A garden is only as good as the ground that it's planted in. Discussion forum for the many ways to improve the soil where we plant our gardens.
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November 11, 2016
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Texas
Posts: 35
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Hydrosoil
Theres a ton of posts on here about soil and I'm sure theres a few about soil less media, that being said I am a hydroponics guy have had experience in the past with deep water culture buckets but never grown tomatoes. Any ways I just built out my spare room in my house for winter planting and decided to give what they call "hydrosoil" a shot. Basically its a mix of coco coir, crushed clay pellets and alittle perlite mixed in. The idea behind this is increased air to media ratio as well as the coco coir holds more water than soil. Its called Hydro soil because you need to add nutrients to your water for every feeding which allows you to know exactly how much nutrients each plant is getting. This also allows you to feed more often supposedly allowing more uptake more often. I will be posting pics once I get my seeds up and growing!
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November 12, 2016
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Illinois, zone 6
Posts: 8,407
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Cool. Anything can be hydro media. Gravel from a driveway would work. So does sawdust. Straw bale gardening is a type of hydro; so are sub-irrigated planters. Defining hydro simply as soil-less would make it include most container gardeners, because pro-mix and other grow media does not contain actual dirt.
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November 12, 2016
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Peoria, AZ
Posts: 7
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Hydrosoil
Sounds interesting, I'll be excited to see your results.
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November 13, 2016
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Los Angeles County, CA
Posts: 258
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Will you be running a drip or ebb and flow?
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November 13, 2016
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: under my greenhouse
Posts: 40
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yea i am hydro all the way, my system of choice is flood n drain in grorock. tricky part with indeterminate varieties is to make them live for a long 8 month + season. for that you need timely flushing and skills
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November 13, 2016
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Los Angeles County, CA
Posts: 258
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Can you post some pics? I like seeing different setups.
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November 14, 2016
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: under my greenhouse
Posts: 40
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theres a pic, quite old though
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November 15, 2016
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Los Angeles County, CA
Posts: 258
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 wow. What a setup!
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November 15, 2016
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Texas
Posts: 35
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Ya what a setup, wish I had the space to do that kinda stuff. Right now I just have one DWC super sweet plant fruiting and the rest are just starting out in coco cups. Here some pics for now.
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November 15, 2016
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Texas
Posts: 35
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here's a quick pic of the sweet 100 that I am fruiting in dwc bucket. once she gives me some fruit I will get rid of here not enough room for that plant as I let it go to wild as she was all on her own but now gotta make room for all the others.
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