How To Get Started In Hydroponics
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In this video I will show you how to get started growing plants hydroponically, indoors in your home. If you're brand new to hydroponics or you've been thinking about giving it a try this video is for you. You will learn exactly how to get started, step by step and what things you will need to buy.
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My plants are fine with tap water.
Too many concern themselves with ph.
I was in doubt learning hydro.
You can raise ph with baking soda, lower with lemon juice.
Not a big loss considering many will just grow lettuce and herbs lol
You can take a 50 gallon drum of tap water. Fill it and allow it to stand for 2-3 days. Chlorine will evaporate and the dissolved solids will fall to the lower 1/3 of the water area. You can then from top down slowly and remove the top 2/3 of the 50 gallons. That will give you close to fully distilled water.
I wonder that makes sense for fish so it makes sense for plants as well
Unfortunately, most municipalities now use chloramine instead of chlorine. Chloramine remains in the water a lot longer than a week, and is fairly inert, so it doesn't really evaporate off readily. As for dissolved solids settling out of solution, good luck with that.
@sabbracadabra I use a rodi system (reverse osmosis deionized water system)- it removes dissolved solids to about 1 part in a million. Just shy of what distilled water is. The only drawback is that it can use up to 4 gallons of tap water to produce a single gallon of 'clean' water.
Wait - what ?? ... tap water has chlorine ???
What would you say you spend extra a month in electricity by running the lights 18 hours a day to grow stuff? Because that's always a sticking point for me... what would all that energy cost me?
very good video
I remember when I first started into hydroponics as well. I was similar. Always trying to go full tilt hardcore and over do it. Good video but over thinking it can cause more damage than good. Also the TDS is not as big of a deal as you think. When you start adding nutrients it automatically increases your TDS. Biggest thing is make sure if you are using tap water, primarily city provided water that you allow the chlorine to air out. Hydroponics is also known as soilless growing. Best advice for anyone is that gather as much info as you can and go at it in your own approach. Learn as you go. No one is perfect and we all find our own learning curve based on our own environment.
I encourage everyone to do this. Again good video. I can tell you like what you do.
i guess that depends on where you live.. where i am, my EC of the tapwater is 0.8 mS already, and that makes it difficult for any smaller plants that require lower EC, as it means i can't add sufficient - in some cases any - nutrients without overfeeding and putting the plants into nutrient-lockout.. also most manufacturers recommendations on how much nutrient solution to use, is based on RO water and this was only clear to me after i got an EC meter and actually measured what it meant to the EC to "use 2ml of this per liter of water"... let's not forget that the environment plays a huge role.. if you have a 15w LED for some plants, the nutrient requirements are completely different than when using a 1000w lamp, as the amount of vegetative growth will be completely different, so one general formula from the supplier can't really work.. (kind of like "give your cat one can of cat-food a day" might work well on a house-cat, but not on a tiger ;))
chlorine on the other hand isn't an issue where i live (it's not added), but i agree that in places where it is, it should be a priority to get it out.. and it's pretty easy to do anyways. with an air-stone it's even faster i've read..
now i just use RO water (the RO filter cost me less than 50 Euro, so that's the cheaper route than buying distilled), bring it up to about 0.3/0.4 mS with calmag and then still have a great base to add most nutrients for plants that are too young to go over 0.8 mS..
also i measure the solution each day, so i can see if my plants have too little, sufficient or too much nutrients in the reservoir.. if you measure a lower EC than when the solution has been in there (or the run-off in drain-to-waste systems), you know the plant used more nutrients than water, so it's good to raise the amount of nutrients by a tiny factor.. if the EC is higher than what you initially put in, then you know the plant used more water (or there might be a lot of evaporation), and it's better to lower the amount of nutrients, as you might overfeed it.. the perfect middle (a stable EC over time) is the perfect balance and usually that also means that the plant looks healthy.
I measure that and PH daily and it's been working great, while before that i had quite a lot of under- or over-fed plants..
No matter what, i fully agree with you that everyone should try to do this, and that it's a good video.
I've grown my first peppers hydroponically about 12 years ago, and up to this day i still keep on learning new things that help improve my harvests..
Such an abundance of knowledge here for anyone starting up. You really do a great job simplifying things. I'll be sure to watch your other videos.
God bless you for sharing these videos. You are helping people help themselves and this is the best way of doing it.
