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I`m Egyptian and interesting in gardening , because hydroponic systems are not available here in Egypt I designed and did a hydroponic system in which I used 20 L (car oil bottle) as a container for the nutrient solution and 2 L (soda water) as a container for the plants , I made 2 groups of the 20L bottles (1) the lower group , (2) the upper group, the bottles of each group are connected to each other by PVC tubes.
The lower group are connected to the upper group by a pump (with valve) which pumps the fluid and air to the upper group (3+4) it needs 13 min. to fill 32 (20L) bottles of the upper group the fluid returns back again by gravitation to the lower group through a tap in this part (5) the fluid is mixed with air , fertilizers and new water and this journey need 167 min. I e the pump works under timer for only 13 min. every 3 hrs .
Please I need your comment.
Thanks to all
Upper group in the right, left :lower group
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Hello HDHydroDude wrote:It looks like your plants are doing wonderfully! Very Impressive.
What kinds of nutrients are you using?
The medium of plant container is 2 parts the lower half is filled with date palm leaf, the upper half is filled with home-made compost ie I put my plant on compost directly when the roots of the plant grows downward to the lower date palm leaf part (spongy innert part) in which it is immersed in nutrient solution composed of 1- extract from compost 2- NPK (2+1+1) 1.5 gm/L
. I spray trace elements every few weeks.
I will send photo to explain my method.
Thank you
Peace
Cuttings of date palm leaf
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My home made compost, note naturaly grown tomato plants
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2L bottle contains date palm leaf cuttings
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The upper part of the 2L bottle contains young tomato planted in compost , note the fibers of date palm leaf coming out from compost
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Thank you , hydroponic methods were designed for the root of the plant but above the root I face many great problems the birds is one them, do you know a solution?JC's Garden wrote:Well done!!!
That is a nice start. I would like to see how much it produces.
Please post updates.
Peace
The photo shows how much the birds harm the leaves of an Okra
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.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.
DDMc, do you have a facebook page?
Thank youimafan26 wrote:It looks great.
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 waterWhat is your solution made of and how often do you have to change it?
Till now (5 month) I don't chang the solution.
I agree with you , PVC pipes is also harmfull, every things here(Egypt) are polluted.Are you not concerned about using oil containers instead of food grade containers?
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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcWM81CB66A
Thank you for help.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
I`m living in Egypt and hydroponic isnt known thing I`d like to encourage people to green their roof by simple methods
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
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
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