Try Coco and perlite as your media. It helps retain water a bit longer. Less feeds more usage.

Great video brother... Thanks for sharing useful information.

Great video, thank you. Quick question what is the size and capacity of your dutch bucket that you use? TIA

Amazing video! Is tomato farm worth investing in?

Very good video! I've been growing Dutch Bucket style with a different version of basically this ame thing with a few other hydro types added in..

If you look at the drain to waste version you will have to be careful that it isn't sprayed into basins, lakes or tidal regions as algae blooms could occur.

@NewAgrarian

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely

The reason for drain to waste is different. You try to feed as controlled as possible, to drain next to no water / nutrients. This level of control is not achievable for home growers. The large scale productions use it to limit the risk of contermination and increase control over the nutrients mix.

@patrickwilson9783

2 ай бұрын

No others use coco to retain more moisture meaning less watering/ saving nutrients just like indoor drip drain to waste

The worked at a greenhouse using this system with drain to waste. But they used the waste water for other plants.

For drain to waste system, can I add vermicast to the tomatoes? For recirculating system, vermicast going back to the fish tank should cause a problem?

Hi there! Cool vid. One question, how do you keep the media in your buckets from being expelled along with the water? Is there a net or something like that?

@NewAgrarian

2 жыл бұрын

Rinse the perlite prior. You can also use paint strainers in the buckets if you have problems with it

Hey brotha, thanks for the video! Couple of questions? Can you use two different media beds ie lava rock then top it off with clay pepples or perlite? And how how should the media be?

@NewAgrarian

2 жыл бұрын

Yes you could. But I would imagine you would want the more water absorbent one (perlite) on the bottom

Hello thanks for a great video!!!! What filter do you use in this system, thanks.

@NewAgrarian

Ай бұрын

Tough question.. I have used many.. the more course micron filters I prefer honestly

Dear Sir, Thank you for the presentation. My question is whether there are plant nutrition programs in hydroponics, such as peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, where I could get a plant nutrition program, and which fertilizer to use. Thank you

@TexasVeteranPatriot

2 жыл бұрын

Most hydro nutrient suppliers have ratio charts for various veg/plant mixes. As all manufacturers vary, one should pick the provider and use their charts accordingly. Most have something or will give you a ratio by calling and asking, if it's not listed. Check out Master Blend....

Hi i am from India thanks for sharing video

@NewAgrarian

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

I have a "First Time" Dutch Bucket System and am having a BOAT LOAD of problems. My PH is between 550-680 all the time. BUT, by TDS seems to be off by a lot, I mixed the Nutrients Master Blend. at 2grm per gal, Calcium Nitrate at .8grm per gal and epsom salts at 1.2grm per gal. I have a 34 Gal Sump and am mixing 80 grm of M.B., 25 grm of C. N. and 40grm of Epsom salts. All my tomatoes. Zucchini and Cucumbers are wilting. What am I doing WRONG? Thanks,

Thank you for the informative video mate! Can you pls advise, or send me a link to where you purchased these buckets? Also, I've noticed that the Dutch buckets you use has the drainage holes on the bottom of the buckets and not on the side of the bottom of the buckets. Is there any benefit of using using the ones you have in the video, as opposed to the ones with the holes in the sides. Lastly, do you have a video that shows how you trellis your larger plants? If so, can you pls send me the link? Thanks heaps!

@NewAgrarian

Жыл бұрын

I don’t think there is a benefit to the bottom honestly .. these buckets were prefabbed… out the side is just fine

Hiii sir if there is any root problem like damping off in Dutch bucket how to treat it in butch bucket

I use Dutch Buckets and DWC. I find because of the extra oxygen the tomatoes and cucumbers do better in DWC, also I don’t have the added expense of a Media to fill the buckets with and have to wash out the Media every fall. The other Hydroponic System I find better are the Vertical Grow Tower which has no Media, and more Oxygen. The extra cost of the Media and cleaning and disinfecting it every year is a pain in the Dutch Bucket System. I plan to switch over to DWC and grow Towers.

@billedmonds1381

Жыл бұрын

Am curious to know how you clean and disinfect your media and is it really necessary?

@winstonsmith935

Жыл бұрын

@@billedmonds1381 Yes I used to, clean out the perlite of roots, then dunk in a Solution of 3% Hydrogen Peroxide, wash in clean water and store in Bins for next season. That was becoming a pain in the ass, look at the Dutch Buckets, it’s easy to change into a DWC system , this time without the Perlite in the buckets. I made styrofoam tops for the 3” net cups and use hydroton, much simpler, and just as efficient. Most of those ten buckets grow bush Beans, and the other row grow tomatoes, excellent crops with less hassle, I have a 50 gal head tank for top up with float valves for level control of the grow buckets. You can adjust the level in the grow buckets with the Old style Dutch Bucket returns, it can also control level if you turn the Elbows up the other way.

Can you use just worm tea for your nutrients?

How far are the buckets on the same row center on center?