You don't need net cups, you don't need rock wool, you don't need giant buckets unless you're growing plants that are going to get huge, like tomatoes. I use cut-up rubber floor puzzle mats to hold my plants over the water in the tub holes and it works just fine and allows the stems to grow without impeeding. There is no real "right" way to do it per se, as long as the plants can grow in water with nutrients everything else is up to your imagination and creativity. As a growing medium, I'm using my reptile's coconut fiber as a nursery "soil". Plenty of air, plenty of moisture, it works great. You don't have to go out of your way to get things, just find what you have available. The kratky method is, by far, the easiest hydroponic method out there I believe. You don't need any air pumps or anything. Standing water and let the water levels drop so the roots get both air and water. Easy. Lots of ways to grow food. C:
The face he pulled after saying herbs at 0:38, as if to be like “damn I didn’t mean to say that” now we know you like da herb
I was always afraid to try hydroponics because it seemed so much more difficult than just soil-growing, but after seeing how much better it works (faster growth, better looking fruits/veggies, less water wasted, etc), if done correctly, i'm gonna give it a few tries.
I sometimes wonder if you can make the water of hydroponic and spray your soil plants
@@J2DaB33 you can water your plant using hydroponic nutrients
@Jonny Sandtrap just ph balance the water to the recommended level and mix your hydroponic formula in that water. Put in soray bottles and you are set
@@PropagandaMinister you mix your nutrients Together Like Me 3 part. ----- 1. First
Then adjust ph. 🗿
Awesome video... Thumbs up! Subscribed! Keep em coming good sir. Thank you.
Thanks for watching! -Michael
This video and DWC itself may well help all of us get through the current pandemic.
Exclnt vid.
Thx
Hi, I am Orpha and I am 73 years old, have become interested in hydropnic and I am about to get stated, I am acquiring the supplies before getting the seeding. I like your manner and matter of fact attitude. If I have question once in awhile may I come abroad and ask your advice? I have subscribes so that I don't lose you, lol.
Thank you do much.
Couldn't hurt to increase the audio volume in your next video.
Great video ! Thank you so much for sharing your ideas with us. I am currently researching how to build a hydroponic garden. Your way is much easier than putting together a lot of pvc pipe and I know that I will be trying to duplicate what you have done. Thanks again !
"it is a lot easier to grow it hydroponically ..." :) i think the word you were looking for was "more rewarding..."
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This is the best explanation I've seen so far! Thanks! Been researching this all day and am shopping for supplies to start up our hydro garden. I love how you show what you do and explain it as you went.
EXCELLENT!!!!
This is exactly what I have been looking for. You really break it down for this newbie, I can't thank you enough.
I have been gardening outside for the longest time and quite frankly, I am tired of all the bugs and plaint ailments that come with it. I work so hard and just like that, they can erase everything. Although I won't quit my outdoor gardening, I would like to supplement it, at least for now, with some indoor hydroponics.
Besides growing my own food for the health benefits involved, we now have to be concerned about the cost and who knows what availability will be there for food in the future. Having a garden, indoors or out is food security that I need to have.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge, it is greatly appreciated and I can't wait to binge watch later, for now I am off to the garden!
Great startup info with an excellent demonstration on growing seedlings the hydroponic way!!
Great video. I would love to see more.
Thanks for this, for me an introduction to hydroponics. After watching a program on UK tv called ‘Click’ which they showed a very automated, expensive way to hydroponics I thought that there must be a simpler cheaper way to do it. I will do more research and intend to try it for myself. Thanks again for your efforts in this production.👍😊
Thanks for all of the details everyone else just tells you how to set up the buckets
Very well explained video. I have watched lots of videos already on hydroponics, but yours one I found very very helpful specially for beginners.
Thank you!
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Could you show examples of your definitions of 'seedlings' and at what point in their size do you shift the nutrients?
I change the nutrients to the higher strength about 2 weeks after germination.
@@GrassandGardenTV do you ever add more nutrients as the plants grow??
Yes
Loved it! Thank You for making it so simple that I can start this today. Be blessed and please continue to put this valuable content out there. I’ll share and tell others
My first seeds have just begun to sprout! I'm a new subscriber and love your simple approach. Thanks for explaining your methods and especially the reasons behind them. A stupid question if you'll permit me - I'm growing in my basement up north of you in Ontario, Canada. I introduced a temperature gauge last week and was surprised it was only 21 degrees Celcius in the basement. That's just shy of 70 degrees Fahrenheit. I'm running a heat mat under the seeds. It seems to be running north of 80 degrees. Is that too high? Should I be concerned? Any comments would be appreciated! Thanks in advance!🥴
I just want to thank you for taking the time to do this video. I’ve watched a lot of videos on hydroponics and yours is the best I’ve seen hands down. I’m new to hydroponic gardening and can’t wait to get started. Two thumbs up!
