I don't know if anyone has said it but I will...It takes a wonderful, caring person to take the time to help everyone out with gardening. You are not selling any products, and you allow people to learn the best way of gardening by your mistakes so they don't make them. Doing that you are saving everyone us time and money.. I salute you and I know you well be blessed.... Thank you so much
I write about hydroponics for a living so I watch a lot of tutorials and explainer videos, but this is by far the easiest to follow explanation of how to DIY a system. I know this is an old video but thank you so much for sharing!
Bobby I followed you back in 2012-15 in S Carolina and set up our garden with Dutch buckets- the results were AMAZING! We fed ourselves AND our neighbors and put years worth of food at the same time. We’re living in Tn now, and will be setting this up again. Thank you for these great videos that have endured through the years. You have enriched a lot of lives, Sir!
I love this video. I watch it again and again. the speaker is easy to understand and sincere. it's two days before Easter 2017 and I am starting my Dutch bucket system today. many thanks to this man and others on the net who share what they have learned with simple folks like me
Linda Meyer how is your Dutch Bucket system going? I stumbled across MHPgardener and also decided to start my own hydroponics. What has happened to MHPgardener? I haven't seen any of his videos in a long time.
I saw the thumbnail Dutch bucket decided to check it out and got educated in 18 min how to grow veggies, I'm starting this now. Thanks very much for the clear instruction Mr.
Unlike most videos where the person assumes you know things, he actually explained it step-by-step. I wish I had found this before watching those confusing videos. Thank you, Sir.
@@mhpgardener could you use a net pot, lets say 4 inches,and use less medium. With a constant feed/drip and let the roots just grow down into the bucket (aero/hydro) style.
Exceptional video man, it's rare that someone makes a video that's informative, simple and with good intentions. So many people lack the funds necessary to start something like this that's why I like that you focused on the fact that you can do this for next to nothing compared to other setups, step by step and easy to follow directions. I like it, thank you for sharing.
Boy you aint kiddin. I started germinating seeds in march after the “voluntary mandAtory” stay home order took effect and im harvesting Zucchini, crook neck, onions, chives, lettuce and strawberries and soon to have tomatoes, potatoes, radishes and beans. Im out of space in my beds so this is great.
Outstanding explanation, so simple, out of dozens and dozens I've seen over the last 10 months this guy has a talent for explaining things simply and making it so easy to follow and understand. THANK YOU FOR POSTING VIDEOS, GOD BLESS!
So easy for a 9th grade guy. I am learning this b/c we live in the city and need alternative food source. You made this very easy for me to understand to help my mom. Thank you.
Nicejob. I've seen the system taken one step further and made into an aquaponic system. You could make your reservoir bigger, put a mess of perch in there and you have anaquaponic system. The fish keep the plants healthy, the plants keep the waterclean. Set your pump up on a car battery/inverter and solar panel to keep it charged.
You Sir are the best explainer of this whole situation I’ve ever heard. I first looked at doin this for tomatoes etc 10 yrs ago and I always just kicked it to the ‘too hard ‘ tray. I’m real inspired now and hopefully this summers gonna be a boon harvest Thanks mate!
One of the best and simplest videos explaining everything very well. Surely anyone can watch tour videos and develop their own setup. Thanks a lot for the video.
I am a hydroponic newbie.. want to graduate from growing food traditionally to this method.. thanks for the demo its helped me out soo much. I understood everything.
i am from Syria and i am a farmer .. but because of the war in Syria as going now stopped all farming activities and the food problems started to show up more and more .. i am planning to start my first Hydroponics and i have been watching your videos and it helping me a lot to learn .. but i think it will be some problems that will face my project specially the Growing media and some of the fertilizers but i will try anyway .. you make things looks easy .. thank you and please keep it up
Just a thought: If you use just a small 1 inch square of paint strainer mesh you can slip that over the pipe going in the container then slip the elbow over it. This will simply put the filter in the pipe and you wont have to but but maybe 1 of the meshes for 100 or so buckets.
This guy got me going on hydroponics years ago. A slight add on is to put the pump in one of the paint bags and zip tie , much like a prefilter . Works like a charm. BTW from year to year the paint bags degrade and some perlite might get through, thus the reason for fiter bag.
