Hi! Just sharing our experience growing vegetables and herbs. We live on an island as well, our house is just 8 meters away from the sea. We tried propagating basil and mint from a mother plant we were able to buy at a plant shop. The seedlings were placed INSIDE our house. They wouldn’t root. So after several failed attempts, we decided to grow them up in the mountains. Whatdyaknow, they propagated without any issue! Turns out it’s the salt water in the air “burning” the leaves and stems. So maybe try to grow them as far from the sea, if possible?😊
Please do more filming in your land kinda- off-grid picnic, cleaning or just anything from there. Its interesting to see the before and after when your house is built. Love you 8 Miles and stay positive!
I thought that hydroponics are super expensive… honestly your vlogs are helping me a lot to plan my retirement someday. I always wanted a sustainable and environmental living aka off the grid living. Seeing it that i can work in the Philippines get me excited 😊
Best system is Aquaphonics, raise Tilapia, , a few pumps and some PVC Pipes and a few large plastic barrels or steel reinforced plastic tanks and you are in business. Lettuce in the Philippines can be a high value crop, one guy does that in Luzon, he has a raft aquaponics system, lettuce growing in Styrofoam cups on rafts..
1. It's meant to be situated in a levelled place. Also, try to make sure the set up is protected from rain water so as not to mess up the water - solution ratio. Speaking of water, if there's a way you can store rain water, that'll be best to use for the system. Rain water has so much nutrients than tap water. 2. As early as now, try to buy a black shade net to protect the leaves from leaf burn. 3. Also procure a larger basin. As the plants grow bigger, their water requirement will increase. Buy a basin that's can block sunlight from coming in. Algae will be your main problem if the basin can't repel the sun. 4. Pechay, Mustard leaves, and Kangkong are the easiest to grow. Better if you will just do cut outs of stems of kangkong you buy in the market. The Chinese kangkong seeds that are bought from lazada are of different variety. They don't produce as much leaves.
Hi to Jay and all in family. Nice seeing you having a hydrophonic garden. I hope ur vegetables would grow well. Though i doubt if anything growing taller than 1 foot would trive in ur hydtopjonics. I may be wrong tho. I wish u luck in ur hydrophonics gardening. Maybe watch a lot of hydophonics veg growing in the Philippines in RUclips. Or ask a farmer with hydrophonics farming experience. Looking forward to ur success. Maybe vlog on ur experience hydrophonics.😂😊
Basil is actually a social plant, whilst it can grow on a window sill, if you are by the sea it likes to grow in partial shade, try it with aubergine, peppers , geraniums or other leafy plants
Sooo nice! You’ve given me an idea. Growing veggies and other plants is my hobby. Sure, i can go to the grocery stores and buy those stuff but growing my own makes me happy and I love experimenting. I live in a 4 seasons area so I can only do my gardening during Spring and Summer. Thanks for sharing.
You should plants some malunggay in your land guys….I think you should start before you start building your house so by the time you move in your malunggay is already abundant with leaves and leaves and ready for use. You only need to a brunch of the malunggay tree. Easy to propagate the malunggay and you can use for your food for your tea and can be use in your smoothie too.
We have had some success with Basil, so it will grow here. I have been thinking about hydroponics particularly for lettuce. You have spurred me to get on and do it. I've seen an HP system running from a fish tank. The system pumps the water carrying the nutrients produced by the fish to the plants and returns the water to the tank. You ought to have a pond at your new property. Perhaps then you can use the water from that to run through your HP system.
I think you need to grow the seedlings in trays first before you put them in the cups. You can put the system close to the wall no direct sunlight. I saw they even put plastic screens over it. The water is supposed to go back into the system and run it all over again. Hehe
Looks like it needs coasters for the bottom and once it’s set up, I guess you can’t move it. I’m sure your not the first to do that. Well I’ll learn that now….😮. Great idea though. My garden didn’t grow very much last year. I love sprouting too! I put sprouts on avocado toast, sprinkle olive oil and Himalayan salt and yum!
Congratulation on getting your new gardening equipment I am surprised that it has taken you 3 years to do this but I am sure you could have done this a lot cheaper and getting good advice from the local people on how you do this . Well Jay I am sure by now you have an idea where about you are building your new home so have you started clearing the area with your new trimmer and planning what trees may have to be cut down then you can start planning your garden area of Vegetables and flowering plants well if you plan to move into your new home by the end of the year it is now April and time goes very quickly and another thing you have to take into account the different climate seasons.
