Chilli Farm - Hydroponics - Water Melon - June 2014
Website: http://www.chillicompany.com We have grown Tomatoes and Chillies in Suspended Pot Deep Water Hydroponics... now we are experimenting with Water Melons too! This is the update after 3 weeks...
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Those roots completely blow my mind.
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wow beautiful. did you make the solution yourself or is there available mix in the market?
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that's awesome! :)
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What's your fertilizer ratio, NPK, Ph, PPM that you shoot for?
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how you oxigen water is this system?, i don't see any air pump or something like that.
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Thank you for your take on this matter. I really like your experiments it really inspires me to expand my horizon and be more experimental with my garden and space.
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Do you worry about the plastic deteriorating and the plants absorbing the chemicals?
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Are you aerating the water?
Will the water not go stale without movement?
Also nutrients?
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Your deep water systems how fare or how much do u fill it up whith water up to roots above roots pleezz let me no asap thank my name is Vic good job
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Is there a video showing the fully mature watermelons hanging from the vine?
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do you add fertilizer / plant food to the water?
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I am glad you made this video as I am planning to try watermelons in the hydroponics this spring ,but mine will be open so I don,t have to worry about pollination . keep the videos coming as your season progresses.
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Do the nutes need to be amended at all?
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Nice, I just subbed. I was also caught by the melon effort. Interesting. Not to be redundant, but do you have pollinators? I had melons in the past, bloomed like crazy but no fruit. Now I'm such an avid beekeeper I don't have time to plant melons, haha!
You may know, with melons you can clearly tell the difference between male and female flowers, as the females have a small fruit under them. It would be interesting to take a count of how many males/females you have to see just how poor the pollination really is. If you have time, you can always pluck a male flower, peel back the petals and rub it in the female flower for pollination. But I prefer to let honeybees do it :)
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Interesting videos. First time I have seen someone plant a watermelon this way . Usually the media isnt dirt, but I suppose there is no harm right if there is no pumping. Did you aerate the water? And how did you support the actual watermelon growing it upwards? I am working on finishing setting up a greenhouse now, so I can spend the winter setting up aquaponics - so gobbling up as much information as I can to maintain enthusiasm. Thanks for the vids, enjoyed the lot of them. You're an inspiration.
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Nice setup what fish are you using in the system i'm playing around with a small system at home but would like to get a fish i could eat but not sure what would be best in the UK.
and please post an update would like to see how its going with the melons
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