I found several things that work for me. First I have bolt together 2x4's around all the edges, this makes it easy to take them apart when I need to. This also makes it easier to get an eyeball visual of the depth of the coir - it makes it faster to do and also keeps the coir from drying out around the edges of the table along with making it easier to keep the greenhouse film anchored. I just lay down the film and place heavy bricks at each end inside the 2x4's. Secondly, I switched from shade cloth to what they call "square shade sails". They never rip, they are easy to put up and take down with only four attachment points. The rectangular style does not work as they have concave arcs on all four sides. I have a Petro atomizer sprayer and I can spray the vegan worm castings on the sprouts in no time flat. I have always re-used my coir....still using some of the stuff I bought 10 years ago. I enjoy seeing these kind of videos where people are not content to farm the way every one else has. I live in the high desert and have had to be very creative to grow things in such a way that it is not expensive, nor water or labor intensive. I used to have all my stuff planted in the ground and it was a lot of work, it was stressful on the trees and water was costing me a fortune even with heavy mulching. At one point I said there has to be a better way. I dug all but the biggest trees out of the ground and cut them all back to 18" tall. I made my own air pruning pots, either out of BPA free 5 gallon buckets or what they call J Drain which I order from China as it comes in white color. Then I started espaliering the trees when the new growth started. This is my second year doing this and I am really pleased with the results. I have over 50 trees, nut and fruit, under shade sails, espaliered, and it is hardly any work and my water usage was cut in half. The trees are very happy, they didn't get heat or wind stressed at all last year. Easy to harvest and easy to cover when I need to. I hung C9 Christmas lights on a wire that goes thru the trees and I've got some Aluminet that when thrown over the wire, makes a tent like structure that keeps the blossoms from freezing in the spring. I bought a big cement mixer. I put a brick of coir in there and put enough water in to cover the brick. Come back in about 30 minutes and turn on the mixer. I add perlite, and vermiculite, a little green sand and it is done and ready to go in about 5 minutes. I dump the mixer into a small dump wagon and take it over to the sprout area. I don't have a very big setup, not like these guys but it works really well for me. Thank you for posting this, it was really enjoyable.

@JamiDelgado

3 жыл бұрын

I also live in the high desert and would love to hear more about your set up. I am currently growing in-ground but always wanted to espalier my trees for maximum space. Do you have a channel or a website?

@Elementaldomain

3 жыл бұрын

@@JamiDelgado Good Morning Jami. You can reach me at expressionsoftheheart777@gmail.com.

Very creative! I appreciate that they are so willing to share their farm setup.

My thoughts, Why not do more with length of the bed rather than wide as it is a problem with harvesting because it is to wide and hard to reach?

It's always interesting to see how other people approach growing microgreens. As far as production capability goes, you have established a very efficient method, but you are subject to exposure to the outdoor environment such as weather, birds and animals compromising the cleanliness of your growth. I just prefer the indoor protected environment with trays, although it is probably more time consuming per ounce of production. Thanks for the interesting video.

@TheRealHonestInquiry

4 жыл бұрын

I think the happy medium would be a greenhouse that is kept sealed and clean, so you can better control the environment. Custom designed tables first, then build the greenhouse around the layout of those.

They have a great set up very organized but yet with so much room for growth. Well done!

Cool video! Interesting to see how the microgreens can be scaled up like this.

Make the entire growing platform into two sections that sit side by side. When you want to harvest you can pull the two sections apart, then put them back together when you are finished harvesting.

@kathynix6552

Жыл бұрын

Would cost the same as two separate tables

Well done ! Thanks for sharing so many good ideas !

Such super nice guys! Farmers, sharing their really good and well thought out, tried and tested ideas that have proved to be a blessing for their all their efforts.🙏🏻Thanks so much to this channel content provider for sharing really valuable insights and methodologies with the rest of us, who are also seeking and trying to do better with our growing of greens. God bless you all with much joy, peace and prosperity.👍🏻❤️

That was awesome!! Thanks for sharing!!

"Nature's Always Right" is the hardest line. I did not expect to get smacked in the mouth that fresh out the gate.

Not quite sure I understand how they water or harvest. Are they doing bottom water? Would love to see those parts of their operation.

What do they do? Spin dry and then further dry microgreens in the garage?

