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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=20540&item=4346656871&rd=1
another way to start seeds ?

12/27/2004 7:01:55 PM

Syracuse, NY

i'd be more interested if they said it was biodegradeable
plastic----this MAYYYYYY be for growing something in it that will never be put into the ground....
perhaps if there were a lot of LARGER holes punched into them....hmmmmmm.......only 20 bucks.....try it!

12/27/2004 8:02:00 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

The same guy is also selling Rockwool cubes. These might be better for starting plants. Like a peat-pot sort of.

I'm back to exploring the idea of a hydroponic AG & have been re-reading some of my old books. Unforunatly, not much has changed. The same equipment limitations exist today as 5 years ago. Hydro just doesn't lend itself well to vining plants grown horizontally.

12/27/2004 11:24:32 PM

Cologne / Germany

I think the rooting of AG´s is too aggressive for every other growing medium but pure soil.

12/28/2004 4:04:08 AM

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Why not grow them vertically? They seem to enjoy it.. I got my roof covered with one plant only.
I guess that all you need is to install a giant hydroponics.. not an easy task though.

12/28/2004 4:36:30 AM

Ontario, Canada.

I agree with Floh. These roots are very aggressive. What ever you start them in, you must have lots of room for them. A small plant with two cots just opening occupies up to a cu.ft. of soil.

12/28/2004 7:22:43 AM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

True hydroponic root structure lends itself to smaller root systems with equal or greater production. My concern for verticaal growth is the expense related to supporting what could be 3/4 ton as high as 10-20' in the air. Good planning & engineering can overcome this.

12/28/2004 9:42:31 AM

Syracuse, NY

i was enthralled by urban jungle's off the roof method!
if we can grow long gourds on the structures we put up for them, and they are anything like or actually are cucurbits, we ahould also be able to grow the AGs in a funky environment also. i have noticed that onece the vines get a liiiiitle out of my reach for an easy pruning, like into the hedgerow at the back of one of my patches, they seem to take-off like a shot, growing over the tops of the other plants, setting open-pollinations, etc...
somebody try this: grow a plant 1/2 on the ground and the other half, the other SIDE, up a fence or trellis, to take advantage of the leaves' energy back into the plant once
the leaves are fully formed, and once they are deadheaded.
the other side of the plant could be a normally-growing
plant, all buried and pruned nicely. i'm just thinking that in the same amount of HORIZONTAL space, a "hybrid" of sorts combining vertical and horizontal growth could be achieved,
just like urban jungle's....now, who's got some chain link fence they wanna sell really cheap???? lol---just an idea--

12/28/2004 1:23:37 PM

Itzetown City

If you growing AGs on the roof dont forget to take out an insurance. LOL

http://english.pravda.ru/fun/2003/03/21/44797.html

SCNR

12/29/2004 10:29:08 AM

Syracuse, NY

i don't care; if he's stupid enough to let them get huge on his upper level, and don't realize that 'hey, those things might fall on someone's head someday', then man, he is a moron! although the label might have said "the size of a pear"...a pear of what? (lol)
just like the lady somewhere in the US that sued McDonald's
because she spilled her hot coffee on herself...i never actually read the article, but i'm sure she was an idiot, lol! there are some other articles on this link that are about two-headed cows and you won't believe the relaxed
description of European sauna stuff........

12/29/2004 12:37:44 PM

Rockford,il

I had enough problems convincing 6 people to help me load my 670 pounder off of the ground.But it would be fun to see their faces when they see the pumpkin to be loaded thats 20 feet off of the ground.

12/29/2004 3:49:16 PM

Syracuse, NY

HOW THE....

almost as funny would be the neighbors' faces when you roll it off and it drops ever so gently into one of those gigantic, circular net things the firemen use for rescuing
people from burning buildings! surrounded by about thirty of your lifter-helpers, of course.....

12/30/2004 12:20:41 AM