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Forum: Your Hydroponics Setup 09-10-2011, 04:55 PM
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Posted By fintuckyfarms
I'm seeing red!

I'm seeing red!
Forum: Your Hydroponics Setup 09-07-2011, 07:25 PM
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Posted By fintuckyfarms
So I pulled out a lot of plants I didn't think...

So I pulled out a lot of plants I didn't think would make it. Still have some of the tomatoes, peppers, 1 sugar pea and the bush bean is still going. I also moved a celerly plant from inside into...
Forum: Your Hydroponics Setup 08-30-2011, 12:14 AM
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Posted By fintuckyfarms
So this last week was really hard on the plants....

So this last week was really hard on the plants. I was at fair and we had the hottest week of summer. I pulled the outside lettuce as they were bolting and the water was developing some sort of...
Forum: Your Hydroponics Setup 08-13-2011, 05:54 PM
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Posted By fintuckyfarms
Been too hot this week, the outside lettuce is...

Been too hot this week, the outside lettuce is starting to bolt. I've never seen it before but it is really obvious. The sugar peas are going crazy, getting at least a double handfull every two...
Forum: Your Hydroponics Setup 08-11-2011, 08:29 PM
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Posted By fintuckyfarms
I found the 6" at Irrigation Specialist with is...

I found the 6" at Irrigation Specialist with is basically a plumbing supply store for farmers.

I have some foam insulation that I am gonna cut a lid for the new resivour and I am thinking about...
Forum: Your Hydroponics Setup 08-11-2011, 12:44 PM
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Posted By fintuckyfarms
So my idea totally worked! I got a piece of pipe...

So my idea totally worked! I got a piece of pipe and cut it in half and ran it the entire length of the existing pipe sort of like a tray. The water overflows from the 4" pipe to the 6" pipe and it...
Forum: Your Hydroponics Setup 08-08-2011, 11:49 PM
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Posted By fintuckyfarms
Humm, interesting thought there. Yes the tomatoes...

Humm, interesting thought there. Yes the tomatoes are on the last pipe but there are also 3 sugar pea plants after them just before the return pipe. I have put a smaller pump on and that worked for...
Forum: Your Hydroponics Setup 08-08-2011, 09:26 PM
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Posted By fintuckyfarms
So I went to Home Dopey and they do not carry 6"...

So I went to Home Dopey and they do not carry 6" pipe. So no fix today as I got called into work and had to get some sleep. I tried running a smaller pipe down it to let some of the water run thru...
Forum: Your Hydroponics Setup 08-08-2011, 02:04 AM
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Posted By fintuckyfarms
I have lettuce, bush beans, sugar peas, carrots,...

I have lettuce, bush beans, sugar peas, carrots, and peppers in the same system, only the tomatoes are overflowing system. I took off the end cap and just let it drain strait into the resoviour and...
Forum: Your Hydroponics Setup 08-07-2011, 07:11 PM
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Posted By fintuckyfarms
****** alert ****** alert ***** alert ******...

****** alert ****** alert ***** alert ****** alert ******

Do not, repeat, do not put tomato plants in a 4" pipe!

Just a friendly mental safety alert :)

I think it is time to break it...
Forum: Your Hydroponics Setup 08-04-2011, 04:19 PM
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Posted By fintuckyfarms
It's the end of my weekend, so I thought I would...

It's the end of my weekend, so I thought I would show you the new stuff!
Forum: Your Hydroponics Setup 08-01-2011, 10:30 PM
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Posted By fintuckyfarms
In the second system I still have lettuce, some...

In the second system I still have lettuce, some carrots, peppers, tomatos, bush beans, snow peas and some spinish. Hear is the recent growth... and today we had our first "family" salad :)
Forum: Your Hydroponics Setup 07-29-2011, 06:51 AM
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Posted By fintuckyfarms
I have been studying those pict Simon took of the...

I have been studying those pict Simon took of the land at Epcot to see how to best hammock those suckers. They are growing so fast and the the roots have completly filled up the tote. I have about...
Forum: Your Hydroponics Setup 07-27-2011, 09:55 PM
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Posted By fintuckyfarms
So I was right, It's a pumpkin! Took a photo...

So I was right, It's a pumpkin! Took a photo into my garden center and they assured me it is not a lemon squash but a pumpkin. So happy :D
Forum: Your Hydroponics Setup 07-26-2011, 10:10 PM
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Posted By fintuckyfarms
Thanks! I am learning so much about them. I am...

Thanks! I am learning so much about them. I am still trying to find out what kind of squash that yellow thing is. My co-worker told me it's ready to pick.
Forum: Your Hydroponics Setup 07-26-2011, 06:26 PM
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Posted By fintuckyfarms
garden update

So today I made a homemade hammock for the squash! It was really easy to do with some twine I had laying arround. I also saw my first sugar pea and I have flower buds on my tomatos. I think I...
Forum: Your Hydroponics Setup 07-21-2011, 11:25 PM
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Posted By fintuckyfarms
I don't think I could live there; I'm a cool girl...

I don't think I could live there; I'm a cool girl at heart and would love to move to Alaska. It is usually in the high 90's to 110 this time of the year here, so the cooler weather has been really...
Forum: Your Hydroponics Setup 07-21-2011, 01:48 PM
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Posted By fintuckyfarms
So yesterday I move the system to the driveway...

So yesterday I move the system to the driveway off the grass and moved some of the bigger plants out of the system into a new one. I had several plants die to both heat and earwigs but I'm gonna...
Forum: Your Hydroponics Setup 07-17-2011, 06:06 PM
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Posted By fintuckyfarms
So I was going to start my 3rd system today, but...

So I was going to start my 3rd system today, but I forgot I work and early 12 (going in early instead of staying late). So I took the small pump out of the cooler and traded it out with the larger...
Forum: Your Hydroponics Setup 07-14-2011, 12:10 AM
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Posted By fintuckyfarms
Some update picts...

Some update picts...
Forum: Your Hydroponics Setup 07-13-2011, 11:55 PM
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Views: 22,526
Posted By fintuckyfarms
They are clogging the 4" pipe and causing it to...

They are clogging the 4" pipe and causing it to overflow. I think I have it adjusted but the roots are so large I can barely lift the pots out of the pipe. They have only been in there a week or...
Forum: Your Hydroponics Setup 07-13-2011, 08:03 PM
Replies: 36
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Posted By fintuckyfarms
So I am suffering from a sever lack of foresight....

So I am suffering from a sever lack of foresight. The cantalope have grown so much they are already clogging the pipes! So I'm gonna have to hurry and get system 3 up and running. I am going with a...
Forum: Your Hydroponics Setup 07-09-2011, 04:52 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 22,526
Posted By fintuckyfarms
So ALL the flowers on both the squash and the...

So ALL the flowers on both the squash and the cantalope are all male flowers, several of them. Is this normal? It has been about a week since they first flowered. I thought I would have at least...
Forum: Your Hydroponics Setup 07-07-2011, 12:16 PM
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Posted By fintuckyfarms
So I got the plants put into the system last...

So I got the plants put into the system last night around 9:30 after it cooled down to about 82 degrees. I added some twine for the plants to crawl up and wrapped the tubes to the system with some...
Forum: Your Hydroponics Setup 07-06-2011, 07:37 PM
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Views: 22,526
Posted By fintuckyfarms
My second system

Finally..... I got it going today. Only the outside plants are in it right now cuz it is way too hot to move them out there.

I still have a few things to do like add the air stones and hog panel...
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