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Comment on So how does naked hydroponics work? by pete

pete — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:51:55 +0000

Hi Ted, we’ve grown plants right through summer at Childers Qld, temps recorded up to 45 degrees. The green tubes do get hotter than the cream or unpainted ones, but the only problem we had was with ‘blossom end rot’ on some of the tomatoes; so yes we would recommend the lighter colours for very hot places, and probably a little dolomite added to the mix won’t hurt either (see the article on growing tomatoes). Cheers.

Comment on So how does naked hydroponics work? by Ted

Ted — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:34:26 +0000

How do you keep the water from getting to hot and killing the roots?

Comment on Introducing “Naked Hydroponics” by U.Y.A.

U.Y.A. — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 08:54:15 +0000

Fantastic!

Comment on So how does naked hydroponics work? by U.Y.A.

U.Y.A. — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 09:06:05 +0000

Very interested in your work, Pete. Check your email and then our website.

Good stuff!

Comment on So how does naked hydroponics work? by pete

pete — Mon, 23 May 2011 00:03:55 +0000

Hi Kent, and welcome. We’ll be at the Koala Markets Hervey Bay again on the 12th of June.
Next Sunday (29th May) we’ll be at Shalom Markets, Bundaberg, and the Weekend after we’ll be at Howard on Saturday 4th June and Nikenbah Hervey Bay 5th June.
We’ll hope to see you soon cheers pete.

Comment on So how does naked hydroponics work? by kent

kent — Sun, 22 May 2011 23:46:03 +0000

I spoke 2 u at the koala markets last weekend, so just letting u know that I am doing a little bit of research. kent [urangan]

Comment on Naked Hydroponics. As simple as not putting clothes on. by pete

pete — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 23:59:11 +0000

May 1st added a search widget to top left sidebar.
seems to work OK.

Comment on How we do things the movie, the ongoing saga… by pete

pete — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:36:14 +0000

We thank you kindly for the positive feedback Linda; it’s very encouraging to some very amateur film makers. We will continue pumping them out, so everyone can see the whole process all the way to harvesting hopefully. Of course Murphy’s Law insists that the one planter we have focussed on will be the one with all the problems…
cheers.

Comment on Naked Hydroponics. As simple as not putting clothes on. by pete

pete — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:26:54 +0000

Hi linda, we have come to putting capsicums very firmly in the ‘light feeder’ category; I have touched on this in the article:
http://nakedhydroponics.com/correct-nutrient-levels-a-pictorial-guide/feed
We are still experimenting! We (rather naturally) initially based our dosages on the manufacturer’s recommendations, but we’re coming to suspect we’ve even been overfeeding tomatoes.
At the moment, our best recco’s are to consider just tomatoes, eggplants and cucumbers as heavy feeders, and go easy on everything else.
In our video series, we are up to 10ml (always of each part) a fortnight, and just monitoring. If growth seems slow, we will move up to weekly changes.
I’m hoping better gardeners than we are will be better able to diagnose the plants needs, and maybe make better recommendations; because that’s really what it’s all about: being able to tell just by looking what a plant needs.
Tomatoes, for instance, will just drop any ‘branches’ that aren’t receiving enough sun. This needn’t be a cause for concern -provided there aren’t too many of them!
I’m glad you liked the video’s. There will be more to come. Cheers, pete.

Comment on Naked Hydroponics. As simple as not putting clothes on. by Linda

Linda — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 09:08:17 +0000

Hi Pete,

Are you able to give me a guide on which vegies are heavy feeders and which are light. I see you mention lettuce versus tomato. What about capsicum etc?

thanks
Linda