First off, LOVE your videos, just watched all the tower ones and you are amazing. One of the most important things to consider on these kinda tabletop hydro systems is plant height management, because the distance from the LED lights are critical. On a 36W LED light like this you want it to be about 2 inches above your plant. Same goes for starting seeds. So right off the bat you can see a problem, you have this super happy 16" basil plant, looks like elephant leaves, which means even if you lowered the LED light 2" above it, you're now 18" above the seeds you're trying to germinate and it's most likely not gonna work. Plus your basil leaves are blocking out tons of light to a large number of pods...definitely time to harvest, although I'm sure you wanted to let it plump up for the video. So try to grow similar height herbs together, and if you're trying to germinate seeds or have low lying plants, you're best bet is to move the basil to another container with more basils or grow other tall herbs or veggies like chives or dwarf tomatoes with it, or its just not gonna work well if at all. It's also tempting to max out the pods but anyone using more than half of these are gonna find that it leads to overcrowding, light blockage like you see here, ventilation issues which are ripe for mold, etc., so way fewer are often better.
Wow. Thanks for the advice. Yes the basil definitely overpowered the other plants within the system. I actually moved them over to a separate hydroponic pot with clay balls. Thanks for the advice on plant management and spacing. I have swapped everything out and started a fresh set of seeds (less variety and better spacing)
A and B concentrates are stored separately for a reason. Very questionable to have them both in one tank. Definitely having separate tanks would be better.
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First off, LOVE your videos, just watched all the tower ones and you are amazing. One of the most important things to consider on these kinda tabletop hydro systems is plant height management, because the distance from the LED lights are critical. On a 36W LED light like this you want it to be about 2 inches above your plant. Same goes for starting seeds. So right off the bat you can see a problem, you have this super happy 16" basil plant, looks like elephant leaves, which means even if you lowered the LED light 2" above it, you're now 18" above the seeds you're trying to germinate and it's most likely not gonna work. Plus your basil leaves are blocking out tons of light to a large number of pods...definitely time to harvest, although I'm sure you wanted to let it plump up for the video. So try to grow similar height herbs together, and if you're trying to germinate seeds or have low lying plants, you're best bet is to move the basil to another container with more basils or grow other tall herbs or veggies like chives or dwarf tomatoes with it, or its just not gonna work well if at all. It's also tempting to max out the pods but anyone using more than half of these are gonna find that it leads to overcrowding, light blockage like you see here, ventilation issues which are ripe for mold, etc., so way fewer are often better.
Wow. Thanks for the advice. Yes the basil definitely overpowered the other plants within the system. I actually moved them over to a separate hydroponic pot with clay balls. Thanks for the advice on plant management and spacing. I have swapped everything out and started a fresh set of seeds (less variety and better spacing)
I love how the camera randomly pans to his hands even though he isn’t unboxing anything 😂
Thanks for the feedback!
Interesting tech. Great video. Thank you.
I think I would like this in my kitchen that’s cool
How do I connect the tubing
How tall do the lights go
Hi there, the height of the LED rod is 19 inches
A and B concentrates are stored separately for a reason. Very questionable to have them both in one tank. Definitely having separate tanks would be better.
Do the lights go as high as the Letpot pro?
It doesn't lift as high as the Letpot Pro.
Any updates??