You took all the scary away. THANK YOU FOR BEING AN EXCELLENT TEACHER. Awesome video and I especially loved how you problem solved with using paint strainer, splitting lid, using old buckets etc
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! You are a great teacher and, after watching a ton of youtube videos, your videos are my favorite. You make it easy to understand. It's snowing today, but I'm getting my buckets ready. This is very exciting!
That was awesome! Thanks for making that tutorial. Can you give me some hints on nutrition? What type of nutrition do you give to your tomatoes, cause I've heard they need different things in different stages of their life.
Dear MHP Gardner Sir, I cannot imagine a more thorough presentation on the subject of Dutch Bucket set up. Your video was easy to understand. (especially for a dummy such as myself) I find myself excited to try this system because of your video. Thank you, and Blessings, pierre from New Mexico
it seems like to me that pea gravel would be better for the environment than pearlite and be easier to reuse and be cheaper if you buy it by the truck load.. you get one load and just keep going back to it over and over again.. it could also be used for many other purposes around the house. It also removes the need for a paint strainer.
Only issues with pea gravel is that it's not always ph neutral. It depends on the environment it was sourced from, so you need to test it before you use it.
I know this is old. But I done mine just like your system except a huge sprinkler pump. Best investment I've had on my farm. Big beef tomatos. Huge lb tomatoes, no cracks on tops, runs 4 times a day. Same nutes. Cept i supplement miracle grow when out of the nitrate. Works great!
I recently found you. I won't be letting you go. Wonderful attitude,educational videos and just a great Christian guy. I thought they didn't make men like you anymore. Keep proving that's wrong. God bless you!
Hello I wanted to start out by saying that I love your videos. My question is what you thought of using pea gravel and perlite together. I was thinking that I would put some pea gravel in the bottom half of the bucket and perlite in the top half. The reason being is that it get so windy out here in Calhan Co i thought that the pea gravel would work for two reasons. One to add weight to the buckets and the other to keep the perlite from going through the bucket. Basically allowing me not to have to use the paint strainers.
Why not use pea gravel for the whole thing. It is drastically cheaper, just heavier. Maybe that is the trick. Buy it in quantity from a gravel yard/pit. Might not want to move the buckets. They will weigh a lot. Maybe, put a false bottom. Those roots don't seem to be going very deep anyway.
I want to mention for everybody watching this video and taking notes that before you put the grommet and you should take a box cutter or some sandpaper and sand out the hole or later down the line it will leak.
I use rainwater from a collection barrel. The pH is 6.5 . I add 15 ml (one tablespoon) of Pure Blend Pro (Grow) per gallon. This drops my pH to 4.0. I add 1 ml of pH Up per gallon. This brings my pH back up to 6.0 and I have the correct amount of nutrients for my cukes and 'maters.
Add the volumes to get total volume and follow mixing i structions. A TDS or EC meter will tell you the strength based on electric conductuvity of the soloution. Larger plants tolerate stronger soloutions.
Very nice video, thanks for explaining in detail. Doesn't all that plastic in contact with water contaminate the water with chemicals and then the plants?
@@DustinDonohue "Food grade" = A buzzword invented by the chemical industry to intentionally trick people into thinking it's much safer than ordinary plastics because it contains new kinds of plastic that hasn't been deemed dangerous yet by the authorities because there is always and without exception a 5-20 year lag before the 1000 diseases are detected independent reserachers map out are taken seriously by the authorities, who will face an army of lawyers if they don't have the research stemming from 5-20 years. The banning and invention of new subtances has followed this exact pattern for decades and there are no exceptions to the rule. When teflon was found cancerous, "anti-stick" was the new buzzword invented to take it's place, while it contained the exact same amount of PFOA, which was the problem with teflon. The only safe subtances for hydroponic setups are 1) silicone 2) ceramics 3) wood 4) metal. Said army of lawyers will kill babies and drink their blood if they can. BPA is still found in a billion products thanks to them, despite it having been banned by most of the world. The greatest source of income for these lawyers is Monsanto-Bayer, who is such a routinely evil and genocidal company it's like it's from a cartoon. The things they've done to keep being evil despite the last 50 years knowing full well what they are doing, is straight out of a sick, sinister cartoon.
@@HansJrgenFurfjord You hit the nail on the head, but I don't know what the average person can do about it. Ceramic or metal containers aren't practical, and cutting glass is not an option, wood is porous... which doesn't leave a lot of options.
