I'm starting to think Frank's place has a basement that has its own basement and that then connects to neighbouring properties.

@DannyRaymond667

3 жыл бұрын

Was thinking the same thing how big is this guys basement!

@reggiep75

3 жыл бұрын

I suspect there's a basement and then there's *FRANK'S BASEMENT* which is like a nuclear bunker 😂

@linkinprk1981

3 жыл бұрын

Might be living near Drew Fisher... just "Borrowing" the neighbor's property...

@dustysparks

3 жыл бұрын

Frankacombes

The infinite labyrinth that is your house continues

I think it's finally confirmed that frank's house follows some kind of non-euclidean geometry.

I bet Frank's underwear drawer is a french cleat system that works.

@kattihatt

3 жыл бұрын

*chuckles*’

@PeopleAlreadyDidThis

3 жыл бұрын

Beginning to wonder if Frank keeps his underwear up with French cleats....

Next month, Franks commissioned to make a wardrobe, the back of which leads to a snowy world with a street lamp

@jcortese3300

3 жыл бұрын

And uses french cleats.

This guy just keeps opening cans of rooms.

@spokehedz

3 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure it doesn't adhere to euclidean geometry. XD

Every new video, I think to myself, where did this room come from? Are there infinite rooms? Love the video!

Quick tip quickie - you need to have some sort of air blowing on the starts. It helps strengthen the stalks so they can stand up when you move them outside. I just set an oscillating fan on low on the other side of the room from my grow set up

@joostvanputte

3 жыл бұрын

In addition, for the first few weeks you can leave the lights on 24/7, after that switch to 18 hours. All the home growers do this, or so a friend told me 😉

@HansWeberHimself

3 жыл бұрын

The fan is essential! Also against the emergence of pests. Stagnant air is an enemy.

@EdwardChen0

3 жыл бұрын

Moving air definitely helps! I think it also helps increase nutrient uptake as the water evaporates. Might need to water a little more often too.

@MJ-nb1qn

3 жыл бұрын

Also, I found that the pots should sit in a tub with about 1/2” to 3/4” of water at the start of germination. Unless you want to water a couple times a day. Electric warming Heat mats (grow mats) under the tub keeps the soil an even and correct temp also (soil temp about 70 F). I believe 12 hours of lights per day works well. It is best to have the light as close to the seedling as possible and raise it as they grow, that helps to not have spindly sprouts. The oscillating fan is a good idea, easy at first. I’ve started plants for many years this way. “Cash Crop”!

@joostvanputte

3 жыл бұрын

@@MJ-nb1qnfor growing you need at least 18 hours of light (growing phase), after that switch to 12 (flowering phase).

The editing and narration on these videos are just fantastic. I really admire the storytelling and craftmanship you put into everything you produce.

@DraysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

One of the reasons I watch him and have been loyal all these years. I’ll have his videos playing on a playlist sometimes while I’m woodworking. His narration and voice are peaceful and relaxing.

"The idea is to build a French cleat wall." Playing the hits!

Frank’s basement must makeup the majority of the underworld. Shop tours are cool but I’m thinking what we really need is a basement tour

@pinkponyofprey1965

3 жыл бұрын

It will be a long one so get a load of sandwiches and a thermos of coffee! :D

While we are all watching this video Frank is actively digging a new room! #infinitebasement

9:37 As a woodworker who is also a LIGHTSABER COLLECTOR, I think this is my favorite Howorth moment ever...and I have been a subscriber for YEARS...so awesome.

At this point using grow lights for tomatoes is like using a neck massager for your neck, lol.

@RMWeinberg

3 жыл бұрын

Did you really believe the seeds he planted were "tomatoes"?

@evanbarnes9984

3 жыл бұрын

He's in Oregon. Tomatoes my ass

@jamesskelton3488

3 жыл бұрын

He may be growing tomatoes. Most of the people watching this won't be though

Hey Frank, Those lights need to be as close as humanly possible to the seedlings, I suggest you either move the shelves closer together or put the pots on a box or a stand. You'll need to adjust that as they grow. Also don't leave those pots stranded off the end, they like to see light from all directions or they will grow leggy and try to climb sideways towards the light. Finally, don't forget to harden the seedlings off, they'll grow up used to the sheltered environment of their dad's basement and not prepared for the big, bad world. Thanks for the video!

