There is just something so satisfying and rewarding about building a hydro system (and doing it well) and then watching it reward you with its fruits. I can see why you've made as many different ones as you've been able to fit in and come up with.

@Hoocho

10 ай бұрын

And then times that to the power of all the different plant species and tailoring the perfect system for each plants anatomy and physiology and environmental preference. It’s the obsession that keeps on giving. 😂

@ivareskesner2019

10 ай бұрын

@@Hoocho Hear, hear 👍🏻

@ymjdea

7 ай бұрын

@@ivareskesner2019

I would actually really like to see a guide/info on how to reuse clay balls. What's the easiest way to reclaim them from such a thick mat of roots? Can/how do you treat them if the plants grown in them get mold/pests? Can you reuse them forever? If not, what are the signs that they need to be thrown out? I really like the idea of buying the clay balls once and never needing to spend money on grow media again, but I'm not sure if it's worth it depending on the maintenance required to reuse them.

@brandonlantier

10 ай бұрын

Leca can be a pain, either you can try and pick them out while the roots are wet or let it dry out and its easier when they are dry, downside of that is you get dust and hydroponic nutrient in that dust flying around. I usually use it for smaller projects and save what I can, but there is always a loss somewhere.

@spartacus09ful

10 ай бұрын

You can re-use them, plenty of vids about on here on the subject.

@reinux

10 ай бұрын

Same, I've been wondering if there are any tricks.

@malcolmbingham7313

10 ай бұрын

You can put then in cement mixer with water let it run with to break it up then tip out onto screen and recover the clay balls

@b_6981

10 ай бұрын

Small amount of bleach a lot of water leave for ten minutes, rinse thoroughly afterwards and they’ll be ready to use again. you’ll be able to tell if they need to be thrown out when they’re so crumbly that they can’t hold there original form anymore.

It's a cool system for sure. Very impressive results. Super clever design. If you could separate the beads from the root mat you'd have some good composting material (and more beads). I grow peppers indoors, I prefer buckets and kratky.

Nice 1 Mr Hoocho. Great guide from start to finish with monster plants.

I built these from box meant for under of the bed, with a added duct in the bottom. Best ever and very simple system. Plants like. That kind of thing is also best i know for rooting cuttings, with some cover on top of course to keep the humidity up.

Stellar results brother I used to use ebb and flow trays with coco mats in them with very similar results rootwise ebb and flow is so forgiving and a great entry level set up for hydroponic gardening. Cheers

I came for the hydroponic table and stayed for King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. I love when my hobby world's collide lol

@southerndime333

9 ай бұрын

came to the comments to find the gizzard fan.

I really liked those wifi-controlled sockets; I've got different ones. It's really useful for light and pump, mostly general programming on and off stuff, set and forget while monitoring the systems running.

Top tip: This week at Aldi they have Auger bits for digging holes in the garden using a cordless drill etc. Great digging a quick hole and they only cost $10 so you can`t go wrong.

I watched a boatload of your videos before building my own system.. it is off and running beautifully.. thank you for some of the ideas that went into it!

@Hoocho

10 ай бұрын

Caught the bug 😂

Welcome to hoocho😍😍😍

BIG DOG!! Coming in with a midnight upload! Great way to start the day!

soil growers bohica! lulz thanks hoocho! cool refit for the table, the wink and the slide in always make me smile from ear to ear jtlyk

Super kind advice thank you. Time-lapse is spectacular 11:45 watching again & again

When you planted all those sprouts, was wondering if you knew they are the biggest of the brassica family.... nope lol. Oh some tips for sprouts, they take the longest time to grow compared to other brassicas. And the reason your sprouts sprouted is because when the mother plant fell over they were exposed to the light. I will say home grown sprouts are another level of amazingness.

That root system. You could make clothing or home insulation with it. Excellent work mate.

Looks like a bloody Triffid from Dr Who. Love the vids.

This is great! With every new episode, your technique and materials get better and better. Of course, maybe only do TWO brussel sprout plants, and double the light coverage.

Looks like a very efficient way to grow cabbage, just not Brussels sprouts. As for reclaiming the clay balls, the fragile root mat should rot very quickly, and then you just need to rince them out and keep the liquid compost tea for other plants in the garden or home. Anything that stays inside the clay balls will be additional nutrients. You can probably even burn them, but I don't think this extra step is necessary. Only trial will tell.

Daaang you got the plastic bits refined to perfection

Wow that root system was amazing! I was surprised at the cost of the table, but it looks well worth it.

Great concept, I love the ice table idea which is shockingly economical for flood and drain. Would it be possible to make a connection for a PVC drain line by putting a 90 degree turn in the inlet before the quick disconnect such that it could be connected from the side leaving room to have a fitting for PVC pipe going straight down? (you would have to have the inlet penetrate the side of the outlet fitting) This would allow someone to plumb multiple tables to a shared or more distant reservoir/sump.

That plant is a rock star.....

I've got 2 of those baskets that I purchased from my local Op Shop Hoocho...

man THAT is an impressive build. even beyond that the fact that with your eyes are SO honed in on hydro that you saw the ice table and instantly knew what to do with it. bravo! also: migro is the pimpest of gear, have you ever worked with shane?

nice called ebb and flow table I have made many they work well.