I don’t always go to the mall, but when I do, EYE BROWSE, ha, kidding, great vid, great channel, much love

@trumpsahead

4 жыл бұрын

EYE LASH out when people around me get crazy, ha, also kidding. This guy was a Lama in his past life. ciao.

Great video! Thanks!

Thanks for the great information

Cool set-up.

Whoa 🤯! How creative 😊

Excellent! Thank you

This is awesome!

What do you guys think of their system? I love the efficiency and innovation, totally outside of the box thinking.

@MatsukawaZaraki

4 жыл бұрын

Really cool idea, and I was already designing changes to make it more efficient as I was watching the video LOL

@NaturesAlwaysRight

4 жыл бұрын

@@MatsukawaZaraki haha perfect man!

@rosebrinkcapriola

4 жыл бұрын

@@NaturesAlwaysRight What are the large tables made from? the liners as well?

@NaturesAlwaysRight

4 жыл бұрын

@@rosebrinkcapriola Large sheets of plywood and pond liner I believe.

@OO_sunflower_OO

4 жыл бұрын

I swear to god if this is arie im gonna ..

thanks for sharing this. i would like to have seen how they cut the crop. also how they irrigate it.

@NaturesAlwaysRight

4 жыл бұрын

They cut with a harvest knife currently and irrigate via wand right now.

მაგარია! it's always nice, when you try to think better! 👍👏👏👏

Great video

Good video 👍

Ya gotta love people who work smart. Very smart.

And how does this system negate watering and mould issues?

Lol. I grew up a few hundred yards up S Barcelona intersecting at Austin Dr and my moms buying micros from Fred now. I'll have to stop by and get some greens next time I visit 👍

Your in SAN diego!! Me too. I know what im doin this winter

Man, you really can't fault that. Awesome perspective.

#Nature;s Always Right, what is the block you use to speed up composting & you said you can't under water or over water. I would think extra water would settle on the liner. How does that not happen ?

Amazing video thanks for the info. A friend and I are trying to start a micro greens business. Do you know anyone who can mentor us?

This is awesome. My least favorite chore is washing and sanitizing trays. This is awesome!

@NaturesAlwaysRight

4 жыл бұрын

Totally I hate doing that too! I love that they eliminated that step.

@Cbaroglio

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. It takes so long to clean and sanitize the trays. Also, finding enough space for drying them in the sun.

How do they deal with Pest Management? Wouldn't animals be all up on that stuff? I also live in San Diego and my garden has to be protected constantly.

@alaefarmestatesllc

3 жыл бұрын

Grenades. Lol

Amazing

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I love it. It has me thinking about how this may work in NC.

@NaturesAlwaysRight

4 жыл бұрын

Sweet ya I think the same concept could be adapted in a lot of different ways

@1982MCI

4 жыл бұрын

Sweet Be's Urban Farm what part of NC are you in? I’ve got a small 21 acre retired tobacco farm that I’ve been converting over to an organic produce market garden. I’m about 10 miles south of Burlington and Graham

@sweetbesurbanfarm4699

4 жыл бұрын

@@1982MCI This is awesome. I am just working with my acre in Kannapolis waiting for the dream similar to yours.

Would love to see how they harvest.

human creativity

put your tables on swivel caster wheels

Anyone know where I can get that netting??

what is the coir brand that they use?

Consider a shovel mechanism that takes up the whole width of table. And far edge of tables to be mechanically lowered. One motion to push all the material off onto a plastic tarp that could be easily pulled to compost pile. No snow shoveling or whelk narrowing work

Great vid as always - Thanks!!! So I am a little confused, most likely I will watch again - wasn't sure how they were using the coir blocks, looked like they were planting directly into the 'factory' soil - do they use the blocks for the compost ...? Thank you -

@NaturesAlwaysRight

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jesse. They take the spent microgreens and composted coir they grew in, put them in that pile at the top of the coir coaster area. Let it compost for a couple months. Every week they add a couple new blocks of coir to the finished composted coir, then use that to add to the factory table and seed into that.

You kinda look like ben Stiller from night at the museum lol thank you for all the awesome videos super helpful!!

@NaturesAlwaysRight

4 жыл бұрын

Haha. You are very welcome!

I keep running into issues with squirrels eating my seeds in my outdoor microgreens trays. I'm really curious how these guys avoid pests.

