Is it possible to use a garden pond for hydroponics?
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The girls in Yayulihuí Alto really latched onto hydroponics! They said they don’t get to build stuff for classes very often. Here they are presenting the new system they built. There are seeds planted inside. The girl in the middle, holding the system, is amazing. Date: 2010/01/09
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Question by Texas fountain.: Is it possible to use a garden pond for hydroponics?
Well winter is a little late for 2010, and a little early for 2011. Any horticultural activity not under the controlled environment that a greenhouse would be a failure and a waist of time but wanting to plane next years growing season. I have a backyard pond. If the water were treated for micro-organisms, Could I us it for hydroponics? Why or why not?
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Is it possible to use a garden pond for hydroponics?
Image by D-Lab
The girls in Yayulihuí Alto really latched onto hydroponics! They said they don’t get to build stuff for classes very often. Here they are presenting the new system they built. There are seeds planted inside. The girl in the middle, holding the system, is amazing. Date: 2010/01/09
Photo Credit: Helen DCouto?
Question by Texas fountain.: Is it possible to use a garden pond for hydroponics?
Well winter is a little late for 2010, and a little early for 2011. Any horticultural activity not under the controlled environment that a greenhouse would be a failure and a waist of time but wanting to plane next years growing season. I have a backyard pond. If the water were treated for micro-organisms, Could I us it for hydroponics? Why or why not?
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3 Responses to Is it possible to use a garden pond for hydroponics?
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Hydroponics uses very shallow trays with flowing water as a growing medium for lettuce etc, so a pond would not be very practical for hydroponics.
If the pond is big enough it could be used for aquaculture like growing carp or other commercial fish species.
gollum or outrider
October 28, 2011 at 9:18 pm
The idea of hydroponics is without soil, and with specifically controlled nutrients, so the pond is not a substitute.
If you have a pump and can keep the water clean and moving gently, you can grow watercress- check the supermarket prices to see if it is worth it in your area.
Lene O
October 28, 2011 at 10:13 pm
You could grow a few things, maybe water chestnuts, but hydroponics is a very controlled situation with lights, nutrients controlled by you. An outside pond has too many variables to to do true hydroponics.
pondlady
October 28, 2011 at 10:38 pm