Hippy “not-a-weed-thing” Planter

@hydroponiac.bsky.social

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I grow plants, some even aquaponically. I’m using this account as a way to try and focus on the positives, And as a reminder to take care of my plants. I am also a pot hippy, don’t get me wrong, but this isn’t about that. Mostly. South Minneapolis.

A greyhound, a mutt named copper, and a Chiweenie snuggled on a dog bed
Barack Obama saying he has a super hot wife
A raised bed garden made of burlap and chicken wire
A greyhound resting his head on his older brother. He is asleep and his eyes are half open. He looks like a cryptid
A grow bag with 3 bean plants. In front of a grow table. Snail jars on the table.
A panoramic shot of the memorial for Alex Pretti on Nicollet and 26th in Minneapolis. A crowd around a taped off area filled with flowers and other offerings.
A debossed plant wallpaper.
Northern lights over a house
Classic meme of squidward in the shadows watching a frolicking Patrick and SpongeBob through the blinds
A blue and yellow flower
Panoramic view of lake Kabetogama, the sky is deep blue with puffy clouds, and it is reflected in the lake. Pine forest line the shore
A greyhound snuggling his brother while looking out on Lake Superior
Tree being lowered by a crane
Tomato seedlings and Lovage seedlings.
Cucumber seedling in rockwool and hydroponic solution
Very pink/purple tradescantia leaves
A wooden raised bed garden, recently repaired.
Hydroponic Radishes in plastic bottles with the tops cut off. The radishes are laying limply without the support of the bottle.
Cucumelon seedling in a hanging Kratky jar
A golden raspberry cutting with buds just beginning to turn green
6 seedlings in rockwool/net cups which are in nutrient filled recycled aluminum cans
A packet of Corsican Gord seeds by “Botanical Interests” the gourds appear to be able to be made into shallow round bowls per the packaging image
A cucumelon seeding in a Kratky Jar
Soda bottles in a wire crate. Each bottle has a radish growing within
Green onions ends in a teal clay pot. There is vigorous new growth
The corner of a small room with various grow lights crowded with plants
A raspberry cutting in a pot
Closeup of a “fuzzy” artichoke leaf
A cucumelon seedling in a hanging Kratky jar
An empty can of Arizona with the top cut off. Inside is a net cup, rockwool cube, and a cucumelon seedling. Nutrient is in the can. A Kratky Can
A can of liquid death severed lime sparkling water with the top removed. A net cup with a rockwool cube is set into the can. The rockwool cube has cilantro seedlings.
A covered seedling tray filled with rockwool cubes. 8 of the cubes are bristling with cilantro seedlings
A purple basil plant in a Kratky jar lit by an LED grow light.
A glass jar wrapped in foil and sisal, hanging from black jack chain. A net cup holds rockwool and a cucumelon seedling. An LED grow light shines in the background
A net cup/rockwool/seed encased in plastic shot glasses, the bottom Cup is labeled with the strain name (Goldie) and the start date (3-21)
A tradescantia shoot/stem/vine in a bottle. The bottle is wrapped in sisal twine. The bottle is sitting on the hydroponic end table
Green moss?
An orange tropical flower
A French breakfast radish growing in a plastic bottle. The bottle is in a black wire crate with other bottles of radishes
Grocery store green onions in a pot, new growth coming out of the ends
A recycled Costco danish container with a long block of rockwool inside. The rockwool has been planted with various seeds, which are denoted by flat metal stakes.
Green onions in a turquoise stoneware pot. The pot is filled with hydroton. Other various plants surround the pot.
Plasti. Bottles in a wire crate. The bottles are filled with hydroponic media, nutrient, and radishes. The crate is inside on a table. Monstera in the background.
An empty flower pot filled with hydroton. Formerly the home of my Rosemary plant, which had root rot, due to me overfilling the base with nutrient
A plastic bottle filled with pea gravel and a burgeoning radish. The bottle is on top of a completed bright red puzzle. A monstera is in the background
A potted golden raspberry stem with roots. A grow light is clamped above on a wooden stake
Rosemary (née) lavender, but looking crispy and pretty dead ☠️
Two glass jars wrapped in tinfoil then sisal twine and net cups in the top. Kratky jars.
A section of Tradescantia wrapped in a moistened rockwool cube, sisal twine to hold it together, and finally wrapped in cling wrap to keep the water in. In a few weeks when roots are visible, snip the stem and put the rockwool cube and cutting into your preferred media
A seedling tray with many rockwool cubes. The seedlings are marked with re-purposed metal collar stays