Comments on: ISH Hydroponics TOI Article – A big joke http://geekgardener.in/2009/12/08/ish-hydroponics-toi-article-a-big-joke/ Terrace, Container, Rooftop, balcony, Kitchen gardening and Hydroponics Fri, 18 May 2012 09:21:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: S.Giri Kumar http://geekgardener.in/2009/12/08/ish-hydroponics-toi-article-a-big-joke/#comment-3160 S.Giri Kumar Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:35:03 +0000 http://geekgardener.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/ish-hydroponics-toi-article-a-big-joke/#comment-3160 Sir I was about to join the course on hydroponics offered by ISH but avoided the pitfall since i read reports that ISH was cheating people. Educated persons too fall by the sweet talk of ISH. Sir

I was about to join the course on hydroponics offered by ISH but avoided the pitfall since i read reports that ISH was cheating people. Educated persons too fall by the sweet talk of ISH.

]]> By: geekgardener http://geekgardener.in/2009/12/08/ish-hydroponics-toi-article-a-big-joke/#comment-2011 geekgardener Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:04:36 +0000 http://geekgardener.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/ish-hydroponics-toi-article-a-big-joke/#comment-2011 Just sent you an email. Just sent you an email.

]]> By: Rohit Vaswani http://geekgardener.in/2009/12/08/ish-hydroponics-toi-article-a-big-joke/#comment-1937 Rohit Vaswani Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:52:52 +0000 http://geekgardener.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/ish-hydroponics-toi-article-a-big-joke/#comment-1937 Hi geekgardener , I need to speak to you regarding this. Can you maill me your cell # on rohitvaswani2@gmail.com. Thanks Hi geekgardener ,

I need to speak to you regarding this. Can you maill me your cell # on rohitvaswani2@gmail.com.

Thanks

]]> By: geekgardener http://geekgardener.in/2009/12/08/ish-hydroponics-toi-article-a-big-joke/#comment-874 geekgardener Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:55:09 +0000 http://geekgardener.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/ish-hydroponics-toi-article-a-big-joke/#comment-874 Hi Gurwant, Hydroponics works if you follow precision in all that you do. There are plenty of materials in the internet. Check it out. gg Hi Gurwant,

Hydroponics works if you follow precision in all that you do. There are plenty of materials in the internet. Check it out.

gg

]]> By: Gurwant Singh http://geekgardener.in/2009/12/08/ish-hydroponics-toi-article-a-big-joke/#comment-873 Gurwant Singh Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:49:32 +0000 http://geekgardener.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/ish-hydroponics-toi-article-a-big-joke/#comment-873 Dear Friends, Myself is mech engineer. Pl help me to understand that do this techniue really works; can we able to produce more organics Dear Friends,
Myself is mech engineer. Pl help me to understand that do this techniue really works; can we able to produce more organics

]]> By: Shanker http://geekgardener.in/2009/12/08/ish-hydroponics-toi-article-a-big-joke/#comment-872 Shanker Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:36:29 +0000 http://geekgardener.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/ish-hydroponics-toi-article-a-big-joke/#comment-872 Pratap has mentioned USA, UK, JAPAN, KOREA, MANY COUNTRIES OF EUROPE, AUSTRALIA and UAE who he believes are into Hydroponics farming in a BIG WAY. It is NOT 'entirely' TRUE! It is a VERY TINY proportion in comparison to conventional farming. India is essentially an Agricultural economy. We should be very careful about using CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS indiscriminately. Besides being very expensive these salts could damage the soil. Hence we should focus our energies in areas that help us REDUCE the need for fertilizers and pesticides. Hydroponics is not needed in India at this stage. It is meant for countries that have very little arable land or unsuitable climatic conditions - DRY DESERTS and COLD REGIONS. Pratap has mentioned USA, UK, JAPAN, KOREA, MANY COUNTRIES OF EUROPE, AUSTRALIA and UAE who he believes are into Hydroponics farming in a BIG WAY. It is NOT ‘entirely’ TRUE! It is a VERY TINY proportion in comparison to conventional farming. India is essentially an Agricultural economy. We should be very careful about using CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS indiscriminately. Besides being very expensive these salts could damage the soil. Hence we should focus our energies in areas that help us REDUCE the need for fertilizers and pesticides. Hydroponics is not needed in India at this stage. It is meant for countries that have very little arable land or unsuitable climatic conditions – DRY DESERTS and COLD REGIONS.

