lighting / plant update

Cammie wrote:
"willis stanley" wrote
If you don't want to try CO2 you could dose with Flourish Excel. I've
been trying onion plants too and they seem to be fairly undemanding.


Yep, I have Flourish in my jug of top off water

Flourish Excel is different from Flourish. There is a whole line of plant
products under the Flourish name. Regular Flourish (what you have) has
basic nutrients and trace elements. Flourish Excel is supposed to provide
"organic carbon" to the plants, which is why Willis recommended using it
if you aren't using CO2.

There's also several more Flourish products. Rather than list them all, I
refer you to Seachem's website:

http://www.seachem.com/en_products/frshwater_plntd.html

"Cichlidiot" wrote
Flourish Excel is different from Flourish. There is a whole line of plant
products under the Flourish name. Regular Flourish (what you have) has
basic nutrients and trace elements. Flourish Excel is supposed to provide
"organic carbon" to the plants, which is why Willis recommended using it
if you aren't using CO2.


Thanks I'll look into Flourish Excel at my work and get some.

There are several basic items, you need to start using hydroponic gardening, including lighting systems, including growth lamp, ballast, reflector. You may need to grow, you will need nutrients. The number and types of nutrition and growth media, you need to depend on the particular plant to grow.