Time Tinkering?

fintuckyfarms · #1 08-06-2011, 06:47 AM

So how much time does everybody really spend daily on our hobby?

I tend to make frequent short trips 5 to 10 minutes a day, watering, adjusting, pollinating and picking. On my weekends I may spend more time cleaning things up, building, remodeling or adjusting my systems. Maybe a total of 15 to 20 minutes total on working days and an hour or all day on my weekends depending what needs done. How about you?

jamromhem · #2 08-06-2011, 07:19 AM

Well. I think I would like it to take a little more of my time lol.. I am a retired single father of 2, so I will spend about an hour looking at the 1 inch tall plants, take a 5 minute break, and stare again lol.

I am also using it as an excuse to play with woodworking and I am building some stands and such to support my systems.

halfway · #3 08-06-2011, 09:20 AM

After the starts are planted in the system, about 5-10 minutes a day. That includes those days with a pH and water level check and adding a capful of h2o2. Add a few minutes for updating the journals as I try and keep the entries very detailed.

Early in the hobby I often found myself wanting to do more, but the systems are so easy maintenance I would have to wander off and do something else. ;(

I am sure I will expend many more hours once I begin working an NFT system in the near future.

jamromhem · #4 08-06-2011, 09:46 AM

That i where I am right now lol. I am wanting to do more lol. It makes me want to set up more systems faster with how I currently have little to do.

Stan · #5 08-06-2011, 05:48 PM

I usually spend between 15 - 30 minutes daily with adding water, checking/adj PH, PPM and other plant maintenance. This is my easiest hobby. Playing electric guitar takes up 2 hours daily. Sometime I'll do some saltwater fly fishing/tying but most of my time is spent with my 8 year old daughter. I have lot's of time to do things since I'm retired.

jamromhem · #6 08-07-2011, 12:16 AM

I had the pleasure of spending more time around my hydroponic system today.

I had an unexpected outbreak of green bottle flies, and they stayed around my system. I know it wasnt from something in the house. I don't keep food in the trash, and my animals haven't made any messes. I am thinking there might have been something in the supplies I just recieved, and the flies hatched out or something.

That is my thought on it atleast... But I had the pleasure of spending an hour with the vacuum sucking up flies.