Total-control Indoor Gardening with Modern Hydrop
(Page 12 of 14)
October/November 1998
By John Vivian
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All of the following offer free catalogs:
HYDROPONICS EQUIPMENT
Lee Valley Tools, Ltd.,
Ottawa, Ontario, and Ogdensberg, NY: 1-800871-8158. In its 20th year, this Canadian manufacturer and by-mail-marketer of woodworking and gardening tools and equipment recently began serving the U.S. market.
The Light Manufacturing Co.,
Portland, OR: 1-800-669-5483. Manufactures a full line of greenhouse and home-hydroponics highintensity light fixtures in all configurations.
General Hydroponics,
Sebastopol, CA: (707) 824-9376. GH specializes in huge commercial arrays, but also offers the best selection of expandable hydroponics growing systems for home-hydroponics.
Worm's Way
(Urban Farming Sourcebook), Bloomington, IN: 1-800-274-9676. Retail outlets in FL, MA, MO, and IN. Features a broad selection of home hydroponics packages, as well as key products from all major manufacturers.
GENERAL HYDROPONICS SUPPLIES
American Hydroponics,
(707) 822-5777
Diamond, 1-800-331-8311
Real Goods, 1-800-7627325
Hydrofarm, 1-800-634-9990
SEEDS AND SUPPLIES
Stokes Seeds, St Catharines, Ontario, and Buffalo, NY. (716) 695-6980 (CAN 1 (905) 6884300) or http://www.stokeseeds.com
Johnny's Selected Seeds, Albion, ME: (207) 437-4301 or http://www.johnnyseeds.com
Burpee Seed Co., Warminster, PA: 1-800-8881447 or http://garden.burpee.com/
MORE FUN INTERNET CONTACTS
http://howtohydroponics.com/
http://www.hydroponics.com/
http://www.tpointnet/neighborftdroponics.html
http://www.aqueous.com/aql48.shtml
Our Favorite Varieties
The following are plant types you might want to try under hydroponic cultivation, with some tips for best results. Many can be had in special greenhouse and forcing varieties. Some of these have been bred to grow independent of fluctuations in day length (or photoperiod, which is constant in hydroponics under lights) that schedules the ripening cycles of most plants to fit the seasons of the year
Artichoke. A kind of giant thistle that requires a large planter and only produces one large and two or three smaller side-shoot buds. A frost-tender perennial that takes several years to mature. Needs extra potassium in its diet.
Asparagus. Super-hardy perennial that is best grown outdoors unless you don't have an outdoors. Can be raised in two-foot-wide-and deep planting boxes filled with a cheap local medium such as gravel. Set well-rimmed asparagus roots a foot deep and two feet apart in cells of Cocopeat amid the rocks. Rig a trickle-tube or drip ring to the center of each root. You can companion-plant a whole variety of plants growing in pots or "grocubes" around the top of the bed. Try strawberries and horseradish.
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