Setting up Simple Hydroponics
/We decided to raise the bar this year from our aquaponics system, which provides us with fresh herbs and salad greens year-round, to include a hydroponic garden that will grow tomatoes all winter long.
Here's our already established aquaponics setup (
!):
Hydroponic gardening works just like aquaculture; but instead of getting nutrients from fish waste, hydroponics relies on added organic fertilizers to keep plants healthy. We got our setup from a neighbor, which utilizes a
Hydrofarm fluorescent grow system
and individual planters for our tomatoes.
Water will run out of the lower chamber and up over the individual pots, filled with pea gravel, and run back into the lower tank. We ordered a new grow light today for the system, and will be fully set up next week. Perfect timing, since the tomato seeds we saved are in the process of drying out for a few more days.
