TigerTom520
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Posted 11:05 am, 10/13/2014
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What kind of space do you have to dedicate? How many varieties? How much yield? Are a few good questions to consider when buying or designing your indoor garden. Growing media can be a mater of preference based on benefits, and maintenance. Form factor will primarily be related to space available, desired output, media, and if you are designing, your skill level. Cosmetics may be of interest as well. Aqua-ponics could be considered based on preferences and foot print. With limited constraints, the for mentioned store bought hydroponic system may be for you. So what are you growin? I ain't got time for that couch potato stuff. I gotta keep motivated.
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chendo
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Posted 12:26 am, 10/13/2014
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chendo
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Posted 12:04 am, 10/13/2014
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Lol...1980-81 was a busy time for me. Yes, I had a very sophisticated indoor operation. Tin foil covered room, Hydroponics and grow lights on timers. Even had c02 cannisters that we would use to fog the room with to help change the molecular structure of the plants. I worked for an uncle that owned a large wholesale nursery, and I learned a lot. The boys who had a magazine called high times worked a couple of blocks away...we partied with them.
Haven't touched the stuff in over 20 years.
But I grow herbs all year long.
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garden nut
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Posted 11:52 pm, 10/12/2014
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You might get around the need for a grow light in a south facing winter window garden by putting a reflective material behind and under the plants to reflect the natural light that misses the plants back at them.
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smart/cookie
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Posted 9:20 pm, 10/12/2014
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chendo is a very smart guy.
My son had one of those hydroponic counter top herb growers. To me, it's like an aquarium...more trouble than it's worth. However, I can see that people in the colder states would enjoy having one.
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Elmo Cleghorn
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Posted 9:12 pm, 10/12/2014
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I gifted someone a small countertop hydroponic system with an LED grow light in it. He grows herbs in his kitchen in Colorado They have a pretty long cold winter. I don't think he has a big variety but says he likes it very much. Salad greens can be pretty successful too
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Fins
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Posted 9:11 pm, 10/12/2014
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He's naturally an expert on all types of grass
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Fins
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Posted 9:07 pm, 10/12/2014
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Of course the Latino would know about hydroponic.
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chendo
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Posted 8:47 pm, 10/12/2014
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Get a small hydroponic and grow light
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~glitter and glamour~
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Posted 8:03 pm, 10/12/2014
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Goddess, I'm glad you said lemongrass and mint. My granddaddy used to let me have creme' de menthe in my tea. Aww, I had forgotten that.
And, cilantro for my pico de gallo and salsa...
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1goddess
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Posted 7:24 pm, 10/12/2014
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parsley is like a weed and can grow most anywhere, I love dill so I grow that along with basil, oregano is an easier grower also. Chives are pretty hardy to grow,
gotta get ya some lemongrass and chocolate mint...the aroma is tops for sure!
Mint is an easy grower too!!!
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kenc
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Posted 7:19 pm, 10/12/2014
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Right ,try the ones you like best, they'll probably do fine. Basil seems to thrive almost any where, if you grow it , you'll probably have to keep thinning it.
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Daddy P
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Posted 7:18 pm, 10/12/2014
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Glitter I love basil. I use it in sauces and also love to slice up mozzarella and tomatoes with a little olive oil and basil. The parsley would be great to have and cilantro.
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Daddy P
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Posted 7:16 pm, 10/12/2014
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Fins I haven't figured out if I care about organic or not either so I'm not sure lol (seriously I do care, but from what I have read sometimes "organic" just means overpriced and not really any different so I don't put a lot of trust in that label unless I read the fine print). It seems like the plastic wrapper said organic, but don't hold me to it.
Note from GoNC: a portion of this post was removed that was off topic.
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~glitter and glamour~
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Posted 7:13 pm, 10/12/2014
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What would be the best ones to start with? Well, I guess, naturally, what I use most...
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kenc
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Posted 7:12 pm, 10/12/2014
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At the risk of being off topic, my mom grew all kinds of plants in her windows, none of them got full sun all day. Sometimes in the middle of the day she might have to shade them a little with newspapers.
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Fins
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Posted 7:02 pm, 10/12/2014
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P, is walmart's herbs organic? The ones I found in lowes were. Not that I've ever figured out if I care.
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