Hydroponic Nutrients Mixing and Tank System | Greenhouse Updates
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- Many viewers asked, so here is how we mix the hydroponic nutrient solution for the greenhouse and what's in our formula. Katy also explains the tank system along with the probes and controllers. Then I take a quick walk around the greenhouse and show all of the neat stuff that's growing. The beans are taller than me! Let us know if you have questions. Thanks for watching!
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Love the chemistry of this family !
Great video, just like your others. Please keep them coming.
Hint: Swap out the PVC pipe as your mixer for the nutrient tanks & replace it with a short stiff hair broom. Use one broom for tank A & a second broom for tank B. Makes the mixing much faster.
what for stiring
She’s got all the bells and whistles in her greenhouse. The dosing system is on my list in the near future. For now I’m doing it all manually.
Great update ladies!
Chuck
Thank you, Chuck! It makes it a lot easier when I'm in charge of checking on the greenhouse for sure. I hope you guys are doing well!
Thanks for this video. This is what I've been browsing for last few days.
You are most welcome. Hope it helps! 🥬
Hi Devon, really apreciate this vídeo, all of You rock! Great system, love You dad's hardware!!! Love all of You are so natural and professionals, great editting!
Thank you very much! That means a lot to me because I spend a lot of time editing 😆
No thumbs down here. If I could give them a super big thumbs up, I would. Watching this is like a great cup of coffee in the morning.
Oby-1 Comments like this make me smile. Thank you! 💚
Many Many Thanks, I was waiting for this :)
Keep rocking, love your smile, god bless, love from India
Thank you! I appreciate that very much 💚💚💚
Beautiful video Good job
I am so jealous of your dads saw mill!! Those are so awesome! I have a chainsaw mill but it’s nothing like the real thing.
Thanks! He loves it. He'll be out there all day sometimes. I remember going to the Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show in Cambridge and spending the whole day standing in mud looking at all the saw mills. Hahaha but I appreciate it, he's cut us a lot of wood so we could do projects around my place.
Thank you for sharing your experiences!
By the way, your mom is very beautiful!
Thank you so much!
I've been watching some of your videos. Super fun to watch. You do a great job of showcasing everything. I'm subscribing to see what happens next. Cheers.
thanks you for subscribing and supporting the channel
I shared this link on a couple of hydroponic groups on Facebook. Lots of positive responses....looks like you're a star!
Thank you! I really do appreciate that. We are having fun talking to other growers. 💚
Awesome update!
Huge fan of your videos. You have a great family. Keep the videos coming!
Thank you!
Another great episode - and your editing is getting better and better 👍 especially the “outtro” song 🎵 was a good pick -
Thanks! That means a lot. I spend a lot of time editing, but I think its fun 😊
Love the videos.. keep them coming
we will
I need to buy a Bradwood Farm's hat to show some support for all the knowledge you're dropping.
Thank you! Maybe someday, but we enjoy helping others. We also have fun making videos together. 💚
Your Dad has the coolest equipment..
Thanks! It's all comes in handy around the farm.
Brilliant
Thanks for making these great videos. Do you guys ever have issues with biofilim buildup? If so, how do you deal with it?
Thank you! Katy found the best product for that. It's called HypoGrow and it makes a huge difference. We will show it in an upcoming video soon.
store.blueearthproducts.com/products/hypogrow
Thank you for sharing!! You guys are great! I would love to have a green house like y’all have! But here in San Antonio Texas “far south” tho. I would need to put some sort of a/c in durning the summer time !
Thanks a lot! That weird looking wall behind the tanks in our "air conditioner." I'm not sure if you've seen them, but water trickles down the little grooves while fresh air is pulled through by the exhaust fans at the front of the greenhouse. It does a great job in the summer time, although I'm sure it gets much hotter down in Texas. We only hit 90 - 95° a few times a year if that.
Thank you very much for the information.
Yes of course! 😊
Thanks a lot for making and sharing these videos. Very helpful! I have few questions would like to ask:
- Do you totally flush out the reservoir tank some time, or just add nutrient solution into it? If yes, how often you flush it?
- How often you mix the new nutrient solution in the nutrient tanks?
- Do you have any insulation for the reservoir tank? Do you monitor temperature inside of the reservoir tank and what is it in the winter time? (I am in Nova Scotia so I guess we have same kind of winters).
Thank you. I will try my best to answer.
-Yes because salt builds up in the solution after the plants take in the nutrients. About once a month or more.
