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Finally got the DWC/drip setup.. 3 tomatoes, 1 bell pepper, and 2 broccoli growin now.. with the other bells in the bubbler drip next to um.. now if they will just throw me some veggies!

that is cool...I love it, someone with a dedicated hydro veggie garden...Now, I hate to be a nay-sayer, but I must advise you of my experience with different plants in the same tubs.

different roots getting all tangled up can create a couple problems. 1st... you are stuck with all the plants, even if they don't produce...unless you chop them off and leave roots in rez...a big pain...And I hate saying all this to ya' 'cause I know how excited you are...been there done that. 2nd... your plants might not be able to uptake enough food to produce good yield, due to root competition between all the different plants.

***You notice above; I did not say, "strains of veggies", although that is also a concern...having more than 1 strain per tub is not advisable***

Perhaps using drip, you might not have a problem. I am looking forward to see what you accomplish, we can all learn from your efforts, Thanks, latewood

I do understand.. I am starting these tomatoes in the drip and will move to DWC in the 2.5 gal water jug setup.. i think you did the post on those.. i have some onions sprouting now too but i have learned that plants like onions and garlic do terrible in rockwool because of too much moisture.. when they get big enough i am going to pull them and try and grow them in hydroton pellets alone.

I have 4ft floros to set up too that will cover everything and I may grow more uniform stuff in a bit but there are still aphids here and there on that one setup and im waiting to make sure ive got that under control.

I have all the best nutes and additives left over from my other grow.. if you notice on the pics that tub is actually the one I was using in my other grow.. which had to be canceled due my dumbass roomate getting drunk and telling the whole world.. he now owes me alot of money which im sure I will never see again.

Maybe in a year or two when everyone I meet doesnt know me as "the guy that grows..." thanks to that loud mouth mother f...

Heres a tip for all to enjoy.. if you have a roomate or friend that cannot be avoided from knowing about your operation.. make them financially involved in it big time.. make them order your hydro gear and put solid money in the deal.. like hundreds of dollars! otherwise they have nothing to lose by telling everyone and since they want to sound cool and are too dumb to do anything cool on their own.. you get burned.

peace ppl! hope you will still have me here even tho im not cool enough to grow the real cash crop!

you got good ideas, and I think it'll work...I even thought of trying to use those 2.5 gallon containers like beige hydro buckets. filled with perlite on drip...it would take some tweaking, but you could open the drain, and the way jug is shaped...you would have a night-time rez in the bottom...

I might try it with a couple peppers plants...keep it up, peace latewood

Hey, my tomato plants dont look so good. Could this be too much water or somthing? Leaves are curling upwards. They are nice green but the curling issue has me worried. Also, look at the leaves on this sunflower plant... ever see anything like this? Its only the lower leaves. As you can see, the top new growths on the plant look fine.

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no idea, we grew some sunflowers, but I odn't remember a problem, that looks like some type of...worm maybe? I'm curious. when I started this little fun forum, I was hoping that occasionally...someone really knowledgable about veggies would step up. My knwoledge is pretty much, reading, discussion/good advice turned into trial and error, and I read Growing edge mag and maximum yield...check out their sites for some piks of sunflower problems...Hell google sunflowers. LOL peace Hang in there. I know it can be discouraging on occasion.

What's up Latewood and everybody - I'll be joining the Veggie Society in a few weeks when my setup is complete. In the meantime, I've been reading about what you guys have been growing. I'll try some indoor stuff until next spring - I have.....

Italian Pesto Basil
Stirfry Mix (Red Mustard, Mizspoona, Poc Choi & Asian Red Kale)
Francisca & Red Savina Habanero Chiles (hottest peppers in the world!) :thumbsup:

can't wait MT...looks like you have a nice selection...Me I am getting ready to show some pepper plants, and I am going to try some romaine, yellow squash, and cucumbers in our new experimental station...Glad to see you around. You are also invited to come see us at http://www.hygronomics.com. We are just a baby, but we are trying to build a self-substantial, politically active, anti-establishmentary, hydro veggies and equipment forum with a spiritual side. peace

Hello lw
I'am a son of two hillbilly from Tenn. & Ky.When I was a tot my gram show me to Save the seed from your vegs and to dry them on news papper in the attic for next year.We lived in a 4 season climate and now I live in a 2 season
But I still do the same in growing,you have 2 diffident grow seasons.Spring its tomatos,peppers lettuce,cus and in the fall its orka and hardy plants.
Every thing in the garden that you didnt eat{the stalks & vines}ect.You feed to the cows & pigs & Chickens.Here's the good part, what the cows eat go in one end and comes out the other.and in the spring all of us kids had to clean
out the barn and spead it out over the graden before they turned the soil under.Great fertilizer for tomatos and everything in between.So the next time
you get a good veg save the seeds dry them and plant them you will be a real
organic Hillbilly Gardener.

thanks bro...I dry/save seeds from all my plants for my co-op seedbank at hygronomics.com, thanks for the post.