This is the best explanation I've seen so far! Thanks! Been researching this all day and am shopping for supplies to start up our hydro garden. I love how you show what you do and explain it as you went.

Loved it! Thank You for making it so simple that I can start this today. Be blessed and please continue to put this valuable content out there. I’ll share and tell others

Thanks for all of the details everyone else just tells you how to set up the buckets

EXCELLENT!!!! This is exactly what I have been looking for. You really break it down for this newbie, I can't thank you enough. I have been gardening outside for the longest time and quite frankly, I am tired of all the bugs and plaint ailments that come with it. I work so hard and just like that, they can erase everything. Although I won't quit my outdoor gardening, I would like to supplement it, at least for now, with some indoor hydroponics. Besides growing my own food for the health benefits involved, we now have to be concerned about the cost and who knows what availability will be there for food in the future. Having a garden, indoors or out is food security that I need to have. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, it is greatly appreciated and I can't wait to binge watch later, for now I am off to the garden!

Great video ! Thank you so much for sharing your ideas with us. I am currently researching how to build a hydroponic garden. Your way is much easier than putting together a lot of pvc pipe and I know that I will be trying to duplicate what you have done. Thanks again !

This is one of best video on starting hydroponics I've seen so far ..... thank you very much for explaining every step!

This is JUST the video I've been needing! Thank you for explaining and demonstrating. Best I've watched so far.

After watching so many videos, and getting so excited about starting mine,Your video seems to be the most explanatory and easiest one I have seen.Thanks for pushing me to actually do this.:)

God bless you for sharing these videos. You are helping people help themselves and this is the best way of doing it.

Such an abundance of knowledge here for anyone starting up. You really do a great job simplifying things. I'll be sure to watch your other videos.

Great startup info with an excellent demonstration on growing seedlings the hydroponic way!!

Learned a lot! Bought system but wasn't sure how to start. Thanks for sharing with those of us who want to start and to be successful.

Thanks for this, for me an introduction to hydroponics. After watching a program on UK tv called ‘Click’ which they showed a very automated, expensive way to hydroponics I thought that there must be a simpler cheaper way to do it. I will do more research and intend to try it for myself. Thanks again for your efforts in this production.👍😊

Thanks for this video. Never thought of this, so much easier!!!!THANKS

This video and DWC itself may well help all of us get through the current pandemic. Exclnt vid. Thx

This video is perfect and filled with so much great information. Thank you!!!

You don't need net cups, you don't need rock wool, you don't need giant buckets unless you're growing plants that are going to get huge, like tomatoes. I use cut-up rubber floor puzzle mats to hold my plants over the water in the tub holes and it works just fine and allows the stems to grow without impeeding. There is no real "right" way to do it per se, as long as the plants can grow in water with nutrients everything else is up to your imagination and creativity. As a growing medium, I'm using my reptile's coconut fiber as a nursery "soil". Plenty of air, plenty of moisture, it works great. You don't have to go out of your way to get things, just find what you have available. The kratky method is, by far, the easiest hydroponic method out there I believe. You don't need any air pumps or anything. Standing water and let the water levels drop so the roots get both air and water. Easy. Lots of ways to grow food. C:

Thank you so much for this video! I am just starting with my romaine lettuce seedlings and growing venture and this info is so helpful 😍

This is a good video to cover the basics. Thank you. It gave me a lot of awareness and information.

I remember when I first started into hydroponics as well. I was similar. Always trying to go full tilt hardcore and over do it. Good video but over thinking it can cause more damage than good. Also the TDS is not as big of a deal as you think. When you start adding nutrients it automatically increases your TDS. Biggest thing is make sure if you are using tap water, primarily city provided water that you allow the chlorine to air out. Hydroponics is also known as soilless growing. Best advice for anyone is that gather as much info as you can and go at it in your own approach. Learn as you go. No one is perfect and we all find our own learning curve based on our own environment. I encourage everyone to do this. Again good video. I can tell you like what you do.

