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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

Have you or others tried indoor growining in water with a growing light? I am really curious if it really pays to do.


39 posted on 12/17/2016 3:28:30 PM PST by Bellflower (Dems = Mat 6:23 ....If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!)
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To: Bellflower
Bellflower :" Have you or others tried indoor growining in water with a growing light?"

I have not tired growing in water
I have overwintered in pots, and then used rooting hormone to create slips in the springtime.
Temperature and Light variability are too unpredictable during the winter (ie : drafts, too close to the window, too close to the floor, power failure, etc.)
Even then, the mother plant tends to get too leggy.
However, that being said, a temperature controlled hydroponic system might(?) work to over-winter plants; but, I have tried hydroponics ....... yet !
YMMV !

41 posted on 12/17/2016 3:46:30 PM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt (Immigration is a priveledge ,.... not a right ! Tell that to O'Bungler and the U.N.)
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To: Bellflower
Bellflower :" Have you or others tried indoor growining in water with a growing light?"

My experience is that "water roots" are inferior to land/soil based roots
and in most plants, they don't adjust well when placed in the soil.
It seems that 'water roots' get shocked when placed in the soil, and whether the plant survives is a "crap-shoot".
It is to riskey for the amount of money involved in investing into the temp/ light system unless you can get in for cheap .

42 posted on 12/17/2016 3:54:08 PM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt (Immigration is a priveledge ,.... not a right ! Tell that to O'Bungler and the U.N.)
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