Anyone into gardening/growing your own food?

[sgreger1]

Okay so I just ordered an Reverse Osmosis/DI filter of good quality that can be attached to my garden faucet/garden hose. My tap registers at around 400+ppm so with the R/O water I can hopefully get it down to maybe 5ppm so my nutes don't have to battle with the other dissolved sediments for space. Hopefully this will make ti easier to measure out nutrients too since I don't have to account for existing PPM from the water. I also decided to order a roll of the 6mil 4year greenhouse plastic, which I can wrap around my enclosure to allow better light penetration, reduce UV damage, and protect everything from the rain and wind. Way better than the 4mil painters plastic I was using.

I got a grip of different heirloom tomatoe varieties and other goodies sprouting right now. About another week or so before I can plant anything. The lettuce and cucumbers seem to be growing the fastest. My cucumber had to be taken out of the germination tray because the leaves are already too tall and they are hitting the roof. I got 24 plants rooting right now since I will probably kill my first batch somehow when I transplant them. This way if I kill off the first batch I will have a second pair ready to be transplanted at the same time. Next up is to get a solar panel on the roof to power this bitch and I am heading for self sufficiency (and also the most expensive tomatoes ever grown lol).

[truthwolf1]

I have been thinking about the reverse osmosis for drinking water but it does not look like it takes flouride out. It sounds like it would be great for hydro if you want more sterility.

[sgreger1]

I have been thinking about the reverse osmosis for drinking water but it does not look like it takes flouride out. It sounds like it would be great for hydro if you want more sterility.

An RO filter removes just about everything, including:

Fluroride, salt, manganese, iron, lead, calcium, sodium, aluminum, copper, mercury, phosphate, magnesium, zinc, chloride, nitrate, silicate, cyanide, sulphide, nickel, silver, bicarbonate, ammonium, barium, and chromium. (removes about 99% of all of these). It also removed 99% of bacteria from the water. I could run a chemtrail through this bitch and get crystal clear water

It's also good for organic agriculture because the chlorine/barium in the tap water will kill off most beneficial bacteria (up to the point where it eventually dissipates after 24 hours in aerated water if left outdoors).

I got a 6 stage RO/2DI filter which does 150 gallons per day, water is gonna be coming out crystal ****ing clear at <5 parts per million. I am filling up a 55 gallon drum though so it will still take about 6 hours to fill it full. 150 gallons a day sounds like a lot, but a day is like 24 hours lol.

[sgreger1]

URGENT FOR ANYONE WHO KNOWS:

I need help real quick. There was an emergency, and the long and short of it is that I had to get 12 plants that are pre-grown from a nursery and are about 1/2 foot tall, they are packed in PERLITE and have fully established root systems. I don't think I can remove the perlite without damaging the roots.

IS IT OKAY TO TRANSPLANT PERLITE INTO THE HYDROTON? Like can I just put it in there, perlite and all, and just bury it in hydroton? My piping is 1/2 thick so I don't think anything will get clogged but I am not sure if this is a bad idea. I am not sure if I can get the perlite out without damaging the roots because they are already really thick and it's really more root than it is perlite.

[sgreger1]

F@ck it , we're doing it live. I washed it off as best I could and put them in. If they die than I will try something else.

Here's pics from the build:

[sgreger1]

Reverse Osmosis Filter:

[sgreger1]

[squeezyjohn]

Christ! That looks like something The Borg would use from Star Trek. I'm sorry - those pictures make me uneasy - I love gardening because it's working with nature.

[GN Tobacco Sweden AB]

Check this out that is my brothers greenhouse I am not jocking who do not believe me tell me I will prove it!
www.roseart.am

[sgreger1]

Christ! That looks like something The Borg would use from Star Trek. I'm sorry - those pictures make me uneasy - I love gardening because it's working with nature.

Nothing unnatural about it, it's the same process as all plants use to grow. They drink water that has nutrients in it and grow in a medium which allows the roots to aerate (in this case, it's fired clay balls). All organic too, not that I really care but that's what I chose this round. What about it makes you uneasy? The fruits are more nutritious than soil grown foods since they have the perfect amount of nutrients at different stages in their growth and have a higher yield, and also have an extended growing season since I have better control over temperatures and pests.

Don't have any soil in my yard so have to do it this way.

[sgreger1]

Check this out that is my brothers greenhouse I am not jocking who do not believe me tell me I will prove it!
www.roseart.am

Wow that is freaking high speed. Awesome setup and roses! Wish i had the funds for something like that!!

[squeezyjohn]

I'm sorry - I didn't mean anything by it. I shouldn't have written anything really.

I'm sure everything you say is true, and I understand you don't have soil ... in fact most of the tomatoes we buy here in the UK come from the Netherlands and are grown in exactly that way inhuge greenhouses like the ones GN's brother has.

It was simply a gut reaction to seeing all those pipes and wires and things. I'm sure the way I do it is far less reliable, but I kind of like the challenge.

[sgreger1]

I'm sorry - I didn't mean anything by it. I shouldn't have written anything really.

I'm sure everything you say is true, and I understand you don't have soil ... in fact most of the tomatoes we buy here in the UK come from the Netherlands and are grown in exactly that way inhuge greenhouses like the ones GN's brother has.

It was simply a gut reaction to seeing all those pipes and wires and things. I'm sure the way I do it is far less reliable, but I kind of like the challenge.

No problem, I know it looks all borg'ish but those are just water pipes, nothing too crazy I promise! All they do is pump water from the big drum into the individual pots, simulating rain essentially.

[precious007]

Wow that is freaking high speed. Awesome setup and roses! Wish i had the funds for something like that!!

definitely something I'd be into.............

congrats to your brother GN

[sgreger1]

So I have some spider mites. Tomorrow I am going to unleash about 1500 lady bugs into my greenhouse in my backyard to murder them. An all out shock-and-awe campaign of ladybugs to eat everything in sight. Maybe might throw a praying mantis sac in there too since they will eat all the mesquitos and other shit, then clean up the ladybugs when they run out of food lol.

So far my grow is going good. I placed the plants in perlite right into the hyroton and have had 0 problems, everything looks pretty good and i've been watering them 2-3 times a day. I just got the greenhouse plastic today and set it up, now the whole thing is enclosed in greenhouse plastic which should help with wind and rain. Here's the pics I took before putting the plastic on.

Here's some pics: