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Plants grown in water, aka,hydroponics

Treefriend

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I was thinking of using roof top rain water to fill a couple of small (really small)

shallow pools and then fill the pools with plants that grow in water.

Has anyone tried water grown plants? If so, what works well?
 
Treefriend

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I would if I could, no doubt. Not an option right now.

I was think more along the lines of some kind of floating flower.

Next time I'm in Seattle I'm going to check out that Greenhouse over

on Blue Ridge...Swansons? I know they have a big pond in their cafe.

The idea is to store rain water for watering but not just in useless

barrels...in something more attractive and useful. The plants would slow evaporation

while helping filter the water. Hopefully someone has tried something like this.
 
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Treefriend said:
I was thinking of using roof top rain water to fill a couple of small . . .
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In some states the collection of rain is illegal. It is considered state property and must be allowed to flow naturally off the roof (through the gutter system) and back to earth. Not sure of laws where you reside but you may want to confirm you state (or locality if your state allows "home rule" legislation) actually allows rainwater collection.


As for hydroponics, it is a fascinating subject. I've take tours of the Disney hydroponic gardens in Florida and they are astounding in their productivity. Not sure if the productivity offsets the cost to build the systems as theirs are very very elaborate with conveyors moving plants into/out of sunlight, into water mists, etc. But its an intriguing concept that certainly works.
 
Treefriend

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Yeah, some places have hydroponic sewage treatment plants where

the end result is water so clean you could drink it. It is definitely a

topic I want to study more in depth but for now I just want to set up

the rain gutter pools.

DaveNay mentioned cattails and water lillies. My set up won't work very

well for cattails and anyway I think they grow in dirt but maybe the water lillies.

I guess no one else has tried this.
 
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B_Skurka said:
In some states the collection of rain is illegal.
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My grandma's farm and the majority of the farms around them all had cisterns to collect the rain water. It was used for washing clothes, watering plants and who knows what more. I could just my grandma and what she would have done if some government official came around and told her to disconnect the rain troughs to her cistern.
 
Treefriend

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They were tying to pass a law somewhere around here that would make it

illegal to collect rainwater but I think it failed. I would not have complies

anyway and neither would anyone I know who has a rain barrel. If they can think

of a way to keep it from hitting my roof, fine, but once it lands on my roof,

it is mine to do what I can with it.
 
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Treefriend said:
They were tying to pass a law somewhere around here that would make it

illegal to collect rainwater but I think it failed. I would not have complies

anyway and neither would anyone I know who has a rain barrel. If they can think

of a way to keep it from hitting my roof, fine, but once it lands on my roof,

it is mine to do what I can with it.
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Spoken like a true member of the Young Republicans rebelling against the oppressive and over-reaching hand of big government. :brows:
 
muleman

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Downstate Pa. you had to collect it into a drainfield based on the square footage of your roof. You did not get a building permit till the design for rainwater collection was approved. I dug and installed quite a few of these systems. I have my barn roof all going into a pond in the pasture for cattle water. I also have retention pools along my road to slow and disperse the runoff. They really help to cut down on erosion. There are a variety of grasses that will grow in water.
 
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How About these ? This is a fresh water river in Panama . I also have these growing in all my springs on the property .
 

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B_Skurka said:
Spoken like a true member of the Young Republicans rebelling against the oppressive and over-reaching hand of big government. :brows:
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Exactly like that...except the illegalization of rain water collection is driven by

bought off corporate Republicans to support the privatization of everything.

See, if people collect rain water it cuts into the profits of private water utilities.



BigAl said:
How About these ? This is a fresh water river in Panama . I also have these growing in all my springs on the property .
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Al, are those regular lilly pads?
 
Melensdad

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Treefriend said:
Exactly like that...except the illegalization of rain water collection is driven by

bought off corporate Republicans to support the privatization of everything.

See, if people collect rain water it cuts into the profits of private water utilities.
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Please provide some actual proof of your statements.

Actually the only places where I know of rainwater collection as illegal are places where it was driven by liberal do-gooders who believe that rainwater is rightfully owned by everyone in true socialist style. Take a look at Boulder, Colorado, its not a bastion of conservative pro-business theory, but rather a liberal idealog's haven, oh, and a place where rainwater collection is illegal.
 
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I have natural lillies growing in my pond here. The plant is in the dirt at the bottom and the only thing floating is the bloom with a leaf or two.

There are several types of hydroponic vegetable and flowering plants available. They are all highly bio-engineered, so they would make your eyes burn out and skin fall off. :flowers:
 
muleman

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I can grow most anything around the cows water pond. The cow dung fertilizes it real well.:flowers:
 
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Treefriend said:
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All I really know is that my care taker in Panama has planted them anywhere we had a spring . If the water is drinkable these will grow .
I love the flowers and they make any water way beautiful . I saw a pond full outside of Chico ,Ca. and that is the first I have seen in the U.S.
 
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