Using Waste to Create a Hydroponic System
Hello everyone, welcome!
How are you all? I hope you are in very good condition and also accompanied by happiness. Even though in reality there will always be problems in life, all our good thoughts will provide benefits in living this life. This sentence is very comforting for me, because I know that the end of this life is just a simple goal.
Often, I share stories about some of my plants that I designed myself to take advantage of small garden space. However, people often ask, why hydroponics? Even though it is clear that you can use soil as a planting medium. I guess I should explain a little that my yard is actually very small and mostly used for parking cars. The existing land is reused for access in and out of cars. So, it is clear that only a small part of the remaining car parking space at home is used.
I live in a fairly dense city, so the convenience is to make my house more flexible than anything. Including that in the future the land will be used for other purposes. So, I chose hydroponics and besides, hydroponics is very simple, it doesn't require time and energy to hoe and loosen the soil when the planting season arrives.
Hydroponics comes with the latest technology, where I can use several used items that can be used as a place for plants to grow well. Pest control and growth are determined by how well you mix the fertilizer and I don't bother keeping it away from some of my neighbor's chickens because it can be set high off the ground.
Well, earlier I said that I could use used goods to make a hydroponic system. Like the Styrofoam I got from a fruit shop that sells grapes. Imported wine shipments used to use Styrofoam and it was really used a lot and thrown away. So, I think it's a good opportunity to make it as a medium and hydroponic system, instead of having to buy another plastic container.
Using Styrofoam by covering it with a tarpaulin, it is strong enough to be used for years, I have even used it for 2 years and have never replaced it unless it leaks. This really makes everything simple, the Styrofoam I got was free and it was very profitable.
I also use a simple tool for the netpot, made a hole in it with a heated iron. The Styrofoam will melt and magically create a hole. Previously I used a drill with a certain diameter, but it was a bit of a hassle in cleaning up the fallen Styrofoam granules.
You can see the lettuce I planted, all using hydroponics with Styrofoam. You just have to make the distance between the holes very well, then your hydroponic vegetables will be able to grow well. Usually, I use quite a lot of spacing when I'm planting lettuce, because lettuce leaves are quite wide.
Seriously, it's so hot this afternoon, even my lettuce has wilted and that's quite sad. I made a roof that only filters UV without filtering sunlight. Hydroponics really needs a lot of sunlight, so that's important. Even though this lettuce looks very weak in the hot sun, it will bloom again when the sun dims a little.
So, what information about using the waste that I use to make a hydroponic system? You must be interested in trying it at home!
Call me Isdarmady, because I have a full name that is very long, namely Isdarmady Syahputra Ritonga. I am a head of the family who work as Farmers Vegetables Hydroponic and Consultant Hydroponics, sometimes I also sell coffee from various regions in Indonesia.
I have expertise dispensing coffee with a variety of techniques and tools brewing, because I have the desire to make a coffee shop with hydroponics as centerpieces. Help me realize that dream.
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