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Is Organic Hydroponic Gardening Truly Organic?

July 29, 2010 Farm/Garden Politics

nna Hart writes for OrganicSpringtime.com,
Hydroponics is defined by Merriam Webster Online Dictionary as: “the growing of plants in nutrient solutions with or without an inert medium (as soil) to provide mechanical support.”
Can hydroponic gardening qualify as organic hydroponic gardening? Some organic gardeners believe it cannot, since it uses no soil. Good soil is required, they [...]

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Hyundai’s Kitchen Nano Garden Appliance

July 3, 2010 Hydroponics

I could see this product in upscale homes, built into the kitchen wall right next to the refrigerator as Joseph Starr of 3rings.designerpages.com reports,
Don’t you just love it when design drives itself across certain thresholds? Since we primarily review “product” here at 3rings, I sometimes fall into the trap of thinking design is only about [...]

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Cheap Do It Yourself Hydroponics

June 29, 2010 Hydroponics

Hydroponics is more technical than growing in soil. It is a good idea to experiment with a simple, under $60 do it yourself unit before spending money on more elaborate systems. The important thing when making a do it yourself system is always use food grade plastic. Cheap non food grade plastic can leach harmful [...]

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Hydroponic Strawberries

June 7, 2010 Garden Blog

At the Urban Hydroponics Growers Union, their post today is of some hydroponic strawberries that are just starting to produce. The plants are a healthy deep green and full of flowers. What is unique about this growing operation is that they are using Light Emitting Diode lighting. Within the indoor gardening community there is a [...]

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From Hydroponics to Aquaponics

June 2, 2010 Aquaponics

I would like to welcome Sylvia Bernstein to The Growing Edge. I first met Sylvia when she was working for the AeroGrow company as they were rolling out their best selling tabletop product, The AeroGarden hydroponic system. I also listened to her give presentations at hydroponic conferences and was impressed with the passion she put [...]

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State Of South Australia Attempts To Regulate and License Sale Of Hydroponic Supplies

May 29, 2010 Aquaponics

On June 1st, a new law goes into effect in the state of South Australia that makes it illegal to sell or possess electric lighting and hydroponic equipment without a state approved license. The government is basically claiming the only thing that can be grown with hydroponics is cannabis. As I have shown for over [...]

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Coastview Aquaponics

May 12, 2010 Aquaponics

Click to view more photos of Coastview Aquaponics in Hawaii.

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Aquaponic Strawberries

May 3, 2010 Aquaponics

I first met Sylvia Bernstein around five years ago when she was working in the corporate world for AeroGrow International as Vice President of Marketing. Aerogrow makes the little tabletop hydroponic growing system that you may have seen in an infomercial on television.
At the beginning of this year she left the company and started her [...]

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Students Get Taste Of Life In Space

April 14, 2010 Hydroponics

Hydroponics and aquaponics are being used in public and private schools’ curriculums throughout the U.S. and Canada. They teach the students not only about growing plants, but about math when they measure nutrient amounts, weights when they harvest the plants. Todd Krysiak reports in the Sauk Prairie Eagle,
Second and third grade students in Jenna McCann’s [...]

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Aquaponics Bug Battle

April 5, 2010 Garden Blog

From The Aquaponics Gardening Blog,
I’m tired of growing in the greenhouse. I’m so ready to take my aquaponic systems outside where Nature just takes care of things – heat, light, and bugs. That’s right…when you are growing outside Nature is there by your side helping you fight those nasty little critters that try to suck [...]

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