Just subscribed..great videos..what kind of tomatoes 🍅 are you growing thanks 😎

@NewAgrarian

2 жыл бұрын

Roma, early girl, and cherry

@arieswebb2136

2 жыл бұрын

Cool ty 😎

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Please advise, I have a problem with perlite. When the solution makes a full turn through the buckets to the tank, the ph rises to 7.5, and at the beginning it was 5.5. The perlite was washed at the beginning and has been used for 15 days.

@NewAgrarian

9 ай бұрын

Nothing else in the system? Perlite shouldn’t affect ph

For your tank of feed water, how often do you change it out? I’m finding that the water is having a build up of white sludge over time, which I think is salt?

@TheJmog

Жыл бұрын

As someone who works in hydroponics, you may want to get your water tested to be sure but that sounds like calcium in your water.

What do you think about dutch buckets with net pots? still a drip system tho it's just that the plant is being held by a net pot.

@NewAgrarian

2 жыл бұрын

Would work.

Great summary! I've been struggling to understand the complexity of this variation of hydroponics, but you've made it easy. I guess I was just imagined it was too complex for me. I started off w Kratky and and aerogarden bc they were easy enough. Looking to expand my options for my home hobby. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

@MyTube4Utoo

Жыл бұрын

+RiseUpBlue "Complexity?" Seriously? They're buckets.....with plants growing inside, and they're all named 'Dutch.'

Can you explain how a small 30*25*23 cm dutch bucket (about 3 gallon) can hold a tomato plant, while they always recommend at least a 5 gallon container or larger with a regular soil planting?

@NewAgrarian

7 ай бұрын

May need to root trim at some point but yes, it will hold it

Forgive the dumb question, but what is the merit of putting the filter between the nutrients and the plants vs putting it on the return flow? I've never seen a filter on a hydroponic system so I'm curious about the benefits. My complete lack of knowledge would ask "wouldn't you lose nutrients by attaching a filter anywhere in the loop?"

@NewAgrarian

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a mesh filter, relatively large pore spaces. Keeps the particles out of the lines

One data element I did not see in the video is the flow rate of the pump and the emitter flow rate at each bucket/plant. Can you provide this info please?

@NewAgrarian

Жыл бұрын

I discuss this in my online course

Vermiculite can hold moisture better. I’m considering using 50% perlite and 50% vermiculite

@SeamusHarper1234

4 ай бұрын

Moisture retention is not everything, you also want the medium to distribute nutrients well and drain well. I can recommend 60 % coco and 40 % clay pebbles. Or coco / perlite. Probably most mixes will work..

drain to waste is ok if you're doing basically a soil grow and just watering but leaving the water in the pot for a day or whatever.. for a flow system it's silly to think plant is going to take all the nutrients in one pass as the water trickles by... imagine being in a river rapid and trying to catch every fish that swam by

drain to garden, give or sell the water rather than down drain.

I'm having a problem when all of my dutchbuckets try to drain at the same time the main drain pipe fills up and overflows. I'm using a recirculating system and don't want to lose water. Do you have a solution for this ?

@mbt4482

2 жыл бұрын

1. Use a larger diameter return pipe 2. Use a smaller flow rate pump.

very nice setup but why not grow in coconut?also comercial hydroponic tomatoe greenhouses reuse they drain water to be remixed in certain proportions with fresh water to reduce cost on fertilisers.

@NewAgrarian

Жыл бұрын

Video coming soon.. I tried coconut

Anyone have a link to those watering stakes he is using in this video? I'm not finding them...

@NewAgrarian

9 ай бұрын

Irrigation drip stake

very helpful but can it also be used in an Aquaponics system ???

@NewAgrarian

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Need to be sure you are removing fine particles before irrigating buckets

@garyash4823

2 жыл бұрын

@@NewAgrarian il be building Radial Flow Settler, moving bed biofilter followed by a Fine Solids Filter that should be enough, Great post im find a lot of help full info from you to go with the things iv learnt already Thx & keep them coming

@NewAgrarian

2 жыл бұрын

@@garyash4823 great, keep me posted

@garyash4823

2 жыл бұрын

@@NewAgrarian will do

only thing i can see drain to waste to be better is in controlling plant diseases or fugus that might return to the main water source.

@NewAgrarian

5 ай бұрын

Facts

Your perlite link end up block us at there website - please remove your stuff after domain name

Why not use washed Send For media

@NewAgrarian

6 ай бұрын

Could try. May get heavy and not great drainage but would be a cheap option.

I would prefer RWDC with chiller to keep water temp under 21 degrees cel. Reason is root rot only really thrives above 23 degrees cel, Not just because its in water. In run to waste as you have seen you loose way to much in nutrient expense and medium expense. In RWDC you will find your plants have bigger root systems that allows for stronger uptake and growth. Add tp that minimal nutrient expense as the roots uptake more efficiently when compared to medium systems with out the expense of actually re purchasing your mediums every cycle.

All that green mildew in ur media tho bro

@NewAgrarian

Жыл бұрын

It’s algae, irrigation tubes too high

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