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Hi I love building things, I made a automated mushroom growbox and a hydroponic cloner. I would love to do sooome projects like this. Looking forward to learning this system too! I am in the Denver Area
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Hi all, I’m in The Springs but since I don’t see a group for us, I thought I’d join yours. I saw the NPR story on facebook, got the instructions and asked my son’s grandpa to build the 3 plant version while he was here visiting. So far it has been a great experience for both parties (son and grandpa) and I am looking forward to growing a garden indoors in a way that actually works! We have a huge picture window in our living room but we are tight on space so this has the potential to be awesome. Any advice for people who tend to kill plants would be great–I think my biggest problem is not leaving them alone to do their thing. Also, last summer when we used soil my herbs were growing great then suddenly these tiny bugs appeared (about the size of a fruit fly) and everything died. Any ideas on what happened so I can avoid it this time around?
Thanks for your help and looking forward to the conversation here.
Hey Julie!
so a few things.
1. Leaving your plants alone during the day to photosynthezize is definetly an option, but plants are happier when you sing to them, or talk to them, or have meals in their presence. Many studies have shown that indoor plants really enjoy the socialness and attention they recieve. They should rarely be alone, and the more time you spend with them the more you get to know them and be freinds. Also keeping an eye on them. Just dont tamper with their soil too much. Transplant shock the plants get from moving takes them awhile to adjust to their homes, but they should be fine after a few weeks. Just dont rush your plantie babies.
2. Bugs. Ughs. My mint plant last spring was ovverrun with aphids and we had to end up composting it because it was absolutely ridden. There is little way to avoid this, because bugs will get in anyhow and if they see fresh food, theyll go for it. There is little way to fight the bugs, its natures food chain, but id suggest making sure there are no cracks in the rooms and bug screens on the windows.
3. Try using the clay hydroponic rocks. They are more efficient for started plants and they wont muk up the system and itll keep other bugs away that could be hiding in the soil.
oren