my home made hydroponic system

DDMcKenna · Post by **DDMcKenna** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 8:35 pm

Since you have power out there already for the pump in the system, I'm thinking about a simple table fan, (motor covered or protected for outside), and a bunch of long ribbons tided to the front so they blow out from the front.
Could be on your timer or rigged up to a motion sensor?

adelegypt · Post by **adelegypt** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 6:51 am

Thank you for help. I used cd discs hanged from above , it sways and reflects sun rays in all directions it is very effective but unfortunatly for few weeks.
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The timer is on for 13 min every 3 hrs .

DDMcKenna · Post by **DDMcKenna** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 9:47 am

Perhaps one small fan that didn't use a lot of electricity could run all the time or maybe on a separate timer set to run when the birds are most prevalent. Just one or two long ribbons tied on the front can make a lot of ruckus and the fan can even be aimed to move those discs around?

adelegypt · Post by **adelegypt** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 5:21 am

This photo shows the hanged disc,........ the problem is temporary action

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A trial to grow papaya for shades

adelegypt · Post by **adelegypt** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 5:50 am

The mother tree is from my garden

DDMcKenna · Post by **DDMcKenna** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 1:38 pm

I'm very curious to see how your irrigation system develops over the next year. I sense something pretty elaborate and amazing. You definitely have a green thumb.

adelegypt · Post by **adelegypt** » Sat Jul 26, 2014 4:54 am

DDMcKenna wrote:I'm very curious to see how your irrigation system develops over the next year. I sense something pretty elaborate and amazing. You definitely have a green thumb.

Thank you, .......... (after God`s well) i will update my posts here to show all success and problems that face me , also i`d like to build an irrigation unite that is more simple and more effective to green the rooves of the buildings of poor people.
DDMc, do you have a facebook page?

DDMcKenna · Post by **DDMcKenna** » Sat Jul 26, 2014 11:04 am

adelegypt wrote:...DDMc, do you have a facebook page?

Actually, I do, but I look at it maybe once a month or so, just to see what my kids are up to

Nearly the same name, David McKenna.

adelegypt · Post by **adelegypt** » Sun Jul 27, 2014 5:36 am

A watermelon flower, notice the small one

adelegypt · Post by **adelegypt** » Sun Jul 27, 2014 5:56 am

DDMcKenna wrote:
adelegypt wrote:...DDMc, do you have a facebook page?

Actually, I do, but I look at it maybe once a month or so, just to see what my kids are up to Nearly the same name, David McKenna.

There are many one called david McKenna.

JPNguyen · Post by **JPNguyen** » Fri Aug 01, 2014 3:15 pm

You have quite a nice set up there. You're growing a lot of tropical plants I want to be growing soon.

adelegypt · Post by **adelegypt** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 4:49 am

Thank you.
what types of tropical plants you would like to grow ??

adelegypt · Post by **adelegypt** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 4:55 am

A trial to grow the Roselle, it is a good drink and has a medicinal benefits.

adelegypt · Post by **adelegypt** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 5:00 am

Other photo

adelegypt · Post by **adelegypt** » Sat Aug 09, 2014 8:53 pm

Watermelon
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adelegypt · Post by **adelegypt** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 5:20 am

adelegypt wrote:Other photo

This photo shows the rapid growth of roselle

imafan26 · Post by **imafan26** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 6:17 am

It looks great. What is your solution made of and how often do you have to change it? Are you not concerned about using oil containers instead of food grade containers?

adelegypt · Post by **adelegypt** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 9:49 pm

imafan26 wrote:It looks great.

Thank you

What is your solution made of and how often do you have to change it?

It is mainly a water extract of home made compost its colour is deep brown also i use chemicals 0.5 gm of ammonim nitrate+0.5 gm potassium sulphat + 0.5 ml of phosphoric acid (sometimes i may add 0.5 gm of urea) for every 1:1.5 liter of water
Till now (5 month) I don't chang the solution.

Are you not concerned about using oil containers instead of food grade containers?

I agree with you , PVC pipes is also harmfull, every things here(Egypt) are polluted.

YoYoDro · Post by **YoYoDro** » Thu Sep 04, 2014 9:02 pm

I love seeing all these DIY setups! So inventive haha! I found out a way to cheaply automate most of these systems for pretty cheap, considering it cuts your workload in half.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcWM81CB66A

adelegypt · Post by **adelegypt** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 6:18 am

YoYoDro wrote:I love seeing all these DIY setups! So inventive haha! I found out a way to cheaply automate most of these systems for pretty cheap, considering it cuts your workload in half.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcWM81CB66A

Thank you for help.
I`m living in Egypt and hydroponic isnt known thing i`d like to encourage people to green their roof by simple methods

bghayad · Post by **bghayad** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 10:08 pm

Hello;

I am noticing in this post the someone is talking about okra plant. I need some help: Can I know how much the plant product a fruit within its life "during the season"? Actually I am looking for plant yield weight if possible.
Also I appreciate if someone can guide me to link that mention study or statistics about okra plant yield weight.

