Why hydro instead of soil? Growing hydroponically has tons of advantages. It actually saves water! This project uses the same 5 gallons of water over and over again for a whole week. If you were watering into dirt, it would be difficult, if not impossible, to collect and recirculate the water.
Hydro also saves space. In a typical soil garden, the lettuce plant will only grow as big as the 4″ pot will let it. With hydroponics, the roots of the plants will actually grow right out of the pot, allowing the plant to get as big as it likes. Or at least as big as it can before you eat it!
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The images for ‘choose a flood table’ and ‘harvest’ are both missing…
Thanks, “Choose a flood table” and “Harvest” didn’t have images for those steps. I also combined the last two steps to make the lack of image less noticeable.
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I’m not sure that “wicking” is an appropriate term for this application. The water is being forced into the pot, through the ‘drainage’ holes in the bottom, because the level of water is higher outside the pot than inside the pot. Wicking implies water being drawn up against gravity, using capillary action. Still a good setup, however! (I’ve never loved wicking…seems like it would result in stagnation and very low nutrient-solution turnover)
Not only is this a wonderfully practical project, but the way you simplified everything as much as possible really demystified the whole hydroponics thing for me. I thought it was a LOT more complicated than that. Soon I will have all the basil I ever wanted. Thanks!
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