Meditation 18 What Could Go Wrong?

https://anchor.fm/harry-w-felker/episodes/Meditation-18-What-Could-Go-Wrong-e1khajf What You Can Control What you can control is best managed by using best practices and keeping alert on the conditions of your growing system. This is really a game of an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and it will absolutely pay in spades. I am not going to really …

Meditation 17: Feeding Your Food

https://anchor.fm/harry-w-felker/episodes/Meditation-17-Feeding-Your-Food-e1k1q14 Soil Testing Labs Companies that offer soil testing are all over the place, if you are in the US here is a useful link to a State by State list provided by Gardening Products Review. Soil Testing gives quantified numbers, and local (in state) businesses would probably give you the best results as they …

Meditation 15: The Stream and The Spray

https://anchor.fm/harry-w-felker/episodes/Meditation-15-The-Stream-and-The-Spray-e1jb2i9 A Rejoinder on Algae and Hydroponics I may not have mentioned this previously, and for that I apologize, it is very important to the health of your plants and the ease of maintenance of your system to keep algae out of your system. Algae is grown from spores and can appear anywhere in the …

Meditation 14: The Tide and The Rain

https://anchor.fm/harry-w-felker/episodes/Meditation-14-The-Tides-and-The-Rain-e1j4f6n Getting ahead of the podcast by a few weeks allowed me to converse with a few manufacturers of Hydroponic Units available on the market and this made me reconsider how I will be delivering information about retail options. I will be adding a podcast to my pre planned schedule (should appear as Meditation 16) …

Meditations 16: On the Market

https://anchor.fm/harry-w-felker/episodes/Meditation-14-The-Tides-and-The-Rain-e1j4f6n Hydroponic Retailers There are many retailers of Hydroponic equipment that build out systems and sell them as packages. Here are a few links to reputable retailers. VivosunHydrobuilderGrowAceHGT SupplyZen HydroMonster GardensSimply Hydroponics Each of these have different areas of expertise, for example Vivosun and lighting, but all of them offer kits in various Hydroponic Styles. …

Meditation 13: The Wicked and In The Water

https://anchor.fm/harry-w-felker/episodes/Meditation-13-The-Wicked-and-In-The-Water-e1iulmp This meditation begins our deep dive into the world of hydroponic systems, The Wicking Method, and Deep Water Culture. These are by and large the simplest methods for hydroponic growing. In the coming weeks we will be delving into more complex systems and viewing them in a benefit vs. investment frame of reference. None …

Meditations 11: Aquaponics

https://anchor.fm/harry-w-felker/episodes/Meditation-11-Aquaponics-e1ihmap I am really just going to put the resources here rather than go into the whole everything I covered in the podcast. Mainly because I do not recommend aquaponics in a landless scenario, or in a urban environment, there are a lot of points of failure and it can go wrong really fast. This …

Meditations 10: Hydroponics, An Overview

In this meditation we are going over, in a superficial manner, the different types of Hydroponic systems. We assemble some definitions and talk about how these systems are similar and different. Definitions Neutral Substrate - A Neutral substrate is a soil replacement that does not add anything to the growth of the plant other than …

Meditations 9: Getting Started Part 1, Seeding to Soil

https://anchor.fm/harry-w-felker/episodes/Meditations-9-Getting-Started-Part-1--Seeding-and-Soil-e1i4d23 Starting Seeds Commercial Options Ferry~Morse $99Hydrobuilder $151.95 Hydroponic SpecificBurpee $20.95Options also available at Home Depot, Lowes, Walmart, and Amazon For Various Prices DIY Options for Seed Starting For Soil Growing, all you really need is a tray with a lid, and some form of light, let's forgo the lighting conversation for now and just …

Meditations 7: The Primary Source, A Look into the Humble Potato

https://anchor.fm/harry-w-felker/episodes/Meditations-7-The-Primary-Source--A-Look-into-the-Humble-Potato-e1hn4ro As we are progressing through the material in this Meditation Focus I am really looking for feedback in how we would like this to materialize, in a systematic fashion based on growing system or going across all growing systems at once. Of course system specific topics will be a different matter all together, but …