Smiles said:
Jack, don't you just hate it when the German spies interfere with your gardening?
I'm going to look into hydroponic gardening. It looks very interesting to me. Can you recommend any websites for me to cut my teeth on? I spent almost 45 minutes browsing your site a week or two ago. Thanks.
It has been several years since I visited any sites on hydroponic gardening, so I really can't recommend any sites. The nutrient manufacturers, and hydroponic dealers, have sites, however, what they are really trying to do is is sell you product. I buy very little from hydroponic stores, practically nothing in fact. There are a few good books on the subject:
Gardening indoors with soil and hydroponics by George Van Patten
How to hydroponics by keith Roberto
You may be able to find one of them online for free if you look around.
That said, even the books are somewhat dated in terms of lighting, and tend to recommend nutrients from dealers and don't provide a lot of information for doing it yourself.
There was a magazine called Growing Edge that had several years of their publication onsite for download, but the site is down, and has been for awhile.
Everyday my site is hit by educational institutions, so there must be some interest in the subject, and not a lot of sites to turn to. University of California at Merced has visited hundreds of times, and today I see a new one,
Gateshead College in the UK.
Good luck though.
Jack B
