How To Build a Hydroponic Herb Garden
If you’re reading this blog, chances are good that you’re interested in cooking along with hydroponics and gardening. I personally love watching cooking shows and seeing Gordon Ramsay cook with the freshest ingredients possible. When it comes to herbs, many of us are stuck using dried herbs from a grocery store, or shelling out some serious cash for fresh, organic herbs.
Fresh Herbs Year Round
I’ve decided to put out my very first tutorial guide for Epic Gardening to solve this problem for you. I’ve done some experimentation over the past few months and have come up with a simple and easy way to supply your kitchen with fresh hydroponic herbs year round with very little effort. This bad boy practically runs itself! Did I mention it looks pretty awesome, too?
If you’d like to check it out, sign up to the Epic Gardening newsletter and I’ll send a copy right out to you. I love putting out content like this for everyone and would love to hear what you thought of it. Hit me up on Facebook, Twitter or in the comments!
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Kevin is the creator of Epic Gardening, a community dedicated to teaching urban gardening, hydroponics, and aquaponics. He enjoys skateboarding, piano, guitar, business, and experimenting with all kinds of gardening techniques
When will this tutorial be available, and how can I download it?
It’s launching soon, trust me!
Can’t WAIT for this!
Thanks Ben, launching it in a few hours!
I’m totally psyched to download this!
Nice job, Kevin. Looks like something I may have to try one of these days.
Thanks Aunt Cindy – Maybe I’ll make you one and send it up there for you!
Your website is incredible! I’m normally more of a lurker (I rarely comment) but you deserve to hear how wonderful your site is. We are all very thankful people like you take the time to create this for everyone! Thank you so very much.
A quick question — Compared to your simple DWC hydroponic setup, would a aeroponic approach be worth the added trouble? In your experience does it make a difference?
Also, did you ever create that spreadsheet to help people decide which medium to use? (Aug 18th entry)
Hey Seth,
Thanks for the comment – it’s great to hear that someone’s out there checking out my material! I’ll have a lot more coming this year than last, so stay tuned.
As for your question – the DWC hydroponic setup that I have is slightly aeroponic as well. The bubbles from the air stone actually do hit the roots a bit. From my experience I’ve found that the only real difference between aeroponics and deep water culture is the period where the roots are too short to be submerged in the nutrient solution. This is where NOT having the bubbles or aeroponics will slow down the growth of the plant. Once it hits the nutrient solution, DWC beats aeroponics but before that point it’s good to have some thing spraying on the roots, even if it’s just a little bit of spray.
I’m in the process of editing up some of my past posts, so I’ll throw up that guide in a new post for you! Again, thanks for reading, I really appreciate it!
Kevin
Hey man, thanks for putting this info out there
I’m looking into starting my own hydroponic garden at home and this is just PERFECT!
Last year I messed around with a lot of soil – and a lot of pots. It’s messy and tiresome. Hydroponics sounds just perfect for urban growing
Hey Daniel,
Thanks for checking it out! Awesome that you’re going with hydroponics this time around – I still do some soil container gardening, but I agree that it’s just messy. Plus I’ve always been into science, so hydroponics is the perfect blend of science and nature for me. I’ve been a bit slow to put up new tutorials, posts and videos lately, but I’m gearing up for some really awesome experiments soon so stay tuned and PLEASE let me know if you have any questions.
Kevin