Thanks for that - it was a great video. Loved that mat of roots! Hope you are continuing to feel better.

Hoocho you sound like you haven't been feeling well. I hope I'm wrong but if I'm not, please feel better because I love your videos.

I had an idea and i don't know if someone has already done this. I thought it would be very versatile and cost saving to combine the design of NFT and flood and drain nutrient delivery for those who hardly have enough space and can't spend much on electricity. My thought was to use a gutter system so you can hang it on the wall on top of each other either outside or inside while the distribution of nutrient using flood and drain helps with not having to use the pump all day long. The gutter system also minimizes the dilution of water when used outside as well as evaporation because of the cover with just the holes for the plugs and ofcourse with the help of hydrotons. I don't have the means to test it out but theoretically, this should be the ideal system for someone like me who have no space nor can afford to run LED light and pumps for extended periods of time.

Enthusiasm and desire can break through all the difficulties.

Don't forget to harvest the leaves! Cook them too! Yummy!

Great timelapse with very interesting music.

Sick song got me pumped lol

Awesome system Hooch! love the single point syphon fitting, got me thinking, I know you were pondering Aquaponics at some point, this could be a fantastic setup if you wanted to dip your toe in and see how it goes with some goldfish or something. All the best

@malcolmbingham7313

10 ай бұрын

Very adaptable, I was thinking of using it in that very way

I'm glad this went about the same way my kratky broccoli/Brussels test went. I underestimated just how massive the plants got. They're hardcore warriors too. They want to grow. But I never got sprouts on either. I've been debating if a concrete mixing tray would work better than this ice table if you didn't want legs and just wanted to put it on top of another tub. Cheaper too.

I would love to see you experiment with bubble pumps since you can make them with just an air stone and an appropriately sized tube

This is a very neat idea. The single point flood and drain makes it super efficient. I wish you would do a livestream hoocho. I'd love to share some ideas with you.

FYI you can do the same thing with perlite. The chunky works best as it breaks down into smaller pieces. Reuse the perlite and compost the roots. Hydrogen peroxide the 35% stuff watered down to 3-5% concentration will sterilize the pump, table, hoses, and used perlite. For maximum performance the water should be drained once a week but it looks like maybe you could also top up with water and adjust ph and ec.

Have you tried drying out the root mass and burning them off the clay balls? So long as the fire doesn't get too hot it shouldn't damage the balls and you can just wash off any residual soot like you washed off the dust initially.

Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

Thank you for sharing 😊😊😊😊

We don't seem to be able to get those tables in europe...

Dude this is absolutely awesome! you are next level man! next level!

I was hoping to see you clean and reclaim those balls 👻🤣as I am building a similar system for Alpine strawberries. Again another awesome video. Thank you bro. S.A.

That is awesome!!

I am in love with this channel!💜

Impressive, well done. and great upload. Thank you.

Perhaps turn the reservoir 90 degrees so the tap at the bottom can’t be stepped on or tripped then breaking it then causing a minor catastrophe . 👍

It's amazing

This is great

Happy Hydroponicing mate

I actually would love to see the process you use to reclaim the clay balls from that root mat

a possible reason that the Brussel sprouts did not develop fully is that the temperature may have been too high. They are typically a fall and spring type of veggie and like cooler weather.

Curious: have you ever tried letting the roots dry out, then burning them to reclaim the clay balls? As expanded clay, they've been through a kiln process already, so they can take some heat. I don't think I'd want them buried in a pile of coals because too much heat would likely decrease their water-holding capacity, but cycling them quickly through an open fire just long enough to burn off dry roots seems like it would be fine - and may increase their nutrient load with the potash. And it would be much faster than manually picking them out of the roots.

@Suchtzocker

10 ай бұрын

Wouldnt it be enough to wash them with some very diluted peroxide i think its called to cancel all bacteria and fungus ?

@wjm1319

10 ай бұрын

@@Suchtzocker That's fine for any fungus, etc. But first you have to extract them from all of the roots. Leaving them embedded in a mat of roots like that wouldn't leave room for the roots of any new plants you put in. And those roots wrap around the balls & hide them deep in a maze of white threads. You invariably miss some, either because you didn't see them behind all the roots or you just get tired of digging through them. That's why I thought burning them out might be an easier move.

@Suchtzocker

10 ай бұрын

ofcourse there will be physical work involved beforehand, dont get me wrong ofcourse i thought beforehand we both know this you def. couldnt use any form of organic material to heat them, coal would char them and change the appearance and surface of the clay but if you burn the roots you would have the same effect of soot and ash influencing the function of the clay my best guess would be freeing most of the stuff of them when harvesting, then mechanically moving them / rubbing / shaking when the clay is dried and THEN use peroxide solution most hydro guys just reuse them after rubbing most of the roots off since you cant prevent rotting anyways even in a running system you will have some form or percentage of rootmass rotting eventually root rot from dead roots wont influence new healthy roots as long as the water/media is not changing its values from the rotting roots + i even think there are forms of addable beneficial bacteria wich take down rotting roots and turn then into nitrogen or something but im not shure if im recalling that correctly ( for the say 0.5% rootmass left over after cleaning it mechanically )

@mikenewman4078

10 ай бұрын

Caustic soda should totally remove the roots. PH will need adjusting back down. Caustic soda is used to peel fruit for canning. Yanks call it Lye.