I'm still here in 2021, great advice and still relevant. It seems like learning how to get better at this is still a challenge for me, thanks for sharing your knowledge!
I've seen a lot of grow vids out there lately, because I just started last year growing Hydroponically and this one is one of the best i've seen. Out standing video dude.
you hit the nail on the head bro ,get off ya ass and do some thing ,ya not working ,ya not making no money ,go grow some stuff ,at the end of the day ya can say you did some thing beside watch TV
This is the first video I've found that has a demonstration of how the bucket drains internally. Thank you for that. Well made and informative. Want to try the ebb and flow method, but don't want to spend a fortune on the actual bato bucket
This is a great, very thorough video, and you deserve to be commended for it. However, at around the 16:00 mark, with the air stones, you are correct. They are absolutely unnecessary. Air stones aerate the water by disturbing the surface; that's what the bubbles are for. The bubbles themselves add zero air to the water. Because your water is in motion, running through a pump and then your feed-tubing system, the surface tension of the water is broken while it's in motion, and aerates itself while running out of the tube into the bucket. But I am quite grateful for the way you set this video up; how you went through everything. I'm looking at a hydroponics setup myself, just as an experiment, and this is the most helpful tutorial video I've found thus far. Thanks for taking the time to put it together.
You are incorrect in your statement about how air stones add oxygen to the water. They create small bubbles with a high surface area which increases air dissolving in the solution. Disrupting the surface tension has no bearing.
Absolutely it does. Given a bubble ladder and sufficient time to climb it(once common in CO2 systems in planted aquariums), the bubbles will slowly shrink, dissolving gas into the water. However, at the relatively high rate of speed that bubbles climb from the airstone directly to the surface, very little of that takes place. However, by disrupting the high surface tension that a body of still water has, oxygen above the surface has an easier time entering the water, typically to a level of approximately 7ppm(dependent upon altitude). This is why fast flowing rivers, which have very low surface tension, are more highly oxygenated than still lakes and ponds. The easiest way to see this in effect is to look at an undisturbed marsh or pond, and look at the layer of crud formed on the surface. These heavy particles(relative to oxygen) are supported by the surface tension of the water(buoyancy plays a part as well, obviously, as it does with oxygen). You're welcome to have any opinion on the matter that you'd like. However, the science very solidly and unquestioningly backs up my statement, and I stand by it.
Great video. Its all about the Hydroponics setup and not about the camera focusing on you 90% of the time rambling on and on. Starts me thinking about a setup of my own.
I'm very glad that you explained this the way you did, simple and to the point. I will take this into account as I build my own Hydroponic Green house. Thank you for such a nice video.
Very simple yet one of the best tutorials out there. Very informative and easy to understand video down to the answer of just using perlite as its the cheapest. Thank you.
I grew in soil loaded fabric pot. The fabric pots allow the roots to 'air prune'. The result is a fine / dense root system much like the one you see on his examples. No 'runner' roots looking for soil. The entire pot becomes a root ball of fine roots. awesome growth.
This man is a great instructor. He really knows how to explain things very clearly. I was amazed that no soil whatsoever was used. I wonder about the flavor of the vegetables. I know they look good, but do they taste as good as they look?
outstanding accomplishment. You walk the walk as you have takes the talk. Cudos. Professional results. Lord willing. Good Job . A balanced Share. Thank-you
I like how you think of and share real world alternatives. So many hydrophonic videos end up being large scale commercial, rich men's games. I'm on Social Security in the US, but plan to move to the Philippines. I hope to learn as much as I can now, and take what I learn with me. My real interest is aquaphonics, but I found your video very useful.
Great job, this is how we learned to do dutch buckets. Somebody's probably already said this but I figured out a couple of cheats on getting the pipe through the Grommet. Dish soap and put the elbow on - it's acts like a handle. Great video tho
Thank You, Thank You,Thank You. Seen lots of videos, but this one is by far one of the most informative, direct and visually clear that I have run across. All The Best.
Tried to email but it came back undeliverable. That’s concerning. I wish you all the success in the world !!! Your videos are fantastic! I will share them with my gardening friends. I hope you get some mailbox money from RUclips views! I paused the video I’m watching which says it is 11 years old and it is your “how to make a Dutch bucket system”. I had to tell you how fantastic your video is.
Auto Corrected.One more time. You have walked the walk. Too have shared the talk. In other words your passion is helping others. Keep up the new material. This is fun.
