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Re: Hydroponics

Marlynn Marcks wrote:
> 
> Has anyone tried growing tomatoes hydroponically? How do you germinate
> them?  What varieities work well or do you need any special ones.  I saw
> an ad where they were growing Marmande that looked good.
> 
> Marlynn Marcks
I'm trying hydroponics for the first time this winter in my greenhouse
and you can grow tomatoes easily using a number of items including
gravel, perlite and rockwool.  The problem I seem to have is even though
the plants grow well they did not start developing fruit until mid
february probable because I use no additional lighting and we've had a
very rainy winter here in GA.  I think you will find hydroponic
equipment to be very exspensive to get espeacially if there are no
retailers in you area shipping is horrible.  I found a couple good books
on it and just created my own unit for about $50.00 using items I could
get at home depot.  Even though the tomatoes are slow in coming I've
picked peppers, squash and cucumbers all winter
good luck jim navigatr@tiger.avana.net
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