Plastic Free Grow?

toad37

toad37

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I'd love to have an indoor garden that was plastic free as far as planters, tools, water and spray bottles, etc.

Is this a goal of anyone else besides me?

Thanks for any tips if you have some experience going down this path.
 
manfredo

manfredo

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The good thing about plastic in a grow room is mold /mildew doesn't thrive on it, like it does on wood or some other materials. I do use the breathable fabric bags however, which might be shredded plastic, lol....
 
Nizza

Nizza

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not my journal-- I use plastic pots and coco coir with drippers, but the idea I got was from this cool windowfarm setup. This guy does everything down to the tee with glass bottles wound with rope to block light and all glass drip emitters.. Thought that was pretty slick!
 
toad37

toad37

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Nizza said:

not my journal-- I use plastic pots and coco coir with drippers, but the idea I got was from this cool windowfarm setup. This guy does everything down to the tee with glass bottles wound with rope to block light and all glass drip emitters.. Thought that was pretty slick!
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It is your, my journal, anyone that wants to be a part of it ;-)

Great post, thanks for the input. I was thinking glass (shaded and shatterproof?) and stainless steel would be where I would start first.

Thanks to all others' replies as well.

Stay high 8-)
 
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Nizza

Nizza

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This guy made a stainless setup but uses plastic feed tubes and a pump which is plastic

Stainless Steel Hydroponic Systems

Just want to introduce these Stainless Steel Hydroponic Systems to the forum. I personally designed and fabricated these two systems to run in a 2' x 4' and a 4' x 4' grow tent. The smaller system is 10" tall, has sites for 14 plants and cost me about $300CDN in materials and components (pump...
www.rollitup.org
 
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