So I'm sure eve / r gardener has an opinion on this. it's better soil or hydroponic culture and Why, for growing plants?

Ugh. My girlfriend had a hydroponic garden in our spare room. The electricity bill sucked, spent by many bottles of hydrogen peroxide lost count (to dissolve the salt build up), and all they really ended with a big mess and a lots of cherry tomatoes. He loved it, and if you want to start again. I prefer the land, but we live in the courtyard space and light that really limit. Thus I guess it depends on your circumstances!

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Write to the Institute for Simplified Hydroponics and see the link below. They sell kits of nutrients etc. and have all the info. you need.

http://www.carbon.org/

You may need to read the book "Home Hydroponic Gardens".

The book, written by Peggy Bradley and Cesar Marulanda introduces the methods of simplified hydroponics. You can find it at a good book store in Manila.

The book is intended to introduce this low cost technology to people who wish to start their own gardens to supply food for their own use and for additional family income.

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Many varieties of orchids are called epiphytes, which means they live "on air". A more accurate description is that the roots of these epiphytes absorb water and nutrients from the air and therefore require good ventilation to prosper. These epiphytes also have more exposure to light of the floors above the forest floor.

If you take the time to observe these orchids hanging from the trees, you will see that it is often found in the crotch of the tree branch. A large amount of organic matter such as leaves, bird droppings and branches are divided into these areas, and this material is what epiphytic orchids use of nutrients.

These trees are the perfect place for the roots of an epiphyte grow and get the nutrition. The fall feeding on organic matter orchids, tree height of orchids exposed to a lot light and wind, and the orchids of the added advantage of being protected from most herbivores walking along the ground. No Orchids parasitize their hosts, but instead "hitchhiking" on these great plants to get an advantageous position.

"Hitchhiking" Versus True Parasitism

Comparison of epiphytic orchids with some parasites, is at least one important difference between them. The roots of the orchid, just sit on the surface of trees, while the roots of the parasites are introduced into the host tree to suck the sap.

One of the most dramatic examples of a parasitic plant Cuscuta is most commonly known as dodder. This plant nightmare seems deceptively simple enough in its early stages, but can grow to spread to a tall tree, while choking to death.

Even innocuous used mistletoe during Christmas is a parasite that can slow the growth of its host.

"Hitchhiking" on the contrary, it simply means that the orchids are a place to "sit" on the host, and then get the nutrition from the surrounding environment. The host plant will grow without interference from the orchids.

So there you have it. You do not have to worry about your other plants now that you know that the orchid is a parasite. All you need do is provide a good place for the orchid to receive enough light, humidity, moisture and nutrients.

Michael Anderson is co-author with Steve Frowine (author of four orchid books including the Orchid title of a well known series) of the web site, UncutOrchids.com. To get a free, 40-part video course on orchid care and the Orchid of the Day newsletter, click now on this URL: UncutOrchids.com. Michael lives in the enchanting town of Guanajuato, Mexico, where he also offers Guanajuato rentals to vacationers and visitors.

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Ive seen a kit that I would use hydroponics to grow chiles ... but doing so inside I also need a mini greenhouse?

Other kit so you need a source Whirlpool light and traditional witch grow lights need a ballast and a lot of electricity to power the light a lot of cooling chamber growth. oscillating fan, exhaust fan to extract warm moist air from the growth chamber. but if you choose to grow with LED is all that is needed is a growth chamber, LED grow light witch has very little electricity to operate approximately 75% less than traditional light systems also produce heat grow VERY low. exhaust fan to take the old stale air out a replacement with fresh air to cool a new C02, you can find the growth chamber. exhaust fan at any hydraulic shop on the web, but for verification LED grow out (homegrownlights.com) you will also find links to grow its LED test. but know that's a lot of LED lights that are growing their garbage especially from China which are cheap and do not grow anything. If you find a show called Super LED that is supposed who have a live webcam so you can see how your product grows. However, I have been visiting your site for about 2-3 months and have not updated your site and your web cam vivo which appears to have more of the same image many times I have visited your web cam. In my opinion I would steer clear of this place at least until they have made new updates to your site as I said, it's just my opinion super LED, I hope this has helped

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