You can grow houseplants in water!
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About 16 years ago I was visiting a client's office, a Jersey City lawyer. He had some plants sitting on the register by a window. One caught my eye because the top was covered in little pebbles instead of dirt. I complimented Alan on the plant and he explained that it was growing in water and those pebbles filled the pot instead of dirt. He had found the plant in a shop at the Jersey Shore. Intrigued by the idea I took the trip to the shore and found the store and bought my first hydroculture plant, an orchid.
After we moved to Arizona I ordered a couple of kits and transplanted some dirt plants to water systems. At first, I liked the challenge and the process and converted a lot of dirt plants to hydroculture. As time progressed I began to appreciate some of the caregiver advantages - the plants grow on their own, with little effort. A major advantage for me was the plant watering issue. I was then doing a lot of traveling which meant houseplants could get neglected for weeks. Hydroculture plants can be topped off and potentially go for weeks, depending on the house humidity, growing season etc.
Today, my houseplant care largely consists of occasionally adding some water to the plants - weekly or longer, depending on when I think of it. Pretty passive; pretty painless; pretty plants.
You can grow houseplants in water!
How to grow houseplants in water
- How to grow houseplants in water - a WikiHow
A step by step procedure to setting up a hydroculture plant. It really is easy. You really can do it! ........ This was my first and only experience with WikiHow. I liked the result, but didn't like people making uncoordinated changes to my stuff!
Look through a lens at hydroculture...
- A look at hydroculture or passive hydroponics
Check this page out for info on hydroculture, how-to's, links to suppliers and other resources....... This was one of my first Squidoo lenses, and has consistently been my most popular page.
Some plants from our house...
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Very true! We actually put (normal) bamboo plants into our aquarium - they look great and the fish love them!
Great results you have with plants.
Thanks for the nice feedback folks.
I have never tried it would love to do this soon. They look lovely indoors.
I always wondered how it was done..thanks!
Good information. Thanks.
I haven't tried house plants in hydroponics, but we grow various herbs, lettuce and cherry tomatoes. It's great being able to have the fresh herbs and vegetables year round no matter what the outside climate happens to be. I'll have to try converting some of my houseplants. Great information - Thank You
Nice hub, I love decorating but do not have green fingers so your advice is most welcome. I can stop murdering my house plants now!
Could this lead to a discussion of epiphytic bromeliads, that don't even need watering?
Great results,beautiful will try this out on our plants.
Hi, I think you are all the best and happy life.I send email from pakistan I like your efforts in hydroculture then I like to grow house plants hydroculter system.please guide me for the hydroculture system.I am check for the pebbles in our nearest plants store but here not available pebbles may I used any kind of stone for hydroculture plants.Thanks for your coperation.Iqbal.
Hi, I think you are all the best and happy life.I send email from pakistan I like your efforts in hydroculture then I like to grow house plants hydroculter system.please guide me for the hydroculture system.I am check for the pebbles in our nearest plants store but here not available pebbles may I used any kind of stone for hydroculture plants.Thanks for your coperation.Iqbal.
Muhammad lqbal, The hydroculture pebbles are porous and wick the moisture to the roots. Using solid pebbles doesn't work well for most plants. You want to find expanded clay pebbles. Try Luwasa at this link http://www.luwasa.ch/en/home.html
They have a distributor in Singapor that may be able to help you get the right pebbles. http://www.luwasa.ch/en/sg.html
Great information. Here's mine. http://hubpages.com/hub/GardenHowTos
I have yet to try hydroponics but plan to, helpful hub.
Thank you for that gorgeous idea. Will strat work on it this weekend.
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Guru-C says:
11 months ago
Thank you for this beautiful hub with valuable indoor gardening advice! I'm going to Home Depot asap to buy garden pebbles!