Thanks you, I'm glad I can help. Here is a link to a playlist for a recent video series I just did. It shows I how started up a micro green tub hydroponically. Enjoy and best of luck! -Michael ruclips.net/p/PLq4N7s0bShHoOkp6d3u6xjPv5GK81vhwh
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IS THE BLUE LOWE'S BUCKET BPA FREE or will it leach "bad stuff" into the plant roots?
I have been wanting to get into Hydroponics, and your videos have made me feel extremely comfortable trying this out. I can not wait to get started. Have you done anything like cucumbers. My main thing I want to grow are Pickling cucumbers, I know they are like 99.9% water, so I will need to monitor this. Any advise would be greatly appreciated!
Hi Nicholas, thanks for watching! One thing to keep in mind is temperature. I grow in my basement where it's always 68 degrees. Its perfect for lettuce, spinach, etc. However in the past I've had difficulty getting fruiting plants (like peppers) to flower. My best advise is to just get started and learn along the way. Best of luck and keep in touch! I'm planning more hydroponic content for this winter.
I was looking for the promised link for the TDS meter (Total Dissovled Solids). I don't see the link. Also I am curious, where you bought your metal racks in the background ? They look well built and sturdy. Thanks for your concise video manner. :)
I just noticed i have the same rack but mines is painted
keep ph at 6, ppms of solution low at first maybe 900, then build, I end up at 1900 with base, bloom, and top shooter, with sweet , and floralicious plus, and tea
I use because expanded clay pebbles and 10 inch net pots in 5 gallon buckets, or I also have green tree 2 1/2, double buckets where one is for flood and drain second is for pebbles, but always flooded
great video, all in all. very easy to understand.. one recommendation though: never put the PH up or PH down directly from the bottle into the nutrient solution... it's much too concentrated and too acidic (PH-) or alkaline (PH+) and might chemically react with the nutrients that you just put in before, and can make them unusable for further use by the plants.. especially with Ph+ you can sometimes see that it forms a little cloudy area after dripping it in.. that means those nutrients were wasted. it's better to put the PH+/PH- into a shotglass with some water first and then use this diluted mix to put into the nutrient-solution.. given you also only need a little, it's also much easier to portion it this way, as there's a much bigger margin of error, than when it's highly concentrated :)
edit: and please do yourself a favor and get a ph-meter and don't use the color tests.. PH uses a base-10 logarithmic scale, so PH 5.0 is 10 times more acidic than PH 6.0.. those tests just arent precise enough, and decent PH meters aren't that expensive (but yes, they do require some maintenance and regular calibration)
I would never use CFL bulbs for anything. Not only are they very toxic if broken, but they produce dangerous EMF radiation that negatively affect anything living in the room. LED grow lights are the way to go.
i used to take the small sub water pumps 1/2 in id hose and my cap net buckets mounted in the 5 gallon top. plug the hose and drill some to run around the base of my "tomato" plant basicly a drip/water fall/DWC so i could flush my CAP ebb and grow one pot at a time. my CAP ebb and grow is still rocking strong. always be sure to have a few spare pumps
I grow hydroponically with DWC. I start with reverse osmosis water where the water is about 6 PPM to 8 PPM. Your water should be less than 20 PPM, ideally less than 10 PPM, to prevent nutrient lockout. I use a Hydrologic Stealth RO 200 reverse osmosis watering unit. I use a three part dry mix, which costs drastically less than the pre-mixed liquid nutrients.
I use Masterblend 4-18-38, calcium nitrate, and epsom salt. I buy them from Morgan County Seeds. For greens it’s 10 grams / 10 grams / 5 grams per 5 gallons. For fruiting plants 12 grams / 12 grams / 6 grams. Young plants get a half strength dose. I pH with 5 ml of General Hydroponic pH up per 5 gallons to a pH of 6, measured with pH testing drops.
I use similar 5 gallon buckets and trays. But they are black in color. There is much less algae problems if you use black color plastic.
I drill the holes for the 3” net pots with a 75mm hole saw drill bit. Forward direction for the small pilot hole, reverse direction for the larger hole. The reverse direction for the larger hole produces clean edges every time. The mandrel that holds the hole saw drill bit must be able to lock in place so that you can drill in the reverse direction.
