Home and Garden Friday - Hydroponic Unit!
A couple of years ago I was so fortunate to be at Hobby Lobby (which I don't go to often) during the time period where their summer stuff was marked down to 90% off. I bought a couple of hydroponic units. I have used them on and off. Nothing sustained. In fact, they were sitting empty and needed a bit of a cleaning out - during which I lost the plug to one of the units...sigh. But a friend of a friend had some plugs left over from an aquaponic set-up they were involved with. The plugs needed a new home and I was lucky enough to get 9 of them. The lettuces were tiny and had been started in rock wool. I came home, cleaned up one of the units and slipped the rock wool squares into my round cone pod holders. Actually, what I use in the cone-shaped pods doesn't really matter. It is use to hold the seed/plant as the roots grow into the water. A couple of weeks later... OMG! The lettuce is such a deep green! There are two pods which were empty and I slipped a couple of basil ...