Every point you made was important! No grand standing. No rambling introductions. And no dead space! I usually don't mind dead space though. Cogent Concise and complete. Everything but the test at the end.
I've done dutch bucket tomatoes for years. I never use any growing medium such as perlite or rocks. I use nothing in my buckets but Masterblend and water for the nutrient solution. I do use an air pump to keep the water oxygenated. You might want to change the water Masterblend solution every few weeks. My setup works great!
Your video is great. I like its crispness, relevant and practical and loveable voice. This one video made me learn so many things about this innovative way of growing own vegetables at home. Thanks for sharing.
I don't know if anyone has said it but I will...It takes a wonderful, caring person to take the time to help everyone out with gardening. You are not selling any products, and you allow people to learn the best way of gardening by your mistakes so they don't make them. Doing that you are saving everyone us time and money.. I salute you and I know you well be blessed.... Thank you so much
I have to agree, I just came across this video. Very generous person
You just put words to my thoughts.
Facts. What a great guy
This video posted 8 years ago, still a rock solid tutorial on Dutch buckets.
Ya, super solid!
Great work. U taught me a lot in a short time. Thanks.
No bullsh*t, no rambling, and stays on point - perfect. This is how all DIY/How-To videos should be done...
Mario well said!!
@@maghinay299 0000000p0pp+0 poo
100% best DIY ever
Amen. And none of that damned background music.
exactly.......and he didn't drive me nuts with his kids or his "best friend" the dog either
I write about hydroponics for a living so I watch a lot of tutorials and explainer videos, but this is by far the easiest to follow explanation of how to DIY a system. I know this is an old video but thank you so much for sharing!
I’ve been doing hydro for 25 yrs and this man is spot on.
I sure miss your videos Bobby! You’re such a good teacher.
Bobby I followed you back in 2012-15 in S Carolina and set up our garden with Dutch buckets- the results were AMAZING! We fed ourselves AND our neighbors and put years worth of food at the same time. We’re living in Tn now, and will be setting this up again. Thank you for these great videos that have endured through the years. You have enriched a lot of lives, Sir!
I love this video. I watch it again and again. the speaker is easy to understand and sincere. it's two days before Easter 2017 and I am starting my Dutch bucket system today. many thanks to this man and others on the net who share what they have learned with simple folks like me
Linda Meyer how is your Dutch Bucket system going? I stumbled across MHPgardener and also decided to start my own hydroponics. What has happened to MHPgardener?
I haven't seen any of his videos in a long time.
I saw the thumbnail Dutch bucket decided to check it out and got educated in 18 min how to grow veggies, I'm starting this now.
Thanks very much for the clear instruction Mr.
Many, many people have duplicated this setup with similar results. I think you'll enjoy the process. Bobby
Unlike most videos where the person assumes you know things, he actually explained it step-by-step. I wish I had found this before watching those confusing videos. Thank you, Sir.
Thanks, I try to simplify it as much as possible. It really is a fool proof way to grow some nice vegetables.
@@mhpgardener could you use a net pot, lets say 4 inches,and use less medium. With a constant feed/drip and let the roots just grow down into the bucket (aero/hydro) style.
Exceptional video man, it's rare that someone makes a video that's informative, simple and with good intentions. So many people lack the funds necessary to start something like this that's why I like that you focused on the fact that you can do this for next to nothing compared to other setups, step by step and easy to follow directions. I like it, thank you for sharing.
Boy you aint kiddin. I started germinating seeds in march after the “voluntary mandAtory” stay home order took effect and im harvesting Zucchini, crook neck, onions, chives, lettuce and strawberries and soon to have tomatoes, potatoes, radishes and beans. Im out of space in my beds so this is great.
Hands down the best tutorial. Detailed info, good pace, excellent delivery. This is a really great easy to understand video. Thanks man!
Pls kindly tell me the materials used inside bucket
This is by far the best video on hydroponics, no bs just straight to the point, detailed and informative.. Thanks man God bless you.
Best video yet on hydroponics. Clear, simple, concise. You, sir, are a great teacher! Thank you!
Best ever video. I could listen to this guy forever. Professional teacher and master gardener.
Bonnie Campbell true! Easy going, matter of fact style with a little extra.
The exact same comment came to mind. He knows what he talking about. I totally love the video
@@pathallquist2473 the lil' extra is 'country ;~)
@@pathallquist2473 Kentucky fried!