]]> By: geekgardener http://geekgardener.in/2009/12/08/ish-hydroponics-toi-article-a-big-joke/#comment-871 geekgardener Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:32:44 +0000 http://geekgardener.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/ish-hydroponics-toi-article-a-big-joke/#comment-871 Hi Pratap, Thanks for the comment. None of us are saying that Hydroponics is not feasible in India. It is just not feasible the way it is mentioned in the article. The article makes Hydroponic look too simple which it is NOT. I myself have a small hydroponic garden and I know people who have reasonably sized hydroponic garden. I am taking few words from your comment, 'done in right manner', 'strictly controlled manner', 'professional way with right professionals'. All this doesn't come cheap. Even with so much planning, precision and strategies, one of the biggest hydroponic Farm in US EuroFresh filed for Bankruptcy. The point was that the article is describing hydroponics as what it is not. There is nothing about any individual here. gg Hi Pratap,

Thanks for the comment.
None of us are saying that Hydroponics is not feasible in India. It is just not feasible the way it is mentioned in the article. The article makes Hydroponic look too simple which it is NOT. I myself have a small hydroponic garden and I know people who have reasonably sized hydroponic garden. I am taking few words from your comment, ‘done in right manner’, ‘strictly controlled manner’, ‘professional way with right professionals’. All this doesn’t come cheap. Even with so much planning, precision and strategies, one of the biggest hydroponic Farm in US EuroFresh filed for Bankruptcy.

The point was that the article is describing hydroponics as what it is not. There is nothing about any individual here.

gg

]]> By: Pratap http://geekgardener.in/2009/12/08/ish-hydroponics-toi-article-a-big-joke/#comment-870 Pratap Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:40:19 +0000 http://geekgardener.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/ish-hydroponics-toi-article-a-big-joke/#comment-870 Agree Agree, but friends lets for a moment forget the subjected individual person and talk about the technology : Hydroponic Farming.......if done is right manner, I mean strictly controlled manner in a very proffesional way with the right professionals with regards to in direction of commercial exploitation of this Hydroponic Farming , do you think it will fail in India? if you think it will fail, kindly give some solid reason. If USA, UK, JAPAN, KOREA, MANY COUNTRIES OF EUROPE, AUSTRALIA AND EVEN UAE CAN DO IT, WHY CANT WE, IS IT NOT FEASIBLE TO DO IN INDIA ? Agree Agree, but friends lets for a moment forget the subjected individual person and talk about the technology : Hydroponic Farming…….if done is right manner, I mean strictly controlled manner in a very proffesional way with the right professionals with regards to in direction of commercial exploitation of this Hydroponic Farming , do you think it will fail in India? if you think it will fail, kindly give some solid reason.
If USA, UK, JAPAN, KOREA, MANY COUNTRIES OF EUROPE, AUSTRALIA AND EVEN UAE CAN DO IT, WHY CANT WE, IS IT NOT FEASIBLE TO DO IN INDIA ?

]]> By: Kishore http://geekgardener.in/2009/12/08/ish-hydroponics-toi-article-a-big-joke/#comment-868 Kishore Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:16:24 +0000 http://geekgardener.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/ish-hydroponics-toi-article-a-big-joke/#comment-868 hi gg, The liquid nutrients are available in Lalbagh. As you mentioned it is difficult to keep a track of the individual nutrients, but for freshers this is a simple way to begin experimenting with hydroponics as they are available in 250ml bottles and all of them can be purchased under 500 Rs. Best wishes kishore hi gg,

The liquid nutrients are available in Lalbagh. As you mentioned it is difficult to keep a track of the individual nutrients, but for freshers this is a simple way to begin experimenting with hydroponics as they are available in 250ml bottles and all of them can be purchased under 500 Rs.

Best wishes
kishore

]]> By: geekgardener http://geekgardener.in/2009/12/08/ish-hydroponics-toi-article-a-big-joke/#comment-867 geekgardener Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:06:43 +0000 http://geekgardener.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/ish-hydroponics-toi-article-a-big-joke/#comment-867 @Kishore, Thanks. I looked at the list you mentioned and it will be interesting to try them out to see if they can be used instead of mixing nutes ourselves. One problem I see in using off the shelf nutrient is their composition. They have N P K almost in equal proportion and sometimes in the growth of a plant, you need to have control over these. You don't want too much nitrogen during the flowering or fruiting phase. Just my 2 cents. Let me know where in bangalore we have these available. I might want to try them out sometime :-) gg @Kishore,

Thanks. I looked at the list you mentioned and it will be interesting to try them out to see if they can be used instead of mixing nutes ourselves. One problem I see in using off the shelf nutrient is their composition. They have N P K almost in equal proportion and sometimes in the growth of a plant, you need to have control over these. You don’t want too much nitrogen during the flowering or fruiting phase. Just my 2 cents.
Let me know where in bangalore we have these available. I might want to try them out sometime :-)

gg

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