Hey, my name's Brock. I call myself Avocado99! Started out in Silicon Valley, got transferred to Maine, of all places...
What I missed most about California, is being able to go into my backyard and pick a fresh avocado off the tree growing there.
How am I going to grow avocados in the biting Atlantic-coast winters?
The answer came by way of a YouTube video. "Build your own hydroponics system."
Would I be able to grow avocados in a grow-space in my home?
I did the research, and voila--dwarf avocado trees were established in a hydroponic system. you can read all about my beginnings in the archives of my other blog.
It took a few years, but now I have avocado trees producing fruit on a regular basis.
It wasn't as easy as I thought, but with a bit of focused energy, it was possible.
And I started growing tomatoes and sweet red peppers, as well.
Why not? When you pick them, they're the tastiest of snacks you can ever imagine.
My friend told me today that Edgar Cayce said that a tomato is only worth eating within 20 minutes of it being picked off its vine.
I don't know if I would totally agree, but certainly, you haven't lived until you picked a cherry tomato off the plant and popped it directly into your mouth.
The flavors explode on your tongue and heaven is close by!!!!
In this age of high gas prices and economic crisis, growing your own food is a solution to a myriad of problems. You don't have to transport it from hundreds of miles away, you reduce carbon emissions, you are helping to save the planet...
So I became a shameless promoter of home hydroponics.
And the world's best hydroponic nutrients available in the marketplace.
3 comments:
Hey Brock,
What kind of nutrient regimen do avocado trees require?
Also, do you know of a dwarf variety small enough to grow in the house?
Thanks!
Hey cultiv8,
I just use the 100% organic regimen recommended by the Advanced Nutrients nutrient calculator. The keystone is Iguana Juice, Grow and Bloom. Dwarf avocado trees can grow as high as 12 feet, but I raised the roof of my greenhouse and I do severe top pruning in order to keep their height well below that! The variety depends on your taste preferences--but they have to be dwarf!
Avocado99
Hydroponics is a type of horticulture and a subset of general hydroponics flora series , which is a method of growing plants, usually crops, without soil, by using mineral nutrient solutions in an aqueous solvent.
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