This guy is giving without expecting anything back.
Love the slow mo....love the demo....brilliant explanation...
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sebastiano ridolfi
Peter Beyer you speak very clear and you're easy to follow..
Outstanding explanation, so simple, out of dozens and dozens I've seen over the last 10 months this guy has a talent for explaining things simply and making it so easy to follow and understand. THANK YOU FOR POSTING VIDEOS, GOD BLESS!
8 years old and still and absolutely great and relevant video. MHP, I've learned so much from you, thank you sir.
So easy for a 9th grade guy. I am learning this b/c we live in the city and need alternative food source. You made this very easy for me to understand to help my mom. Thank you.
Nicejob. I've seen the system taken one step further and made into an aquaponic system. You could make your reservoir bigger, put a mess of perch in there and you have anaquaponic system. The fish keep the plants healthy, the plants keep the waterclean. Set your pump up on a car battery/inverter and solar panel to keep it charged.
I've heard that mentioned many times, but I'm still waiting to see a video of someone doing it successfully. Maybe you can help?
fastonline.org This is the inventor site for the system. All his designs are free and dloadable.
Robert Wilder, All it takes is the setup time, the running of the system can be as automated as one can afford.
Donnybrook I
nice idea
you are amazing. this has been by far, the most amazing tutorial on hydroponics
Just a wealth of information. Thanks for sharing. I hope to get buckets set up in the next couple of months.,
God Bless
You Sir are the best explainer of this whole situation I’ve ever heard.
I first looked at doin this for tomatoes etc 10 yrs ago and I always just kicked it to the ‘too hard ‘ tray.
I’m real inspired now and hopefully this summers gonna be a boon harvest
Thanks mate!
One of the best and simplest videos explaining everything very well. Surely anyone can watch tour videos and develop their own setup. Thanks a lot for the video.
God has blessed you with a talent for explaining this in a way that makes it easy for all to understand. Thank you for your video
Your a brilliant teacher ! Thank you for the time and effort you put into explaining the setup.
Great video! I'm just about to make my first venture into hydroponics.
Doug Johnson Thanks. Hydro is really cool. Don't be afraid to make mistakes either. It's all a learning process. I'm still learning today.
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could you please provide your email id? I would like to discuss a few things if you have time. my mail id is "khardikar.rajas@gmail.com"
I am a hydroponic newbie.. want to graduate from growing food traditionally to this method.. thanks for the demo its helped me out soo much. I understood everything.
i am from Syria and i am a farmer .. but because of the war in Syria as going now stopped all farming activities and the food problems started to show up more and more .. i am planning to start my first Hydroponics and i have been watching your videos and it helping me a lot to learn .. but i think it will be some problems that will face my project specially the Growing media and some of the fertilizers but i will try anyway .. you make things looks easy .. thank you and please keep it up
Just a thought: If you use just a small 1 inch square of paint strainer mesh you can slip that over the pipe going in the container then slip the elbow over it. This will simply put the filter in the pipe and you wont have to but but maybe 1 of the meshes for 100 or so buckets.
great idea!
Thanks for this idea, made me think of tea bags, I just bought some reusable tea bags, I'm going to put those on the inside 90 fitting.
He tried that and it doesn't work as well.
What about nylon stockings or those long skinny filters you put on the drain hose of the washing machine? Any thoughts?
one of the most informative videos on hydroponics i've seen yet. Thank You!
One of the best hydro clips I have seen. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!
This guy got me going on hydroponics years ago. A slight add on is to put the pump in one of the paint bags and zip tie , much like a prefilter . Works like a charm.
BTW from year to year the paint bags degrade and some perlite might get through, thus the reason for fiter bag.
You took all the scary away. THANK YOU FOR BEING AN EXCELLENT TEACHER. Awesome video and I especially loved how you problem solved with using paint strainer, splitting lid, using old buckets etc
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! You are a great teacher and, after watching a ton of youtube videos, your videos are my favorite. You make it easy to understand. It's snowing today, but I'm getting my buckets ready. This is very exciting!
Linda Mattes good morning
That was awesome! Thanks for making that tutorial.
Can you give me some hints on nutrition? What type of nutrition do you give to your tomatoes, cause I've heard they need different things in different stages of their life.
