well, system is set up, a few lettuce,cauli,cabb in and after three days already seeing growth! pick of set up hopefully attached!

Hello! I think that hydroponics is quite unusual, however, it is really successful. Plants have full access to water so they bring it while needed. Many people don't know about this method but it can really improve our garden! I have a very small home-hydroponic system and I have to say that plants...

thank you Geoff

will do, seems easy with downpipe etc but needs a decent pond pump to circulate the water, as far as i ncan see that is the biggest expense.

thank younutrient, can't wait to get going. will take a bit of setting up, but reasonably cheap to do. apparently you start seedlings the conventional way then wash all soil off and plant in 'small' cages in the running water that is treated with a nutrien. From what I have seen looks a great option.

wow, sounds good.

Hydroponics is something I have never tried, so can't be of any help but, please do let us all know how you get on with it through the season. will do, looking forward to it if i can will post some pics once it is all set up, oh and my friend has lettuce in three weeks and he now has two trusses of...

Stephen wrote:

we had to move 9 tonne of top soil to back garden, all we had were black builders buckets!

Phew!
How were your backs afterwards?

ached a bit!! we done it over a few days so wasn't too bad, the thought of a 'homebrew at the end of each day kept us going!

A friend of ours has installed a hydroponic system in his greenhouse and has had such a success he has converted the whole greenhouse to it. I am now in the process of changing half of mine using square downpipe etc double shelf with two runs on each. has anybody got suggestions to propogate etc/ or...

"What's Happenin'?" Away from the 'lottie plenty, but on the various places I garden (not just the 'lottie) it is mostly clearing of those crops which are over. But, garlic, shallots, onions and broad beans to go in so there is a shortage of space already. Partly because I plan to create ...

when we get a dry day haa haa, onions ( red,white inc ailsa craig) garlic ( provenance and elephant) to plant this week.

Thanks guys, we are in east sussex which misses most of the cold! I will give the spinach, lettuce etc a go. I started beans and peas in a propagator before but will try that! for info, I have pepper and chilli plants still flowering and fruiting! might try to over winter see what happens! Might eve...

I usually leave the greenhouse alone over winter, but am thinking of growing over winter. Thought of baby leaf spinach , perhaps courgette? Has anybody got suggestions? Greenhouse isn't heated but is south facing and is usually quite warm.
many thanks

thank you

Thanks westi,that gives me some hope! what is the best general fertiliser for fruit trees then? I know blueberries have to be ericacous