Hoocho, you helped my 16 year old son so much with his high school project! It's a hydroponic system with four different light conditions - red and blue, different intensities and schedules - we soldered custom led lights together! And we have four Wyze cams set up to monitor differences in buttercrunch lettuce growth! Wouldn't have been able to do half of it without you!

@Hoocho

7 ай бұрын

Glad I could help. Say hi to your son for me 😊

I don’t get why this channel doesn’t have a few million followers, mate. I grow seasonal onions, capsicums, tomatoes, I have some grapevines, citrus fruits, a couple of quinces, but when I started following this channel I already have an idea to make a greenie house for starters, about 30 square metres, 'cause I never managed to grow lettuce without some pests eating it. I plan to make a system with plastic tubes on a rain gutter system, I’m keen to see how I’ll go, seeds are already sprouting 🙂

Mate your videos are bloody phenomenal. You should be so proud of your skills on content creation

@Hoocho

8 ай бұрын

Cheers mate! 😆

@nicocrinkleburg

8 ай бұрын

@@Hoocho very down to earth, honest, relatable, easy to digest and a passion for you are doing - all these things make your content a pleasure to watch. The type of YT creator I feel like I could have a beer with.. 🍻

@nickthorne5872

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, what he said. Seriously this is probably your best video yet!

I really like how your system isn't overly complicated. Thank you for the full tour of it. I also really like how it is at waist height for easy working. Nothing back breaking about it.

Ive been training and experimenting with hydroponics since 2019, and every time I hit a snag, i always come back to your videos. Youve trained me, and so many others, and ive honed my skills enough to start producing for others. Couldnt, and wouldnt have been where i am without your knowlege. Many thanks, Hoocho! Cant wait to spread the knowlege to others!

For your ants put some Borax and icing sugar around the place, and you could also try and grow some Roses in the area, also planting Garlic, Marigolds and leeks will help keep them away.

BIG DOG!! pretty sick you're gonna have your own nutrient. Set up looks great, looking forward to the hoochos cult communion

@Hoocho

8 ай бұрын

Mate! It’s actually the same nutrient. I’m just making it available online and in quantities more accessible to the hobby grower.

@Scrambles7

8 ай бұрын

@@Hoocho that's a great idea, I know it sucked spending over 300 bucks to buy a bag of spec T and nitro cal. Company I got it from only had the ultimate nitro cal too. Works very well though haha

@nicocrinkleburg

8 ай бұрын

Love your comments, love the enthusiasm! Love a Hoocho vid myself, so the sentiment is shared! 🍻

Thanks for the pump maintenance tip

Great video, you really are the go to for DIY hydroponics. Keep up the great advice.

I am already excited to plant stuff, but you make me even more excited. great videos

Absolutely love your work, you're the reason I've gotten into hobby hydro! I wish i had held out a few months to buy the hobby quantities from you, after shelling out hundreds of dollars for - lets be honest - more nutrients than I'll ever use. Additionally I have just realized that I've probably stuffed up my powders by not keeping them sealed, with Melbourne's weather lately I hope they haven't absorbed too much moisture and ruined them.

@Hoocho

8 ай бұрын

Jump on the Hoochos Facebook page and see if anyone wants to buy some off you in the area 😊

Thanks heaps, really useful knowledge. I have finally started my hydro system and have been very inspired by your videos! And have also become a little obsessed….it is addictive!

that was brilliant. Thanks you so much for taking the time to put all this together! cheers from Canada!🇨🇦

Excellent, a massively informative video. Thanks, Hoocho!

Would be great to see a video on building some cheap table/supports for an NFT system. I find it can be one of the expensive parts.

Not sure where you are exactly, but here in western vic the weather has been that ridiculous between really hot days and torrential rain, that so many of our things are bolting now too! Some we are just like, well, maybe we keep them for seeds now. Some things need to go!

That slide in intro !

K this is what I would do grab some ant sand from bunnings or baby powder and pepper and sprinkle on floor of green house and since you have plenty of space plant some marigolds in each end and middle they are great for aphids I have them in my out door hydroponics for my strawberries, raspberries and blueberries there ph is not fussy they are really really hardy not frost resistant tho but will come up next spring on there own😊. Also cheers for helping me ALL the time.

I printed a saucer style (⭕) that goes around steel pipes and add water to to keep the ants from climbing up, does the job.

Love theese long videos, its great Hooch! 😀

Thanks Hoocho

Consider Diatomaceous Earth, which is an incredible pesticide. Don't use the pool type that's heat treated; the pool type is hazardous to breathe (the untreated is not). DE is indiscriminate, so be very careful around pollinators. It's only downside is susceptibility to water. It only works when it remains dry. But it works wonderfully.

Get a bunch of ladybugs to feast on those aphids :)

Thank you for sharing 😊😊

HooCho fans don’t forget to hit Like and leave any Comment ( just Thanks will help) because the KZread algorithm recognises the activity. That helps him but he’s too shy to ask you

Great vid as usual mate, TY :) Just wondering if you had the links for the pumps you recommend? ~ apologies if they are there and I missed them.

I'm making my very first hydroponic grow plant tower and I'm making it with my 3d printer and i want to ask you some questions and what I should grow in it and I love your videos but i have been growing plants my whole life and I enjoy doing it

i use a fishtank phosphate and nitrate test to add minirals to my aquapontic systhem

Nice 1 Mr Hoocho. Great summary video for the whole NFT system. Hows the geodesic greenhouse coming on ? You could call it a Hoocharium®

Obrigado hoocho

I think the next step is to develop an opensource hydroponic system tracking software with Arduinos and Raspberry Pis and other monitoring systems. realtime and historical water levels and nutrient concentration metrics. cost to produce vs produce yield etc.. help to compare systems and dial in performance

I don’t know how if anybody has suggested this, but have you thought about using ant caps? Like buildings have between their piers and timber bearers?

