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This was taken from the January/February 2007 issue of The Indoor Gardener Magazine
How to Place A Plant in Rock Wool Flakes, Gardex (Mixture Of Vermiculite, Perlite, and Rock Wool) Or In Coco Fibre
By Pierre Bonnard and Jean-Pierre Daime (City Plantes)
In Hydroponics, plants grow on a mineral or vegetal growing medium which is neutral, amorphous and sterile. Plants proster thanks to a nutritive solution (water + liquid nutrients). The support (the substrage or growing medium) simply acts to support the plants and their roots and spreads water and air around the roots.
Expanded clay pellets limit evaporation and the formation of moss on rock wool (Gardex, coco). We can also use quartz gravel or granite shingles (which do not react with nutrients) to decorate the pots surface.
These materials increase the weight of the pot, which can be very useful on a balcony or terrace: it will allow your plants and flowers to resis the winds onslaughts. Place a two-centimetre layer of expanded clay pellets at the base of the pot to facilitage drainage and root aeration.
1- Prepare the Plant
-Remove the dirt covering the roots.
-Take the plant out of its pot, and gently tap the dirt to remove as much of it as possible.
-Rinse out the roots in plain water
2- Prepare the Pot
-Choose a pot with a drainage hole at its bottom. In this example, we used a 26-centimetre diameter pot.
-Place a two-centimetre layer of clay pellets at the bottom.
-Wet the rock wool (Gardex, coco fibre) with water containing nutrients (nutritive solution).
Note: Avoid manipulating dry to prevent the spread of dust
-Place a 2 to 20-centimetre layer of rock wool in the pot (depending on it's size).
3- Install the Plant
-Spread the nake roots on the rock wool (Gardex, coco fibre).
-Cover the roots with a three-centimetre layer of rock woold (Gardex, coco fibre).
-Fill up the rest of the pot with clay pellets (or use more decorative quartz gravel).
4- Maintenance
-Water when the substrate is almost dry (once a week indoors during winter and two to three times a week during summer outdoors). This bein said, you could water as often as you like (10 times a day if you please!) because rock wool (Gardex, coco fibre) always keeps an ideal proportion of water and any excess is drained. We suggest (but it is not required) that you adjust the pH of the water used. Once the pH is adjusted, systematically add a minimal dose of nutrients.
How to Place A Plant in Rock Wool Flakes, Gardex (Mixture Of Vermiculite, Perlite, and Rock Wool) Or In Coco Fibre
By Pierre Bonnard and Jean-Pierre Daime (City Plantes)
In Hydroponics, plants grow on a mineral or vegetal growing medium which is neutral, amorphous and sterile. Plants proster thanks to a nutritive solution (water + liquid nutrients). The support (the substrage or growing medium) simply acts to support the plants and their roots and spreads water and air around the roots.
Expanded clay pellets limit evaporation and the formation of moss on rock wool (Gardex, coco). We can also use quartz gravel or granite shingles (which do not react with nutrients) to decorate the pots surface.
These materials increase the weight of the pot, which can be very useful on a balcony or terrace: it will allow your plants and flowers to resis the winds onslaughts. Place a two-centimetre layer of expanded clay pellets at the base of the pot to facilitage drainage and root aeration.
1- Prepare the Plant
-Remove the dirt covering the roots.
-Take the plant out of its pot, and gently tap the dirt to remove as much of it as possible.
-Rinse out the roots in plain water
2- Prepare the Pot
-Choose a pot with a drainage hole at its bottom. In this example, we used a 26-centimetre diameter pot.
-Place a two-centimetre layer of clay pellets at the bottom.
-Wet the rock wool (Gardex, coco fibre) with water containing nutrients (nutritive solution).
Note: Avoid manipulating dry to prevent the spread of dust
-Place a 2 to 20-centimetre layer of rock wool in the pot (depending on it's size).
3- Install the Plant
-Spread the nake roots on the rock wool (Gardex, coco fibre).
-Cover the roots with a three-centimetre layer of rock woold (Gardex, coco fibre).
-Fill up the rest of the pot with clay pellets (or use more decorative quartz gravel).
4- Maintenance
-Water when the substrate is almost dry (once a week indoors during winter and two to three times a week during summer outdoors). This be
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