@cdh79

4 жыл бұрын

i guess that depends on where you live.. where i am, my EC of the tapwater is 0.8 mS already, and that makes it difficult for any smaller plants that require lower EC, as it means i can't add sufficient - in some cases any - nutrients without overfeeding and putting the plants into nutrient-lockout.. also most manufacturers recommendations on how much nutrient solution to use, is based on RO water and this was only clear to me after i got an EC meter and actually measured what it meant to the EC to "use 2ml of this per liter of water"... let's not forget that the environment plays a huge role.. if you have a 15w LED for some plants, the nutrient requirements are completely different than when using a 1000w lamp, as the amount of vegetative growth will be completely different, so one general formula from the supplier can't really work.. (kind of like "give your cat one can of cat-food a day" might work well on a house-cat, but not on a tiger ;)) chlorine on the other hand isn't an issue where i live (it's not added), but i agree that in places where it is, it should be a priority to get it out.. and it's pretty easy to do anyways. with an air-stone it's even faster i've read.. now i just use RO water (the RO filter cost me less than 50 Euro, so that's the cheaper route than buying distilled), bring it up to about 0.3/0.4 mS with calmag and then still have a great base to add most nutrients for plants that are too young to go over 0.8 mS.. also i measure the solution each day, so i can see if my plants have too little, sufficient or too much nutrients in the reservoir.. if you measure a lower EC than when the solution has been in there (or the run-off in drain-to-waste systems), you know the plant used more nutrients than water, so it's good to raise the amount of nutrients by a tiny factor.. if the EC is higher than what you initially put in, then you know the plant used more water (or there might be a lot of evaporation), and it's better to lower the amount of nutrients, as you might overfeed it.. the perfect middle (a stable EC over time) is the perfect balance and usually that also means that the plant looks healthy. I measure that and PH daily and it's been working great, while before that i had quite a lot of under- or over-fed plants.. No matter what, i fully agree with you that everyone should try to do this, and that it's a good video. I've grown my first peppers hydroponically about 12 years ago, and up to this day i still keep on learning new things that help improve my harvests..

Really great video. Better than most I’ve seen so far

Thank you for this excellent and informative video. Missed this growing season but planning for next year. Have to grow outside though

Awesome video... Thumbs up! Subscribed! Keep em coming good sir. Thank you.

@GrassandGardenTV

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! -Michael

I just want to thank you for taking the time to do this video. I’ve watched a lot of videos on hydroponics and yours is the best I’ve seen hands down. I’m new to hydroponic gardening and can’t wait to get started. Two thumbs up!

@GrassandGardenTV

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks you, I'm glad I can help. Here is a link to a playlist for a recent video series I just did. It shows I how started up a micro green tub hydroponically. Enjoy and best of luck! -Michael kzread.info/head/PLq4N7s0bShHoOkp6d3u6xjPv5GK81vhwh

@ryancranker3117

6 жыл бұрын

Grass and Garden TV

I was looking for a way to grow food to help others... This is a great way to do that. Thank you for the share

Thank you thank you thank you! I’ve been struggling with hydroponics for awhile now, I’ve tried a few different methods and I’ve had some success but I haven’t been able to set up a multi-leaf type environment the will actually produce. I’ve done a lot of things wrong oh and one easy way to prevent algae on the clear white containers is to simply wrap them in tin foil with the shiny side out. I’ve found it to be a simple solution and I just use masking tape to tape it in place three or four long sheets of it is all it takes, it’s very inexpensive and looks nice and keeps your totes so clean you won’t believe the difference! Because if you have ever tried to clean algae out of a tote you will find it’s absolutely impossible to get it out of all the nicks and crannies and one thing I can tell you if you happen to have a tote that has been compressed together with glue the algae will eat through it and will cause your containers to actually leak and even if they are slow leaks it will cause your plants to die and you could end up with a very expensive clean up with algae water all over your floor in the basement. Also those empty distilled bottles if you wrap those in foil are great kratky style containers for your beginner plants like lettuce any leafy greens or beginner pepper or tomato plants. I found it interesting that you left your kale and basil in the smaller net cups despite putting them in the enormous large cups. I would have though you would have removed those so that the plants could truly stretch out and grow the way I’m thinking the small net cups will keep them restricted at that section? Did you eventually remove them? I’m new to your channel and I’ve subscribed and I look forward to catching up on all your content. I love your easy to follow straight forward instructions and provide much needed information. I’m still not convinced that distilled water or reverse osmosis water is truly needed I feel if our city tape water it okay for humans then it must be okay for my plants. Having said that I do always fill my containers with water and let them sit for at least 24 -36 hrs which allows the chlorine and any flouride to disperse/evaporate (I’m not sure what the correct term is)into the air and then I take my ph rating and I always have to use ph down to get it to the correct ph of 5-6. I find I don’t need a whole lot of it but I takes the water to where it wants to be. My understanding was ph testing should be done before any nutrients were added in? I noticed you did it after, does it make any difference ? One other question you mentioned you began your solution half strength until the plants got a bit larger and then you will change it to full strength once the plants are larger. So what I wondered do you dump out the solution that is in the bucket or do you just add more solution? How often do you have to add solution to your buckets? Or do you take a different bucket and mix up the solution and then just pull out the net cup and move it to the full strength solution bucket and then move the pump to the new bucket? Sort of like revolving buckets? And how often would this have to be done? Of course we are always looking for the easiest solution or path of least resistance. Just like water lol! Thanks again I look forward to trying all your suggestions!!🙏🏻🥰🇨🇦