Once you use your it and learn about PH and conductivity you will realize that growing without the pump and just using a bucket with water, nutrients and the seedling in rock wool or equivalent is the easiest way to grow. I can send info if you want to look at it. I also started with a kit so its a great way to learn.
In Canada I grew Swiss Chard, Pechay , and Collards hydrponically, if you add an aquarium and tilapia into the mix you got an Aquaphonics setup , I know you are vegetarians , so sell the fish or raise goldfish or Koi, fish poop are natural nutrients for the veggies ,do some research on Aquaphonics . If you just harvest the leaves from the plants like the lettuce or pechay daily for self use, the plants will keep growing for months, never ending it seems, until it goes to seed.Aeroponics and Hydroponics & Aquaphonics - the future of sustainable farming in a limited space / environment, Aquaphonics is also almost " organic" as the fish give the plants nutrients - eliminate need for chemical fertilizers , if you have netting or greenhouse no need for Pesticides. Happy farming!
Oh that was fun. We have person run hydrophonic system at Half Moon Bay which is about 2 miles by the Pacific Ocean. The trick is he had it indoors in somehwat an agricultural tent the greens grew in a self sustaining pond. He grew all kinds of greens, alsmost no soil. The plant grew in what looks like styrofoam. Make sure to wash the veggies very well as when these are established, with water other life forms come in.
Its been awhile i have not seen your family's post. Glad you're still sharing your resilience living a life here in Philippines. I started following your post during start of covid. I wish you well and best of luck
Fun fact: you can grow apples in the Philippines if you want. Even in the hot lowlands. Just keep the seeds in a moist tissue paper for around 2 months in the refrigerator (not the freezer). Once it starts to sprout, transfer it to a pot, then once it has several leaves, transfer to the ground.
I actually just read an article about the "Kapatagan Apple Orchard" here in the Philippines where they grow apples. The farm is located at the rolling foothills of Mount Apo which has a cooler weather.
@@rm_alfaro I'm on the hotter lowlands. So it's a bit of a struggle to keep the sprouts alive. But once the seedlings are established, like a foot or so high, and the bark has formed, they don't seem to have a lot of problems with the hotter climate. But then again, I'm still waiting for them to fully grow. I read about him about a year ago. I actually didn't know about him until after I had already started trying to grow apples.
Good to see the little girl is also involved of doing the hydroponic, she's so cute 🥰. May I know the link where you buy this hydroponic system? Thanks for sharing. Wish you can harvest more than your daily consumption.
I got a styrofoam cooler box for 300 pesos. Ordered the hydroponic solution on Lazada. Cut holes for plastic cups in the cooler top. Coconut mulch with chicken manure is 100 pesos for a large sack
Oh Wow! I can’t wait for your hydroponic garden setup. You’re very smart people. How I wish the local people can afford this system too.The good and diligent local people can produce good quality products according to their own knowledge. I hope you serve as an inspiration to the locals there. Some of them are sleeping giants. God gave us such a beautiful lands and we have the responsibility to use them well as a gratitude to our Creator but some are sitting down without production. I feel very sad this way.
this is just a guess. since the water runs up the bottom end of the pipe, i guess the water should be catched or end up in the bucket where the water originally started. where the pump is. to reuse/recycle and conserve water
You never know. You grow enough once you're into it you can possibly grow lots of things and sell them to the locals🎉🎉🎉side hustle I think the young people call it now.
Better find a way to cool the water in your reservoir or in tropical temperatures your going to get root rot. Find a way to bury the reservoir underground to help keep it cool. Colder the water the more oxygen
If you have chlorine in your water, let it sit and disappear. Check the conductivity of your water and that is subtracted from the added nutrients. The EC of nutrient water should be around 1.2 or so - ie not very concentrated. If it rains it will dilute the nutrient solution if the rain water has access to the holes. also need to check the PH of nutrient solution. I keep mine at 1.8-2.0 Bok choy and swiss chard is super easy to grow, spinach gives me most problems
You need to learn what veggies naturally grow there. And learn to eat it as well. I am pretty sure there are a lot of greens there but it's not the greens that you are looking for. Or it's good to build a greenhouse to grow greens that doesn't normally grow there.
