How To Make Cheap Glass Jar Hydroponic Kratky System - Starting Seeds - Complete: Step by Step Guide
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- Опубликовано: 23 апр 2017
- Follow me step by step and you will be able to grow same way I am with the same results. I teach you how to create a hydroponic kratky system using simple glass mason jars. No need for power tools or unnecessary items to create a wonderful and easy to use system.
Video Included: Complete Guide to creating a hydroponic kratky system, growing plants using coco coir, and clay pebbles, how to sow and germinate seeds and we discuss hydroponic nutrients usage.
Seeds Planted In This Video:
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Do you love my system and want to copy my design to produce beautiful healthy delicious plants you can eat. I will teach you how step by step.
Materials Used:
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I like the video but you might want to paint those jars black to avoid algae growing on the roots. Unless I'm missing something - how are you managing algae prevention?
Instead of the coir and clay pellets you can use polyester quilt batting. I use the same hydroponic solution that you are but just fill the containers with the full strength solution. That is how it was formulated to be used. Like your video. You explain things very well.
This was very informative. I'm a new indoor gardener and I'm definitely going to try this technique. Thank you for posting. I learned a lot.
Thank you so much for this tutorial. It inspired me to share with all 40 members from our community garden. We all know how to grow in soil but we are all intimidated with hydroponics. This method is making us feel less afraid to try new methods. Thank you!
Aww thank you so much. I am so happy was able to share something others find helpful and interesting. I love reading comments like these. It honestly makes me feel really happy.
That's great. I'll definitely try this! Thanks
Really great little system! Love it. I will definitely try it.
Really like the structure of the video. Thanks for your instruction.
Very informative! Thanks for a great video!!
You are the best. Great explanation so clear and to the point. I got so inspired I went to the store half way through the video and planted six containers. Thank you so much
Thank you! I wish you luck on your grow. Have fun with it. Made me feel real good! Appreciate the kind words.
Wow thank you this was the most descriptive tutorial. I noticed my seedlings were dying because the solution was too strong and I didn’t wait until the true leaves appeared. I will definitely use less hydroponic solution.
That's just what method I was looking for. I'm growing Chilies. That is an awesome idea. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you for watching best of luck with your Chili peppers
Wow amazing beautiful seed
Excellent demo! Thanks so much! I can’t wait to try!
Thank you wish you luck on your grow
Soothing Leaf I got started tonight. So exciting! Thx again for sharing your tips. This RUclips was so very helpful.
excellent video and matching narration. I had learnt a lot from just this video. Thanks for sharing
Hey Bakthavathsal Kadambi thank you very much!!
Enjoy your videos. Your move to Coco Coir probably saved me some time and headaches. I just started my journey into hydroponics. I've started some seeds in Rock Wool but seem to be having trouble getting roots out the bottom.
cool, thanks for sharing
That's so cool
This is genius! Do you have to use a warming plate with this method? Thanks for sharing
Thanks; great video.
Thank you C. Means!
Love your video! Still unsure about how to fertilize after true leaves come. When roots r not touching water then add fertilized water? To what level? When water is all gone? Do u pour it through soil/plant or lift out pod and pour in?
Thank you 😁
Thank you for the videos! I've just planted my first batch of seeds. Lettuce (Buttercrunch, Gourmet Mix, Lolla Rossa, Romaine), Spinach (cooled for 3 days), Arugula, Chives and Parsley. Quart Jars (painted black)... 3" net cup with clay pebbles and coco coir (sprayed with hydrogen peroxide solution)... and pH 6.0 distilled water. They are now tucked away into a dark place. Wasn't sure how to "rinse" the coco coir, so I took my chances as is. Again, many thanks for the great instructional videos... many of which I watched multiple times and from which I've taken many notes.
