Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Space Saver, 1 by violabird

violabird wrote:
Well, Linda and Jim, you two must not be paying attention at BGI school, lol! This was not my idea to use the bubblers, it was Lagata or Georgia's, they've apparently used it last year with much success. My problem was that I couldn't stand my tall brugs up in them, they'd grow crooked.

From what I've gathered from those experts, the bubbler (yes the aquarium type) keeps the water from being stagnant and gives off valuable oxygen that the plants seem to love--hydrophonics I guess.

I plan to keep mine in a cool unused bedroom with a southern exposure. Here's my 2nd set up, I've already been growing this Pink Beauty cutting in water for a month or so, it was leaning so bad that I had to cut off the top :(

A $7 airpump, airline tubing, and I like the bigger airstone.
I'm showing an additional gang valve with extra stones also.

The only problem I see so far is that I might need a second one when the roots get too big, (see what 1 month did?) I plan to go from water right into the ground in spring.

(I can't believe I had to take a pic of a trash can, lol)