Urban Hydroponic Growers Union

DIY Aero-Hydroponics Houston Meetup

ProZachJ — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:27:21 +0000

I know its been quite some time since my last post, even this one is just a catch up. I am working on moving a lot of the Super Cropper content on to it’s own YouTube channel and trying to booste up the UHGU content here. Since I’ve moved to a new home I have [...]

iSunlight 100W VS 90W UFO

ProZachJ — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:10:06 +0000

I’ve been very excited about full spectrum LED lighting for a long while. I know, I know the theory behind R:B is that by using more targeted spectra we can drive photosynthesis more efficiently in terms of micro-mole per watt, but I have also grown with LED lighting for quite a while now and have [...]

Closet Bhuts

ProZachJ — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:28:51 +0000

I’ve got to admit. I’ve been growing bhuts in my closet for a while now. While I was away in California they suffered a bit of nutrient distress, but after a nice pruning, nutrient change, and a foliar feed, I’ve been able to nurse the plants back into good shape. Over the past week I’ve [...]

Out of the starting gate, again.

AustinA — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:42:10 +0000

So months and months ago I was bitten by the hydroponic bug, found Urban Hydro’s website and pitched to Zach that I could offer a unique angle to his readers, the angle of a complete noob. Zach agreed and encouraged me to post, however, I felt I needed a robust grow. Something to show off [...]

New Projects on the horizon

Chris — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:15:53 +0000

Hello everyone, I know I have been M.I.A for the summer but personal circumstances took up most of my time this summer. Good news is I landed a job at a hospital while I continue on to my Bachelors. As for the outdoor garden this year, The guerilla project was a bust due to drought [...]

Texas Heat

ProZachJ — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 01:17:23 +0000

Its been just over a month since we transplanted the bell peppers into the greenhouse. Late July was hot with temps in the mid 90′s but early August has been even worse with a couple weeks in a row of 100+ heat. We are doing are best to keep the plants cool with the shade-cloth [...]

Cayenne & Habanero Peppers – Penetrator 126X LED – X Nutrients – Day 42

Jason — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 02:25:28 +0000

Over the past 2 weeks i’ve continue to have problems. After my update last week, i was pretty sure I had solved the problem, but it looks like that wasn’t the case. I’m just not sure why i can’t get the X-Nutrients to work well with these peppers. I’m keeping the Ph between 5.8-6.2, and [...]

Grow-room Tetris

ProZachJ — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 04:20:20 +0000

In an attempt to boost my basil production, I decided to reorganize my grow room. This way I can fit another 36 site system and double my production. The problem was I needed to move my tent over about four feet and I am currently growing a basil crop in it that I am not [...]

Cayenne & Habanero Peppers – Penetrator 126X LED – X Nutrients – Day 28

Jason — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:22:27 +0000

It’s now been a full 4 weeks, and i’ve learned a few interesting things with this grow. As you can see one of the cayenne peppers has grown quite a bit larger than the other cayenne and habanero pepper. I think this is due to getting overfed slightly. I think the larger cayenne plant just [...]

Bhut Jolokia and Homemade PK Booster (7/24)

Red Icculus — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 14:37:09 +0000

The Bhut Jolokia in coco coir have exploded with growth thanks to homemade PK Booster. I added 250 ppm Mono potassium Phosphate (MPK) as a PK booster along with the normal feeding schedule and the peppers have visibly bulked up. There are some nice fiery little clusters all over the plant. The temps here have [...]

Greenhouse Season 3

ProZachJ — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 16:19:48 +0000

Here in Houston we’ve now had both a fall and spring season in the greenhouse. The second crop of tomatoes was a great success with the mortgage lifters coming out as one of the tastiest tomatoes I’ve ever had the pleasure to eat and the little mamas making us some incredible salsa. One thing we [...]

LED Bhut Jolokia Update (7/12)

Red Icculus — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:02:32 +0000

The LED Bhut Jolokia was moved from LED to the big metal halide in the sky. It also went from recirculating coco to hand-watered whenever the plant wilts to make the peppers super hot. I am still using my favorite nutrient line, GH MaxiBloom. I can’t believe it’s the same plant. It’s really kicking out [...]

Cayenne & Habanero Peppers – Penetrator 126X LED – Hydroponix Nutrients – Day 14

Jason — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:39:30 +0000

It’s been 2 weeks now and the peppers are coming along nicely. I did the first nutrient changeout today, and increased the nutrients to 8ml/g of the micro and 10ml/g of the grow nutrient. No other additives have been used besides the Hydroponix/X-Nutrients line. I still need to thin these because I still have two [...]