I use air one-way check valves in each air line so that the nutrient cannot siphon into the air pumps. The check valves are available from pet stores.
The fluorescent lights are good enough for greens, but you need more light for fruiting plants. I use a ceramic metal Halide light for the fruiting plants. High pressure sodium, Halide, or high intensity LEDs could also be used for fruiting plants, such as tomatoes or peppers.
Greens grow better with DWC than Kratky, but fruiting plants grow drastically better with DWC than Kratky.
@Meadow Apple The much higher light intensity from my 315 watt Sun Systems Ceramic Metal Halide light (about $400) makes a huge difference with fruiting plants, like peppers and tomatoes, verses trying to use fluorescent lighting. The fruiting plants will grow under fluorescent lighting, but their growth is very poor compared to using the Ceramic Metal Halide light. The fluorescent lighting is good enough for non-fruiting green plants.
I still test pH with testing drops. I need to break down and buy a digital pH meter, then I can test pH more accurately. But I don't think that pH is that critical as long as the testing drops have the "yellow" color.
To put healthy molecules in ones body is to be at a location where manufactured products do not exist in a Sundance in the natural world to me I imagine when our bodies absorb molecules or plants a one consideration is In my sense of healthiest is when exposure to things that must not find it's way into our bodies. If teratogens are not present. To me chemicals from plastics do not belong in my body. Unfortunately ....when unnatural goes in the biological processes sometimes tangle designs that incorporate use of materials that humans of this age take for granted. There is no one set way to do anything but sadly reliance in certain activities is such that when it comes to utility and larger scale investigation experience and its expected out come I believe The health of tissues needs consideration before utilization and gravity toward which requires firsthand consideration. If all good goes into body..... Look at how pale the skin of caucasians. Seems like stay away from manufactured products and use glass vessels only.I would expect body functions and membrane cellular degeneration critically needs a more conscious point in time. The ease of utility is such that being elasticated because plastic is easiest is plastic deteriorate and imagine if when translation occurs in biological processes can one absolutely say there are better ways to do any exceptionally well thought strategy to maintained healthy biology. Rid the industry of plastic. Turn to glass. Buy products in larger sizes in glass such as pickles and juices or whatever. Plastic fragments microscopic shards I believe their absence is mandatory . So try innovating to glass and do not do what is not the healthiest. I will be more impressed if health considerations are incorporated into what comes before anything. Get enough plastic in the body the numbing effect....seems its unhealthy to not innovate and before all the latex fragments from paint.....that basement breathes gases but I would be impressed if you had it in glass or someone incorporated health and safety. Imagine the outcomes with trials colored glass. Glass cleans easier and cracks but when dropped. Water and organic molecules dissolve everything. And plastic cracks after time and movement over and over well the weight of the water seems like reducing size to minimum viable input 5 gallon buckets in plastic buckets are not good for weight consideration. I believe there is room to improve the health Spects of the industry. Deplasticate your bloodstream please understand doing what's easiest or cheapest is not always healthiest. So adapting healthier vessels a word of caution. Reliance on unnatural is not ones healthiest choice. Seems like why ain't coffins made of plastic?
Thank you so much for this video! I am just starting with my romaine lettuce seedlings and growing venture and this info is so helpful 😍
How often do you fertilize? And do you just add to the existing water already in the buckets? Or do you have the empty to bucket completely and start fresh?
You guys know Home Depot sells some hydroponics for 40 $
Buying everything on amazon and distilled water in plastic container. Kinda stupid way of growing food... You can grow all that food without all these impact on the planet. Please be responsible when growing.
Learned a lot! Bought system but wasn't sure how to start. Thanks for sharing with those of us who want to start and to be successful.
aren't you worried about using non food grade buckets? The chemicals break the plastics down over time. I would switch to food grade buckets prob
Is there a better way of determing tha ph level of tha solution without having to take tha waters temperature all tha time ?? Geez...i dont even monitor my sugar level & blood pressure like how i probably should so i aint trying 2 give myself no extra work to do 🤷
after 3 to 5 days my nutrient level drops and i need to top it up..do i top it with nutrient mix or just water ?
This is a good video to cover the basics. Thank you. It gave me a lot of awareness and information.
0:31 is awesome , your face is like "why tha fuck i just said herbs" lol
I don't believe either of the containers you used would be considered "food safe". Long term use might prove detrimental.
But what you said about tap water is true, but if you fill a jug with tap water leaving sitting a little more that 24hrs most of the bad stuff dissipates! And you have water with a great ph!