-Depends on how much we are dosing. Every couple weeks or so.
-No insulation for the tank but it stays warm with the solution contantly flowing in and out and through the greenhouse.
@@HomegrownPassion thanks a lot! Once the pandemic is gone, could I visit your farm?
@@HomegrownPassion
It may pay to look into having the nutrient tested to see if you can gain extra mileage by amending the elemental content. If you can double the life of the solution with amendments you will reduce your overall chemical and water cost and as a bonus halve the impact on the environment :)
Спасибо!
that's a whole lot investment. Good luck to you guys.
Thank you it is a good and fun business.
Nice you shared the nutrient video on my request. This is really helpful. Would request if mom could share the proportion in which u mix the nutrients. In grams per liter of water. Picture of recipe could help.
Thank you! I may go into more detail in another video. I'm very glad this was helpful! 🙏
I love plants and horticulture, I hope you invite me to your greenhouse, I live in California, the first video I saw and it is super cool
Thank you so much! We are having fun talking to growers all over the country and world. That would be fun to do an open house or some thing, but for now we have to be careful. Hope you have a nice weekend! -Devon
Good afternoon. You can show how you regulate drip irrigation in buckets, how many times a day there is watering.
Wow so cool. I really want to live like this
Thank you 🙏😊🥬
Great, very cool videos
Thanks, Hector! 😊
I just found your channel and I am looking forward to catching up! I am getting ready to do a small (and I mean small) hydroponic system in my basement LOL :0) I look forward to learning as you make more videos. I have a farm, but I am not on it full time, but I am imagining a system like yours :0)
Thanks! I have a little setup in my basement too haha it can grow 8 heads of lettuce. It's fun though. What do oyu have on your farm? Do you have a garden?
@@HomegrownPassion I do have an outside garden, but I would like to set up a small system in our oversized laundry room. The more I learn it seems the more complicated it becomes. I am having a hard time with humidity right now. I plan to enclose the area in poly to see if I can better control temp and humidity. I am going through paralysis by analysis 😂😂
@@HomegrownPassion I almost forgot, the farm is about 5 hours away from me right now. It is 48 acres north of Springfield Mo. 18 acres are hay and the rest has cattle running on it. Not my cattle but a neighbors cattle. He keeps an eye on everything until I can relocate back down there. There is an old house on the front of the property, that my stepfather used as a base of operations for the farm. There is a moderately gentle slope down to the front. I would like to build a south facing greenhouse that starts out underground if that makes sense. We will see if I actually do it. I could see selling fresh vegetables and fruits from that old house though. A neighbor down the road has 9 hives of bees, I am sure I could sell that through the store. 😂
Great video
Thank you! 💚
Great video, really enjoy them Devon, thanks.
I'm new to Hydroponics and having trouble with nutrients, do you mind if I ask a question?
Do you use the same strength nutrients thought the grow cycle? And is it the same nutrients recipe for leaf and fruiting plants?
Have a great day and thanks
fantastic video, thanks! does this system mean that there is one nutrient profile for the whole greenhouse? you couldn't grow 2 different crops that needed say 5.8pH and 6.3pH, and EC of 1.0 and 1.6? Second question; if the above is true, then do you choose crops that have similar needs to go in the same greenhouse?
Where do you get your channels and the top cover? I really love your videos. Keep up the good work.
Thank you very much. The channels are from CropKing.
Great video...Whats the Ec level for your lettuce
Great video! Your mom did a really good job of explaining the nutrients. Is there any aeration in the system, maybe in the large reservoir?
Thanks! We had a good time making this one. I'll have to get a better shot of the inside of the reservoir. The return pipe is above the water level in the tank so when it spills back in it aerates the nutrient solution.
Interesting. I thought nutrients was liquid :) So if i want to start with hydroponics i can mix my own solution also :) Nice.
Yes. I had my water analyzed so I knew exactly what was in my source water and then built a nutrient recipe on that analysis. That allowed me to mix up my own nutrients from bulk which saves a ton of money and gives you better control of your solution
Thanks for this episode. How many times does she add the nutrition on the blue barrel and what do you use for the PH in the barrel?
Your little helper is sure cute!! 2 vweeks with no sun sounds like winter in Ohio.... 😁
Thanks! That's true, but the sun finally came out yesterday. Still cold though ❄
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It looked like the materials that were being weighed out were Haifa brand. Is it safe to assume with your experience you have found these to be the best quality for your application ? I ask as we will be starting an ebb and flow system in our new greenhouse and will be recirculating much as you do only it will be intermittent based upon the moisture in our potting mix. Thank you for sharing. Each video contains a wealth of knowledge.
