Squash!

[Cole_Robbie]

This is a yellow squash plant in a bucket hydro planter that I designed. I want to share the idea, because it is easy and anyone can do it. In hydro terms, this is called deep water culture. I do it differently than I have seen anywhere else, with manifold of pvc to distribute the recirculated water evenly. My planter is two buckets placed inside each other. The top one has holes drilled in the bottom and the pump is below, to keep the roots from clogging the pump. It is just moving water from top to bottom, super simple. I had thought I would have to hand pollinate, but the plant is setting without any help.

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[Tormahto]

Amazing. A solution to SVB, too.

Is your grow light set-up the type that usually gets a court warrant and police raid?

[pepperhead212]

Nice! That would be about the only way I could grow squash, due to SVB...unless somehow they could get into my basement.

[Cole_Robbie]

Is your grow light set-up is the type that usually gets a court warrant and police raid?

Maybe in the old days, not so much any more. I have both led and the older metal halide in there. Led is the future due to less heat and electricity consumption, but the heat from the old lights is useful when it is cold. Leds save electricity, but not when you have to just use more electricity for heating.