What a very well done video. Thank you so much for taking the time to share your expetise

Thank you. I appreciate your video. You taught me. I am nervous but looking forward to getting started.

thank you for being someone to use this for something other then MJ 👍

Thanks for all the great information

Great video. I would love to see more.

Thank you so much. I think I can start after watching this

Thank you . I really learning alot.

I learned a lot! Thank you for the effort.

Thank you sir for your time 👍🏼

I watched all the way up! nice vieo! thank you very much!

Good work man, thanks for the video!

I was always afraid to try hydroponics because it seemed so much more difficult than just soil-growing, but after seeing how much better it works (faster growth, better looking fruits/veggies, less water wasted, etc), if done correctly, i'm gonna give it a few tries.

@J2DaB33

4 жыл бұрын

I sometimes wonder if you can make the water of hydroponic and spray your soil plants

@sweetness6048

4 жыл бұрын

@@J2DaB33 you can water your plant using hydroponic nutrients

@PropagandaMinister

4 жыл бұрын

@Jonny Sandtrap just ph balance the water to the recommended level and mix your hydroponic formula in that water. Put in soray bottles and you are set

@lts30000

3 жыл бұрын

@@PropagandaMinister you mix your nutrients Together Like Me 3 part. ----- 1. First Then adjust ph. 🗿

Good video man.. a lot of information .. you just earned a new sub

Thank you Michael, this was extremely helpful.

@GrassandGardenTV

6 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

Very well explained video. I have watched lots of videos already on hydroponics, but yours one I found very very helpful specially for beginners.

@GrassandGardenTV

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@beanramlochan738

4 жыл бұрын

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Well done video. Thanks for sharing your subject knowledge.

Thanks for the info I learned a lot

Aquaponics for those looking to add fish. Nice work brother. Keep it up

Thank you for this video!

Thank you for this video I will be watching them want to start hydroponically I haven't watched it yet but I'm going to

Great analysis thanks for sharing

This was a great and very easy video to follow so thank you for that! I do have question's though.1) The PH UP you show in video, was by Botanica but there are several. Your picture on your bottle is a flower, does that matter for food? 2) What do you do once the plant starts growing? Do you transfer it to something else? 3) How often do you add more water? 4) How often do you add the flakes?

Wow. I am so very impressed. I’m retired, bored and wanting to do something useful for family and neighbours..looks like I found it.

Exactly what I was looking for! Thank You

@GrassandGardenTV

5 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

Hello my friend, I have a great work and idea. I would like to learn a lot from you about hydroponics at home. I liked it very much. I hope to provide me with everything I need step by step, thank you

Thank you for the help

Great vid man thanks for the info

Thank you for the detailed explanation. Would need help to set up the project. Based in Bulawayo Zimbabwe.

Thanks for the very simple and straight forward breakdown.. trying my first hydro grow for my (legal) medical MJ, just going to do a quick little autoflower in a 10 L bucket... just to see if I can keep it alive and if the quality's any different than the soil I'm used to. I'm hopeful and excited, thanks again!

@GrassandGardenTV

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Matt, glad I could help! Best of luck.