Yep they work really nicely for us. We get these because we can pick them up locally and avoid shipping costs. Thank you so much for the kind comments.
Thanks for this illustrating video. Just wanted to ask about the device that reads & control the ec & ph, it’s type (brand). Thanks in advance
It is a really helpful video, you guys are doing an awesome job!!
I have a question about the algae: how do you control when it is getting too much in the tank? I am trying to find a good way to remove them, but our tank has some hardly approachable parts. The cover looks an amazing idea, does it actually work to slow the grow of the algae?
I’m going to try the led lights used for aquariums. Keep ya posted.
Thanks a lot for information that you provide, you are awesome.
Do you know where can I find which hydroponic nutrient solutions to mix for basil, arugula, rosemary and thyme (macro and micro)?
Of course and thank you! We grow all of those herbs listed along with our lettuce in the NFT system, so they get the same nutrients as the lettuce.
This is the link to the Hydro-Gro leafy greens formula that we use. It would be good to add in some calcium nitrate along with it.
www.cropking.com/catalog/nutrients-nutrients-and-additives-nft-growing-accessories/hydro-gro-leafy-greens
How many months of the year do you grow? Ohio will be down to 9-10 hours of gloomy daylight in December. Is that enough to keep your leafy greens growing? Tomatoes and cukes?
So we grow all year long...tomatoes are pulled and wont be started up again till December but yes we still can grow...just takes longer.
Hi. How many minerals need to be measured in order to prepare 100 liters of A food and 100 liters of B food
Thanks for Sharing the mixtures for hydroponic very informative. Just a question what temperature do you maintain in green house specially for growing tomatoes and beans and also what heating system do you guys use.. thanks
Thank you very much. Around 24° C is optimal, but it fluctuates a few degrees between day and night. Our heaters use natural gas, but we also suppliment with a wood furnace. I would like to make a video on that soon.
@@HomegrownPassion looking forward for it .. I’m from VA and we do lot of Asian vegetables and we’re in process of setting up green houses for extended season and also start early
Thank you maam i love it
Thank you and you are most welcome!
what do you set your nutrient controller at? how does it know how much of which to feed? and how often?
It constantly monitors the water for PH and EC and uses small billow pumps to keep the nutrients at the proper number. Might have to do a update video on more of how the system works.
I may have missed it but how often do you have to mix the fertiliser in the tanks?
We have to do nutrient mixing every 4-6 weeks depending on the season. We use more nutrients in the summer with the plants growing faster.
Thank you for sharing. I'd like to ask how often do you change the nutrient solution in your reservoir?
Of course! We flush out the reservoir about once every 3 weeks.
Thanks for the great work, i have a question regarding to the dosing quantity for each Nutrient A and B for the main big tank, how you manage the quantity of each when u want to adjust the EC and concentrations of nutrients
When the EC needs adjusted, we can change the setting on the controller next to the tanks. It reads the EC in the reservoir with an EC probe, and will take the correct amount of nutrients out of the blue tanks and add it into the reservoir tank. We check the blue tanks often to see when we need to mix more nutrients.
@@HomegrownPassion thank you for your answer, so you add a ready mixed nutrients to the main tank, not specifically quantity of A or B right?, i was wondering if there is a way to know exactly how many liters of each from A and B, as EC could sometimes not representing the quantity rest of Macro and micro nutrients in the main tank
Hello, I'm from Thailand. I'm interested and wanting to grow vegetables hydroponically. I wonder if you grow a variety of vegetables. Do you use the same pH and EC for all vegetables?
yes, we do as long as we are talking about produce...lettuce, herbs and Asian greens. Check out our older videos and new and i think you will get your answers ... thank you for supporting the channel
Devon I got the tank and the pump what size are the drip emitters 1/2 GPH, one GPH, two GPH and six GPH.
Mark
Hi There, thanks for the video. Do you have the quantities you are using? I'm based in India and I have to buy and build everything from scratch. I don't have access to "Lettuce Formula from Cropking"
Great video, Witches brew hahaha 😅
The best!
@@HomegrownPassion You sure are the best and saying this honesly ... Misses Which 😀
Could you please show or tell us witch dosing pumps you are using here ? Thanks
motorized billow pump purchased from CropKing 330-302-4203 let them know we sent you and they will take good care of you
Interesting, wondering if you need to change out/drain the nutrient tank at all? For home growers its about every 2 weeks.
