That sounds like a good depth! And yes, you'd get two birds with one stone that way.
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| Author: | Farmz246 [ Jul 1st, '16, 02:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Recommended Plants for DWC |
I tried looking but came up empty. I know leafy veg do well in DWC (Lettuce, Kale, Chard ect.) but are there plants that do poorly in DWC? A friend recently got a DWC system and is experimenting with various plants. Tomatoes are doing ok. Basil is doing well Mint is doing well. Melon doing well (seedling) Peppers have ALL died in a matter of days. I'm wondering if Peppers dislike sitting in water, but would've thought that as they're family to Tomatoes, they would behave similarly. |
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| Author: | Charlie [ Jul 1st, '16, 08:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommended Plants for DWC |
As long as the water column is well aerated, your only restricted by what you can suspend from above obviously because the raft won't always support larger plants. |
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| Author: | Farmz246 [ Jul 1st, '16, 08:38 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommended Plants for DWC |
ok. thanks |
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| Author: | Colum Black-Byron [ Jul 1st, '16, 10:11 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommended Plants for DWC |
Charlie is right, but keep an eye on your mint. That stuff can get scary. |
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| Author: | Mel Redcap [ Jul 1st, '16, 10:13 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommended Plants for DWC |
Celery apparently looooves DWC, though you run into the problem Charlie mentioned that they get pretty heavy, plus they tend to flop outwards instead of standing up in a bunch unless you support them well. (They also develop massive root systems, so your DWC needs the emphasis on Deep!) |
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| Author: | Farmz246 [ Jul 1st, '16, 19:53 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommended Plants for DWC |
Thanks guys. Yes the mint is growing very aggressively. They have some celery seedling going as well. The water trough is about 305mm deep. I presume they can wrap something around the celery stalks as they grow to keep them upright (blanching??) |
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| Author: | Mel Redcap [ Jul 1st, '16, 21:35 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommended Plants for DWC |
That sounds like a good depth! And yes, you'd get two birds with one stone that way.
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| Author: | Farmz246 [ Jul 1st, '16, 21:37 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommended Plants for DWC |
Cool. Thanks for the advice. |
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| Author: | boss [ Jul 2nd, '16, 22:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommended Plants for DWC |
Charlie wrote: As long as the water column is well aerated, your only restricted by what you can suspend from above obviously because the raft won't always support larger plants. I forgot about the aeration of DWC. Thank you. |
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| Author: | Mel Redcap [ Jul 4th, '16, 14:01 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommended Plants for DWC |
I found one of the posts showing that celery loves DWC: viewtopic.php?f=18&t=14225&start=210#p522026
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| Author: | Farmz246 [ Jul 4th, '16, 17:52 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommended Plants for DWC |
Thanks for that 3ft tall celery!! Interesting to see Strawberries cam be grown in dwc. Always heard they didn't like sitting in water. |
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| Author: | Mel Redcap [ Jul 4th, '16, 19:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommended Plants for DWC |
Strawberries love it as long as the water is well aerated and clean (which is really essential for DWC anyway). A lot of plants do badly with 'wet feet' in dirt gardens because in that situation, with waterlogged dirt, the water isn't moving around and is very low in oxygen. Roots gotta breathe! |
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| Author: | Farmz246 [ Jul 4th, '16, 19:49 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommended Plants for DWC |
Ok. Good to know. The rafts in this system are floating on the water, and airstones are running every 2meters in the 6meter troughs as well as two air stones in the Fishtank, and a the water enters the FT through a spraybar. Any idea what size Air pump would be good for a system this size? FT 75L 2 DWC troughs totalling 4500L of water. |
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| Author: | scotty435 [ Jul 5th, '16, 00:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommended Plants for DWC |
I'm not certain but I think around 100 Lpm maybe someone else can confirm this. |
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| Author: | Farmz246 [ Jul 5th, '16, 02:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommended Plants for DWC |
That should read Any idea what size Air pump would be good for a system this size? FT 750L 2 DWC troughs totalling 4500L of water. |
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