You dont need grow lights to just start seedlings. Grow lights are for growing plants to maturity inside. Led shop lights of at least 3000 lumen's and 5000 kelvin will work fine. The lights should be 2 to three inches from the top of the seedlings, I use a rope and some eyelet screws to raise and lower lights. If not the seedlings could get leggy. Thats not nessasrly a bad thing with tomatoes as you can plant them deep and they will root along the stem. Other plants its a problem.

I would also suggest thinking about growing your tomatoes as a single or double leader stem. You can get more tomatoes from a smaller area that way.

@gentlemandude1

3 жыл бұрын

Tomato Rescue as well, so many talents!

@uncannyvalleywoods7248

3 жыл бұрын

Somehow, the grand algorithm created a guy who is a professional botanist but moonlights as an engineer of sorts AND a train engineer (Tony from Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't) who moonlights as a botanist. I'm so glad I landed on this planet at these particular temporal coordinates. You humans are a lot of fun.

Frank: The idea is to build a French cleat wall... Us: here we go!!

You have such a soothing narrating voice

@80211Denver

3 жыл бұрын

He's mentioned in another video that with people he stutters. -nothing wrong with that but, on video he finds he's fine

Can't wait for phase 2, when you install automatic watering system/mister, wind machine and you provide drain pans for the shelves. :) Very cool project.

French cleats and Frank’s basement. This must be inception because it feels like a dream within a dream.

The king of the cleats strikes again. You are a wonder.

Does Frank live in the Tardis?

Frank's house is like a TARDIS. Hahhaa

Can't wait to see that time-lapse.

And the Franking Bad series is kicking off! I'm here for it.

Me: Frank is building a grow wall?! ...and he made a video of it?!!? Frank: ...tomatoes... Me: Ohhhhhhhh, right, you can grow other things indoors too.

@rchavez5056

3 жыл бұрын

That's behind the scenes.

Oregon. LED grow lights. I'm sure I'm not the only one hearing those together and wasn't thinking "Tomatoes"

@mattelias721

3 жыл бұрын

You beat me to this thought.

Haha...we get ya! "Tomatoes" 😉😉😉

I use peat pots and start seeds in a plastic tray and water them from the bottom. The peat pots wick the water making it way simpler than watering individual plastic pots separately. When the plants are big enough, just take the entire plant and peat pots and stick them in the ground.

There's an experimental horror book called House of Leaves about a house that looks normal on the outside but, on the inside, keeps expanding until its owners get lost and lose their minds. Just saying, Frank. Be careful.😉

@margeryk000

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like an episode of Dr. Who. : )

@turtleflightstudios

3 жыл бұрын

Stay away from especially dark closets and don't try to measure rooms too carefully! (If you do, though, keep the cameras on so we can analyze the tapes later)

@mizboom

3 жыл бұрын

That was a fantastic book! It had all this stuff written in the margins as if someone was correcting and adding to the text. And the story itself sucked you in just like the house did, so you went crazy right along with the people in the story. Incredible.

@machine.grundberg

3 жыл бұрын

House of Leaves is hands down one of the best books ever!

@PatrickKQ4HBD

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks everyone for the book recommendation!

If you ever sell this house, people are going to be amazed at all the ingenuity

Cant wait for your time lapse !

This is awesome! At home I use a set of wire shelves with grow lights suspended by chains. Ideally you want to keep the lights close to prevent stretch. Light timing varies by output. The light needs of a plant is a quantitative thing rather than duration so a dimmer light source might require longer exposure. In the horticulture industry we measure µMol of photons of various wavelengths. One µMol of light equals just over 62 quadrillion photons. My company is gradually replacing our old HPS fixtures with LEDs as we renovate our older greenhouses.

Welcome back to the French cleat channel...

Frank would you ever consider doing a home tour? It looks like you've got a super interesting home / property. I'd love to see it all.

Oh, I was waiting on the timelapse at the end. What a tease....

