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Article: IN MARCELLUS, PUPILS ARE HOOKED ON HYDROPONICS; DRIVER SCHOOL CLASSES LEARN HOW TO GROW FLOWERS AND VEGETABLES IN WATER.(Local)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- February 6, 2006
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Byline: Debra J. Groom Staff writer
"Ooooh," the youngsters gasped.
"Watermelons? Grown in water?" several asked.
That's right, said Rich Kolceski, owner of Hydroponic Shops of America on Erie Boulevard East in DeWitt. "I've got sunflowers growing in water in my store. Anything you can grow in the ground, you can grow in water."
"Sunflowers? Wow," one pupil said.
Kolceski recently talked to nearly 50 sixth-graders in the classes of Mary Jo Hoeft and Rosemarie Murray at Driver Middle School in Marcellus about the science of hydroponics, which is growing plants in nutrient-rich water.
Before long, he had them planting ...