I know your retired but you did a great job teaching us all this stuff!!❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸 GOD BLESS OUR AMERICA❤️
Dear MHP Gardner Sir, I cannot imagine a more thorough presentation on the subject of Dutch Bucket set up. Your video was easy to understand. (especially for a dummy such as myself) I find myself excited to try this system because of your video.
Thank you, and Blessings, pierre from New Mexico
An excellent video which not only shows you how to get the dutch bucket system working but also shows how a DIY video should be done. Good job.
it seems like to me that pea gravel would be better for the environment than pearlite and be easier to reuse and be cheaper if you buy it by the truck load.. you get one load and just keep going back to it over and over again.. it could also be used for many other purposes around the house. It also removes the need for a paint strainer.
Mobie Nut, good point. I wonder if it's been tested.
Only issues with pea gravel is that it's not always ph neutral. It depends on the environment it was sourced from, so you need to test it before you use it.
omg i love this.. Thank you so much for posting this so i can make my own hydroponics system :)
Absolutely brilliant, i love how simple you make it all sound!
I know this is old. But I done mine just like your system except a huge sprinkler pump. Best investment I've had on my farm. Big beef tomatos. Huge lb tomatoes, no cracks on tops, runs 4 times a day. Same nutes. Cept i supplement miracle grow when out of the nitrate. Works great!
I recently found you. I won't be letting you go. Wonderful attitude,educational videos and just a great Christian guy. I thought they didn't make men like you anymore. Keep proving that's wrong. God bless you!
show us the Kush behind the barn on the back 40
Great video! Inspired me to go for it. Very clearly explained.
Thanks a lot!
Hello I wanted to start out by saying that I love your videos. My question is what you thought of using pea gravel and perlite together. I was thinking that I would put some pea gravel in the bottom half of the bucket and perlite in the top half. The reason being is that it get so windy out here in Calhan Co i thought that the pea gravel would work for two reasons. One to add weight to the buckets and the other to keep the perlite from going through the bucket. Basically allowing me not to have to use the paint strainers.
Why not use pea gravel for the whole thing. It is drastically cheaper, just heavier. Maybe that is the trick. Buy it in quantity from a gravel yard/pit. Might not want to move the buckets. They will weigh a lot. Maybe, put a false bottom. Those roots don't seem to be going very deep anyway.
@@chriscook1468 Old golf balls on the bottom. ?.
@@richsilvasatx Full of nasty toxic substances, avoid!
Good job. Thanks for the extra info about doing this without electricity. Practical information never goes out of style and has no experation date. 👍
THE most informative Video on RUclips. Simple, Easy to follow without all the "I know everything BS" you see on other sites. I like it,,,
I want to mention for everybody watching this video and taking notes that before you put the grommet and you should take a box cutter or some sandpaper and sand out the hole or later down the line it will leak.
damn man you invented the "flora flex" and didnt even know it!
This man would be a messiah during a zombie apocalypse.
Adam Grayson how r you gonna get the nutrient solution in a zombie apocalypse ?
Adam Grayson how r you gonna get the nutrient solution in a zombie apocalypse ?
Adam Grayson how r you gonna get the nutrient solution in a zombie apocalypse ?
make it from scratch.
Great video , I love your hydroponics system
Don't need to taper pipe, just cover the outside in liquid soap, it'll slip right in there. Best video on buckets I've seen on RUclips.
Thank you. You are doing the whole world community a huge favor, God bless you sir!
if you have a 5 bucket system ( 5 gallon) with a reservoir of 12 gallons how do you know how much hydroponic fertilizer to use
I just bought cal-mag it uses 2tbs per 1 gallon I think it tells you on container
I use rainwater from a collection barrel. The pH is 6.5 . I add 15 ml (one tablespoon) of Pure Blend Pro (Grow) per gallon. This drops my pH to 4.0. I add 1 ml of pH Up per gallon. This brings my pH back up to 6.0 and I have the correct amount of nutrients for my cukes and 'maters.
Add the volumes to get total volume and follow mixing i structions. A TDS or EC meter will tell you the strength based on electric conductuvity of the soloution. Larger plants tolerate stronger soloutions.
Guess bobby has quit making videos ... surely miss him and his helpful tips and funny qoutes
John Gee
Very nice video, thanks for explaining in detail. Doesn't all that plastic in contact with water contaminate the water with chemicals and then the plants?
Food grade is probably the best containers.
@@DustinDonohue food grade or chemical grade.
