Comments on: Vertical Gardening Made Easy

By: HowToDrillAWell

HowToDrillAWell — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:25:51 +0000

Sorry, but I’ve plumbed many houses and I know that the public water company runs 2″ PVC pipe to carry all the water to houses in this area. The CPVC stands for “Chlorinated Poly-Vinyl-Chloride” and so if CPVC is acceptable, so is PVC.

The only difference being that CPVC handles heat better and so it is used for hot water. Type in “PVC” and “potable water” into Google and you’ll see it is approved for potable water everywhere.

By: copperwrap

copperwrap — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:25:51 +0000

@HowToDrillAWell
PVC is used for drain, waste and vent not for potable water. The plastic line used for potable water is CPVC and PEX tubing. PVC does leach chloride into the water. Hence the abbreviation PolyVinyl chloride (over 57% chloride). It is also bad for the environment having the highest density of hydrocarbon polymers than other plastics. Sorry to burst your bubble.

By: magprob

magprob — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:25:51 +0000

By the way, look at my videos and you will see that I am really into hydroponics now.
I have expanded a bit since I bought these plans! Once you get hooked, you will never be the same!
I know it is the best way to grow food. Especially in the winter up here in the great white north.

By: magprob

magprob — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:25:51 +0000

I bought these plans a year or two back. Great plans that are easy to follow. Every step in detail. I use one of these systems outside in the summer with a solar powered pond pump. Costs zero run except for nutes and seeds. The best thing is that the lettuce is really clean and delicious!
These plans gave me ideas and knowledge for other systems of my own design. Well worth the price. Thank you HowToDrillAWell.

By: HowToDrillAWell

HowToDrillAWell — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:25:51 +0000

Neither, it is a constant flow system. A pump runs water past the plants at all times. Some customers have set it up on a timer to run every fifteen minutes, and that works fine too.

By: useopenstupid

useopenstupid — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:25:51 +0000

which method does this employ? is it ebb & flow or aeroponic / fogger?? thanks

By: HowToDrillAWell

HowToDrillAWell — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:25:51 +0000

Just about every water company in every city in every country in the world runs water through PVC pipe. Miles, perhaps hundreds of miles, of PVC pipe separate you from your water supply. Many homes run all their water through PVC lines. So if it’s poison… you’re bathing, washing your clothes and probably drinking hundreds of times more of it than could possibly be absorbed through the plant.

By: DominickBlack

DominickBlack — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:25:51 +0000

PCV is poison. Poison is getting into your food via it I assure you.

By: gumby511

gumby511 — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:25:51 +0000

How would you get the power from the middle of the ocean to the people?

By: MsKatieKats

MsKatieKats — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:25:51 +0000

That’s cool Magog1138.