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@therawlifefamily
I ate the leaves in a salad! Unfortunately our winter starts in November and we usually have a few feet of snow with temperatures of -15F and up to -30F. So, our only option is indoors or a greenhouse.
Now just juice the leaves and you have a fully utilized plant.
Also… broccoli will grow in a lot of places through the winter. I have some growing now and we’ve had frosts for about half of the winter so far, and in some cases down to about 15F
therawlifefamily
December 18, 2011 at 7:40 pm Reply
so what are the little UFO thingies up next to your head?
@GardenNewbie
Good luck! It sure is a lot of fun to grow things during the winter. It really helps with the winter blues when you can hang out in your indoor garden.
@poojkhgf
With out the soil microbes, I am sure that something will be lacking, but so far there is information on this topic that I can find in any journal. The idea for hydroponics or aquaculture is to preserve water and grow things indoors during the winter months where the temperatures do not support growing things out side. Once the spring comes, the best we can do is then grow our food in soil using permaculture principles. Hydroponics is just one side of the equation.
@poojkhgf
This is such as subjective topic. It really depends on so many factors. For instance, studies have shown how the nutrition of food has dropped over the last 50 years due to over farming an soil depletion. It is astounding at how much less nutrition is in our food in traditional agriculture. Your food is only as good as your soil. Hydroponics has all the nutrition that plants need so they do not lack for minerals. Having said that, they are missing the soil microbes.
i wonder about the nutrient value of plants grown this way. People may think the nutrient solution has everything needed but how do they know? maybe there is extra elements in soil that is good for us that they havent found out yet.
Wow thats an impressive broccili, indoors, who woulda thought, great video, i am actually trying to get set up for some indoor growing this winter as well, take care 🙂
if you only cut out the part you eat, the flower i mean, it will grow a new flower, so you can eat several times of of one plant 😉 i grow it outdoors in the netherlands, so sorry for my poor english
Ouch , Now I have some idea at the reasoning for the spacing specifications on the package …I am thinking about going with an in door growing system , reason being. is trying to control slugs…..here the PAC NW we have issues with them slimy pests.
I planning on Building my own LED units though..that is cheaper then buying the units in the store,
@19Photographer76
I agree with you about the spectrum of lighting. These lights were just cheap 90watt led lights. I have been playing around with other spectrums of lights that cost a lot more money and it amazes me about how much more flowering they produce vs the cheaper lights.
Damnnnnn that brocoli look gooooood!!!!!!!!!
straitru
December 18, 2011 at 4:29 pm
@MrSw872
Yes, I ate them in salads and steamed some of them!
w8mk
December 18, 2011 at 4:56 pm
@ray5220
Thanks for the tip… the broccoli stem was literally like wood, even my hack saw took a while to cut the next batch.
w8mk
December 18, 2011 at 5:21 pm
@castro1299
60 days from seed.
w8mk
December 18, 2011 at 5:41 pm
@scott98390
It is a 90 watt LED UFO light. It is the light that grew the broccoli indoors.
w8mk
December 18, 2011 at 6:31 pm
@therawlifefamily
I ate the leaves in a salad! Unfortunately our winter starts in November and we usually have a few feet of snow with temperatures of -15F and up to -30F. So, our only option is indoors or a greenhouse.
w8mk
December 18, 2011 at 6:50 pm
Now just juice the leaves and you have a fully utilized plant.
Also… broccoli will grow in a lot of places through the winter. I have some growing now and we’ve had frosts for about half of the winter so far, and in some cases down to about 15F
therawlifefamily
December 18, 2011 at 7:40 pm
so what are the little UFO thingies up next to your head?
scott98390
December 18, 2011 at 8:32 pm
Nice, how long did u grow that plant for? Good work
castro1299
December 18, 2011 at 9:08 pm
try useing small trimming shears they work better on thicker stemmed plants ie brocc/ans squash
ray5220
December 18, 2011 at 9:58 pm
did you know you can eat the leaves as you would greens
MrSw872
December 18, 2011 at 10:56 pm
@poojkhgf scientists can find what the plant wants in terms of nutrients by using a ‘gas spectrometer’.
wmike82
December 18, 2011 at 11:23 pm
@staalmaffia
This was something that I learned after growing this for the first time :P
The next broccoli grow will be a better one!
w8mk
December 19, 2011 at 12:08 am
@GardenNewbie
Good luck! It sure is a lot of fun to grow things during the winter. It really helps with the winter blues when you can hang out in your indoor garden.
w8mk
December 19, 2011 at 1:07 am
@poojkhgf
With out the soil microbes, I am sure that something will be lacking, but so far there is information on this topic that I can find in any journal. The idea for hydroponics or aquaculture is to preserve water and grow things indoors during the winter months where the temperatures do not support growing things out side. Once the spring comes, the best we can do is then grow our food in soil using permaculture principles. Hydroponics is just one side of the equation.
w8mk
December 19, 2011 at 1:36 am
@poojkhgf
This is such as subjective topic. It really depends on so many factors. For instance, studies have shown how the nutrition of food has dropped over the last 50 years due to over farming an soil depletion. It is astounding at how much less nutrition is in our food in traditional agriculture. Your food is only as good as your soil. Hydroponics has all the nutrition that plants need so they do not lack for minerals. Having said that, they are missing the soil microbes.
w8mk
December 19, 2011 at 2:14 am
i wonder about the nutrient value of plants grown this way. People may think the nutrient solution has everything needed but how do they know? maybe there is extra elements in soil that is good for us that they havent found out yet.
poojkhgf
December 19, 2011 at 2:32 am
Wow thats an impressive broccili, indoors, who woulda thought, great video, i am actually trying to get set up for some indoor growing this winter as well, take care 🙂
GardenNewbie
December 19, 2011 at 3:10 am
if you only cut out the part you eat, the flower i mean, it will grow a new flower, so you can eat several times of of one plant 😉 i grow it outdoors in the netherlands, so sorry for my poor english
greetz from Assen, NL
staalmaffia
December 19, 2011 at 3:36 am
Ouch , Now I have some idea at the reasoning for the spacing specifications on the package …I am thinking about going with an in door growing system , reason being. is trying to control slugs…..here the PAC NW we have issues with them slimy pests.
I planning on Building my own LED units though..that is cheaper then buying the units in the store,
ShutterbugW
December 19, 2011 at 4:00 am
@19Photographer76 The broccoli leaves are edible too. They make great salad greens. Nice and sweet too.
ASFx2600
December 19, 2011 at 4:12 am
what did you use for nutrients and set up aside from the ufo’s, I wondered how well they worked looks impresive.
CanadianDominion
December 19, 2011 at 4:20 am
what kind of system did you buy?
PatricksTime
December 19, 2011 at 4:42 am
What led light would you recommend?
PatricksTime
December 19, 2011 at 5:22 am
@19Photographer76
I agree with you about the spectrum of lighting. These lights were just cheap 90watt led lights. I have been playing around with other spectrums of lights that cost a lot more money and it amazes me about how much more flowering they produce vs the cheaper lights.
w8mk
December 19, 2011 at 6:11 am