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This seems interesting as hell. I'd love the idea of fresh vegetables all year round. Only thing is that my basement is a typical New Jersey basement - unheated, a tad drafty but no worse than others I've been in. How does one go about regulating temperatures in a hydroponic garden?
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And is it only the water/root temp that matters? Or would I have to space-heat the entire basement?
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Apr 12, 2016 16:24
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How reasonable is this setup if I were to get a clamp light with a grow lamp and set it to a timer so that it's on for 6 hours a day, with this heating the sprinkler water? The setup: http://www.instructables.com/id/Hydroponic-Drip-Growing-Starter-Kit-featuring-Chil/ The heater: http://www.petsmart.com/fish/heater...=pfm%3Dcategory The nutrient: http://www.advancednutrients.com/secret-menu/iguana-juice/ (I am open to suggestions otherwise - a bit of token googling pointed to this stuff and it really looks like ordering it would put me on some kind of federal list0 I might try starting a plant or two from seed in normal soil by way of a Solo cup with holes drilled out of the bottom and suspended in another cup for drainage, just to get a nice root system going.
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Apr 12, 2016 19:18
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I do have a pump sitting around from a cat fountain that's no longer in use. It looks like the one in the guide. Once I find a cheap source of that tubing I might just give it some altitude testing to see what's up. Given basement temperatures I might start out with some other vegetable that's cold tolerant, just so I can keep temperature control out of the equation to see if this is something I want to get into.
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Apr 13, 2016 19:32
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