Hey Jim, thank you so much for the kind words I am so glad was able to provide you with some useful information. It sounds like you are off to a great start. Reading your message made me honestly so happy and I could really tell you watched a few of my videos took all the best information and made yourself one nice setup. The easiest way I have found to wash the coco coir (should make video but not very professional) I fill the coco coir into an old pillow case and run it under some hot water for a while. Making sure to really give it a good rinse and try to run on all sides. It will get pretty heavy so don't do to much at once. Kind of like a coffee filter. Please keep me updated on your edible garden would love to know how it goes. P.S. Good luck with the spinach germination! (and of course everything else)
Planted seeds on Tuesday, 5/23 @ 6PM. Saw nothing Wed or Thu... but by 6PM on Friday I had these sprouts - Arugula, Romaine and Lola Rossa. 6PM Saturday added Mixed Gourmet. Nothing last night... but this morning (Mon & halfway through Day 6) the Spinach had sprouted. But something was bothering me. My understanding was that these water only jars were to be kept in the dark for 7 days. Those Day 3 sprouts, however, were beginning to get somewhat "leggy"... and that just didn't seem right. So back to the videos to see if I could find the one within which you discussed "Starting Seeds" (actually, this video) and I began to listen carefully as I played it again. And there it was! "When it has sprouted, move it into the light... as otherwise, it will get leggy." So... the 5 that have sprouted are now under my LED light (ACKE 600T Full Spectrum). Next, I'll have to figure out how high above the plants it should be and how long to leave it on during the day. I have one gripe so far. I used an indoor Valspar black metallic spray paint for my jars. I did two coats and left a 1/2" strip as a window to view water levels. They looked absolutely awesome. Unfortunately, it doesn't take much at all to chip away some of the paint. I'm going to have to find something better for paint that won't chip if I look at the jar the wrong way. Other than that, I'm having the time of my life with this new hobby. Thanks for all of your help!!
Hey Jim sorry for the delay was out of town for few days. This is such an exciting feeling and time when they come up and finally begins to grow. I am very excited to hear how fast your seeds are germinating and I have had many leggy seeds over my course of growing and learning happy was able to provide a solution in one of my videos for this problem. That is a nice light system just checked it out. The best way to figure out how high is to get a PAR meter was doing some research to find best option and narrowing down my list. A great tool to have for hydroponic growers will be able to give you accurate readings and you can adjust until you have optimal results. Yea I have been having the same issue they look absolutely amazing and really sleek but any scratch bang or water touches it its over. I am so happy and excited for you keep up the great work and I love your updated messages. Thanks for taking time and discussing your progress cant wait for more!!
Thanks to both of you for the video as well as the testimonial which both are very encouraging !
As per the paint problem I was wondering if thick, dark coloured, water resistant tape could be a solution maybe..
So best of luck Jim and Soothing Garden (sorry wasnt able to catch your name anywhere) thank you so much for the video. This is the best way for anyone to get a start from zero into hydroponics and just learn to master the basics before going further.
Cheers
Time for an update. First, I'm having the best of times with this. Thanks for pointing me in the right starting direction. I've begun a restart of the lettuces and the Arugula. First... I painted some new jars. I washed them, then wiped each jar with isopropyl alcohol and painted them with black satin Krylon Colormaster (after reading comments from someone who paints jars regularly for use with gifts). For the moment, this seems to have done the trick. If not, I might try Nezar Rihani's idea of applying tape... or dip the jars in a rubberized coating... or use your construction paper sleeves. So much fun! To clean my coco coir, I gave thought to your pillow case method and decided to try something similar. I ordered a 12" x 12" fine nylon mesh bag (used for making almond milk). Whether spraying hot water into the top opening... or closing its drawstring and soaking it in a sink full of hot water... it was extremely easy to use. So this round of seeds gets started with some well rinsed coco coir. Tonight, upon finishing with the jar prep and the seed plantings (including the "seed starter" spray), I put tops on each of the 5 jars. My thought is that this should hold the humidity up for the 48 hours I plan on keeping it in place. I'll then remove the tops and put it into or near the grow light. So much fun experimenting. I also had some jars that were ready for their first nutritional feast. When I measured out 2 grams, it didn't look like as much as your 2 grams did from the video (and we're using the same things). So I wondered if my scale might be wrong. Did you know that a US penny weighs exactly 2.5 grams? Using first one and then two pennies, I was able to verify my scale. Nice, huh? Anyway... thanks again for the time you continue to take to share what you've learned!
