Welcome to Naked Hydroponics

If you've ever thought about hydroponics, but were worried it was all too complicated and 'hi tech', think again. Naked Hydroponics is hydroponics stripped down to the absolute bare naked essentials; making it the most simple, easy, convenient and cheapest system on the market.

No dirt, no shovels, no wheelbarrows, no heavy lifting or digging, no weeds, no bending, kneeling or squatting... There's also no water or air pumps to break down or fail, or medium; it's the roots that are 'naked', not (necessarily) the gardener. You don't have to be an industrial chemist, or hydrologist.

In fact, you don't even need a green thumb!

Hi, my name's Peter Grimley, and I swear I've been able to kill plants with just a look. Ok, that's probably a little exaggeration, but honestly, I've had more success with this “naked” hydroponic method, than I have ever had in the garden. And it's so quick and easy!

Just for perspective, that's a Great Dane in the foreground. (OK, that's another little exaggeration...)

Naked hydroponics really is quite simply hydroponics 'stripped bare'. Our goal has been to create a system which is simple, convenient and cheap enough to buy that you will actually save money by using it.

Most hydroponic hobbyists will cheerfully admit they will never get their money back on their capital investment, but that was never their intention. They just enjoy growing and fiddling, and trying to achieve the best and biggest. Naked hydroponics is in that sense a 'Clayton's' hydroponic system. It's for people who aren't particularly interested in hydroponics, but just want results.

With no moving parts, and requiring no energy -apart from sunlight- your “naked” planter costs nothing to run, and will last for years, which makes the initial cost very cheap indeed; and for around $40 worth of nutrients you can grow lettuce for about 11 cents each, as well as other veggies. Visit our online shop for all you need to start your own 'veranda veggie patch'.

So simple, it's almost a crime! It's exactly as hard as measuring out cough medicine. Once a fortnight. Into a 5 litre watering can. (Really bad cough).

Have you any idea how many varieties of tomato there are? Well as it happens, neither do I. But I know there's a bloody lot; and what's more, I know the very best varieties you'll never find in the local supermarket.

I'm particularly fond of yellow tomatoes. When was the last time you saw those in a shop? I'm currently growing Roma (very prolific), cherry, yellow pear, mortgage lifter, green zebra, black russian, colossal yellow, patio prize, Golden Jubilee and a couple of others I can't remember the names of. And the only reason I get to try all these, is because I grow them myself.

So far, we have successfully grown tomatoes, lettuce (do you know how many types of lettuce there are?), strawberries, celery, cucumbers, zucchini, capsicum, chilli, heaps of Chinese stir fry greens as well as Basil, mint (grow it? The stuff 's taking over the planet!) thyme, coriander, sage, and flowering plants. Petunias and nasturtiums, Pansies; the world's your oyster (plant). We've even grown the world's ugliest carrots, would you believe.

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Surviving the Crash, or, why I believe Hydroponics will be vital to the survival of ordinary people

For the past few years I have dedicated myself to the study, development and promotion of a simple and cheap Hydroponic system that is cost effective on a very small -household- scale. Since it is a basic, stripped down system, I’ve called it “Naked” hydroponics. The reason I believe such a system is important is [...]

Correct Nutrient Levels; a pictorial guide.

The Dose is the key. If you aren’t getting the results you were hoping for from your Naked Planter, it’s almost certainly due to the wrong amount of nutrient. And I’m prepared to take -at least- some of the blame. The problem is there are just too many variables to give an exact dosage,

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About Us

About us? Well basically we’re not ambitious. We just want to change the world. (Doesn’t everyone?) This is just the first step. For my long term goal, read my blog about “Living off the Land”, at avasay.com. After thousands (millions?) of years of being totally at the mercy of the weather, Hydroponics has finally

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Nutrients

Of course, the big break-through for us was finding a nutrient which actually worked consistently with our ‘stripped down’ system. We trialled every commercial nutrient mix we could find.

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Nutrient Comparison

Thanks to a little prod from ‘Fiona’ (see forum) I have finally addressed a long standing (and embarrassingly obvious) ‘gunnadoo’. After trialling many different brands of nutrient, I have at last gotten around to making a simple comparison of the elements included in the 2 nutrient mixes we have had most success with. Whereas

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Why 2 part Nutrients?

A couple of people have asked me why Optimum Grow and Optimum Bloom both come in 2 parts. The reason for this -as I understand it- is because some elements tend to react with other elements; specifically calcium tends to react with phosphates and sulphates. This causes what is variously described as ‘nutrient lockout’,

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So how does naked hydroponics work?

To my mind, pretty bloody well. Naked Hydroponics really is hydroponics stripped bare. It is a totally passive system, using no water pumps or air pumps, or growing medium. It is the roots that are naked, not -necessarily- the gardener. To really push the analogy, you could say the roots are skinny dipping in

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