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 THE ABOVE PHOTO IS OF SPICY GREEK BASIL BEING GROWN HYDROPONICALLY IN A MASON JAR THAT WAS PAINTED GRAY TO INHIBIT ALGAE.  THIS IS A NO BRAINER METHOD OF GROWING,  AS IT REQUIRES HARDLY ANY...

http://hydroponicworkshop.blogspot.com/2019/01/journal-january-25-2018-just-killing.html

JUST BECAUSE IT IS WINTER IT DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE TO DISCONTINUE GARDENING, YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND SOMETHING TO GROW, AND SOMEHOW TO GROW, IN THE GREAT INDOORS.  AS FOR MYSELF, I AM GROWING ZINN...

http://hydroponicworkshop.blogspot.com/2019/01/journal-january-6-2018-just-for-fun.html

SEEING AS THERE IS NOT MUCH GARDENING TO DO THIS TIME OF YEAR IT GIVES ME A GREAT EXCUSE TO GET OUTDOORS AND DO SOME PHOTOGRAPHY.   RECENT SURGERY ON BOTH EYES HAS RETURNED MY VISION TO WHERE ...

http://hydroponicworkshop.blogspot.com/2018/12/journal-december-31-2018-killing-time.html

I THOUGHT I WOULD POST EXAMPLES OF A PHOTO THAT HAD BEEN MODIFIED WITH THE NIK COLLECTION PLUGIN HDR EFEX PRO 2. THE PHOTO ABOVE IS THE ORIGINAL PHOTO AS TAKEN ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2018. BELOW IS...

http://hydroponicworkshop.blogspot.com/2018/12/journal-december-11-2018-follow-up-to.html

I WOULD LIKE TO DIGRESS FROM GARDENING TO DO A POST ABOUT SOMETHING I FOUND AND WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH FELLOW PHOTOGRAPHERS. RECENTLY I READ SOMETHING ABOUT A PLUGIN CALLED THE NIK COLLECTION ...

http://hydroponicworkshop.blogspot.com/2018/12/journal-december-9-2018-great-plugin.html

WINTER HAS DESCENDED ON UPSTATE NEW YORK WITH A VENGENCE!  THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAID THE WINTER WOULD BE WARMER THAN NORMAL, AND I SAY: BRING IT ON, SOON! JUST TO HAVE A SINGLE FLO...

http://hydroponicworkshop.blogspot.com/2018/12/journal-december-7-2018-dispel-winter.html

AS MY TEST PLANT WAS DOING NICELY I DECIDED TO DEFLASK ONE MORE PLANT. THEN, I SAW ANOTHER PROMISING PLANT I JUST COULD NOT THROW AWAY, THEN ANOTHER, AND ANOTHER AND SO ON, UNTIL AT EIGHT I DE...

http://hydroponicworkshop.blogspot.com/2018/11/journal-november-11-2018-phaelenopsis.html

ONE OF THE SEEDLINGS HAS BEEN DEFLASKED AND PLANTED IN MOIST SPHAGNUM MOSS TO DETERMINE IF THEY CAN SURVIVE OUT OF FLASKS. THE SEEDLING HAS BEEN PLACED IN A DOMED GROWING CONTAINER UNDER A S...

http://hydroponicworkshop.blogspot.com/2018/10/journal-october-30-2018-phalaenopsis.html

EARLY IN 2017, WE HAD A SPEAKER AT THE ORCHID SOCIETY MEETING AND AS IS CUSTOMARY THE SPEAKER BROUGHT PLANTS FOR SALE. THE SPEAKER RECEIVES NO FEE BUT MEMBER PLANT SALES ARE SUSPENDED IF THE SPEA...

http://hydroponicworkshop.blogspot.com/2018/09/journal-july-15-2018-dendrobium-faux-pas.html

THE RESULTS OF THIS PROJECT HAVE BEEN MUCH BETTER THAN I EVER EXPECTED!

http://hydroponicworkshop.blogspot.com/2018/09/journal-september-2-2018-phalaenopsis.html

WINTERS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK TEND TO BE PRETTY DISMAL, SO I WAS CASTING AROUND LOOKING FOR A FRAGRANT FLOWER TO GROW HYDROPONICALLY TO DISPEL SOME OF THE WINTER GLOOM.  I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETH...

http://hydroponicworkshop.blogspot.com/2018/08/journal-august-15-2018-carnations-in-can.html

WE ARE PICKING A LOT OF SWEET PEPPERS BOTH FROM THE GREENHOUSE AND GARDEN.  AND, FOR WHATEVER REASON THIS SEASON WE HAVE PICKED MORE TOMATOES THAN EVER BEFORE. THAT SAID, THE RECENT BOUTS OF ...

http://hydroponicworkshop.blogspot.com/2018/08/journal-august-9-2108-sweet-pepper.html

SOMEONE AND I DO NOT RECALL WHO GAVE ME SEEDS FOR KAPIA HUNGARIAN PEPPERS LAST SEASON.   THERE WERE ONLY A FEW SEEDS IN THE PACKET SO I DID NOT HAVE MANY TO PLANT, PERHAPS SIX OR SO.  TWO P...