Basil Cropping

ProZachJ — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:24:13 +0000

One of the things that we have started doing locally is selling our basil to a local bar. Wanted to drop you guys a few pictures of what a 4×4 tent full of 36 basil plants looks like a few days after harvesting. I have found that there is so much demand for basil locally [...]

Roses anyone?

ProZachJ — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 18:38:21 +0000

I know ornamental plants aren’t really in the mission statement of UHGU, but I have a closet that really isn’t usable space for anything but young plants or small vegatables. So I’ve been keeping a little side project growing this Rose bush under HydroGrow’s 126W Penetrator X. I am using nutrients from a local Texas [...]

Cayenne & Habanero Peppers – Penetrator 126X LED – Hydroponix Nutrients – Day 1

Jason — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:14:09 +0000

Today I just finished setting up my new pepper grow. I’ll be growing two cayenne peppers, and one habanero pepper in a Hydrofarm Emily’s Garden. I planted the seeds directly into some rockwool cubes, then just watered them once per day until they sprouted. It took about 3 days. The light i’ll be using is [...]

6 WeekTest with the Volksgarden & Hydro Grow’s Vertical Light

w8mk — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:31:23 +0000

I just finished a 6 week grow test with Omegagarden’s Volksgarden and Hydro Grow’s 504w Vertical light. I am thrilled with the results and I am looking forward to running many more tests with the unit. The vertical light did an amazing job of growing the lettuce and flowering a variety of heirloom tomatoes in [...]

Happy to join this “Growing” community.

snyper1ad — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 21:27:37 +0000

First let me introduce myself. My name is Mike and I hail from the Garden state. Exit 7 if you need to know. I first learned about this site from Zach after purchasing a Supper Cropper. I had become tired of using my DIY 5 gallon bucket bubblers and was looking for a system with [...]

Strawberries starting to boost

ProZachJ — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 16:45:10 +0000

Well It seems that I waited a bit too long to plant my strawberries this time because out of the 15 that I planted only seven rooted, but I just figure that means those are the strongest. I’ll just use runners to propagate them to fill my entire Super Cropper 15. Since I changed the [...]

New Member: Jason – Hey Everyone, Glad To Be Here!

Jason — Tue, 31 May 2011 13:40:07 +0000

Hi Everyone. I wanted to make my first post here and tell you a bit about myself. My name is Jason, and I live in Las Vegas, NV. Health & nutrition has been important to me over the last several years, and early last year, it occurred to me that growing my own food was the next logical [...]

Meetup Group

ProZachJ — Fri, 13 May 2011 16:40:14 +0000

Over the past couple of months I have been contacted by several local people interested in UHGU. I figured the time has come to start a meetup group and get this distributed urban agriculture thing going. You can find our group by clicking the logo in the sidebar. I would encourage other UHGU members to [...]

LED Strawberries: Season 2

ProZachJ — Thu, 12 May 2011 16:09:22 +0000

After last years moderate success with strawberries under LED I’ve decided to stick with the principles that I’ve been stressing to all UHGU members, “Pick a crop and grow it over and over until you are an expert”. I’ve received 25 Albion strawberry runners. I chose albion because the seascapes where a bit too soft. [...]

New Autopots, Tomato Time!

ProZachJ — Tue, 10 May 2011 20:11:39 +0000

With the heat of the Houston summer well on it’s way, and no rain for 4+ months, our hydroponic greenhouse is producing the only tomatoes around. They are just so darn tasty. The mortgage lifters, little mamas, and sungolds all producing so heavily we have been making weekly batches of fresh salsa and sharing our [...]

Beneifical Insects series, Ladybugs

Chris — Mon, 09 May 2011 18:49:42 +0000

As gardeners and especially indoor growers we often view insects as crop stealing vermin. This view is practical for many insects spider mites, aphids, and slugs just to name a few. Since I have decided to grow organically for the outdoor season this year insects were a main concern. I turned to a friend and [...]

The Final Repotting.

Chris — Mon, 02 May 2011 13:52:49 +0000

So the largest of my Ghost Peppers had stalled leaf grow for the 4 days and I was beginning to become concerned. I took pictures and headed to my local hydroponics store Hookedonponics (http://hookedonponics.biz/). He looked at my photos and suggested I re-pot and gave me some House and Garden Roots Excelurator along with a [...]