Thank you for this excellent and informative video. Missed this growing season but planning for next year. Have to grow outside though
you want the pebbles in the net pot touching your nutrient solution they will wick, and still have air
Tap water her in Norway works just fine for watering plants. No need for RO or distilled water fortunately.
You can boil tap water to remove devolved solids. Figure to add this since dissolved water prices have gone up in price
What did the small seedlings grow in to root before transplanting over to the blue florescent tube?
what if you filtered your tap water ?
How long is a long time for the nutrients?
That.... is what I call a bucket of algae. Paint it black man. Nice video
Shouldn't you be using food safe trays/ bins/ buckets?
Awesome video bro but can you move the microphone closer
good job, I'll check you out again, I liked and subbed
What is the chemical composition of the nutrient mix for both A and B?
sorry. did you say you grow plants in whardder? Never heard of it.
How do you check the water level and fill when the plants get big?
THEY SAY YOU SHOULD USE FOOD GRADE PLASTIC FOR PLANTING
So your lettuce is gonna cost you about 40 buck a head ?
dude!!! i have grew dwc for many years now.. you sir hit all the speaking points of things to be aware of. the tds, the ph.. i was all about that.. but this last grow i did,, i took it a bit farther on the ph and never tested the level.. and all grew amazing.. you wanna know how?? i think we dont need to scare people and make it look like a big monster that its not. and just so you know i have about 15 years of growing in water... but damn man.. great job!!
Thanks! Stay tuned for more hydros this winter! -Michael
Sir, can you tell me what type of solution you use, how to use it in this system, i am beginner
14:16 and the name is on the bottle and in the description.
Great video, thank you for the info. Pls give detail of lighting i.e 1. Timing of lights on/off 2. Wattage of CFL or T5 or LED 3. How many lights for one square meter.
Thanks in advance..
Rajiv Kumar
Patna , Bihar , India
Hi Rajiv, my fixture has 4x 4 foot T5 bulbs that are about 52 watts each. I run them for 16 hours per day. -Michael
@@GrassandGardenTV I look forward to seeing your light setup as well. How much power or increase in cost to your electric do you think you have?
Awesome video exactly the same system I'm doin
How often do you change the water once it's started?
Hi , how long time you can use your nutrition solution ?
thanks for all the info. I planned on visiting a hydro store on Monday but not sure I have to with all the info in this video! I bought wool rock and tiny cups last year which went unused. now that I am ready to try my hand at a small hydroponic garden I'm wondering if the wool rocks and cups are too small or does it really matter once the roots are established? the cup measures 2" across top whereas the wool rock is about half the size. or do I remove from the small cup and transfer to a larger one during its final weeks?
Thank you thank you thank you! I’ve been struggling with hydroponics for awhile now, I’ve tried a few different methods and I’ve had some success but I haven’t been able to set up a multi-leaf type environment the will actually produce. I’ve done a lot of things wrong oh and one easy way to prevent algae on the clear white containers is to simply wrap them in tin foil with the shiny side out. I’ve found it to be a simple solution and I just use masking tape to tape it in place three or four long sheets of it is all it takes, it’s very inexpensive and looks nice and keeps your totes so clean you won’t believe the difference! Because if you have ever tried to clean algae out of a tote you will find it’s absolutely impossible to get it out of all the nicks and crannies and one thing I can tell you if you happen to have a tote that has been compressed together with glue the algae will eat through it and will cause your containers to actually leak and even if they are slow leaks it will cause your plants to die and you could end up with a very expensive clean up with algae water all over your floor in the basement. Also those empty distilled bottles if you wrap those in foil are great kratky style containers for your beginner plants like lettuce any leafy greens or beginner pepper or tomato plants.
I found it interesting that you left your kale and basil in the smaller net cups despite putting them in the enormous large cups. I would have though you would have removed those so that the plants could truly stretch out and grow the way I’m thinking the small net cups will keep them restricted at that section? Did you eventually remove them? I’m new to your channel and I’ve subscribed and I look forward to catching up on all your content. I love your easy to follow straight forward instructions and provide much needed information. I’m still not convinced that distilled water or reverse osmosis water is truly needed I feel if our city tape water it okay for humans then it must be okay for my plants. Having said that I do always fill my containers with water and let them sit for at least 24 -36 hrs which allows the chlorine and any flouride to disperse/evaporate (I’m not sure what the correct term is)into the air and then I take my ph rating and I always have to use ph down to get it to the correct ph of 5-6. I find I don’t need a whole lot of it but I takes the water to where it wants to be. My understanding was ph testing should be done before any nutrients were added in? I noticed you did it after, does it make any difference ?
