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Hydroponics explained

• About Hydroponics
• Advantages of using hydroponics
• Hydroponic growing media
• Hydroponic nutrients
• Propagation methods
• Hydroponic growing systems

Hydroponics - FAQs

• What is hydroponics?
• Why use hydroponics?
• Who uses hydroponics?
• Is it sustainable?
• What about the flavour?
• How much water does a hydroponic growing system use?
• How do you control pests?
• How do you make sure that fruits are pollinated?
• Is growing hydroponically difficult?
• Do I need to add nutrients?
• Where can I use hydroponics?
• What can I grow using hydroponics?
• Will I get higher yields?
• Do I need much space?
• Is it possible to transfer soil-grown plants to hydroponics?
• Can I put my surplus hydroponically-grown seedlings into soil?
• Is there much manual labour involved with hydroponics?
• Is it organic?
• Can I re-use Gold?

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What our customers say

• Customer testimonials
• The Chrysalis Project
• Hydroponics my way by Robert Quaye

About Achiltibuie Garden

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• Let's Grow kits
• Acorn pot for tomatoes £21.00
• Multipack Acorn pot for tomatoes £35.00
• Multipack Acorn pot for chillies £35.00
• Tomato and salad planter offer £51.10
• Tomato and salad hanging basket kits offer £36.80
• Salad and herb planter £28.60
• Salad planter £28.60
• Herb planter £28.60
• Tomato planter £32.70
• Salad hanging basket kit £17.90
• Tomato hanging basket kit £23.50
• Three pot planter £30.65
• Four pot planter £31.65
• Salad raft £37.80
• Chilli growing kit £18.40
• Acorn pot £6.90
• 14 inch hanging basket kit £15.30
• Wall basket kit £13.55
• Multi-planter system - tomatoes £132.25
• Multi-planter system - general purpose £137.40
• Single channel system - general purpose £137.40
• Single channel system - tomatoes £132.25
• Double channel system - general purpose £193.00
• Double channel system - tomatoes £188.95
• DualFlow NFT system complete kit £112.35
• DualFlow flood & drain system complete kit £141.00
• Autopot Easy2Grow kit £38.80
• Autopot Easy2Grow extension kit £24.50
• Autopot 1Pot kit £36.50
• Autopot 1Pot extension kit £24.50
• Propagation
• Minipropagator £2.05
• Grodan propagation cubes £8.15
• RootRiot! cubes from £6.10
• RootRiot! propagation kit £16.10
• Clonex rooting hormone £5.10
• Media and nutrients
• Gold growing medium from £2.85
• Expanded clay pebbles from £1.80
• BioBizz Organic Coco-Mix £13.30
• Grodan 3 inch cubes £2.60
• Perlite 35 £20.90
• Achiltibuie Garden general purpose feed from £3.85
• Achiltibuie Garden tomato feed from £4.35
• Feed granules from £1.55
• Ionic nutrient £20.95
• 5ml pipette £0.34
• 30ml measure £0.15
• Measuring syringes from £0.82
• 12 inch hanging basket - refill pack £7.10
• 14 inch hanging basket kit - refill pack £9.15
• Wall basket - refill pack £6.90
• Herb/salad planter refill £12.80
• Tomato planter refill £19.40
• Salad raft kit refill pack £8.70
• Four pot planter refill pack £15.85
• Three pot planter refill pack £15.60
• Salad hanging basket refill pack £10.75
• Tomato hanging basket refill £15.85
• 1Pot nutrient and media pack - tomatoes £15.85
• 1Pot nutrient and media pack - general £15.30
• Easy2Grow kit nutrient and media pack - general £22.00
• Easy2Grow kit nutrient and media pack - tomatoes £22.50