Yes we do a tank change every 3 weeks.
Thanks for the ingredients used, might be helpful to share quantities used as per usual recipes, love the video though, thanks
Thanks, Christopher! We went back on forth on that, but decided not too since most should probably have a water analysis done first.
Since your pH is set up to be ideal for lettuce and greens, do you use a different nutrient solution for tomatoes?
Does all of the water recirculate or does some leave the system?
Thanks :)
Yes we use a different one for the tomatoes. I'll make a video on those soon once we need to mix nutrients again. The water in the NFT system recirculates, but some evaporates so it needs topped off almost every day. The nutrient water in the Dutch bucket system is drain to waste, but not a whole lot is wasted becasue we can adjust the timing on the emitters to soak the growing medium just enough.
Hello and thank you for the vid! Quick question, The PH and EC works for lettuce but do you also use the same parameters for all the other veggies in the NFT system aswell? im assuming your range of veggies are also good with lettuce EC and PH parameters? One more question, any reason why you dont use a ready nutrient mix? like a lettuce masterblend formula NPK bag with added CalNit separately?
Good questions. We use the same formula for everything in the NFT channels, so lettuce, greens, herbs, microgreens. The formula we use was specifically made to go along with our source water. Premix nutrients work great for small operations though. That’s what I use in my little NFT system at my house.
@@HomegrownPassion i appreciate your response, thank you!
Ma'am for lettuce pH 5.8 and how much should be TDS for good plantation of lettuce??
We us E.C. as our measurement rather than TDS. pH 5.8 is perfect and E.C. of 1.7 I found this chart that can hopefully help. hydro-gardens.com/ec-to-tds-conversion/
Thank you for the reply
🙏🏻 Namaste . now in india it's 11 p.m
Hope you have a nice night 🙏😊
Hello. Do you ever have issues with the PH dropping, instead of creeping up? My system is having such a problem. Do you have any advice on why this might be happening? 😭
i would think its your water. some water needs ph up some needs ph down
Yes, get your water analyzed but PH can be affected by other things you are adding to your system. Our PH starts at 7.5 so we always need to drop it. Some nutrients will lower or raise the PH
Very nice video. Thank you.
Do you make same soluations, ph and ec for all plant🖐️🖐️
Thanks! 💚 We use the same solution for the whole greenhouse except the dutch bucket system. That gets a vine crop nutrient solution and I will make a video on those nutrients soon.
@@HomegrownPassion thank you ı will wait🖐️
Whats the cost to have a set up like this ?
How often do you change water and clean the tank?
Br, Sweden
We flush and clean the big reservoir tank every three weeks. We clean the inside of the blue tanks when ever the nutrients run out and before we put mix the new ones.
Great video. Greetings from Philippines 😁👍
May i ask from where you bought your monitoring panel of EC, PH and Temp Levels. Appreciate the reply dear 😍👍
Hello friend! The whole system is from CropKing. You are very welcome! 💚
www.cropking.com/catalog/fertroller
@@HomegrownPassion A Million Thanks dear 👍😍.. Give our Warm Hugs to ur Mom as well. Keep them Vlogs coming 😁👍
i learned a lot from this video. Im planning to setup a bigger Greenhouse here at Yeye's Farm. Check out our Facebook Page facebook.com/yeyesveggiefarm
What about the tipburn?
next in coming will be a baby girl keep it going be happy
Great. Thanks for the video. Couple questions, do you guys have a timer set for the pump? Or its always sending water to the plants?
Do you guys buy all the nutrients from CropKing also?
I live in Florida, do you you any company such as cropking or like cropking to help me with the supplies and stuff? It is costly to ship them down here
Thanks
Thanks! The pump is constantly running for the NFT system that we showed in this video. We also have the Dutch bucket system which is on a timer (40 minutes off/ 40 seconds on) and I'm hoping to film mixing nutrients and the pump for that system soon.
I honestly don't know of a company like that in Florida. There's one in California that I've heard of, but I know that doesn't do you any good. Cropking has built greenhouses all over the place, so they might be able to help you with that, but the supplies would definitely be expensive to ship.
Crop king is an absolute rip off when it come to shipping! Was gonna order 10-8’ channels. $230 or so. With crop kinds shipping it would’ve come out to right at $700. Lol what a joke
@@HomegrownPassion was that the shipping the quote you for?
Apparently the website gives wrong shipping all of the time. Did you find a better supplier? Still looking for a cheaper option
How big is your greenhouses? They look huge.
