> 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.