@dmo848

Жыл бұрын

So how did that work out? I'm trying in a chock full of nuts small can. Lol I jus wanted to know how it turned out. Will be under a 1000w led full spectrum light

Tons of great info thanks. The “Lava rock” is pumice stone formed during volcanic eruptions when hot pressurized lava is ejected. Lava rock is the common name. . . Pumice Stone is the other name I think you were looking for.

Thank you for sharing.

Very informative. Thank you

Awesome video exactly the same system I'm doin

Good beginning tutorial. I would have liked to see the plants when they were fully mature, as that is the only way to know if you can produce enough to eat during the winter.

I very seldom like and subscribe a channel, but you by far explained very well compared to other videos Ive seen. Thanks!

Great instructional video. Thumbs up, saved and subscribed! Thank you.

@GrassandGardenTV

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Thanks for the tips bud! Great Video! Subbed, keep up the great work bro!!!

@GrassandGardenTV

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jason!

@joepecko9072

4 жыл бұрын

Where did you get those light fixtures if I may ask?? I have the clamp on ones with the tin reflector but I've been looking for those hanging ones and cant find them anywhere

Very informative! Thanks.

good video it was helpful and simple. i enjoyed it

i used to take the small sub water pumps 1/2 in id hose and my cap net buckets mounted in the 5 gallon top. plug the hose and drill some to run around the base of my "tomato" plant basicly a drip/water fall/DWC so i could flush my CAP ebb and grow one pot at a time. my CAP ebb and grow is still rocking strong. always be sure to have a few spare pumps

thank you for ur idea!

Great job! Thank you!

Thanks for the great video.

NICE PRESENTATION, THANKS!

Hi, I am Orpha and I am 73 years old, have become interested in hydropnic and I am about to get stated, I am acquiring the supplies before getting the seeding. I like your manner and matter of fact attitude. If I have question once in awhile may I come abroad and ask your advice? I have subscribes so that I don't lose you, lol. Thank you do much.

My plants are fine with tap water. Too many concern themselves with ph. I was in doubt learning hydro. You can raise ph with baking soda, lower with lemon juice. Not a big loss considering many will just grow lettuce and herbs lol

thank you for the video

very good tutorial.

thanks, great info

Hi sir, great information which I have been looking for from so many days. Apart from videos do you have any website regarding hydroponics so that we all can follow and get updated about your work. I am really interested to learn hydroponics and every little detail about it from basics.

thanks man learned a lot :)

This is an excellent video! You are so kind in sharing all your knowledge. Thank you so much. This is definitely something I've been looking at doing and your video is perfect! Also, apart from the benefit of growing your own without pesticides. Is it more cost effective than purchasing the product?

@GrassandGardenTV

5 жыл бұрын

not sure about cost effective, probably, but it's fun and convenient

Amazing video! Thank you so much

@GrassandGardenTV

5 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

good stuff. thanks

Thanks for the vid and for not adding music! I'd really like to try this outdoors but agree there are a lot more variables - bugs, excessive heat, evaporation etc. I may try in a screened porch which gets great light. On your setting fruit comment I think you need to hand pollinate - just based on what I've heard prior. May want to try that with a Q tip or similar / or look for a vid on it.

@GrassandGardenTV

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I've learned to hand pollinate with a straw or an electric toothbrush.

nice, well done.

Super and very useful video. This is prakash from India. I want full details sir.

Man u r the best.. thank you for well documented guide 👍👍👍

@GrassandGardenTV

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Best of luck! -Michael

very very good and informative...what do i d for growing lettus from samen and/or grown seed ?

Thank you!! Very informative video

@GrassandGardenTV

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ted!

Hi, thank you for this video! Very informative. Do you repot them in bigger net cups for better yield or are they just always in the small cups? Also, have you tried growing tubers like potatoes, carrots and beets?

Hi awesome video, very detailed! Where I’m from there is no hydroponics fertilizares supply but rather traditional agriculture fertilizers (liquid and dry). How to make a hydroponic mix from it?

You can take a 50 gallon drum of tap water. Fill it and allow it to stand for 2-3 days. Chlorine will evaporate and the dissolved solids will fall to the lower 1/3 of the water area. You can then from top down slowly and remove the top 2/3 of the 50 gallons. That will give you close to fully distilled water.