Hi! Just sharing our experience growing vegetables and herbs. We live on an island as well, our house is just 8 meters away from the sea. We tried propagating basil and mint from a mother plant we were able to buy at a plant shop. The seedlings were placed INSIDE our house. They wouldn’t root. So after several failed attempts, we decided to grow them up in the mountains. Whatdyaknow, they propagated without any issue! Turns out it’s the salt water in the air “burning” the leaves and stems. So maybe try to grow them as far from the sea, if possible?😊
Just adding that propagating moringa and papaya seem to not be an issue, even near the sea. 😊
I had a giant basil plant on my catamaran in Biscayne bay near Miami , it was doing great growing in dirt
@@kuzinit2374 Interesting… Was it grown from seed, or propagated? What’s your growing secret? 😉
Please do more filming in your land kinda- off-grid picnic, cleaning or just anything from there. Its interesting to see the before and after when your house is built. Love you 8 Miles and stay positive!
It always starts with trial and error, it's how we all learn..you'll get there no worries Jay and Sasha
well water will be great.i would keep it under cover if it rains as will wash the dirt and seeds out pots as is to harsh.
I thought that hydroponics are super expensive… honestly your vlogs are helping me a lot to plan my retirement someday. I always wanted a sustainable and environmental living aka off the grid living. Seeing it that i can work in the Philippines get me excited 😊
Best system is Aquaphonics, raise Tilapia, , a few pumps and some PVC Pipes and a few large plastic barrels or steel reinforced plastic tanks and you are in business. Lettuce in the Philippines can be a high value crop, one guy does that in Luzon, he has a raft aquaponics system, lettuce growing in Styrofoam cups on rafts..
1. It's meant to be situated in a levelled place. Also, try to make sure the set up is protected from rain water so as not to mess up the water - solution ratio. Speaking of water, if there's a way you can store rain water, that'll be best to use for the system. Rain water has so much nutrients than tap water.
2. As early as now, try to buy a black shade net to protect the leaves from leaf burn.
3. Also procure a larger basin. As the plants grow bigger, their water requirement will increase. Buy a basin that's can block sunlight from coming in. Algae will be your main problem if the basin can't repel the sun.
4. Pechay, Mustard leaves, and Kangkong are the easiest to grow. Better if you will just do cut outs of stems of kangkong you buy in the market. The Chinese kangkong seeds that are bought from lazada are of different variety. They don't produce as much leaves.
Im more excited for this hydrophonics project. Been waiting for this.
Your dedication in creating a quality content about your life as a family in the philippines is remarkable!
Hi to Jay and all in family. Nice seeing you having a hydrophonic garden. I hope ur vegetables would grow well. Though i doubt if anything growing taller than 1 foot would trive in ur hydtopjonics. I may be wrong tho. I wish u luck in ur hydrophonics gardening. Maybe watch a lot of hydophonics veg growing in the Philippines in RUclips.
Or ask a farmer with hydrophonics farming experience. Looking forward to ur success. Maybe vlog on ur experience hydrophonics.😂😊
You look like you are in paradise. Wow, so beautiful
Basil is actually a social plant, whilst it can grow on a window sill, if you are by the sea it likes to grow in partial shade, try it with aubergine, peppers , geraniums or other leafy plants
I really appreciate the contents of your channel..so happy seeing this family on youtube everyday..❤❤❤
Wow...Story is a great gardener....great learning for Story...
you guys will be pioneers on the island. This is great.
Sooo nice! You’ve given me an idea. Growing veggies and other plants is my hobby. Sure, i can go to the grocery stores and buy those stuff but growing my own makes me happy and I love experimenting. I live in a 4 seasons area so I can only do my gardening during Spring and Summer. Thanks for sharing.
I think it is better to grow the hydrophonic garden in a greenhouse. Waiting to see how it turns out. Would love to try them too.
You should plants some malunggay in your land guys….I think you should start before you start building your house so by the time you move in your malunggay is already abundant with leaves and leaves and ready for use. You only need to a brunch of the malunggay tree. Easy to propagate the malunggay and you can use for your food for your tea and can be use in your smoothie too.
There is a lot of coriander in the Philippines it grows everywhere ask the locals it’s called Wansoy.
Story your dress is darling 😊I really like that style of dress. Reminds me of my little girl. She's 43 now. ❤
This is a great science project for Story.
That was fun! I did have a chuckle when the whole thing went pearshaped in an instant. It was worth it for the shot!!
We have had some success with Basil, so it will grow here. I have been thinking about hydroponics particularly for lettuce. You have spurred me to get on and do it. I've seen an HP system running from a fish tank. The system pumps the water carrying the nutrients produced by the fish to the plants and returns the water to the tank. You ought to have a pond at your new property. Perhaps then you can use the water from that to run through your HP system.
