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"The fine art of growing without soil." & "Fooling Mother Nature"

If you are considering going hydro, the below items will provide you with general hydroponic information, with a couple of commercial sites thrown in for fun. Most of the commercial sites sell lighting as well.

LOCAL:

pH's School of Hydroponics
A three part course in hydroponic setup and construction. Detailed graphics show you exactly how to set up the system that's described. Low bandwidth growers can read this text-only version. Looking to convert your Phototron to an Ebb & Flow system? skip to this section.

General Hydroponics vs. Other Nutrients
Includes a chart of the guaranteed analysis of GH, Peter's, and Miracle Gro.

Water Maintenance in Hydroponics
A rather detailed article on the importance of water condition in hydro culture. Detailed consideration of pH maintenance.

Indoor Lighting FAQ
A discussion of various types of lights and their assets & liabilites.

LINKS:

North American Hydroponics
This is a commercial site for investigating or ordering plans for the World's Greatest Growing Machine, which is a multi-use PVC based hydroponic system. The plans cost $20.

Homegrown Hydroponics
They're an equipment provider out of Ontario. Prices are kind of steep, but they've got pictures of most everything on-line.

Urban Farming Source Book
From here you can find almost every hydroponic distributor in the world. Find a store in a nearby city to avoid mailorder tracing and credit card records of your purchases.

Do-It-Yourself Hydroponics
Before you look, know that they want $16.95 for the actual blueprints, but they've got a neat animation of their garden.

Hydro Aquatic Technologies
Lots of sweet information about different types of hydroponic systems. Also interesting information about Aquaculture. I really liked the overview of Aeroponics and Nutrient Film Technique (NFT).

Inter Urban Water Farms Online
They're a retail store in California. The site has good photos of most systems and some good info about Hydroponics in general.

The Growroom
A collection of Links, FAQs, and books about hydroponics.

The Light Manufacturing Co.
They manufacture inexpensive lighting systems as well as hydroponic setups.
N.P.Kaye's Marijuana Cultivation Archive
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