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propogating shallow water plants
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Posted by novice31m 6nj (My Page) on Wed, May 26, 04 at 18:46
Hello all, A friend came to me with a bright idea of
growing shallow water plants indoors for profit.
(I,m a sucker for hair brained ideas).See he works for this guy that builds ponds and after he saw how much they get
for some of these pond plants he figures we could grow
them ourselves for half the price easy.So, me being
a sucker and all, I agree to go "partners"(except I`m
the only one spending money, as with all of his ideas).
I go out and spend about 400 bucks on lights, timers
plastic tubs,net pots,ph and tds meters...the whole nine!
The problem is I dont know a damn thing about these plants!
Like where to get seeds,nutrient levels and so on.
If anyone could provide me with info and web sites
I would be forever greatful. p.s. Is there another name
for the plants that grow in tubs of shallow water?
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RE: propogating shallow water plants
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| You may be talking about water hyacinths or water lettuce (a few other possibilities). They are both rapid spreaders (invasive in warm climates). General water plant fertilizer tabs like you can buy from aquatic plant sellers would probably work by just dropping them in the tub with them. We like hair brained ideas for making money too. Sounds like you've got quite the set up for indoor growing. I am trying some hydroponic vegetables this year. |
RE: propogating shallow water plants
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RE: propogating shallow water plants
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| Unless you are doing hydroponics I dont see why you would spend all that money .... Can you absolutely not have any outdoors? Water plants as we call them can be grown in anything that holds water except aluminum (and copper too if Im not mistaken I honestly cant remember at this very moment). You can use kiddie pools for about $6.00 a pop. Or Rubbermaid tubs. All you need after that are seeds/plants and fertilizer. Now if you keep these plants indoors then wow yeah. Just so much money. But it sounds like you are going hydroponics style. Yes and that is costly. And basically.... any plant can be grown through hydroponics *S* |
RE: propogating shallow water plants
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Dendy,your right I do want to propogate them hydroponicly.
I belive that in hydro the plants will root faster.
The reason for the indoor set up is I want to start them in the fall and grow them through the winter.Come next spring
they would be transplanted into soil and gradully brought
outdoors,ready to sell(hopefully).Think it will work???
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