Hello Jay Sacha and Story and puppy 😍 nice hydroponic system for the plant, I like it, thank you for sharing your life vlog always.
nice invention to grow your own vegetables,organic foods is the best…❤
I've grown somethings in a hydroponic system and it worked really good. However, on a smaller scale.
A very interesting way to plant your own veggies. I’m so excited of what might be the outcome.
Awesome gardening, look forward to seeing how everything grows 👍❤ ( Vancouver Island, Victoria, BC 🌲🇨🇦)
Thanks for sharing. The hydrophonic systems I’ve seen are pretty heavy duty. 😉
I think you need to grow the seedlings in trays first before you put them in the cups. You can put the system close to the wall no direct sunlight. I saw they even put plastic screens over it. The water is supposed to go back into the system and run it all over again. Hehe
Looks like it needs coasters for the bottom and once it’s set up, I guess you can’t move it. I’m sure your not the first to do that. Well I’ll learn that now….😮. Great idea though. My garden didn’t grow very much last year. I love sprouting too! I put sprouts on avocado toast, sprinkle olive oil and Himalayan salt and yum!
I have those herbs on my windowsill, green onions, parsley, basil, rosemary and mint❤ easy to grow.
It takes a lot of water 💧 to fill the system probably but I believe the water will recycle itself
Ohhh I missed gardening back home in phil, hoping going back home, can do that too
Congratulation on getting your new gardening equipment I am surprised that it has taken you 3 years to do this but I am sure you could have done this a lot cheaper and getting good advice from the local people on how you do this .
Well Jay I am sure by now you have an idea where about you are building your new home so have you started clearing the area with your new trimmer and planning what trees may have to be cut down then you can start planning your garden area of Vegetables and flowering plants well if you plan to move into your new home by the end of the year it is now April and time goes very quickly and another thing you have to take into account the different climate seasons.
Birds might love your plants so best to have your hydrophonics covered with screen.
Once you use your it and learn about PH and conductivity you will realize that growing without the pump and just using a bucket with water, nutrients and the seedling in rock wool or equivalent is the easiest way to grow. I can send info if you want to look at it. I also started with a kit so its a great way to learn.
In Canada I grew Swiss Chard, Pechay , and Collards hydrponically, if you add an aquarium and tilapia into the mix you got an Aquaphonics setup , I know you are vegetarians , so sell the fish or raise goldfish or Koi, fish poop are natural nutrients for the veggies ,do some research on Aquaphonics . If you just harvest the leaves from the plants like the lettuce or pechay daily for self use, the plants will keep growing for months, never ending it seems, until it goes to seed.Aeroponics and Hydroponics & Aquaphonics - the future of sustainable farming in a limited space / environment, Aquaphonics is also almost " organic" as the fish give the plants nutrients - eliminate need for chemical fertilizers , if you have netting or greenhouse no need for Pesticides. Happy farming!
Oh that was fun. We have person run hydrophonic system at Half Moon Bay which is about 2 miles by the Pacific Ocean. The trick is he had it indoors in somehwat an agricultural tent the greens grew in a self sustaining pond. He grew all kinds of greens, alsmost no soil. The plant grew in what looks like styrofoam. Make sure to wash the veggies very well as when these are established, with water other life forms come in.
The climate in the Philippines is like a greenhouse. May have to have it in a shaded area, and away from heavy rain
Its been awhile i have not seen your family's post. Glad you're still sharing your resilience living a life here in Philippines. I started following your post during start of covid.
I wish you well and best of luck
🎉🎉🎉good morning 🙏 🌄 I'm glad to see your video this morning. Excited to see the set up😊
Fun fact: you can grow apples in the Philippines if you want. Even in the hot lowlands. Just keep the seeds in a moist tissue paper for around 2 months in the refrigerator (not the freezer). Once it starts to sprout, transfer it to a pot, then once it has several leaves, transfer to the ground.
I actually just read an article about the "Kapatagan Apple Orchard" here in the Philippines where they grow apples. The farm is located at the rolling foothills of Mount Apo which has a cooler weather.
@@rm_alfaro I'm on the hotter lowlands. So it's a bit of a struggle to keep the sprouts alive. But once the seedlings are established, like a foot or so high, and the bark has formed, they don't seem to have a lot of problems with the hotter climate. But then again, I'm still waiting for them to fully grow.
