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AquaSchool created with the intention of providing educational services, related studies and sustainable use of aquatic organisms and environments natural or artificial harbor them, making use of current computer technologies for distance learning.
In this way everyone has access to a personal computer connected to the Internet, can take a course in freedom, freed from the need to go into a classroom located in a given space and time stipulated.

In fact, as a student to follow a distance course with the computer has the following significant advantages:

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HORTICITY is a company specializing in planning, designing and implementing systems for the cultivation of fruit and vegetables in urban areas.

The garden made popular in the building of Via Gandusio

Horticity helps to satisfy the desire / passion to grow a vegetable garden on the terrace (mini-orchard) by creating a little piece of nature where not only grow traditional herbs (basil, rosemary and mint), but also tomatoes, zucchini and lettuce for home.

The techniques used are those typical of intensive crops off the ground but suitably modified to fit the space requirements, input and care of their little domestic production.

Horticity is also committed to the promotion and dissemination of the social value of the practice in urban horticulture and through participation in projects implementation and management of community gardens that provide counseling and training to associations of horticulturists.

http://www.horticity.it/
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A homemade hydroponics system simple and striking that allows to appreciate the view of the roots, often produced as a school project for its educational value.

Easy to design and carry out, requires very little effort and gives the opportunity to recycle properly a tank aquarium.

By varying a bit 'the materials of this pilot scheme you can get also a very valuable decorative effect. For proof go well with a little 'of polystyrene and an abandoned aquarium, glass or plexiglass.

The transparency of the walls is what enables the observation of the roots, but they do not appreciate the light, in this regard so it will be good to get something (cardboard, wrapping paper, plastic sheet, whichever you prefer) with which to coat the mat bath.

Taking care to leave one side removable at any time you can enjoy the view of the root.

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The market offers a wide range of products to choose from when it comes to nutrients for hydroponics.

So much choice creates doubt the doubt:

What hydroponic fertilizer you choose? What works best?

The answer clearly depends on the type of cultivation, or more specifically by what type of plant you are cultivating in hydroponics and in what system. If fact, many fertilizers are designed for general use and are perfect for less demanding plants or for different types of hydroponic plant within the same system or environment, others are formulated for specific varieties, such as orchids or chili, or yet the plants to develop very fast.

Once you choose a good nutritious, suited our needs, we are therefore free from deficiencies?

And if our plants we show a lack of an element means that our hydroponic fertilizer is wrong, or is of poor quality?

Not necessarily. Indeed, both situations are unlikely.

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Definitely one of the most admired flowers, the rose is grown and sold.

For years now dominates the flower market and existing varieties are countless. Although not a very demanding plant, settling for six hours of light, not too high a temperature and a few extra carbon dioxide, is often at the heart of the unwanted attentions of various weeds.

These attacks can be controlled with classical methods, and soilless cultivation it certainly helps to limit their scope.

But let's see how to structure a rose hydroponics.

First of all, the space. The bushes can grow quite large, so you should check before buying which variety adapts to available. A rose that does not grow too would be preferred. When planning the plan and for each plant an area of ​​at least 120 square cm.

Worthy of consideration is the size of the mature plant, so that is not too close to the pink side, so as to ensure adequate lighting and air circulation.

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Of jrossetti, in the original article with pictures: # http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-build-a-Hydrobucket/ step0

The 'bucket hydroponic' Hydrobucket idrosistema is a do-it-yourself plan designed to accommodate a medium or large, but you can easily adjust the size to your needs.
The design is thought to be as simple as possible and to permit the use of the lower number of parts.

It also does not require any special skills for assembly and is cheap.

Tools

- Your hands
- A cutter
- One yard
- A marker

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What better time to renew your grow room?

Back from vacation, once the summer heat, it's time for cleaning and tidying.

For reliable operation the area of ​​cultivation must always be kept in better hygiene, and a nice deep cleaning between cycles and the other is definitely a good idea.

If you have the reflective cloth to remove it and clean even under the walls if possible. Then you can reapply it or replace it with the towel again to the traditional or silver .

Attention to the growing media. A substrate reused or excessively dirty or maybe full of nutrient solution may damage the next crop cycle.

The organic soil is reused if you DO NOT usually grown in pots. You can still mix it into garden soil or mix it with fresh potting soil when you plant a little demanding.

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And 'possible for a family of four people become self-sufficient in terms of food with a modest investment and some' do-it-yourself.

Photo: www.gardenpool.org

Having a little 'space, yes. This is the lesson that gives us this family of Mesa, Arizona, which in 2009 moved into a new house has found already installed an old empty pool.

Instead of spending thousands of dollars to fix it or filling of land have decided to roll up their sleeves and build a greenhouse and sustainable urban economy, combining techniques and basic concepts of 'aquaponica, hydroponics, traditional cultivation, water conservation, biological filtration, breeding poultry and solar energy.

The total independence according to the project should have been reached in 2012, but already by mid-2010 the plant proceeded independently.

The production offers 8 eggs a day, more fish Tilapia than a family of four can consume, and a good supply of fruit, vegetables and herbs, 365 days a year, and all completely organic and biological.

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Photos and texts courtesy of ilRospo.it

Urban Dead

This is the phrase that some have suggested seeing changes in my garden a few days ago. URBAN GARDENS instead say about this book and loudly with the results at hand.

Here we are at the third week of work with today are the two times I've fed my plants and the results begin, at least in part, to be seen. Eight vigorous plants are driving it all the other plants to success: some are left behind, probably because of the difficulty of entering into direct contact with water, but expectations remain high and are having good quality of results.

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We receive and gladly publish this fine example of simplified hydroponics:

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