Liquid ant bait with boric acid will take care of the aphids coming from ants.

You didn't list the pumps

@No_soup_for_you

8 ай бұрын

Jaebo/Jecod. Same pump, different name. Excellent quality.

@Hoocho

8 ай бұрын

Give me a month. Till then: www.kegland.com.au/products/bucket-blaster-keg-and-fermenter-washer-kit

Big dog starting to throw a few links around ay

Hallo! Is there really no difference between having the plants raised and only the roots in the nutrient film and having the whole puck in there?

Great video as always thanks for what you do! I had a question for you though. Obviously one of the big advantages to growing hydroponically indoors is that you have the ability to recirculate/capture evaporated water meaning less water use. I imagine that hydroponics outdoors is also very water efficient because there is less space for the water to escape, but have you maybe done any experiments or know of any research that has an actual percentage/value of how much more water efficient it is to grow hydroponically outdoors versus traditional?

Hi hoocho, thanks for ur tips and sharing knowlage u exprience's.. do u have discord? I have questions to ask to my build

I'm a biiiiiiig fan of the media experiments you do, its seriously saved me a lot of money over the years! But do you think a decent amount of the brown sludge in the tank was fine coco particles from your coco experiment?

Fascinating to watch. Given you are already outdoors, is there a reason you prefer a hydro setup vs a raised bed (or in ground) system? Seems like it might be a fair bit less work, but if hydro is your fave then carry on

I was wondering if releasing lady beetles in the shade house could help with the aphids.?

FOr the NFT channels, is there a good source of food grade PVC? the 2 x 4 looks fine to me. Just wondering about PVC made with pthalates and PVC made for food without pthalates. Your ideas?

Where is the link to the pumps you mentioned in the video?

@hoocho where's that float valve assembly from mate!?

Hoocho I love hydroponics the only thing that bothers me is the nutrient solution, I believe, can not produce the same variety of nutrients organic soil can. Have you ever done any research on that? So I was thinking, I make my own compost and worm castings what if I make a tea and in a fine mister spray the plants in the morning. What do you think this would do to the plants overall nutrient uptake?

If your producing more than your requirements you could get some chooks (if you don’t already) and feed it to them. They would be happy little cluckers with all that fresh feed

@woodywood6961

8 ай бұрын

oh haha just got to that bit lol. disregard

You got me into growing. Waiting on my grow light to start a table of kratky bottles and maybe some microgreens. Cheers 🥂

@Hoocho

8 ай бұрын

🍻

is there a discord to talk over hydroponics and share tips tricks and whatnot? be fun to get more community involvment, also always look forward to your videos

@Hoocho

8 ай бұрын

Check out the Facebook group 😊

@RiddikulousGoods

8 ай бұрын

Azazing. i requested to join =) keep on keeping on@@Hoocho

Not a comment but a question if I might. Watch your channel all the time btw. Have you had any luck starting lettuce seeds in cotton balls?

Is the nutrient film running in tubes 24h or less?

Do you use epson salt?

What did you use to wrap your greenhouse?

Hey Hoocho, love your stuff mate. Where do you buy your poly lay flat? Cheers

@Hoocho

8 ай бұрын

Just Bunnings mate

@NHL4740

8 ай бұрын

@@Hoocho thank you.

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You need to have a donation link your helping me allot and would like to say thanks in return

@Hoocho

8 ай бұрын

Patreon or superthanks. But I’m pretty happy just for the comment love and views. 🤣

I didn't know that ants bring in the aphids. Do the aphids ride on the ants like we ride on horses??? What a hoot! ?You must have lots of ants, and therefore massive amounts of aphids. What do you use to get rid of them? Perhaps do a video about pest control in your garden, sometime. Also, you said that you have massive amounts of produce that you don't eat. Have you tried to contact a local food bank or farm co-op to get rid of it? Perhaps they will take it away for you?

ant sand, amazing stuff, put double sided tape on your channels and stick ant sand to it.

Mitch, next time you come to the GC, any chance you can visit my set up, I think you already have my number, it would be very much appreciated, thanks, I wish you a very good Christmas

@Hoocho

8 ай бұрын

In the new year I probably can, what’s up with it?

@atmm89

8 ай бұрын

not sure, but a bit of advice will go a long way, all the best mate@@Hoocho

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love what you do and all (you know that) but i think you should take a year sidequest and come to america. NOT FECKIN CALIFORNIA!! i think you need to see how things work on michigan, new jersey, vermont.. anyplace that ACTUALLY has 4 seasons. i understand you live where you do because thats where you choose to live, cool.. but most of what you do isnt useful to anyone who deals with freezing temps. like you can do nft year round, its a sound investment to set it up for you. people in maine could probably only make use of it like 7 months out of the year though. this is NOT an attack or saying you are doing everything on easy mode because of your location, but i would like to see how you could ply your trade in other climates. i know you as an innovator, a thinker, and a tinker from watching for years, im curious what improvements you could bring to another climate. thats all. theres plenty of channels of people who grow on youtube (not so many doing hydro), im sure lots of them would love to collaborate with a legend such as yourself.

@zumzzhoney

Ай бұрын

What can you do except having a heated greenhouse or grow indoors during freezing temps. What a dumb comment

Great vid hooch