Water Culture

[Gus Trautweiler]

In <1994Jul10.143048.21094 at emba.uvm.edu> djohnson at moose.uvm.edu writes:

:Q Hi!
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:Q Now, I am wondering, how should a cutting be maintained? Exposed to the 
:Q light or no? 

Indirect light would be fine.

:Q Should it go into a nutrient solution right off? 

Cuttings, 1/8 Hoaglands solution or less.

:Q What sort 
:Q of a nutrient solution should I put it into?

Hoaglands solution.

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:Q The books I have are pretty out of date, they give me conflicting answers 
:Q about starting and maintaining a cutting and what I should use for a 
:Q nutrient solution..

These books are probably fine.   Hoaglands solution has been a classic since
the 50s.
:Q 	
:Q Another question I have, for once I have something really growing in a 
:Q nutrient solution, is should I move the solution with say a fishtank pump?
:Q It would seem better, IMHO, to just use a simple airtank pump to move the 
:Q solution throughout the roots as to provide better nutrition.

The pump is to add O2 to the solution, not to move the solution.

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:Q Thanks in advance for your help!
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