@@DustinDonohue "Food grade" = A buzzword invented by the chemical industry to intentionally trick people into thinking it's much safer than ordinary plastics because it contains new kinds of plastic that hasn't been deemed dangerous yet by the authorities because there is always and without exception a 5-20 year lag before the 1000 diseases are detected independent reserachers map out are taken seriously by the authorities, who will face an army of lawyers if they don't have the research stemming from 5-20 years. The banning and invention of new subtances has followed this exact pattern for decades and there are no exceptions to the rule. When teflon was found cancerous, "anti-stick" was the new buzzword invented to take it's place, while it contained the exact same amount of PFOA, which was the problem with teflon. The only safe subtances for hydroponic setups are 1) silicone 2) ceramics 3) wood 4) metal. Said army of lawyers will kill babies and drink their blood if they can. BPA is still found in a billion products thanks to them, despite it having been banned by most of the world. The greatest source of income for these lawyers is Monsanto-Bayer, who is such a routinely evil and genocidal company it's like it's from a cartoon. The things they've done to keep being evil despite the last 50 years knowing full well what they are doing, is straight out of a sick, sinister cartoon.
@@HansJrgenFurfjord You hit the nail on the head, but I don't know what the average person can do about it. Ceramic or metal containers aren't practical, and cutting glass is not an option, wood is porous... which doesn't leave a lot of options.
@@soulmist2163 Silicone can replace plastics in 99% of the cases. It's made from sand.
I'm still here in 2021, great advice and still relevant. It seems like learning how to get better at this is still a challenge for me, thanks for sharing your knowledge!
I've seen a lot of grow vids out there lately, because I just started last year growing Hydroponically and this one is one of the best i've seen. Out standing video dude.
you hit the nail on the head bro ,get off ya ass and do some thing ,ya not working ,ya not making no money ,go grow some stuff ,at the end of the day ya can say you did some thing beside watch TV
Hi , do you use shade cloth on you greenhouse ?
Thanks
Yes, I put it on from late May thru early Sept, give or take a few weeks depending on the weather.
cmon bobby give us a peek, been awhile. lol
Mike Talley
other than water what do the tomato plants eat and how do you apply it
so far this the best guy by far, explaining and demonstrating.
This is the first video I've found that has a demonstration of how the bucket drains internally. Thank you for that.
Well made and informative. Want to try the ebb and flow method, but don't want to spend a fortune on the actual bato bucket
This is a great, very thorough video, and you deserve to be commended for it. However, at around the 16:00 mark, with the air stones, you are correct. They are absolutely unnecessary. Air stones aerate the water by disturbing the surface; that's what the bubbles are for. The bubbles themselves add zero air to the water. Because your water is in motion, running through a pump and then your feed-tubing system, the surface tension of the water is broken while it's in motion, and aerates itself while running out of the tube into the bucket.
But I am quite grateful for the way you set this video up; how you went through everything. I'm looking at a hydroponics setup myself, just as an experiment, and this is the most helpful tutorial video I've found thus far. Thanks for taking the time to put it together.
You are incorrect in your statement about how air stones add oxygen to the water. They create small bubbles with a high surface area which increases air dissolving in the solution. Disrupting the surface tension has no bearing.
Absolutely it does. Given a bubble ladder and sufficient time to climb it(once common in CO2 systems in planted aquariums), the bubbles will slowly shrink, dissolving gas into the water. However, at the relatively high rate of speed that bubbles climb from the airstone directly to the surface, very little of that takes place.
However, by disrupting the high surface tension that a body of still water has, oxygen above the surface has an easier time entering the water, typically to a level of approximately 7ppm(dependent upon altitude). This is why fast flowing rivers, which have very low surface tension, are more highly oxygenated than still lakes and ponds. The easiest way to see this in effect is to look at an undisturbed marsh or pond, and look at the layer of crud formed on the surface. These heavy particles(relative to oxygen) are supported by the surface tension of the water(buoyancy plays a part as well, obviously, as it does with oxygen).
You're welcome to have any opinion on the matter that you'd like. However, the science very solidly and unquestioningly backs up my statement, and I stand by it.
This is what call keep it simple and informative video presentation without any puzzling and confusing talks, EXCELLENT & thank you.
Outstanding educational program. Thank you for taking the time to teach your viewers how to make a proper hydroponic vegetable garden for tomatos.