I like your codeword "tomato" for growing your stuff

Put an oscillating fan on them on low. The light breeze strengthens the stems much like plants in the wild. It will make a world of difference.

As always, great video! I’m into my second year of seed starts and went from a green house last year to indoor this year. What a difference for controlling the elements. The one thing I’d recommend for you is to add some fans (reciprocating if possible) to simulate wind. This will help prevent your seedlings from getting too leggy or spindly as it promotes “muscle” growth for the stems.

Hey Frank, I don't know if you know, but set your day cycle to something like 16hrs for germination and leaf cycles. Most flowering plants are sensitive to the length of day, so to keep them from prematurely starting preparations for going to seed, it's important to be OVER 12 hrs. Also, very nicely done. Puts my metro shelf germination station to shame, aesthetically speaking.

Another great idea Frank! Years ago I did a time-lapse of barley grass growing for a corporate client. I had a very similar set up to what you have, lights on a timer and interval camera trigger. What I learned is that the plants continue to grow with the lights off. So every "morning" the plants would be larger so in the final film there was a series of jumps as they got bigger. It was still interesting, but I would have liked to have seen it smoother. Best of luck with your tomatoes!

Beautiful work as always!!! 👏🏼 And brilliant idea to use not only the space you have that was “waisted” but implementing the french cleat system in order to change as your needs change or seedlings grow ;) I can’t wait to see what you add to this french clear gardening system, a thought for the light above your top shelf, add a storage shelf or an extra that you can store your supplies and then install the light on that storage shelf. Thank you for your ideas, I always look forward to your videos

Super excited for the finished time lapse!

Very excited for the follow up on this one!

Superb, as ever! Thanks Frank! Cheers from New York!

The mandatory light saber battle was perfect🤠❤️

Now you need to build a potting bench in there. Nice work Frank, always fun to watch!

Love the light saber sequence!

As always, a great idea and finish. Thanks kind Sir.

I can’t wait to see the tomato time lapse

Great video Frank! Thanks for taking us along. Cheers from Alaska!!

I love that you continue to use the french cleat system. I think it is very adaptive in your situation with the plant wall. Thanks for sharing! Felix

French cleats... Brilliant. My shelving unit is such a pain. You know the metal frames with the tear drop holes and the metal nipples? Having to hammer them up and out is such a pain... As far as your seed starts go... I swear by seed starting mix, instead of potting mix. Organic if possible. Also, instead of watering from the top, put the pots in a tray and water the tray. Allowing the mix to wick water up to the roots. Seeds seem to prefer this method, at least for me. Once the sprouts get their first set of true leaves, you're going to want a gentle breeze or a fan on them too to prevent them from getting too leggy. Good luck! Wonderful project!

awesome frank. been watching your videos for years. can't wait to see how well this project turns out!

Frank, as always, entertaining and informational. Thank you!!

thanks for the idea to setup my grow setup near the boiler. love the light saber duel!

Very clever set up. Good work

Looking forward to the tomato time lapse!

Oh Frank... it is so wonderfully relaxing to listen to your calm narration AND see you build something interesting! Thank you for sharing!

I really, really enjoy your videos.

Pathetically excited for this time-lapse.

When a woodworker does gardening... So beautifully done! Worth wearing a mask when using that potting mix though as legionnaire's disease does like the warm moist stuff...

Good set up. I see a fold out work/potting bench on the side walls of this area to make the seeding/potting work more stand-up. I always enjoy the videos.

What I actually love is your ability to make such effective and thought out use out of each and every space

Great job. I've always enjoyed watching your videos. I do miss the stop motion builds like the twin book shelves video. You are very talented and thanks for sharing that talent with us. I look forward to the next installment.

Ready for time-lapse! Great job, Frank. Did not get notified by KZread when the video was uploaded. Or, I missed the release.

I love that you are able to utilize every inch of your house. You are so creative and can make literally anything!

Have the same lights they worked well for us. We grow tomatoes,peppers (hot and sweet), all kinds of flowers with these lights. Also get some organic fish poop fert the plants will love it.

I love your new plant set up! To help keep your starts going strong, I would look into bottom watering. It really helps keep the moisture level where those babies need it.

