Re: [CH] Re: Chile hydroponically

shadow1@pioneer.net
Fri, 24 Jul 1998 00:31:42 +0000

> Date:          Thu, 23 Jul 1998 16:25:09 -0500
> From:          "Robert Farr, Chile Man" <rbfarr@erols.com>
> Reply-to:      rbfarr@erols.com
> Organization:  Chile Man
> To:            shadow1@pioneer.net
> Cc:            Chile-Heads@globalgarden.com, Mark Dodgson <mjdodgson@yahoo.com>
> Subject:       Re: [CH] Re: Chile hydroponically

> Do any of you hydroponic growers have an idea of production costs from 
> hydroponics?  How much more expensive than traditional growing, how much 
> are you spending to get how many peppers, etc.?
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Robert.
> 
>
Robert I am growing chile peppers both in pots and hydroponicaly and 
I found once you get your hydroponics unit setup the cost goes down 
some you not having to pay alittle more for the potting soil, the 
perelite (sp) that I am using as a hydroponic pot filler is very 
cheap I did ten pots and still have alot left over and the bag that I 
used was about $ 1.98 the nutrient mix that I am using for my peppers 
is a two part mix and it cost about 4-5 $ dollars and that makes 
thirty gallons of mix. so you got no dirt so your ph treatment it 
direct effect and not delayed by soil delay, you have the perelite 
and that has been so far cheaper that potting soil and you then have 
the nutrient mix which seems to be cheaper than mirical grow and 
several others. I am still growing my pepper for the first season  so 
I don't know how the harvest is going to be we shall see, but one 
grower down the road from me had two year old peppers that were 
severly neglected and those peppers plants had dozens of peppers on 
them. welp only time will tell,
hot regards 
mark roache 
corvallis 
oregon
my el grande always smile on your peppers and that the diablo winds 
don't come to visit.