Very good dear
I LOVE peroxide water spray idea!!
Thanks 😊
To keep from having to refill water so often, I use a wick so that when the water level falls too low, it will be wicked up to the plant automatically. I use old COTTON shoestrings, not nylon, but I have seen people cut up old cotton t-shirts into strings as well. They work. Also, I don't use anything that is small enough to fall through the holes in the net cups. I use with rockwool or natural sponges.
thanks for sharing.
My pleasure thanks for watching!
I am new to gardening. Made a tub using 10lb brick. I have quite a bit left over. Do I just let choir perlite mix just dry out and rehydrate when needed? Great videos!
Nice Video! Could you use potting soil instead of coco coir?
I have the 64oz jars and a 3 in netpot only goes about 1/4 of the netcup deep. What size netcup works for the 64oz jars?
Wonder if the pebbles will wick up the water to cocopeat to seed and u dont have to monitor
Hi, do I need to top water until seeds germinate and make roots or do the pebbles wick water to the coir? Thanks
Hi Soothing Leaf. If you paint your mason jars with black paint (like you suggest in the description) how do you sanitize your jars before planting? I usually use the dishwasher, then use tin foil, but would prefer a less wasteful method. What do you do? Thanks!
From you more recent videos, it kind of looks like you may have mostly stopped using the coco coir on top of clay pebbles. Did you have any trouble with it or did it work okay? Thanks for the video!
FYI, Coco-Coir is pH Neutral, it won't affect the pH of the water, the Hydroton is the same.
Great video...I live in a small Sr citizen apt...and want to grow small amts of veggies for my own use...I really like the mason jar method...have the coconut coir, jars, and a grow light light...only question...what happens if the power goes out? I don't have access to a S facing windows...mine are facing the north and also west onto a patio with a wonderful huge oak tree providing me with shade for the HOT humid KS summers...don't get too much for food allowance so want to grow some indoors this winter...but If the lights go out..Im afraid I'll lose all those awesome greens and berries....
Hi. Just so that I’m clear, once the seeds germinate then you add the fertilizer? I have liquid fish fertilizer. The instructions say to dilute it using 1 tablespoon to 1 gallon of water but seems like a lot for about 4-5 mason jars. Can you assist? Thanks
Just curious to know what those pretty seed packs were in the beginning of the video that were white with black writing on them....couldn't make out what it said. Sorry to bother for such a minor question! Thank you in advance u find the time to answer! :)
this is for indoor. can it be outdoor in the shade? Thanks
Do you have to use food grade peroxide or just regular peroxide for the solution you make to spray the soil when germinating your seeds?
I would like to grow some cabbage indoors in a glass container, hydroponically. Do you have any ideas what type of container can be used? Also, I want to get away from using plastic of all grades. Are there other materials for the net cups that are natural?
I would like to grow lettuce in jars like this but with soil my only concern is nats flying around also what about lighting do they need a certain amount of light?
I really like how you're doing this dual-grow medium method of growing. It's so much nicer to work with coco coir...which gives you the feeling of "getting your hands dirty" than clay or rockwool. Couple questions: when you're doing this with pepper plant seeds, do you give them any heat? Also, can you do a video showing how you do your nutrient mix? I think this winter after the outdoor garden is done, I'm going to use your grow method for a bunch of indoor grows. I'm kind of tired of these AeroGardens and refilling them and hearing the buzz of the airpumps! These mason jars are so nice and the results are great.
Yea its so nice feels like you are outdoors comfortably at home. Minus all the pests is MAJOR plus for me. When I used to use soil indoors would constantly have pest issues and those tiny black flies are just such a pain. Really happy figured out a nice way to still incorporate clay pebbles and still able to use coco coir (I really like it) I would be happy to post a video tomorrow. Will add in good information when to use what ratios. There is not a lot of information about this everyone seems to neglect this very important detail. Keep a look out tomorrow afternoon will post video. Once I place the seeds into the kratky jar system I don't add any addition heat non necessary. You can place anywhere on the side and for peppers will come up in about a week usually 7-10 days max will germinate. The coco coir will stay be in the perfect conditions for seeds to germinate. I am very happy to hear you are looking into other alternatives. You have amazing results using the Aerogarden systems but very limited the amount you can grow and height limits not to great either. But regardless an amazing product I think for smaller grows. The glass jar option is great if you pick the right size you don't need to worry about refilling. Message me anytime and thanks for the request happy to provide hopefully some useful information.
thanks man.