@cloverlawson4993

3 жыл бұрын

I wonder that makes sense for fish so it makes sense for plants as well

@michaelconway644

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, most municipalities now use chloramine instead of chlorine. Chloramine remains in the water a lot longer than a week, and is fairly inert, so it doesn't really evaporate off readily. As for dissolved solids settling out of solution, good luck with that.

@sabbracadabra8367

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelconway644 Do you think buying a water distiller is worth it?

@michaelconway644

2 жыл бұрын

@@sabbracadabra8367 I use a rodi system (reverse osmosis deionized water system)- it removes dissolved solids to about 1 part in a million. Just shy of what distilled water is. The only drawback is that it can use up to 4 gallons of tap water to produce a single gallon of 'clean' water.

@sabbracadabra8367

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelconway644 Interesting thanks!

Great video buddy. I just subscribed...

Hi thanks for sharing the vid. Your vid has the plants from seedlings. Does it work the same from the seed stage

well done.

Thank you for your informative video. Just subscribed 👍 Question does your rockwool end up having algae and turn all green! If so what do you do to stop that?

I grow hydroponically with DWC. I start with reverse osmosis water where the water is about 6 PPM to 8 PPM. Your water should be less than 20 PPM, ideally less than 10 PPM, to prevent nutrient lockout. I use a Hydrologic Stealth RO 200 reverse osmosis watering unit. I use a three part dry mix, which costs drastically less than the pre-mixed liquid nutrients. I use Masterblend 4-18-38, calcium nitrate, and epsom salt. I buy them from Morgan County Seeds. For greens it’s 10 grams / 10 grams / 5 grams per 5 gallons. For fruiting plants 12 grams / 12 grams / 6 grams. Young plants get a half strength dose. I pH with 5 ml of General Hydroponic pH up per 5 gallons to a pH of 6, measured with pH testing drops. I use similar 5 gallon buckets and trays. But they are black in color. There is much less algae problems if you use black color plastic. I drill the holes for the 3” net pots with a 75mm hole saw drill bit. Forward direction for the small pilot hole, reverse direction for the larger hole. The reverse direction for the larger hole produces clean edges every time. The mandrel that holds the hole saw drill bit must be able to lock in place so that you can drill in the reverse direction. I use air one-way check valves in each air line so that the nutrient cannot siphon into the air pumps. The check valves are available from pet stores. The fluorescent lights are good enough for greens, but you need more light for fruiting plants. I use a ceramic metal Halide light for the fruiting plants. High pressure sodium, Halide, or high intensity LEDs could also be used for fruiting plants, such as tomatoes or peppers. Greens grow better with DWC than Kratky, but fruiting plants grow drastically better with DWC than Kratky.

@daveborchard2019

4 жыл бұрын

@Meadow Apple The much higher light intensity from my 315 watt Sun Systems Ceramic Metal Halide light (about $400) makes a huge difference with fruiting plants, like peppers and tomatoes, verses trying to use fluorescent lighting. The fruiting plants will grow under fluorescent lighting, but their growth is very poor compared to using the Ceramic Metal Halide light. The fluorescent lighting is good enough for non-fruiting green plants. I still test pH with testing drops. I need to break down and buy a digital pH meter, then I can test pH more accurately. But I don't think that pH is that critical as long as the testing drops have the "yellow" color.

Great video! Thank you friend

@GrassandGardenTV

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Great video! I hope I can find some of those supplies where I live (not in the US). How often should I rebalance the PH level of the water?

My first seeds have just begun to sprout! I'm a new subscriber and love your simple approach. Thanks for explaining your methods and especially the reasons behind them. A stupid question if you'll permit me - I'm growing in my basement up north of you in Ontario, Canada. I introduced a temperature gauge last week and was surprised it was only 21 degrees Celcius in the basement. That's just shy of 70 degrees Fahrenheit. I'm running a heat mat under the seeds. It seems to be running north of 80 degrees. Is that too high? Should I be concerned? Any comments would be appreciated! Thanks in advance!🥴

The face he pulled after saying herbs at 0:38, as if to be like “damn I didn’t mean to say that” now we know you like da herb

Thanks for making this video. Can you post a link where you got the big net cup for the 5 gallon bucket? I would love to start this in my house!

Thank you.