• Ionic nutrient 1 litre - reduced to clear
• Accessories and fittings
• - Air fittings
• Air pump accessories
• - Pots, planters and channels
• Pyramid pot complete £3.30
• Pyramid pot base and wick £2.00
• Pyramid pot top only £1.40
• Planter & bracing strip £8.15
• Bracing strip £2.05
• 14 inch hanging basket & mat only £7.15
• 2 inch net pot £0.07
• 2 inch plain pot £0.10
• 13cm square pot £0.31
• Fibre glass channel - 3m length £26.60
• Channel end piece £1.05
• Polar NFT 1m gully & accessories from £1.17
• - 16mm water fittings
• Barbed fittings
• - Fabrics and plastics
• Fleece £0.66
• Capillary mat for baskets from £0.56
• Spreader mat £0.31
• Mylar reflective sheeting £2.66
• Co-extruded polythene (b/w) £1.12
• Capillary wick from £0.20
• Correx from £0.46
• - 12mm water fittings
• Barbed fittings
• - Raft system
• Salad raft kit refill pack £8.70
• Drilled polystyrene raft £3.35
• Raft tray £10.20
• - 5mm water fittings
• Barbed fittings
• - Grommets
• Grommets from £0.46
• Autopot 6mm top hat grommet £0.87
• - Drippers
• Dripper fittings
• - Tanks
• 4 gallon tank with lid £13.80
• 47 litre tank £13.50
• 1/2 inch float and valve £5.62
• DualFlow 80 litre tank £27.50
• DualFlow tray £26.50
• - Measuring equipment
• 5ml pipette £0.34
• 30ml measure £0.15
• Measuring syringes from £0.82
• 75mm funnel £0.87
• - Miscellaneous
• Grasslin Timer (segmental) £14.99
• Max/Min thermometer £11.74
• Tomato hooks £0.77
• Planter & bracing strip £8.15
• Bracing strip £2.05
• Aquarium heater 100w £23.50
• Stewart water butt tap £5.10
• Stewart water butt diverter kit £10.20
• - Pipes
• Assorted pipes
• - Autopot accessories
• AQUAvalve with cover £13.25
• AQUAvalve cover only £2.99
• Root control fabric £5.60
• Tank outlet filter £2.55
• Autopot air cage £3.05
• 47 litre tank £13.50
• Autopot 6mm top hat grommet £0.87
• Root control disks (pack of 8) £5.10
• Marix discs (pack of 8) £3.05
• - Miscellaneous
• PTFE threadseal tape roll
• Inlet valve assembly
• Stewart water butt tap £5.10
• Stewart water butt diverter kit £10.20
• - Nutrient management
• EC calibration solution £1.17
• pH buffers £1.17
• pH meter storage solution £6.65
• pH test kit £5.05
• pH up solution £4.60
• pH down solution £4.60
• Liquid silicon from £4.05
• Pumps
• - Water
• Water pumps
• - Air
• Air pumps
• - Solar
• Nautilus 70 solar pump
• Seeds from Achiltibuie Garden
• - Herbs
• Herb seeds
• - Tomatoes
• Tomato seeds
• - Salads
• Salad seeds
• - Chillies
• Chilli seeds
• Books
• Hydroponic gardening
• Hydroponics - soilless gardening explained
• Hydroponic crop production
• Pest control
• Pest-Off pistol £2.05
• Sticky insect catcher (pack of 5) £4.05
• Miscellaneous
• Sunsei solarcharger 135
• Sunsei solargrip mounting bracket
• Sunlinq folding solar power panel
• Peckers bird feeder
• Stewart water butt diverter kit
• Stewart water butt tap £5.10
• Stewart water butt diverter kit £10.20
• Stewart unheated propagator
• H2O power digi calculator
• Gift Ideas
• £10 gift voucher
• Gift wrap
• Salad planter £28.60
• Salad and herb planter £28.60
• Herb planter £28.60
• Acorn pot £6.90
• 14 inch hanging basket kit £15.30
• Salad hanging basket kit £17.90
• Tomato hanging basket kit £23.50
• Chilli growing kit £18.40
• Tomato planter £32.70
• Acorn pot for tomatoes £21.00
• Peckers bird feeder
• Multipack Acorn pot for tomatoes £35.00
• Multipack Acorn pot for chillies £35.00