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DecalsbyJT
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CorporalChaos wrote:
How well do AP onions store? Do their skins cure properly?



Hey CC......

I think they store just fine.. since they are growing above the gravel the outer skins automatically start to toughen up....

when I harvest them, I hang them up for a week to help the outside dry out even more...

I have notice that the onions you buy in the supermarket have a very sharp taste and the AP onions are much milder and have more moisture in them

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I saw a small bit of a TV show that was talking about Onions and how they are growing onions that are sweeter than normal and have less of a CRY factor/irritant.. It seems the sulphur they take up give them a greater amount of the chemical that cause your eyes to irritate..

Other than that I going to try Onions myself..

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just picked a couple things out of the GH..... this morning....

maybe should put the toms in the bigger is better thread :lol:


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wow those tommies are massive, look very juicey - yum yum
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JT, I just read through your massive thread. Very impressive! I am curious to know if you use anything to glue your Affnan siphons, or if they are just pressed together.
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Ronmaggi wrote:
JT, I just read through your massive thread. Very impressive! I am curious to know if you use anything to glue your Affnan siphons, or if they are just pressed together.



Hey Ron....

nope.... the affnan's are just friction fitted... I only glue the pressure side...

I do use some stainless steel screws on some of the gravity pipes, especially ones that have a tendency to get bumped ..

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Thank you, I am just about at that phase with my system.
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Hey JT,
Amazing harvest...as usual!

I have followed your thread for quite a while and your greenhouse is the model I am attempting to follow, kind of... :thumbright:

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I saw a small bit of a TV show that was talking about Onions and how they are growing onions that are sweeter than normal and have less of a CRY factor/irritant.. It seems the sulphur they take up give them a greater amount of the chemical that cause your eyes to irritate..

Other than that I going to try Onions myself..

Juergen


Juergen,
I live in sweet onion country, Vidalia GA. I have some sweet onion seeds but they are the commercial seeds, pre-treated with chemicals etc...else I would send you some. From what I understand it is the soil as much as the seed that makes the sweetness of the onion. i.e you can the right seeds but in a different area and they wont taste the same.

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"Picked a couple of things" ?!? now tahts an understatement!
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I decided to take out the old glass feeder tank over my 600 gallon fish tank.... and replace it with 3 NFT pipes....

following will be a photo journey on my quest to get this set up...

I think I will need a header tank of some sort so that the roots dont dry out
between my timed flood and drain sessions....

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Very cool. Whatcha gonna grow? Lettuce, strawberries?
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setting out the net pot spacing:
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starting the holes - my shadow in the background
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Starting to look like something - cant shake that shadow :)
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one NFT pipe ready to glue the end caps on
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Sanded the inside of the cap and 1/2" (1.27cm) on the drawn line for better
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Filet the silicone for a smooth finish
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