Hydroponics will work anywhere if designed for it. Even in the extreme temperatures of space, like they do on the space station. The key is to build it for your environment. The root zone should be kept between 68 and 72 degrees. If not lower is better but try not to get it higher than that. Different micro organisms are triggered by different temperatures, and keeping the
nutrient temperatures consistently in the right range will keep the bad ones at bay.
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I have access to a Ditchwitch maybe I could
make shallow (3-4 ft deep) loop system to cool the
water or at least pre-cool it
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Sounds like a design I have for using geothermal energy, I call that one the trench design. I also have one for the nutrient reservoir that addresses the usability/functionality and ease of use and maintenance issues. They are in pdf and too large to post in this forum (19.5 kb limit), but I will e-mail them to anyone that is interested in them. Both of these can be used separately or in conjunction with each other for best results. I live in Arizona myself.
01-30-2010, 07:48 PM
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