01-19-2011, 03:56 PM
I grow leaf lettuce in old milk jugs of solution, no media required. (I wrap the jugs in either dark cloth or silver foil.) this is a real simple way for me to grow clean lettuce with total control of excluding slugs.
I had a person give me a hugh bale of perlite, so I use that to grow assorted greens in. Mini bok choy does especially well in it. I suppose i could grow other veggies in it, but I have no need. My concern is having fresh greens that I can eat raw without fear of slug contamination.
The strawberries grow right in the solution, no support media. They grow thru holes drilled in recycled PVC pipe (wrapped in silver foil, although it may not really be necessary) and I use wadded up screening to hold the plants in place and keep mosquitos out. I tried the raft system for lettuce but I had too much trouble controlling mosquitos, so I gave that up. I once grew a tomato plant in a trash can full of solution. The plant was anchored to a hole drilled in the lid, and again wadded screening mesh was used to exclude mosquitos. It worked, but once I got my garden going I no longer needed to do that to get tomatoes.
I use hydroponics to grow things I want to keep slug free.....and away from marauding turkeys.
I had a person give me a hugh bale of perlite, so I use that to grow assorted greens in. Mini bok choy does especially well in it. I suppose i could grow other veggies in it, but I have no need. My concern is having fresh greens that I can eat raw without fear of slug contamination.
The strawberries grow right in the solution, no support media. They grow thru holes drilled in recycled PVC pipe (wrapped in silver foil, although it may not really be necessary) and I use wadded up screening to hold the plants in place and keep mosquitos out. I tried the raft system for lettuce but I had too much trouble controlling mosquitos, so I gave that up. I once grew a tomato plant in a trash can full of solution. The plant was anchored to a hole drilled in the lid, and again wadded screening mesh was used to exclude mosquitos. It worked, but once I got my garden going I no longer needed to do that to get tomatoes.
I use hydroponics to grow things I want to keep slug free.....and away from marauding turkeys.