an idea came to me as i was smoking a cigg in my back yard looking at my pool that got destroyed by ike. theres plants growing on top of the water. u can see the roots. has anyone tried to grow in a similar fashion? by having a plant float while the roots dangle in the water? or is this just another root rot waiting to happen? any input welcome

.............dwc

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yea dwc but with a pool you would have to block out light so you dnt grow algae better of emptying it out and skateing in it

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Time to fess up, im...im a noob grower... =( lol. whats dwc? wouldnt blocking out light defeat the purpose? could u do it, in say a bucket of water?

Why not just grow it in dirt?

DWC is deep water cultivation. not 100% sure how to do it, but its basically what you described, growing in a big bucket. you need to block out the light to the roots. light will kill the roots, and kill your plants.

deep water culture.the roots grow in a bucket of water with an airstone like whats in a fish tank.you can go get a 5 gallon bucket and make one. you dont want the roots ore water exposed to light exposed water grows algea

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i think i saw a cloner that uses a floating piece if foam and it sits in the water put the clone through the foam into the water an the clone will root.the foam acts as support for the plant. raft rooter or something like that.

Thanks guys, is there a how to on here? i think i would be interesting to do a dwc.

there are places in the world, *china or viatnam i beleave* that have used this idea for years for growing there rice, wheat and other crops, by gathering the floating vegatation from the lake they live on, and make small 4'x4' floating islands and connecting them with srting so they dont float away, and pile some compost on it from last years crop to grow, so the crops get all the nutes they need and the roots dangle below in the lake water.

ill try and find some more information maby some links so you can check it out its prity genious if you ask me.