I work in a hydroponics store in charge of dispay what should we grow?

[LolaGal]

A lemon tree would be cool to see in a store.

I would use a small pepper plant that has yellow, red, green and purple tiny peppers on it.

It would be colorful and pretty.

Or I would go with a cherry tomato, cuz they are prolific and would have tons of little tomatos to share with customers. I recommend SuperSweet 100.

 

[CrumpleZone]

Miracle Fruit!

http://ezinearticles.com/?Growing-M...That-Makes-Sour-Foods-Taste-Sweet!&id=3875974

 

[el Dream Reader]

You could clone the suckers of a tomato plant and have a sea of green. They take about 7-10 days to root but it's easy and you can put them in any medium you want.

 

[m00nchild]

Giant sunflowers.

 

[TexasMonster]

Bhut Jolokia.

 

[CrumpleZone]

it has to be edible fruit? can't be just legal, non-fruit-bearing, plants of other types?

Cuz I have other awesome ideas too.

 

[MaddsVonF]

Blue Lake 257 Bush Beans,,,,

My dogs were eating these as treats. They explode when you bite em.

40 days from seed to table.

Tasty


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[MaddsVonF]

My lil bit of heaven in the So Cal Sun.




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[Guest 150314]

Basil .. lots of basil. ... mmm pesto.

 

[MarquisBlack]

I personally like the idea of edible plants alot. Anything to provide a less skeevy environment for the customers is a nice touch. There are more and more people everyday who are starting to garden (things other than weed) indoors under HID. I know 2 out of every 3 times I'm at my local store there is an old lady with her grandson or a middle-aged couple looking around for legitimate reasons. Alot of times they realize where they are and are scared off.

Having more old ladies coming to buy hydro gear can't be a bad thing, IMO. Could take heat off the store, and open up to a new market that you could otherwise scare off. I would definitely feel more comfortable purchasing my things from a store like that.

 

[TexasMonster]

Bhut Jolokia, 7 Pod/Pot, Trinidad Scorpion, Jalapeños, or Tabasco. Tabasco peppers are very easy to grow and they are very colorful. Usually having several bright colors on the plant at once.

 

[mule420]

The hydro store I go to has tomatoes,ghost peppers,strawberries,green peppers lots of herbs cut fresh to take home and cook with.
I think the coolest thing is, they have mother plants and run cuts in the easy cloner to give away to take home and plant. I have the ghost peppers and the bell peppers in the garden outside now People like free, and it has sold more then one system to use for other things... peace and puffs

 

[CrumpleZone]

one of the hydro stores I visit also does brewing equipment. They normally have a couple of different beers on tap to sample. They also keep root beer on tap!

 

[geopolitical]

Lemon trees have the lowest light requirements of any common citrus. "Meyers improved dwarf" will do well in hydroponics, they're heavy nitrogen feeders. It'll yield quite large fruits in just a year or so and propagates from cuttings well. The fruit is quite sweet and is probably the only lemon I could even think about eating strait off the tree. There is also a dwarf papaya bred for hydroponic cultivation, cultivar name is "TR Hovey", only gets a few feet tall, yields in months.

For peppers I would stick with hot peppers, they're way more tolerant of changes in temps than bell are. Christmas or similar peppers are probably the way to go for a display. Often the same plant can have 4-8 distinct colors of fruit at one time as the fruit shift from white to blue to purple to green to orange to red over time. Peppers also propagate easily from cuttings.

Opal basil is another fairly stunning easy to grow plant with relatively low light needs and deep purple foliage. Be careful of high humidity around basil, there's a nice new fungus spreading all over that can wipe it out in a matter of days.

For strawberries make sure whatever variety is chosen is "everbearing" or you'll get one brief burst of bloom & fruit and then a looooong wait till next cycle.

 

[TexasMonster]

Lemon trees have the lowest light requirements of any common citrus. "Meyers improved dwarf" will do well in hydroponics, they're heavy nitrogen feeders. It'll yield quite large fruits in just a year or so and propagates from cuttings well. The fruit is quite sweet and is probably the only lemon I could even think about eating strait off the tree. There is also a dwarf papaya bred for hydroponic cultivation, cultivar name is "TR Hovey", only gets a few feet tall, yields in months.

For peppers I would stick with hot peppers, they're way more tolerant of changes in temps than bell are. Christmas or similar peppers are probably the way to go for a display. Often the same plant can have 4-8 distinct colors of fruit at one time as the fruit shift from white to blue to purple to green to orange to red over time. Peppers also propagate easily from cuttings.

Opal basil is another fairly stunning easy to grow plant with relatively low light needs and deep purple foliage. Be careful of high humidity around basil, there's a nice new fungus spreading all over that can wipe it out in a matter of days.

For strawberries make sure whatever variety is chosen is "everbearing" or you'll get one brief burst of bloom & fruit and then a looooong wait till next cycle.

Dang man, your selling me on the Meyers Improved Dwarf. I bet I could make some darn fine hard lemonade.

 

[iSMOKE.KUSH]

weed.

 

[foomar]

Would keep it simple and go with toms first , show off a simple affordable clone , veg and flower setup and try to drag in some of the mainstream older plant growers , under exploited market sector in the UK at least and many are looking for a hobby and have the money.

 

[BillFarthing]

Four O' Clocks are hardy and dramatic. I grew some for the wife and I put blooming ones in a vase for her to come home to after work.

 

[Tilt]

Japanese maple. not edible, Eye candy plant, similar to what we grow & kinda exotic. Several articles Ive read had LEO confused about it.

 

[Bud Bug]

Pepper plants like Habanero or Fish Pepper. They have a similar growing structure to weed.

I know you are sick of basil BUT basil is easy to clone and grows fast with tons of nodes after its been toped a few times.

Corn from seeds grows super fast but requires TONS of light to get big.

Salvia if its legal in your area. Gors really big/fast in DWC and the square stocks look pretty cool. Bad side is it attracts white flies like shit attracts regular flies.

Now this will show your customers how roots grow in Hydro/DWC Get a 20Gal aquarium, cut some coreplast to the same size as the top opening and then cut out 6 or so 3" holes to put net pots in.

Then get some small plants/clones and wash off any dirt off them. Now insert them into the 3" net pots while keeping them in place with neoprene. Then just do a DWC set up. Keep the glass open and just use straight chemical food with no organic additives. This will keep the algae growth down.