Hydroponic veggie flavor.

[MoosingAround]

I grew some hydroponic cherry tomatoes last summer. I never liked Cherry Tomatoes in the past, but these things were like candy. Could've just been the fresh picked factor that Fishsticks mentioned.
Grew them in 1 Gal pots of coco, fed 4-6x a day on a timer with Calcium Nitrate + MaxiBloom + a powdered mix of Micro Nutrients (gotta get that iron).

I planted some seeds from a store bought Ghost Pepper in a Red Cup of coco coir, and it packed a punch. I wouldn't dare eat one whole.

Hydro doesn't kill flavour, but doing hydro without all the micro elements might.
"Chlorophyll a" has the molecular formula: C55 H72 O5 N4 Mg
Lycopene (what makes tomatoes red, and linked to reducing some types of cancer) is C40H56.
No micro elements needed to produce a leafy green, or turn a tomato red, but if you want your Kale leaves to have Iron, you need to provide the Iron.

[sweeper]

I grew some hydroponic cherry tomatoes last summer. I never liked Cherry Tomatoes in the past, but these things were like candy. Could've just been the fresh picked factor that Fishsticks mentioned.
Grew them in 1 Gal pots of coco, fed 4-6x a day on a timer with Calcium Nitrate + MaxiBloom + a powdered mix of Micro Nutrients (gotta get that iron).

I planted some seeds from a store bought Ghost Pepper in a Red Cup of coco coir, and it packed a punch. I wouldn't dare eat one whole.

Hydro doesn't kill flavour, but doing hydro without all the micro elements might.
"Chlorophyll a" has the molecular formula: C55 H72 O5 N4 Mg
Lycopene (what makes tomatoes red, and linked to reducing some types of cancer) is C40H56.
No micro elements needed to produce a leafy green, or turn a tomato red, but if you want your Kale leaves to have Iron, you need to provide the Iron.

very cool man. Good info there. I may pick your brain some when I get that far. I bought a house and now my whole setup has changed way more room. I have a lot of planning to do to before I start anymore veggies.

I keep reading so many people growing in coco. I need to try it. I have had a lot of luck with DWC setups. but with talk of expansion I'm considering all options. I've been planning a RDWC setup, but I don't think thats the answer for all the things I am going to grow.

let the research begin!

[MoosingAround]

DWC is probably going to get you faster growth, I just didnt find it simple enough, checking and correcting the pH of the reservoir twice a day. I personally wouldn't go back to (R)DWC unless I had a big enough system that I could justify $$ on a pH probe & dosing pump.

Coco you only need to check the pH of your feed solution, and after mixing up the same cocktail several times you can start to eyeball it.

[sweeper]

hmm. Interesting point. I got to a similar point where I could get ph right after mixing the same mix with the same water source. I nailed ph almost every time once I got in the groove.

Do you use the coco bricks or the stuff already broken up?