Monday, February 22, 2010

Urban Garden update #4 (Hydroponic Pepper table)







I just got done with the flood and drain pepper table. Well, almost done. The table will actually only grow 20 pepper plants(over 50 right now).The reservoir will house lettuce and spinach, grow on a 2" styrofoam raft. So when it's all done, one reservoir will be feeding two grow beds. I'm not even sure if this will work, but I have a pretty good feeling it will. I'm using botanicare coco grow compressed coir mixed with silica stone for a medium. The containers are 9"x9"x5" tall plastic mesh. They will be sitting on top of a 1/4" coconut mat, where the roots will grow underneath. The plants will be grown using botanicare CNS-17 coco nutrients. For supplements, we're using aquashield and CSN ripe.