Crap Dirt Expensive Veggies...hydroponics!

[james p]

Lets face it, is it worth paying 1000 pesos for dirt for a small crop pf vegetables here???? are tomotos really worth 15 pesos el kilo? I have tried growing veggiesoin my rooftop in the past, but I am finding much more success in hydroponics, with no cash outlay....those bleach containers and styrofoam stuffers from appliances work wonders....anybody interested?

 

[EricLovesBA]

Hey, I'd be interested to know more about what you're doing. Where do you buy nutrient solution? Is the output really as high as touted, i.e., many times faster growing and produce output?

 

[Davidglen77]

Guys keep in mind that those of you who pay sky-high prices for vegetables and fruits live in high-rent districts where the stores pay very high retail rents. I live in Congreso and I just came home from the verduleria La Monumental, Av. Entre Rios, right off Av. Belgrano.

Bananas: $6,50 kg
Tomatoes: $5,00 kg
Fresh figs: $1,00 each
Onions $3,50 kg
Carrots $4,50 kg
Peaches $,8,00 kg
Eggs $8,00 dozen

I am not saying prices in Argentina for food are any bargain, but most of the country pays closer to what I pay in Congreso that what a person who lives in Recoleta, Palermo, or Belgrano would pay.

 

[Iznogud]

I'm slowly teaching my kids how the economy/inflation works here by having them buy bananas. Currently our "peruano" @ Caballito has the Kg for $9 while the 3 other verdulerias around the same corner sell them at $12 per Kg.

The other day we walked from Cabildo and Juramento to Pacífico and somewhere along the way we found bananas at 2Kg x $13. Great deal I thought and bought them. Same bananas were 3kg x $12 at the corner of Juan B. Justo and Sta Fé.

I look at the prices and I notice they're rising
While my wallet gently weeps
With every increase we must surely be learning
Still my wallet gently weeps..
(cue G. Harrison/E. Clapton guitar solos)

 

[Aleina Dee]

James ,great idea.Wish Ihad the space for it.One of the 5star chain hotels has a hydroponic rooftop and they source all their greens from there.Second the idea of shopping around.A week ago the price of strawbs : VERDULERIA 15pesos/Coto 69 pesos.......BUTcarrots in the verduleria were 7 pesos,while Coto had them on soecial offer at 3 !

 

[Bajo_cero2]

If you go to the central market on saturdays after midday you will be surprised by the low prices.
On the other hand, hidroponics makes no sense here, use soil.