That's the easiest setup ever. I'm going to try this with my leafy greens. God guided you to me.
Great video. Its all about the Hydroponics setup and not about the camera focusing on you 90% of the time rambling on and on. Starts me thinking about a setup of my own.
You inspired me, we finally got half of our buckets put together (12) and wish I could show you how they look. Thank you!
This is the best channel for hydroponic grower that i see, thanks for your knowledge
He is the best teacher. Period.
I'm very glad that you explained this the way you did, simple and to the point. I will take this into account as I build my own Hydroponic Green house. Thank you for such a nice video.
Very simple yet one of the best tutorials out there. Very informative and easy to understand video down to the answer of just using perlite as its the cheapest. Thank you.
Thanks for all your inspirations 7 years ago. I am now making a descent amount of money out of gardening and I self employed. Thank you.
The best dutch bucket video I've seen yet.
This was really well explained with nothing held back. Thanks for your transparency!
Nine years later it;s still a great video and information. Thanks
I grew in soil loaded fabric pot. The fabric pots allow the roots to 'air prune'. The result is a fine / dense root system much like the one you see on his examples. No 'runner' roots looking for soil. The entire pot becomes a root ball of fine roots. awesome growth.
I still to this day 2021 use this video to help my customers understand scalable dutch bucket systems! Thank you from the Future MHPgardener!
This man is a great instructor. He really knows how to explain things very clearly. I was amazed that no soil whatsoever was used. I wonder about the flavor of the vegetables. I know they look good, but do they taste as good as they look?
Love how practical you get right down to cost and quantitiy...i;e; if you need a couple buy at the big box but Granger if you are setting up large.
outstanding accomplishment. You walk the walk as you have takes the talk. Cudos. Professional results. Lord willing. Good Job . A balanced Share. Thank-you
this guy is amazing. Some people are natural story tellers
Thank you kindly.
Thank you for a great explanation and not 30 min of BS with 5 min of info. Great work. Made it really understandable.
This is a very very nice video. Good volume, nice slow speech so we can understand. good info. WOW!! Home Run, thanks for all your time and info.
I like how you think of and share real world alternatives. So many hydrophonic videos end up being large scale commercial, rich men's games. I'm on Social Security in the US, but plan to move to the Philippines. I hope to learn as much as I can now, and take what I learn with me. My real interest is aquaphonics, but I found your video very useful.
Great job, this is how we learned to do dutch buckets. Somebody's probably already said this but I figured out a couple of cheats on getting the pipe through the Grommet. Dish soap and put the elbow on - it's acts like a handle. Great video tho
Thank You, Thank You,Thank You.
Seen lots of videos, but this one is by far one of the most informative, direct and visually clear that I have run across.
All The Best.
A very good DIY tutorial. On point and no rambling. Love your accent too!
Tried to email but it came back undeliverable. That’s concerning. I wish you all the success in the world !!! Your videos are fantastic! I will share them with my gardening friends. I hope you get some mailbox money from RUclips views! I paused the video I’m watching which says it is 11 years old and it is your “how to make a Dutch bucket system”. I had to tell you how fantastic your video is.
Thanks ! Your video shows all the little details of the setup and even the Tomato Suckers are nit wasted! 😊
Auto Corrected.One more time. You have walked the walk. Too have shared the talk. In other words your passion is helping others. Keep up the new material. This is fun.
You are the best gardener to watch. Best videos EVER!
Every point you made was important! No grand standing. No rambling introductions. And no dead space! I usually don't mind dead space though. Cogent Concise and complete. Everything but the test at the end.
I've done dutch bucket tomatoes for years. I never use any growing medium such as perlite or rocks. I use nothing in my buckets but Masterblend and water for the nutrient solution. I do use an air pump to keep the water oxygenated. You might want to change the water Masterblend solution every few weeks. My setup works great!
I learned more here! Perfect detailed explanation, Diction was superb, I'm a visual learner and this was ABC XYZ OF DUTCH BUCKET
Your video is great. I like its crispness, relevant and practical and loveable voice. This one video made me learn so many things about this innovative way of growing own vegetables at home. Thanks for sharing.
Wow, a very cool hydroponics garden. Recycle the return h2o so nothing is wasted. Thx 4 sharing on the internet. Keep on gardening.
Nice and humble man. Keep the hydroponics on a side. You got a good heart.