I read about him about a year ago. I actually didn't know about him until after I had already started trying to grow apples.
I look at your enjoyment and it brightens my days
Goodluck on your veggie garden. Hopefully it would be a success and who knows it might become a future business venture.
Great thumb nail art!
Good to see the little girl is also involved of doing the hydroponic, she's so cute 🥰.
May I know the link where you buy this hydroponic system? Thanks for sharing. Wish you can harvest more than your daily consumption.
Now you can grow anything you want 😊
Thanks for sharing this very good idea..
Wow! Thats all my dream! To live a simple life but so extravagant
Good to see that, i love gardening but i didn't try hydroponics system at all
I got a styrofoam cooler box for 300 pesos. Ordered the hydroponic solution on Lazada. Cut holes for plastic cups in the cooler top. Coconut mulch with chicken manure is 100 pesos for a large sack
The inlet n outlet for the water should be in the same pail
Oh so un ang water cyle..kc ngtataka ako ano ggawin sa lumalabas na tubig
Oh Wow! I can’t wait for your hydroponic garden setup. You’re very smart people. How I wish the local people can afford this system too.The good and diligent local people can produce good quality products according to their own knowledge. I hope you serve as an inspiration to the locals there. Some of them are sleeping giants. God gave us such a beautiful lands and we have the responsibility to use them well as a gratitude to our Creator but some are sitting down without production. I feel very sad this way.
this is just a guess. since the water runs up the bottom end of the pipe, i guess the water should be catched or end up in the bucket where the water originally started. where the pump is. to reuse/recycle and conserve water
that's great po
i also do that here
have a blessed day po
You never know. You grow enough once you're into it you can possibly grow lots of things and sell them to the locals🎉🎉🎉side hustle I think the young people call it now.
i want to do this too
Gud eve guys
Spinach and some herbs can grow by hydrophonics
Woot woot hydroponics
That's awesome
May I ask for a link to the hydroponic system.? Please
Better find a way to cool the water in your reservoir or in tropical temperatures your going to get root rot. Find a way to bury the reservoir underground to help keep it cool. Colder the water the more oxygen
When will pwah pwah and you brother will come to the Philippines?
For J's bday
She's arriving in June then staying for a long time. We can't wait to see her again
@@8milesfromhome wow!!
Love it
you can easily turn that into aquaponics with some fish and then its completely symbiotic and you wont have to touch it much at all
forgot you're vegan.. maybe you could sell the fish? heh
Where did you order that stuff?
Cant find in Lazada
Hydrophonics♥️♥️♥️
Would you please share the link for the store in Lazada? Im pumped to try this. TYSM.
s.lazada.com.ph/s.7aKuv
If you have chlorine in your water, let it sit and disappear.
Check the conductivity of your water and that is subtracted from the added nutrients.
The EC of nutrient water should be around 1.2 or so - ie not very concentrated.
If it rains it will dilute the nutrient solution if the rain water has access to the holes.
also need to check the PH of nutrient solution. I keep mine at 1.8-2.0
Bok choy and swiss chard is super easy to grow, spinach gives me most problems
Can you please share the store you got that from
s.lazada.com.ph/s.htN4J
Have a feeling you will build a sustainable greenhouse farm (not greenhouse gas) in the future.
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Hi guys, what happened to todays vlog, I hope you are all well. Bless you all and stay safe 🙏🏻🙏🏻
if you become successful and able to grow a lot, who knows you can be the supplier to the restos in Siargao. 😅
Basil is the easiest thing to grow. I grow it on my windowsill not too much sun.
It never grows here 😑
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So u don't hve to keep filling the pail with water
Let the water rotate
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Can you send me the link for your 3000 pesos Hydo system? I can only find over 4000 pesos ones at Lazada
You need to learn what veggies naturally grow there. And learn to eat it as well. I am pretty sure there are a lot of greens there but it's not the greens that you are looking for. Or it's good to build a greenhouse to grow greens that doesn't normally grow there.
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Odd choice, factory farming when land is plentiful. Having said that I can see the attraction, it's like a train set that produces herbs.
I bet inyou tubeso many find excampels
You ttube
May be next free range chicken
Aren't your deep well salty?
No, surprisingly not. It’s a really good water supply. Filtered by the earth we think
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They wont grow well without fertilizer. You can use organic fertilizer either powder or liquid or make your own.
She bigger now
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Sprout was too legy. Should have exposed it into sun while sprouting
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