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Hey I'm using the same seeds (excerpt I don't have a clue what I'm doing!)
When putting nutes in the Coco, doesn't some of the Coco run through into the water?
Do you leave these on a heat mat during germination?
Hi what brand of coco coir did you use?
I had a question. I haven't tried this way but after watching this im so excited to start. I tried a different method but with those jiffy disc n once the seed germinate I would transfer to my mason jar. It was Goin well but after a few weeks everything died :( I can't figure out what I did wrong. So my questions to you is..are you watering them at all? When do you add the hydrophonic nutrients? I thought mine were dying cuz of lack of water ( I used mason jar...a lil wick...that attached to the net cups...pebbles...n my lil jiffy discs) also have you tried cilantro? Please help...im a total noob n keep killing my plants after watching my seeds germinate n grow about 3 inches. Thank you so much
Ahh. I was sooo excited and soent miney U shouldnt have. My seedlings were growing in the rockwool and the leca around it. But niw i see white mold on my lecca. 😭
I've watched a bunch of your videos and love them. Thanks for all the info! I've noticed that many people say you need to put the not-yet-germinated seeds under a plastic lid to create a greenhouse effect. Have you found that that's not necessary and doesn't affect growth? Thanks for any thoughts on this!
I have found any sort of covering, increases the odds of germination because it helps contain the heat, sure, but most importantly, the moisture. Because the worst thing to happen during germination is the medium going dry. So although coverings are far from necessary, they can help if you live in a cold or dry climate, or if simply one is forgetful, like myself, when it comes to watering days ;)
You can eat the lettuce seedlings that you thin out instead of throwing them away.
What is "Regular pH Balanced" water? I never heard of any kind of pH Balanced water. Do you buy it or make it? Thanks.
what would you suggest how many to make for a family of 5?
Do you take a PH of the water you put in the jars?
Hi great video so you are not using the double cup method now this seems a better way
Gazza K double cup method is an excellent way to grow but I find this is just so much simpler and no need to transplant at all.
I Have been using Mason jars for my Kratky garden for several years. I use the dark amber colored jars to exclude light because of the problem of algae taking over the nutrient solution. I do not see anything in this video that addresses the algae problem - even using the 98% light exclusion jars I still get algae in the jars I top up. 'Wondering if you have encountered this and what method you use for algae control
Thanks a lot for your video! Very clear and informative. I am very happy with your alternative to rockwool and will be trying your entire system with the glass jars and coco coir. I am new to the technique and am looking for the jars online. As I live in Holland, we use liters for measuring the content of jars. Half a gallon = almost 2 liters (1.8). On your jars, the water came up to 600 ml, which is less than one liter. This means that a full jar would be about 700 or 800 ml, and not 1,8 liter. So, I am wondering, how many liters can the jars hold when they are full? Just to be sure I am buying the right size. Thanks!!
Hello, why do you not use a wick system in your system?
Thank you so much for this instructional video. I’m thinking of giving these to each member of our community garden so they may learn about hydroponics. I have two questions: can plants like lettuce be grown with natural light... let’s say on a window sill (to avoid the cost of artificial light)?. And is it necessary to paint the jars black? Thank you again for this innovative system.
You don't have to paint the jar, but you do need to cover them with black paper to block out light to keep mold from growing.
Where do u place them afterwards
how do I find episode 2? I looked on your chanell, not there
If you live in a hot, arid arid area and you see your water has evaporated below the line you need to provide the uptake for your plants, you would need to add a little water, correct?
Can’t you mix up the hydroponic solution in the jars to start with?
I'm going to do this! But first, will put the water through my propur water filter pitcher that takes out fluoride too.
That is an excellent idea I wish you luck on your grow!
