Home Hydroponics: Small-space DIY growing systems for the kitchen, dining room, living room, bedroom, and bath

Home Hydroponics: Small-space DIY growing systems for the kitchen, dining room, living room, bedroom, and bath

by Tyler Baras
Home Hydroponics: Small-space DIY growing systems for the kitchen, dining room, living room, bedroom, and bath

Home Hydroponics: Small-space DIY growing systems for the kitchen, dining room, living room, bedroom, and bath

by Tyler Baras

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Overview

Turn a coffee table, kitchen cupboard, bathroom wall, bedside table, or windowsill into a wonder of hydroponic production with project plans and DIY tutelage from hydroponic-growing pro Tyler Baras.

Yes, you can grow your own delicious food literally anywhere. In Home Hydroponics, “Farmer Tyler” shows you how easy it is to build your own soilless growing systems to cultivate greens, veggies, herbs, and more.

And, to sweeten the deal even further, Tyler’s designs are not just functional, they’re also attractive. In fact, unlike the typical industrial designs of most DIY hydroponic systems, these projects fit beautifully into your living space, no matter its size or style. 

The small-space hydroponics projects found here come with easy-to-follow, step-by-step plans for making growing systems that fit right into your home. No need to have a separate grow room or to tuck your plants into a corner of the basement.
 
  • Transform a living room armoire into a food-growing machine
  • Build a hydroponic wall garden for the dining room
  • Convert a bar cart into a mobile hydroponics system
  • Grow scented herbs in a unique hanging unit
  • Fill a kitchen window with hydroponic suction cup planters
  • Cultivate your own food on a compact corner shelf in your bedroom

With hydroponics, you can grow productive plants anywhere, even in the total absence of natural sunlight. Home Hydroponics covers everything from crop selection and lighting to nutrient management and site selection. Convert almost any room in your home into a mini food farm with the resources and projects found here.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780760370391
Publisher: Cool Springs Press
Publication date: 08/10/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 192
File size: 24 MB
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About the Author

Tyler Baras has a range of urban agricultural experience, from homesteading to commercial hydroponics. While completing his BS in Horticultural Sciences at the University of Florida, he traveled overseas to study Organic Agriculture in Spain and Protected Agriculture (greenhouse production) in China. After graduation, he worked as a grower for 3 Boys Farm Inc., the first certified organic recirculating hydroponic farm in the United States. In 2013, Tyler moved to Denver, Colorado, where he worked as the hydroponic farm manager at The GrowHaus. He managed a profitable urban farm while creating a successful hydroponic internship program with a 90% job placement rate for graduates. The hydroponic farm at The GrowHaus is currently managed by alumni of the farm internship program and continues to provide lettuce for Wholefoods, Safeway, and several local markets. While at The GrowHaus, Tyler started creating educational videos and blog posts about farm tech which he continues to post on his website FarmerTyler.com. He has had multiple appearances on P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home, which airs on national PBS. Currently, Tyler manages the Dallas Grown hydroponic greenhouse in Dallas, Texas, and works as Special Projects Manager for Hort Americas. Farmer Tyler continues to produce video content, which can be seen at Urban Ag News YouTube and Farmer Tyler YouTube!


Tyler Baras has a range of urban agricultural experience, from homesteading to commercial hydroponics. While completing his BS in Horticultural Sciences at the University of Florida, he traveled overseas to study Organic Agriculture in Spain and Protected Agriculture (greenhouse production) in China. After graduation, he worked as a grower for 3 Boys Farm Inc., the first certified organic recirculating hydroponic farm in the United States. In 2013, Tyler moved to Denver, Colorado, where he worked as the hydroponic farm manager at The GrowHaus. He managed a profitable urban farm while creating a successful hydroponic internship program with a 90% job placement rate for graduates. The hydroponic farm at The GrowHaus is currently managed by alumni of the farm internship program and continues to provide lettuce for Wholefoods, Safeway, and several local markets. While at The GrowHaus, Tyler started creating educational videos and blog posts about farm tech which he continues to post on his website FarmerTyler.com. He has had multiple appearances on P. Allen Smith's Garden Home, which airs on national PBS. Currently, Tyler manages the Dallas Grown hydroponic greenhouse in Dallas, Texas, and works as Special Projects Manager for Hort Americas. Farmer Tyler continues to produce video content, which can be seen at Urban Ag News YouTube and Farmer Tyler YouTube!

Table of Contents

Section 1 Considerations for Selecting a Garden Design 9

Hydroponic or Traditional Garden? 9

Indoor Garden Locations 11

Yield Potentials 14

Crop Flexibility 14

Maintenance Required 14

System Stability/Robustness 15

Aesthetics 15

Section 2 Indoor Growing Fundamentals 17

Light 17

Climate 21

Nutrients 21

Plant Selection 28

Section 3 Hydroponic Systems 33

In the Window

Suction Cup Planters 34

Windowsill Garden 40

In the Kitchen

Salad Bowl 48

Stream of Greens 54

In the Bar

Bar Cart 60

Bar Tower 66

In the Dining Room

Dinner Table 76

Picture Frame 82

In the Living Room

Corner Shelf 98

Lift Top Coffee Table 108

End Table 122

Cabinet Farm 132

Lettuce Locker 140

In the Bathroom

Bathroom Flower Garden 150

Section 4 System Operation 157

Propagation 157

Starting Seedlings 158

Starting Cuttings 162

Fertilizer Maintenance 164

System Cleaning 167

Plant Health 169

Pest and Disease Management 173

Common Problems and Troubleshooting 173

Appendix 176

Conversion Tables 176

Crop Selection Charts 177

About the Author 187

Measurement Conversion Chart 188

Index 189

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