[CH] Re: Chile hydroponically
Mark Dodgson (mjdodgson@yahoo.com)
Thu, 23 Jul 1998 07:12:23 -0700 (PDT)
Hi
I'm new to hydroponics myself. I'm currently starting (I live in
Australia) my chiles inside using a flood and drain tray setup under a
400 watt son t agro lamp that's on for 14 hours a day. I have a few
pictures of my chile starting setup at:
http://members.xoom.com/mjdodgson
under the "Hydroponics" link.
I'm planning on growing my chiles to maturity outside using a non
recycling setup utilising the "smart valve". This valve works by
connecting to a nutrient tank and "feeds" the valve by gravity via a
thin poly tube. Once the level of nutrient has reached a depth of
30mm (1 1/6 inch), the valve shuts of the nutrient flow. The valve
only opens again once the nutrient level is almost depleted, thus the
plant roots aren't constantly saturated and oxygen deprived. I think
the best part about this setup is that the smart valve uses no
electricity. I'll probably put together a few single channel 15cm
deep x 15cm wide x several meter long lengths each utilising one smart
valve, all connected to one nutrient tank (probably a big rubbish
bin). I've got some granulated growool to use in one length, and I'll
get some grow rock to use in one, and some perlite/permiculite in
another as an experiment.
I'll let the list know how the experiment goes once the season proper
gets going, several months from now.
Bye for now
==
Mark Dodgson
Mark's Mostly Chile Page
http://members.xoom.com/mjdodgson/
mailto://mjdodgson@yahoo.com
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