http://hydroponicworkshop.blogspot.com/2018/08/journal-august-3-2018-kapia-peppers-are.html

SEVERAL OF THE MORE VIGOROUS PROTOCORMS HAVE BEEN PLACED IN INDIVIDUAL VESSELS, WHILE OTHERS REMAIN GROUPED COMMON VESSELS.  AS I HAVE EXPERIENCE IN DEFLASKING ORCHID SEEDLINGS I AM NOW CERTAI...

http://hydroponicworkshop.blogspot.com/2018/07/journal-july-28-2018-phalaenopsis-seed.html

REAL PROGRESS IS BEING MADE NOW, THE PROTOCORMS ARE DEVELOPING INTO PLANTS.

http://hydroponicworkshop.blogspot.com/2018/07/journal-july-15-2018-phalaenopsis.html

NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS GOING FORWARD I AM GOING TO CALL THIS A SUCCESS! THERE IS DEFINITELY A NEW ORCHID GROWING FROM THIS PROTOCORM. WHAT A FUN PROJECT!

http://hydroponicworkshop.blogspot.com/2018/07/journal-july-9-2018-phalaenopsis-orchid.html

THE PROCESS IS SO COMPLICATED I REALLY DID NOT EXPECT TO PULL IT OFF, BUT I WANTED TO LEARN SOMETHING BY TRYING. I MADE A LOT OF MISTAKES, LIKE PUTTING WAY TOO MANY SEEDS IN THE MEDIA. THEY GERM...

http://hydroponicworkshop.blogspot.com/2018/07/journal-july-8-2018-phalaenopsis.html

I LOOK FORWARD TO CHECKING ON THE PROGRESS OF THIS PROJECT EACH DAY, IT IS KIND OF LIKE WATCHING AN OLD SATURDAY SERIAL MOVIE; THINGS ARE HAPPENING, BUT HAPPENING SLOWLY.  THINKING THAT THE...

http://hydroponicworkshop.blogspot.com/2018/06/journal-june-10-2018-lighting-change.html

  TODAY I "REPLATED" ALMOST ALL OF THE SEEDLINGS, SELECTING THE LARGEST DARKEST GREEN SEEDLINGS FOR REPLATING. REPLATING IS LITERALLY SCOOPING THEM OUT OF THE VESSEL AND PLACING THEM ON A ...

http://hydroponicworkshop.blogspot.com/2018/06/journal-june-2-2018.html

MY WIFE BROUGHT HOME HYDROPONIC BASIL FROM THE SUPERMARKET RECENTLY.  IT WAS BARE ROOT IN A HORTICUBE, TWO STALKS FOR ABOUT SIX DOLLARS.  IN JUST A DAY OR SO IT TURNED BLACK AND WAS TOSSED IN...

http://hydroponicworkshop.blogspot.com/2018/06/journal-june-1-2018-growing.html

IT HAS ONLY BEEN SIX DAYS SINCE I TRANSFERRED SOME OF THE FORMING PROTOCORMS INTO THE EXPERIMENTAL MEDIA THAT I PREPARED USING THE M&S NUTRIENTS BUT ALREADY I CAN SEE A DIFFERENCE. THE TRANSF...

http://hydroponicworkshop.blogspot.com/2018/05/journal-may-22-2018-phalaenopsis-seed.html

TODAY I NOTICED A TINY SPOT OF WHAT I THOUGHT WAS MOLD IN ONE OF THE FLASKS.  ALREADY I HAD DISCARDED ONE FLASK BECAUSE OF MOLD, AND BOTH FLASKS CONTAINED THE SEEDS FROM THE DRY POD.  THAT APPE...

http://hydroponicworkshop.blogspot.com/2018/05/journal-may-16-2018-phalaenopsis-seed.html

MY WIFE HAS THIS THING FOR FRESH BASIL, SHE LOVES BASIL ON PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING.  SHE HAS BEEN BUYING HYDROPONIC BASIL, SPENDING ABOUT FIVE DOLLARS FOR A FEW STEMS GROWING FROM A HORTICUBE.  TH...

http://hydroponicworkshop.blogspot.com/2018/05/journal-may-12-2018-getting-into.html

A NEW ORCHID ARRIVED TODAY, VANILLA PLANFOLIA, WHICH IS THE PLANT THAT WE GET VANILLA FLAVORING FROM.  WELL, ARTIFICIAL VANILLA COMES FROM CHEMICALS, I MEAN THE REAL STUFF. IT IS A CLIMBING ...

http://hydroponicworkshop.blogspot.com/2018/05/journal-may-9-2018-vanilla-planfolia.html

THE FIRST PHALAENOPSIS SEEDS STARTED WERE FROM A POD THAT HAD SPLIT.  WHEN THE POD HAS SPLIT THE SEEDS ARE REFERRED TO AS DRY.  AS THE SEEDS MUST BE STERILIZED THERE IS MORE CHANCE OF DAMAGE...

http://hydroponicworkshop.blogspot.com/2018/05/journal-may-7-2018-phalaenopsis-seed.html