@JoshuaCantrell

2 жыл бұрын

I suppose it would depend from area to area. My area has tons of squirrels, so I don't think this outdoor growing style would work for me. I think they're in California.

Why can't you put more soil and then just rake/till the soil for next crop?

@wisconsinfarmer4742

4 ай бұрын

root hairs web through the entire bed forming an integrated mat

Are you still planning your move to Tennessee? Knoxville, is it?

@NaturesAlwaysRight

4 жыл бұрын

I am at the end of March. Chattanooga.

Different. But part of the space saving techniques are vertical planting. If you calculated how much space for each system i believe vertical wins. My opinion.

use a long reach hedge trimmer for harvesting

@NaturesAlwaysRight

4 жыл бұрын

As long as food grade oil can be used. I personally recommend the greens cut harvester especially if you do field cut greens.

How do they water the system?

@NaturesAlwaysRight

2 жыл бұрын

With a wand

Make them into a horseshoe shape, would still be able to accomplish you're widths and reach from multiple sides.

Do birds try to eat your greens?

Cool. However, I am in Canada and I do not think it would work here. You need a warm, sunny climate for that.

@kellyb8237

11 ай бұрын

Greenhouse

Plenty of opportunities to get your engineer thinking cap on. Still a ways to go.

He looks like Ben stiller

These are hands down the thickest eyebrows I have ever seen. Lol

I'm growing microgreens on burlap.

@ladya2049

4 жыл бұрын

Really?

@tangobayus

4 жыл бұрын

@@ladya2049 Yes. Check out my videos. After I discovered it on my own I found that this is actually a known practice. Someone from India told me they do it there. Soak the seeds overnight and then use hydroponic solution to feed it.

@tangobayus

4 жыл бұрын

@@ladya2049 kzread.info/dash/bejne/k6Z1ksWknavLoso.html

That’s pretty cool but this would never pass a food safety audit. Hope when they wash the greens they sanitize the wash water. But a lot of micros get damaged if washed and then stored.

@NaturesAlwaysRight

4 жыл бұрын

Not true I washed and dried my microgreens every week without sanitizer. It lasted 7-10 days no problem. All customers said it was the best they've ever had.

@sgrin2300

4 жыл бұрын

Nature's Always Right ok fair enough but with how they are growing the micros out in the open I would fear of some sort of contamination. Who knows what small animals have crawled across those greens or flown and pooped over them. It’s one thing with growing full grown plants outside but the micros grown so densely it would be hard to identify if it was contaminated. And I know if you are trying to get gap certified this place would never pass the audit. Heck, not sure this would even comply with fsma.

@breakingreactions942

3 жыл бұрын

@@sgrin2300 don't be a troll

Excellent content ! We still miss the hat though

@NaturesAlwaysRight

4 жыл бұрын

Haha I'll be bringing it back ;)

This is not new its the old way of growing and you just over seed and cut at seedlings. I'm sure its a much better product then indoor tray system

DUDE! For a second, I thought I was watching some "PINEAPPLE EXPRESS" extras. Like, where did JAMES FRANKO come from?.... \m/ LIVE FREE & STAY IRIE \m/

This guy is gonna start killing smurfs when he gets older.

Salut traduisez en français je suis pas forte en anglais bye

Lmao, nice eyebrows 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

dude ur eyebrows are powerful

You realize that it took 3 minutes to get to the subject right?

ummm actually i have seen it grown this way and I grow it so there is no waste what so ever ;-)

Microgreens are nutritious good for health but not a sustainable option. Microgreens require quite a lot of seed, which gets densely sown into trays. uses a lot more seed than we would ever use in a field-based system. this can seem like a huge waste. If we let a plant grow to maturity we get a lot more seeds. microgreens would be a less sustainable choice. It can create seed shortage or a risk of developing one in the future

Natures always right exempt on those eyebrows jeez.

@NaturesAlwaysRight

4 жыл бұрын

God created me this way bro so idk if I'd say that haha.

Is that greengenes" brother?

so many shallow people on these comments.

Those Eyebrows doe

wow so bushy…. eyebrows

Please get that mans eyebrows a saucer of milk.

Seriously Steven.......manscape those brows

Not being mean BUT the eyebrows need fixing ... get some advise from the lady in your life and thin it out maybe

I would like to follow their success what is their social media?

Great video

@NaturesAlwaysRight

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks SeaD isn't it a cool system!?