The board sought supporters with fresh displays and the willingness to maintain them, so urged on, the Marion County Master Gardeners assumed the responsibility of a new project in the fall of 1998. Between the two, a workable design and the best lettuce seeds and growing solutions were selected. A hydroponic speaker, the same aforementioned University of Florida Extension Agent, was already on the agenda, arranged by the Marion County Horticulture Extension Agent, at the exact time the project was to be presented to the greater Master Gardener body. It was well received. The display is set up and running.
Response is good.
There is an average of 75 people per day, four days per week and 50 people on Saturdays, viewing the project. Looking into the future, space may not be the only place hydroponics will be necessary. Since it takes less space and it is a cleaner gardening method, it is entirely possible in the near future that the use of all surplus land and the abandonment of many pesticides, will diminish to the point that homeowners even in this sphere, will look to hydroponics to meet the challenge of home gardening. Our electronic repository contains more than 4,000 publications related to agriculture, natural resources, the environment, and human and rural development. This web page was produced with the latest information possible from a variety of sources, including IFAS's Faculty Accountability System.