The main greenhouse is 5000 square feet and the high tunnel is about 3000. Sometimes it's really busy, but we are able to manage them ourselves and have fun together.
Hi! What's that chain courtain thing on the wall?
Wet wall cooling system
How do you clean your swamp cooler wall?
We clean the pipes out with bleach solution, wipe it all down and run cleaner through it. I'm going to make a video on it in a month or so when we start to use it again.
What kind of solution are you using in your ph down solution
Sulfuric Acid
i live in Italy, Alps and i have a similar greenhouse and what to convert it to hydro , my question is it profitable enough to sustain a family ?
I think it would do well. It can sustain a family because you can grow all year long and turn many more crops than you can in soil.
what is the minimum temperature your green house gets at night?
How much calcium nitrate to add in water
Devon! Great video. You skills are getting so good. I would love to know your families net income from this. Is this making money or hobby for you guys!
Thank you! It's definitely a full time business. My mom puts in a ton of hours each week, and it sustains them along with some of the other things they do on the farm.
Morning Beautiful 🥰🥰!!! I have a question is it worth it after all the chemicals you buy (the expense) compared to like a organic soil garden???? Thanks!!! I can watch you’re gorgeous face all day!!!! Love your Dads little building... so primitive...
Good morning! They aren't bad chemicals, they are very high grade mined minerals, like a multi vitamin. For us, it is worth it. We can grow all year and turn many crops. The plants grow much faster for us in the hydroponic system too. Thank you so much! 💕
@@HomegrownPassion well I didn’t mean anything negative about it!!!! As long as it’s something you love, and I know you do- that’s all that matters☺️!!! Thanks .... Can’t wait to see some of your coming cattle farm videos!!!! Have a great weekend Dear!!!!!!
how much all this cost I just need the greenhouse and it to be temp controlled.
We built it ourselves. I have no idea on material costs now...sorry
how do you know how much neutrent if your a small grower
you need to measure very accurately or get an ec meter to really bump up your hydroponic game
What do you think about a ready mixed nutrients? I use organic Grow and Bloom made by Terra Aquatica.
They can work great. As long as the p.h. in the final nutrient solution is around 5.8 then you should do well.
@@HomegrownPassion I heard that for tomatoes it's better to have PH between 6,2 to 6,5. What do you think about PH for the herbs?
Yep the 5.8 is for lettuce. We have the herbs growing right along with the lettuce in the same nutrient solution and they seem to do well. I'm hoping to show the tomato nutrients soon. We haven't had to mix any for them lately since they are still small.
Nice farm.what is the electricity bill
like ?
It's honestly not that bad. The electricity comes from a co op, and the main things that use electricity are the fans and the pumps. The heaters are natural gas and wood so that save a lot.
Hello-----See my video number 1 for making an ATM to air and mix your nutrient tanks. The Greenhouse Inventor.
GREAT GIRLS AND CHIEF
Thanks! We have fun trying stuff from the greenhouse 💚
Hi,How often do you give nutrients to your vegetables.
The nutrient solution is constantly flowing through the channels to feed the plants.
If you have the space, some fruit trees would be great to have outside the greenhouse
We all love fruit trees, and have tried planting them many times. We have lots of deer and they always eat the little trees.
@@HomegrownPassion Okies 😆😝 aww. All the best 💪
Devon u are Beautiful!! Im in love ❤😍.
Greetings from México. 👌🏻👌🏻
Suscribed. 🤙🏻🤙🏻
Thank you very much! 😊💕 Very to cool to have a friend from Mexico!
@@HomegrownPassion yes u have a friend in here ❤
please let me add how much of each element to prepare 100 liters of A and 100 liters of B greens food. Can you give it to me as a text? Please... Help me.
mixing nutrients get a drill and a paddle mixer???
From aussie amazing content, love to know where you find the part to make the green house
Thank you, Daniel! Almost every component and the greenhouse itself is from CropKing. We get all of the growing supplies from them too.
www.cropking.com/catalog/greenhouse-structures
Thanks, you and your family are amazing. Stay safe 👍
Hi.from Indonesia
Hello friend! 😊💚
What's the thumb's down for?
Just stop watching or leave...
Hello
You are so cute🥰
Thank you 💕
you are beautiful :)
Oh thank you!
Maybe consider wearing a mask when working with pounds of nutes?
a good idea...thank you
It is advisable to use a mask so as not to inhale chemicals.
OK thanks