Lorinda Madore I would like to buy some of them if you have a business agent in Saudi Arabia
Send the Number phone him please
Thanks a million
csn i do flowers. do the seed method or get plant to grow first
Hi Soothing Leaf. Do you know how many teaspoons or volume for the fertilizer recipe? (2 grams, 2 grams, and 1 gram). I don't think a digital kitchen scale will work for this. But, I don't want to buy a special scale just for this one purpose. What do you do? Thanks.
when you give the gram amounts for the fertilizer, is that mixed in one gallon of water? thx
Can I use this same process with herb plants not seeds?
I was curious how you did the cocoa core with the kratky system without basically making mud in the jar. Nice video keep it up!
iamkeq thank you really enjoyed making this one.
Soothing Leaf what means key when you answer The KODO? I want to know the same thing: where to buy the coco .. ??
@@claudettemonty4077 coco coir...Amazon
I believe it’s bc the water is only barley touching the clay pebbles and not the coir
For the soil is that just dirt and if is it mixed with fertilizer mix I ask because I've never clone my own food or plant anything in my life so I'm wondering because I'm not trying to sound like an idiot but I'm new to this whole thing I want to do this as cheaply as possible
I would love to use this system. I am a neophyte with many questions. Starting out, I'd like to know how to plant basil and mint clones using this system. If I put the rooted starts in the coco coir on top of the pebbles, how will the roots reach the water? If I'm starting with clones, what kind of percentage of nutrients do I use? Do you vary your nutrient mix depending on the plant (fruiting vs. non-fruiting)? When you mentioned, in a comment below, washing the coir, how do you do that? I understand using hot water, but do you agitate it in a bucket then drain it, or just give it a quick rinse? Does one need to use a grow light, or will a sunny windowsill do as well? I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you for the video.
Dont plant to grow until the roots are established, this is the same for hydroponics as it is for soil. In other words you shouldn't be putting them in here until your root system is strong enough, and by then you won't have any trouble with the roots reaching the water.
you say "one quart" mason jar but you amazon link is for two quart / half gallon mason jars. which is it?
Thank you for your detailed video. I'm a newbie and I was wondering if you use the Master Blend fertilizer part 1 you linked for the video and the calcium nitrate fertilizer for every type of plant (herbs, lettuce, etc.) or is that strictly for the tomato/eggplant/peppers? What is your opinion on organic fertilizers and could you recommend some? I'm in Southern California; can these plants be grown indoors without a grow light? After you successfully start growing the plants, do you plant them in soil or do you keep them in these mason jars forever? I have a small patio where I do some container soil gardening but many of my herbs and plants don't make it. They either get eaten by rabbits or dry out or rot with over-watering. I was looking for a semi-low-maintenance way to keep them indoors away from pests. Thank you for your reply.
I can't say for sure but I remember seeing a reply he posted that he hadn't found a plant yet that didn't like the masterblend mixture. So it seems like he'd use it for most of not all plants
@@lazyh-online4839 awesome, thank you, much appreciated.
That's pretty cool!
One thing that's not clear to me yet is at what point and how you bring in the nutrients into this system?
Do you mix in the fertilizer in to the water or do you exchange the water for the nutrient solution?
When do you do this? Once the roots reach out of the net cup?
Would it be possible to start off with the fertilized water right away, or would the nutrients wick up into the growing medium too much and damage the plant?
If it was possible to make a system that is truly "set and forget" so you wouldn't have to do anything like adding nutrients somewhere down the line, it would make a great gift for people.
So basically when plants are germinating they have everything they need in the seed to get started. When you add fertilizer to early it can burn the young roots and kill your plant before it gets started. You have to wait for the first sets of true leaves to form and which point you can change out the nutrients and water in container of your choice. I normally do two changes when plants develop first sets of true leaves I add 1/2 strength mix of the nutrients. Wait about 1-2 weeks until roots developed a big more and then I change out reservoir again and add regular strength mix of the nutrients. You can add full right away after the first sets of true leaves develop will also work. I have tried both but prefer this way because plants require different levels of nutrients as they mature same like humans requirements change. A gift would be so nice and wonderful to spread the joy of planting. I share when I can with friends and sometimes strangers who strike a gardening conversation. Can't help myself I grow way more then I can contain so works out for everyone!
