The first hydroponic system that we ever owned. It's a simple flood and drain type garden that we bought from our local grow store: GardenTech. The garden is simple to maintain and works wonderfully to grow anything that we've put in it: squash, tomatoes, sunflowers, cucumbers, basil, cilantro, venus fly traps, broccoli, orchids, etc. This garden was about $100 and came with everything that we needed to start growing including nutrients.
My first attempt at a homemade flood and drain garden. It currently has my latest batch of seedlings in it, along with an orchid that just lost it's last bloom. Total cost of garden: $32
A deep water culture system that I made out of an old footlocker. There are 2 squash plants and a tomato plant in it. I pruned the tomato plant 3 times ( once every two weeks after the first 3 weeks) and then let it grow, and grow it has. There are 13 tomatoes on it currently. Total cost of this system was around $25 for an air pump and a few air stones.
A pair of sunflowers that are 5 weeks old, and already forming a head. The squash plant in between them is only 5 weeks old as well. They are planted in 4 1/2 gallon buckets that are set in 5 gallon buckets with a constant drip feed system. This method has worked wonderfully to produce some monster plants. The plants would probably be taller if I hadn't kept the light so close to them during their first 4 weeks.
A cucumber and squash plant that are starting to compete for space. Time to rotate and prune.
The flowering area.
More new flowers on the tomato plant.
A few tomatoes.
More new flowers on the tomato plant.
The heads on the 5 week old sunflowers. I've pruned them twice and kept the lights close in order to keep these plants shorter. I don't have space for a 6 foot tall plant.
This morning's blooms on the largest squash plant.
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