One other question you mentioned you began your solution half strength until the plants got a bit larger and then you will change it to full strength once the plants are larger. So what I wondered do you dump out the solution that is in the bucket or do you just add more solution? How often do you have to add solution to your buckets? Or do you take a different bucket and mix up the solution and then just pull out the net cup and move it to the full strength solution bucket and then move the pump to the new bucket? Sort of like revolving buckets? And how often would this have to be done? Of course we are always looking for the easiest solution or path of least resistance. Just like water lol! Thanks again I look forward to trying all your suggestions!!🙏🏻🥰🇨🇦
Stay away from all those cheap chinese grow lights on amazon and aliexpress....they look real pretty BUT , they crap out early so don't think you will get a long life out of them , and some of those chinese traders are very poor at putting anything right . At best they offer to send some parts for YOU to fix your crappy light....The cheap lights are better suited to hanging from a Christmas tree and that's it.
Tons of great info thanks. The “Lava rock” is pumice stone formed during volcanic eruptions when hot pressurized lava is ejected. Lava rock is the common name. . . Pumice Stone is the other name I think you were looking for.
Hi sir, great information which I have been looking for from so many days. Apart from videos do you have any website regarding hydroponics so that we all can follow and get updated about your work. I am really interested to learn hydroponics and every little detail about it from basics.
Nice project. Thanks for sharing. How much would electricity cost be if you left the lights and pumps running 24/7 for a month?
Thanks for all the great information
What's the easiest way to germinate seed into seedlings ? I am located in S. Texas where temps vary each day. No basement, just garage, suggestion? Really enjoyed your video.
Great analysis thanks for sharing
bad sound quality very low level
Thank you . I really learning alot.
Is it ok to use citric acid to adjust the ph?
Does anyone know what the difference would be in Mineral and vitamin content with this type of vegetable growing as opposed to traditional gardening?
Wow. I am so very impressed. I’m retired, bored and wanting to do something useful for family and neighbours..looks like I found it.
Hi awesome video, very detailed! Where I’m from there is no hydroponics fertilizares supply but rather traditional agriculture fertilizers (liquid and dry). How to make a hydroponic mix from it?
This was a great and very easy video to follow so thank you for that! I do have question's though.1) The PH UP you show in video, was by Botanica but there are several. Your picture on your bottle is a flower, does that matter for food? 2) What do you do once the plant starts growing? Do you transfer it to something else? 3) How often do you add more water? 4) How often do you add the flakes?
Thanks for the info
I learned a lot
Thank you sir for your time 👍🏼
Thank you for this video!
Brand new to this world i want to start some tomato, bells and other peppers today and transplant out side in May. Next year I’ll start in mid February and transplant in mid April. I bought the two inch net pots and the Rapid Rooter pods. Are these units big enough to grow for three months?
Hi, thank you for this video! Very informative. Do you repot them in bigger net cups for better yield or are they just always in the small cups? Also, have you tried growing tubers like potatoes, carrots and beets?
This is JUST the video I've been needing! Thank you for explaining and demonstrating. Best I've watched so far.
After watching so many videos, and getting so excited about starting mine,Your video seems to be the most explanatory and easiest one I have seen.Thanks for pushing me to actually do this.:)
Thank you for your informative video. Just subscribed 👍
Question does your rockwool end up having algae and turn all green! If so what do you do to stop that?
I noticed you keep the pump outside the container, feed the airline into the bucket and use an air stone to splash water up to the roots. Another approach I've seen is to have the pump inside the larger container, and feed water through a PVC network in the container, and into little spray heads, tapped into the PVC so that water is sprayed in a controlled way onto the roots. Can you explain the pros and cons of your method vs the other? your method seems much easier and lower cost as well.
Hello my friend, I have a great work and idea. I would like to learn a lot from you about hydroponics at home. I liked it very much. I hope to provide me with everything I need step by step, thank you
Good beginning tutorial. I would have liked to see the plants when they were fully mature, as that is the only way to know if you can produce enough to eat during the winter.
Thanks for making this video. Can you post a link where you got the big net cup for the 5 gallon bucket? I would love to start this in my house!
Question, if you have a 3x4’ plant how do you feed it?
Also how do you keep a watchful eye the water level?
I see you put the plants with dirt and in the net cup. Other videos claim it's important to NOT use any dirt. What way is best and why? thanks