Great video mate

When I use reclaimed wood on a project, I run a hand held metal detector over them, saves on planer and jointer blades.

@tonyc7352

3 жыл бұрын

First time I seen anyone do this was Norm Abram

@vodiak

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. Cheap insurance. Available for less than $50.

lots of good ideas in this video, ill be trying many of these! Tx!

That video editing... love it Frank!

I find this very satisfying to watch. I'm more into rough sawing as per my channel, so this is very relaxing :) Thank you sir, keep 'em coming!

I put three 8' versions of those lights (not grow lights but they had the same frame and wireing) in my woodshop and they are a night and day difference from fluorescent and I love them!

Awesome!

First to watched this video I've got an idea for my tomato plant thanks for sharing seeyou and God bless

Amazing conten wow...

Frank love your videos. Definitely concerned about moisture and mold from having the moist soil in this room. I would "box off" the grow wall with Poly Film, and tape most of the openings. Have an exhaust which vents outdoors. Find an "intake" area to bring fresh air to the poly room. You'll also want fans for each shelf, as the plants need airflow to grow appropriately. Seal the a/c as much as possible. Don't get mold growing in your a/c drain and then evaporator and then in your house. On second thought. I would not do this in this room. Good luck buddy!!!

May the force be with you!!!!

Let the sprouting begin! !! !!!

those are the same lights I am trying this year. They have worked really well. I use three per shelf. With three lights, an app on my phone says it is as bright as a cloudy day, which is good enough for seedlings.

Hey Frank, be sure to let me know before you start work on the basement rooms beneath my property here in Texas. I’d like to watch in person. I see now that the secret aim of the old pool removal was the digging of catacombs; the step-down shop construction was a diversion.

I hope that one day I will be as skilled and professional as you Frank 👍 woodworking skills and video editing

Another great project and video. As I was watching you kneel on the floor to plant those seeds I thought that your next project should be a potting bench.

@7:04 Pavlov reaction...."the video has ended". 😜😂🤣😂

Awesome

I like that LED light system, recently redid all the lighting in my shop with them. But the clips are absolute trash, so be prepared with pipe straps to attach the tubes more firmly when they inevitably drop out.

You had a propagate problem, and you solved it. Nice one, Frank.

I am amazed at the effectiveness Frank has! He films amazingly, makes things amazingly, grows tomatoes amazingly, has an amazing family, the house is amazing, has an amazing craft room, an amazing movie room. Not to mention the incredible workshop with an amazing CNC and the tree sawmill and related stuff. I am amazed! Is there only a single copy of you Frank? Thank you for the excellent content Frank(s)! LOL

awesome build. if each little rectangle had some drawer sliders in it and drawer, it would make it really easy to roll out a single box and water them so that your can isn't hitting the one above. and just make it easier to get to them. should be an easy mod to your existing system!

Looking forward to an update and time-lapse!

I built something kind of like this a couple years ago, a French cleat free-standing 7ft tall planter. We start the seeds in the planters down in the basement under grow lights, then when it is warm enough we move the planters outside and put them on the French cleat rack. Strictly for smaller plants though, mostly herbs, but I built the planters themselves to have a gap in the bottom so that I can drip-irrigate the top and it trickles down to the lower levels, and I don't have to replant. In retrospect, I should've stopped at 5 ft, it's a little too tall to easily water or maintain the top planter. I'm thinking about doing something similar to this down the road for larger planters, like 1ft cubes. I think that would be an interesting way to do potted plants that can't survive the winter outside.

Nice one. Useful to microgreen too.

Ingenious 😺

Frank, great video. You may try rooting tomatoes suckers in moist peat moss from grown plants. That will save you some time from sprouting seeds.

I use the furnace room also for the same reason. It works great, BUT... this year we had a warm front right when I started my seeds, so the furnace didn't run very much. I had to get heating mats. One tomato tray didn't have a heat mat, and that one took and extra 2-3 days to germinate. Not much of a difference, but I now know that there's a one lol.

They don't need light to germinate. Just warmth. I haven't been all that successful at starting tomatoes this way either so that is about all I will say. Looking forward to any updates.

Nice