Howdy, im new here,
I would like to know where to get some insight into UGF systems........
Im presently messing with hydroponics with local folk calling names like,
"Plant murderer"
mebby another way is bettter suited to trying things to grow from seed in
the middle of one of the worst NY winters in our history..
Thanks
Bill



"linda mar" wrote in message
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Hi

you have given me some interesting insight. thank you! (I won't be able
to
put in a 10inch pot, but at least I get the idea of what you've done, I
think...)

linda

"kush" wrote in message
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linda mar wrote...
How big of a clay pot did you use? don't plants get too rootbound in
a
clay pot?

I use all different sizes, depending on the tank, depending on the
plant.
Yes, the plants can get rootbound but, by that time, I should have taken
them up and separated them anyway. I just pulled apart a bunch of Sag.
subulata that was growing in a 10" pot. I ended up with enough to plant
out
about two square feet (or sell to my LFS).

Usually I knock the bottom out of the pot anyway, so it's more like a
containment ring. In a UGF system water circulates throughout the
gravel
which makes it difficult to use root tabs and such. The nice thing
about
the pots, even without bottoms in them, is that they provide areas where
the
flow is restricted and you can use special fertilizers and planting
media.

kush