Appreciate the kindly help.
Regards
Bilal

adelegypt · Post by **adelegypt** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 9:05 pm

I did not do any study but the plant may yields 0.5-1 Kg/life.

adelegypt · Post by **adelegypt** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 5:54 am

Finally bloomed hibiscus tree ( roselle )that flowers are the source of the BREW thanks to Professor Nasr Akil who gave me the seeds and I was afraid because i cultivated it in the very late time.

JC's Garden · Post by **JC's Garden** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 3:59 pm

Looks good. You did a good job with them.

adelegypt · Post by **adelegypt** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 5:40 am

Thank you , we make a drink from this flower it decrease hypertensive blood pressure.

adelegypt · Post by **adelegypt** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 6:46 pm

Picture of tree Roselle planted on a bottle of carbonated water capacity 2 liters note it is longer than my son and this is because of the strongly rooted in hydroponic system so that the system can grow a larg plant in a pot ,look to the red fruit that is the source of the medicinal drink.

JC's Garden · Post by **JC's Garden** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 11:24 pm

It's bigger than both of you. :shock:

I have high blood pressure. I think I will try growing Roselle.

rainbowgardener · Post by **rainbowgardener** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 3:18 am

I grew roselle one year. Grown in the ground, it gets huge, turns in to a shrub, tall and wide and bushy. The part you use for the tea or whatever is just the calyxes of the flowers. To me with my city garden, it took up a lot of space for very little reward. But it is easy and did produce a lot of flowers, well in to fall.

adelegypt · Post by **adelegypt** » Sun Oct 26, 2014 6:05 am

JC's Garden wrote:It's bigger than both of you.
I have high blood pressure. I think I will try growing Roselle.

Both are my sons i`m 59 yrs , Rosselle is easy to grow
Thank you

adelegypt · Post by **adelegypt** » Sun Oct 26, 2014 6:12 am

rainbowgardener wrote:I grew roselle one year. Grown in the ground, it gets huge, turns in to a shrub, tall and wide and bushy. The part you use for the tea or whatever is just the calyxes of the flowers. To me with my city garden, it took up a lot of space for very little reward. But it is easy and did produce a lot of flowers, well in to fall.

Thank you for your comment.

This plant grows rapidly and resists many things like high temperature of nutrient solution, pests, birds..........

adelegypt · Post by **adelegypt** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 6:02 am

I don't know if these cabbages will give large growing as that of the land growing

applestar · Post by **applestar** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 11:12 am

Hmm... I think cabbages will need much bigger root space and more water. The outer leaves actually get to be at least 24 inches across and those are the small headed varieties. Larger headed ones will get to be 3 feet across or more.

But even if not and they don't form heads, you COULD harvest the individual leaves like lettuce and chard as they grow. You may want to do that with some of them and experiment with the others to see if they can grow bigger in these and bigger containers (like bucket-size).

adelegypt · Post by **adelegypt** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 9:52 pm

applestar wrote:Hmm... I think cabbages will need much bigger root space and more water. The outer leaves actually get to be at least 24 inches across and those are the small headed varieties. Larger headed ones will get to be 3 feet across or more.

But even if not and they don't form heads, you COULD harvest the individual leaves like lettuce and chard as they grow. You may want to do that with some of them and experiment with the others to see if they can grow bigger in these and bigger containers (like bucket-size).

I think so , but the 2 liter container has holes to give the roots a chance to go outside the container... In Egypt we cook the inner leafs (white) by filling it with rice +tomato+onion the leaf encircle this mixture like sausage we don't consume the outer green leafs.
I don't know how you consume cabbages

Thank you for your comment .

adelegypt · Post by **adelegypt** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 9:22 pm

It is 50 days old, is there a hope in success

adelegypt · Post by **adelegypt** » Sat Dec 20, 2014 2:07 am

the same photo after one month

imafan26 · Post by **imafan26** » Sat Dec 20, 2014 2:38 am

It looks great, better than any head cabbage I have attempted. At that age for me the leaves would b e full of holes from the slugs, snails, and cabbage worms eating them. My one and only head cabbage grew to be about 3 inches in diameter and half of it was a big hole from something eating it.

adelegypt · Post by **adelegypt** » Sun Dec 21, 2014 9:06 pm

imafan26 wrote:It looks great, better than any head cabbage I have attempted. At that age for me the leaves would b e full of holes from the slugs, snails, and cabbage worms eating them. My one and only head cabbage grew to be about 3 inches in diameter and half of it was a big hole from something eating it.

Thank you very much.
Did you grow cabbage in hydroponic system , i`d like you to attach a photo if possible . How do you consume cabbages, we Egyptians cook the inner leafs with rice ,onion and tomato

applestar · Post by **applestar** » Wed Dec 24, 2014 2:33 pm

Looking good! Isn't it such a wonderful feeling to harvest real food from your own garden?

I guess you are already thinking about what and how to grow next :wink:

adelegypt · Post by **adelegypt** » Fri Dec 26, 2014 3:45 am

applestar wrote:Looking good! Isn't it such a wonderful feeling to harvest real food from your own garden?
I guess you are already thinking about what and how to grow next

Sure

adelegypt · Post by **adelegypt** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 3:25 am

I`m growing beans some of it yield much but most of it give little, i don't know the cause