. The flood tables that people use for hydroponics work really well for growing these, because they stay cooler in direct sun outdoors and don't degrade much under UV.

I've also had a lot of success acquiring used flood tables on craigslist/FB marketplace. I just found some more, but they have too many drain holes/plumbing holes. I only need one hole, but the trays I just found have 4 holes. My existing flood tables all have botanicare ebb/flow fittings with standpipes, which is all I need.

Even after checking the websites of several companies that sell this kind of stuff, it appears that either none of these companies make drain plugs or the decline of search engines has buried them under nonsense.

So, can someone here please direct me to a simple drain plug suitable for active aqua flood tables? I'm fine with using adhesives, etc. but I don't want to make a mistake and use the wrong chemical on the wrong type of plastic.

I'm looking for some advice from experienced hydroponic growers.

I just finished 3D printing and assembling a modular hydroponic tower, and I'm getting ready for my first grow. To start, I'll be growing lettuce, basil, and mint indoors.

I'm trying to decide on nutrients before I fill the reservoir. I've looked at General Hydroponics, MasterBlend, FoxFarm, and a few organic options, but I'd love to hear what people are actually using long-term.

A few questions:

• What nutrient line do you use?
• Why did you choose it over other brands?
• Have you tried organic nutrients in a recirculating tower? If so, how did they perform?
• Any tips or things you wish you had known before your first hydroponic tower?

I'd appreciate any recommendations or lessons learned. Thanks!

Gday, I have all my dwarf tomatoes and bell peppers in an ebb and flow tray 4” deep watering twice daily for about 10 -15 mins . They are in straight perlite as advised by my local hydroponics store. Growing fantastic too! Question is , two days ago I put a pepper plant in the tray in coco perlite 60/40. It grew exponentially in 2 days fruiting admirably. Can it stay there? Bigger fabric pot maybe? Or must the coco be replaced with perlite?? . Holding too much moisture maybe??? Thanks

I am just starting out, I understand that my water needs to be distilled. But what nutrients should be in the water. I found this but I'm not sure if this is the correct way to go. Are there better recommendations? Or is this stuff OK?

General-Hydroponics-FloraGro

Found on amazon