Customer Photos

William Atkins, Market Harborough

William has been taking cuttings of his Begonia Aromatics and Fuchsia using our Hydro Propagator.

William Atkins's Begonia Aromatics and Fuchsia cuttings.	William’s cuttings have grown strong and healthy, resulting in huge, beautiful blooms.	The result is beautiful blooms! .

 
Jim Duffy, California

Even though he lives in the Golden State, only Greenhouse Sensation is good enough for Jim and his chillies.

We were very excited to receive photos from a customer in San Diego, California. Jim Duffy is so keen to get the best equipment to grow his chillies that even though he lives in the Golden State, only Greenhouse Sensation is good enough.

So he ordered a 105 space Hydro Propagator from us and he is using them for his chillies, which he distributes to restaurants and church and youth groups throughout the USA.

Just look at all these lovely chillies, they are looking exceptional, with both great leaf and root growth. Californian sunshine combined with  super-healthy growing conditions provided by the Hydro Propagator are sure to provide bumper yields. Jim's hydroponic growing overcomes the problems of evaporation caused by the strong Californian sunshine.

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Joannie McCutcheon, Edinburgh

The Chilli Queen swears by her heated hydro propagator.

Joannie planted her chillies from seed on the 20th March, she is currently growing 4 varieties Lemon Drop, Golden Cayenne, Naga Dorset and Cherry Bombs, and is very pleased with the results. Joannie is going to transplant her chillies into her GS200 NFT hydro system, perfect for Quick Cropping Edibles.

William Michael Cryer

Propagating his cuttings with a fabulous 99% success rate 

William's Double Length Vitopod	Cuttings planted at the end of August 2009	By 3rd week in September, cuttings were rooted and potted up with a 99% success rate.

 
Don Waters, Blackpool

Fantastic Tomato seedlings in the Vitopod Propagator 

A true tomato lover, Don has lots of different varieties of seedlings including Black Cherry, Money Maker, Tamina and Florenting.

This is a fabulous pic of his Vitopod Propagators and Mini Gardens set up in the greenhouse, ready for the new season. Neil also sent us this lovely comment, “Nice to find a company that is focussed on customer service, very rare these days. I am very happy with the products.”

Tina May, Maidstone

Giant African Land Snails in a Vitopod Mini Garden!

Tina is using her Vitopod as a vivarium for her Giant African Land Snails! The snails are happiest when kept moist and humid; Tina uses the large humidity vents in the Vitopod mini garden to maintain the perfect atmosphere. The deep grow tray is filled with organic compost to allow the snails to bury themselves. Tina feeds her snails on a very healthy diet of fresh fruit and vegetables. The cuttlefish bone provides the snails with the calcium they need to maintain a strong, healthy shell.

 John Robinson

Growing mushrooms using a Vitopod Propagator

A shiitake kit fruiting in a heated Vitopod propagator.	This beautiful looking variety is Pink Oyster	Golden Oyster, noted to be  one of the most spectacular gourmet mushrooms

Ron Mehta, Ilford

Growing tomatoes in a Solargrow compared to traditional growing.

Ron is getting fantastic results from growing in his Solargrow, in Essex. He is growing a tumbling tomato as well as three tomato plants and a courgette.

Planted at the same time, the tumbler tomato is growing in soil in a hanging basket.	In comparison to his Solargrow plants, it's not quite looking up to scratch.

Ron is planning on transplanting his tomatoes and courgette to a Quadgrow to give his plants more space as they grow. He's then going to fill his Solagrow with chilli peppers.

Keep up the good work, Ron!

Jeremy - GS100 owner

Bhut Jolokia Chillies at 17 weeks Greenhouse Sensation GS100 v Pot

Greenhouse Sensation customer Jeremy was so impressed with his new GS100 Hydro System that he sent us this picture..

The picture shows the difference between two Bhut Jolokia chillies at 17 weeks. The one on the left is growing in his GS100, the plant on the right is struggling to keep up in a traditional pot.

Jeremy said:

"The difference is amazing. This is the first time I have ever grown in a hydro system and I have found the system easy to set up and run. "Thanks to the Gardening Angels who answered all my newbie questions."

Mr Waugh, Ayrshire

Hydro System 'v' growbag. No surprise to us which grows better!

Mr Waugh of Ayrshire sent us some great pictures comparing tomatoes grown in a GS200 NFT Hydro System with those grown in grow bags. 

The tomato plants were planted into the GS200 and grow bags at the same time and are of the same variety.
The difference is incredible. The tomato plants in the hydro system – on the left of the photo - are twice as tall, with thicker stems and larger fruit; all because they receive exactly the right amount of food, water and oxygen, when they need it.      

Growing in hydro is a fantastic alternative to soil. There’s no digging, no mess, no watering schedules to stick to and the results speak for themselves. 
  

 Jan Childe, North Wiltshire

A comparison of growbag and NFT GS200+ grown tomatoes

We recently received some excellent results from Jan who this season compared growing in Greenhouse Sensation hydro systems to growing in regular growbags (shown on the right).

As you can see our systems came out a clear winner. Jan was so impressed by our systems that she subsequently purchased another ten, now thats growing!!!  

7th April	18th April	6th May

17th July  -  Hydro	v Grow bags

Here's what Jan had to say about Greenhouse Sensation:

"At the risk of a bad pun, my experience was demonstrably sensational!! My first year & I trialed two GS200s for my favourite variety of cherry tomato in one greenhouse, whilst planting the same variety of tomato next door in my second greenhouse in grow bags (good ones, as recommended by Gardening Which?).

The differential was staggering. The GS200 tomatoes stormed away, literally doing what it said they would in the GS200 booklet (root growth in 48 hours etc), whilst the others in their grow bag did nowhere near as well. My crop from the GS200s has been substantial, unlike the grow bag, and the plants are still going strong.

Suspect we will have fruit well into November. So impressed, am kitting out both greenhouses with multiple units for next year - will be trying out a much wider range of crops & suspect cucumbers & aubergines will do very well, being warmed at roots."

Mr K Chadwick, Ashton-In-Makerfield 

Growbag tomatoes or GS100 tomatoes? Here's the evidence!

Mr K Chadwick, of Ashton-In-Makerfield, sent us this fantastic picture comparing the results of tomatoes growing in soil against tomatoes growing in a hydro system. The tomato plants were put into a GS100 NFT hydro system and soil grow bags on the same day.

The difference is clearly visible, the hydro grown plants are nearly twice the size of the soil grown plants; with stronger, thicker stems and healthier leaves. All because they receive exactly the right amount of water, nutrients and oxygen, when they need it.