A real good video for sure
As u said different seeds have different germination time (lettuce earliest...) and bcoz u need to shift them from darkness to light on germination (lest they become tall/ leggy), u will then shuffle the 4 sets of bottles according to their germination pace.. right ?
IDK how he does things, but personally I've never had a need to worry about darkness during germination, I just pop them out of their seeds in full light from start to finish.
If you used reg h2o2 will it poison the plants
Would using the colored mason jars or covering the outside help with algae growth?
Yes, and he includes this in another one of his videos too. Colored Mason jars won't help too much though, needs to be COMPLETELY opaque.
Where do we buy all the things that we need?
Hi! What brand of coco coir do you prefer for hydroponics? Does it matter?
Some Coco has lots of sodium chloride in it and needs to be rinsed very thoroughly or it will mess with both your plants and your nutrient measurements.
do you use 1 capful of the 3% or a stronger % of hydrogen peroxide per water bottle?
Will I risk algae growth by using glass jars? I've heard people stress the use of black plastic to prevent exposing their reservoir to sunlight and having to deal with algae growth.
you could paint your glass jars dark. chalkboard paint would be fun
First of all, thank you for your VDOs. They are very insightful and inspiring.
Second, I would like to ask a question. Well, more of a clarification. You mentioned, basically, that once the water is at the appropriate level in the container, the coir is packed, and the seeds are in, no more watering is required. So, like Pompiel "set it and forget it"? Is this just until the seed sprouts, or the level falls? (That one is obvious, but sometimes I can be oblivious.)
One other thing, if I may. Is it required to swap out the water completely with Kratky? I am speaking about when the plants are on "grown up" food. When its low, swap it out entirely, or just add as needed?
Thank you very much.
Hey James thanks you very much!
The way that I always do it first starting with plain water allowing the water to touch the bottom of the net cup. This will allow the plant to wick up the water as needed and keep the root system nice and happy. After about a week the roots will grow out the bottom of the net cup and will be in the water. At this point the plant has put on it's first set of true leaves and is ready for some hydroponic nutrients.
It does require swapping out the water in the jar. There are 3 changes that are done but you could do 2 if you really wanted to but may not always work out. First is what I described above and I add half strength of vegetative stage mixture. (1 gram Masterblend, ! gram Calcium Nitrate, 0.5 grams Epsom Salt) I let the plant grow for about 1-2 weeks depending on the plant. (Small plants 1 week, Large plants 2 weeks) Now plant is ready for vegetative stage mixture (2 grams Masterblend, 2 grams Calcium Nitrate, 1 gram Epsom Salt) for leafy greens this is where you can stop and no need to add anything else.
For flowering plants that produce fruits and vegetables will require flowering stage mixture (3 grams Masterblend, 3 grams Calcium Nirate, 2 grams Epsom Salt)
A little more detail about difference between mixtures. You want to swap out the jar between the different stages to allow the plant to grow and develop. If you provided full strength right away it may burn up the plants root system and possible kill your plants. Vegetative stage mix is for plants that are putting on new branches and leaves and will give you a PPM of around 500-700. Flowering stage mix is for plants that are putting on new flowers, fruits and vegetables and will give you a PPM of around 1100-1300.
Hope this helps a little bit and thank you for watching!
Will the clay pepples wick enough moisture to saturate the cocoa coir, or will you have to water from the top until root protrudes beyond the netcup to draw from the nutrient reservoir?
Yes, they'll do enough and the plant will grow through that and into the basin
So informative! but your intonation gets me ready for a nap. Nobody's mentioned this before?
Thanks, no people are usually pretty happy with videos. But it's ok not for everyone. I don't edit each video is live so sometimes get caught in thought and I guess that's what happens lol. Either way I'm sure something useful from it.
Soothing Leaf!
Hi what's your thoughts on using coco and clay vs rock wool?
I prefer using coco coir over rockwool because it gives me a feeling of playing with the dirt and a sense of being outdoors a tiny bit more. Clay pebbles you would still need for both options so that is a must have. I really like price value and quantity difference is not comparable. For the price of coco coir you can have 100s if not 1000s of plants cant say the same for rockwool.
