hydroponics

Well, i've been staring at a 2 liter soda bottle, sitting next to my royal truncata (i'm ashamed to say the little baby is my only nep) and, thinking about the fact that my parents said they might let me get a ventricosa, i thought i might be able to make a long-term impromptu (if that's not an...

Hello Fellow Growers! A while back I had posted some info & pics that included one of my terrariums, and I mentioned my planning on working up my shelves with another automatic waterer. While I have designed, hacked together & used a few automatic watering systems, misters & “Rain” makers for my...

well here goes my first proper post,i seem to have mites but they seem to be slow breeders so maybe not the really bad guys,is it ok to use neem oil on young neps i was warned off using it on young plants by the shop i got it from but being a hydroponics shop he thought i was growing mary jane...

Flood and drain hydroponic watering system. It was a dreary Sunday afternoon here, so I decided to make a simple single pot flood and drain hydroponics system for one of my Heliamphora. I have posted a YouTube video below but it probably needs a little explaining. The tube coming out of the...

Came up with this design, anybody using anything similar? Did it work? No apologies for kiddy drawing, best i can do in the jungle on an IPad :( Edit: Forget the pc fan, it will have to be a ducted fan, speed controlled, as used in hydroponics

I was at the Hydroponics shop getting some net pots for my soon-to arrive HL Nepenthes and I found this new product they are carrying called simply "Rocks" 25 dry liters for $14.99 The bag says it's inert shale that has been heated to 2200*F until it expands and shatters. I've wanted...

So the hydroponics shop I work with (see Nepenthes Showcase thread) gave me a free sample bag of Hydrolite (http://www.botanicare.net/grow-substrates/hydrolite) to try out. This is the test run picture thread of my experience with it. Along with a few extra pics of some of my other favorite...

Hello Everyone! I'm not even sure if "Agar Hydroponics" is the correct word, but let me outline for you what I'm planning. For Christmas, I got a "Bacteria Growing Kit" with the petri dishes and agar powder. And as another hobby, I maintain cultures of the bioluminescent dinoflagellate...

Hey tf its been a long time since I've posted pics here so here we go. My "greenhouse" is a Mylar Hydroponics Grow Tent and I've ran tubing thorough it. The tubing is connected to a pump in a freezer on a timer. The pump is also on a timer. So i end up with icy water being pumped throughout the...

Following on from this post, below are details of my latest experiment. My latest experiment, and the one that I least expect to succeed, is to try to grow a Cephalotus cutting in mycorrhiza and trichoderma inoculated sawdust using passive hydroponics. This is an overview of the setup; The...

1" PVC cut to fit, glazed in silicone and rolled in eco-earth Vented lid with handle removed and larger holes sealed with silicone and covered in eco-earth View from the side of the critter keeper where you can see inside the hide Top down view Thanks for looking :D Adding on, and...

Hello! So I'm upgrading my grow rack from a makeshift shoe rack conversion to a full fledged, multi-shelved growing environment. Now I must choose the lighting, which will be used for primarily nepenthes and drosera (for now). I know I want florescent, I just don't know which one I really...

I went to my first hydroponics shop today and scored a 50L bag of Hydroton clay ball media for $32. The place is only about 5 miles away from my job in a closed down bank building. I'm going to use it to line the bottoms of all my new vivariums about 2" deep and also try some semi-hydro style...

I've had this thing set up for about 6 months or so and all is looking good so I thought I'd share what I'm doing and the results so far. I have a bit of experience with growing plants in hydroponics styles so your mileage will probably vary. Start out with plants you don't care if you lose or...

Last season I started as a beginner and bought a ton of plants. I spent around $100 bucks last summer and had more error than I expected. This was due to overwatering, lack of knowledge, and using a hydroponics style vegetable planter that my mom had sitting in the garage. This vegetable grower...

Hi, I'm sure that many of you are aware of my VFT hydroponics experiment that had been running since 2009. That experiment uses an active hydroponics called Deep Water Culture (DWC). Whilst it has been successful, the complexity of the setup may put some people off of trying it, so this year I...

I put a rooted cutting of N. "deroose alata" in a deep water culture hydroponic setup. Its been about 4.5 months and is really starting to take off. The roots are coming out of the bottom of the net pot. It quit making pitchers when humidity dropped for the winter. The setup consists of...

Hi, Some of you may be aware of my VFT Hydroponics Experiment. Following on from that my next project is Cephalotus hydroponics. For this I have used a leaf cutting that has been rooted in perlite - it has never been in peat, except when it was attached to the mother plant. Overview of...

I was out on a walk today, and discovered that a hydroponics store had opened near where I live, and discovered to my joy that they carry Maxsea 16-16-16, which a lot of people seem to be investigating for the purpose of fertilizing their neps. Now, I have a small nep, so I picked a jug of the...

As some may have noticed in my signature, one of my other hobbies is hydroculture, which is basically passive hydroponics. I have tried growing various carnivorous plants in hydroculture but, perhaps with the exception of Nepenthes, it has not been very successful. This year I decided that I...