I had fun last winter with beto bucks and an NFT. looking forward to this winter changing things up and planting crops that are better suited to my small basement space. Watching all of your builds has me itching to get a 3D printer of my own. Thanks for adding another hobby to my list of things to play with.

Migro is a fire ass light too

Happiness is not about being immortal nor having food or rights in one's hand. It's about having each tiny wish come true, or having something to eat when you are hungry or having someone's love when you need love.

Amazing! great job...as always!

Great video Mr Hooch

May we have long-term happiness and dreams.

Have you ever tried using one of those root masses to grow mushrooms. I have no idea if that would work… but I can imagine some mushroom varieties might be very happy growing on those roots.

Monsters!!

Thanks for the great video

How did you not drop any ball cleaning jokes…? I was snickering the whole time😅.

I wonder if this root mat can be used for something. Wall insulation, mulch, animal feed or bedding ?

How often need to change the nutrient water?

LETS GOOOOOOO HOOCH!

I'm curious how a dense mat of roots would feel to lay on. No need for weaving, it weaves itself.

where to get this kind of table, over in eu? cant find anything

Good video. Would this approach work for bok choy? need more water? Maybe you could have a dedicated bok choy video?

Reclaiming the clay balls was actually something we wanted to see...

Is it too warm for the sprouts to head properly? Brassicas don't like NQ real much apart from Ravenshoe or Herberton maybe. I get the inside growing given the vast array of bugs. I for instance can't grow mint because of grasshoppers.

Sliding in toward our left?? 😮... must be Bizarro Hoocho

Молодец, разрабатывает и делится. Очень ценные видео. Конечно надо быть профи в своём и не только деле. Идея же на ровном месте не возникла.

Hoocho, I have a problem, I mixed (for 100ltrs) 30g diamon specialT plus 30g Nitro cal and 15g of epson salt and my reading on my Bluelab wand reading above3.6 EC, don"t no what to do

Bake them 375f -30 min or until they are dried

Any suggestions for cheap ice tables in Australia? Those things are bloody expensive!

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.

Greeeeens

I'd like to ask is it true that the Kratky method is only suitable for leafy plants and won't work with lettuce, pepper, cucumber type plants?

I thought calcium nitrate was always supposed to be added last? Does the brand of fertilizer you're using specify to put it first?

Hiya Hoocho, just a quick one.... have you ever thought of commercialising the 3D printed parts for us who dont have a Printer but would love some of these comments.... Cheers

Foldable Ice Cooler Table for anyone struggling

Could I purchase the adapter piece so I can just use 1 hole please

Hey Hoocho, good episode (thought Brussel Sprouts prefer cooler weather, but if you can grow them that's great as cost a fortune in the shops!). Just saw you older episode for Tomatoes in DWC/Kratky come up - have you got episode of going over which is the best for particular crops. NFT for lettuce etc but Tomatoes for example is bato bucket or the DWC/Kratky a better way? or perhaps the plastic DIY containers with coconut coir on gutter grow system?

@therabbitholeguild

10 ай бұрын

That would be where the smallish sprputs come from. Broccoli is more or less the same. The cooler the roots stay the bigger the sprouts.

I downloaded the zip file so I could print whats needed for this flood and drain. I can't find slt/ What directory is it in?

Thank you for a good video of a nice hydroponic system that gives a lot of yield👏🥬 We use the same lights and clay pebbles and are very happy with them!😊How much was the shipping cost for the table?

See if you can turn the roots into pulp and make paper

could you simply torch the clay balls to burn the roots and reclaim the leca? since they're clay it should be fine, right?

Anyone else feel like they're at playschool, maybe he is a wiggle in disguise?

The Onion light disturbs their Sleep!!! it matter more than you think.

Low power you use the timer that’ll solve a lot of problems

who is the 'growing music' artist/band ? they deserve a shoutout too

@southerndime333

9 ай бұрын

king gizzard and the lizard wizard.. get on it

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Ur not using Yara fertilizer??

@Hoocho

10 ай бұрын

This was started three months ago and even now I’ve still not run out of spec t hahaha The yara was my attempt at giving people options if they couldn’t get the Campbell’s

@959leo

10 ай бұрын

@@Hoocho okay 👍🏾✌🏾😇

Is it cost effective to grow your own brussels sprouts?😅

hey mate love the vids, quick question how long will the ph stay stable in the 100l bucket before you need to check and re-adjust ph levels?

We don't hear people say fef lel mem nen ror ses or xex why do you say hatch? is it because h is sometimes silent? if it is sometimes silent, doesn't that lead credence to not say hatch?

Inexpensive system saves $$$$$$%😊 hope people learn its the Maximum way to be green Huchos green energy machine😂

you should have just jacked UP the table with blocks of wood to save your self a perfectly good drum : )