Soothing Garden you mention liking coco coir and that's what you use in the video, but the link is to rockwool. Is there a reason?
Alternative to clay pebbles, please.
Cold chamomille tea also kills damp off fungus.
That is so cool I have a ton of dried chamomile flowers to will have to try this thanks for tip
My pleasure. I got it from my local organic gardeners club. Now defunct, unfortunately. BTW I don't spray the plants with it. I use it instead of plain water for the first few days.
Thanks for the tutorial! What`s the % on your hydrogen peroxyde bottle? And is it food grade certified? (I couldn't see this item in your list in the comments). Thanks! :) I love your vids!
Hey Martin, my pleasure hope gave some good info in this one. Here is the one that I use amzn.to/2oZjRD2 was bought from amazon and had 3% food grade which is why I bought this one. Others have higher like 35% still stated food grade but I rather have less than more. Thank you lots more exciting videos to come!
This is the system for me. Thanks. Why do I need $9.99 type hydrogen peroxide. If the 3% at Walmart at $1 is good enough for wounds, why pay the hype about the higher price. What is the real research on this issue?
I would like to know if there would be any difference for a kiwi plant.
It should work, I don't see why it would not work. I personally have never tried it before. But I feel confident will work well! Like most other plants I have yet had a plant that did not like the nutrients mixture
Don't you get algae if you do not block the light from the jar?
After I've put my seeds in paper towel and my seeds have sprouted a root what do I do pls guide me to the video pls
If I were to do this and set the jars on my porch in sunlight do I need to paint the jars black....if I set the jars in a cardboard box? Very informative...brand new at this.
Hi Lucy, actually I would recommend to avoid using black. It gets too hot in the sun. Heats up the water too much and it will create perfect environment for bacteria too grow. The goal is just to cover the jars to prevent algae from growing. Cardboard box should do good think. Trail and error best experience and teacher! Best of luck, don't be shy feel free to message me anytime.
@@SoothingLeaf ok great thank you
Seeds till germination have to be given warmth n kept away from light, in darkness.. right ? Darkness ok but warmth how ?
Water heater, fridge top, sunlight, computer case, anywhere that there's ambient warmth that the seeds can experience.
Try snap hydroponics use less Coco coir so the wick roots hit the nutrient Sol sooner
I'm not sure what snap hydroponics is. Can you send me a link or something possibly
I have several cutting coming and I don't have the CoCo coir. Can I sub. something?
Of course you can replace the coco coir. The growing media won't make much of a difference, as long as its able to let roots grow throughout and find its way down to nutrients. Some other good options are clay pebbles, rockwool cubes, small gravel stones, vermiculite just to name a few. Worst case you can even use a piece of styrofoam even just anything to hold plant (cuttings in your case) in place.
I don’t see how the baby seeds get water/moisture from the bottom of the cup when they are sitting at the top???
Hi I’m a newbie. Is it possible to use potting soil? It’s easier to get potting soil where I live. Thanks in advance.
Hey Vinnie, Yes you can certainly use soil as an alternative to coco coir. Should work just fine, but keep in mind soil has more pests and bugs normally and you may have to do a little bit of maintenance or treatments, like spraying for aphids or mites. Also if your soil is wet for a long time, may have some annoying little flies arise. If that happens you can simply cover the top of the soil with some wood chips, or rocks will even work. Cinnamon is also a great option! Message me anytime you want any advice happy to help best I can.
How did you prepare the water to ensure proper PH?
Test the pH with meter is always best.
I’m going use plastic cups
Can you just use Jiffy peat pellets?
Yeah that would work. The media won't make a difference anymore after the roots begin to grow down into the container your using. I like to think of it as something that just holds the plant while it grows.
Do you change the water or only refill ?
Hey fede rockin, I refill when it runs dry. But don't wait to long or plant will begin to suffer when empty. You can also wait until almost completely dry then change out the nutrients. The reason you want to wait between changing reservoir, will allow the roots to continue to grow in search of water.