Dutch Bucket Tomato Trellis & Training + Video Updates

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3 жыл бұрын

We explore the current state of previous system builds and I build a structure to train the tomatoes in my dutch bucket hydroponic system.
Trellis Build and Tomato Training - 4:50
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Пікірлер: 72

@TheRickenthal Жыл бұрын

You are a very inspirational character! Thanks for your work!

@stevef.m.2188 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Hoocho

@barbarastefani254 Жыл бұрын

It’s totally amazing what you do with the videos

@dorianmccarthy7602 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice end result!

@ElloraWilson 3 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to seeing how this method goes 🥰 I think you did great!

@kwilliams5546 3 жыл бұрын

Loving the vids hoocho. I learn something from each of them. Inspired me to give the dutch buckets a try and I'm blown away how simple this system is. Can't wait to see the results. Cheers for sharing your knowledge bro 🤙

@ritacachia1416 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@roelofversluis6680 Жыл бұрын

Hoocho bud, this is just a random post on one of your videos to thank you for the wealth of knowledge, tips and tricks you shared with us. Been going through your playlists and have learned so much from them. Really appreciate it. Keep up the good work and top notch content.

@18psutton 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video my first hydroponic tomato turned red today yippee and 2.3 months only

@paulobrito2009 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@Switchbak 3 жыл бұрын

Man I'm learning a lot.

@memine3704 3 жыл бұрын

Bit over a year and a half ago, I made some self contained DB systems similar to yours, using a little solar pump. They work well for tomatoes etc.

@davidthomas1375 3 жыл бұрын

Similar to mine but better. The winding technique is awesome.

@cher-amirose7109 2 жыл бұрын

you crack me up!

@YacketyYak 3 жыл бұрын

Keep the vids coming Hoocho. Inspired me to get back into hydro again. Years ago I found it easier to just hang ordinary bailing twine from a top wire down to your buckets. Hold the twine in one hand and gently wrap the plant around the twine from bottom of plant to top of plant. Much easier when plant is only about 30cm high. Just keep wrapping as they grow. Works on Capsicums as well. Also when growing away from polinators ie in your grow house, you can just give the wire a few flicks to polinate tomatoes etc. Hope this helps.

@Hoocho 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers rus!

@stephaniewalsh1370 2 жыл бұрын

Well I'll be dammed. A tool to pull star pickets out . Where have you been all my life baby !!

@johnmcginnis5201 2 жыл бұрын

Drill a hole at the top of the bucket and tie the bottom of your leader line to it then fasten it to the cross brace. Prevents any bruising at all at the stem.

@oliverhel9629 3 жыл бұрын

7:00 "i totally did that" he says for the sake of the brevity and directness

@oliverhel9629 3 жыл бұрын

alright so im thinking spring squash in my indoor planter.. cyka.. vines... cyka.. ahh. ! linoleum

@oliverhel9629 3 жыл бұрын

thanks man. helps me think helps me tell my thoughts my happy thoughts instead of the alpha algorhythm

@robertpyrosthenes1092 3 жыл бұрын

I've had two failures doing the tomato twist. One where the plants slipped down and the string made the stem snap a few inches above ground and one where the string was too tight and strangled the plant. I prefer the trellis clips.

@Hoocho 3 жыл бұрын

See how these ones go, I’ve seen the clips. I’ll order some and give them a go.

@cmoniz905 3 жыл бұрын

Checkout Spring Hill Farms videos. They show how to prune tomatoes and peppers and how to trellis both. Tomato clips work fantastic for clipping them on string. I do love all your videos and enjoy watching your successes and failures.

@Hoocho 3 жыл бұрын

I’ll order some and have a go! 😊

@magnumjgjg 3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you like the Dutch bucket system so much. It's one of my favorites, and my go-to. I do ask however, if you need to readjust fencing in videos, you either mute your volume, or at least turn it down significantly. You're not the loudest talker, so I generally have the volume up pretty high when I watch your videos. So when you started slamming metal on metal I feel like I almost blew my speakers out

@Hoocho 3 жыл бұрын

Ahahah Sorry mate! Yeah I've just changed editing programs and I'm still getting used to it. I'll make some adjustments.

@magnumjgjg 3 жыл бұрын

@@Hoocho seriously though, I love you videos, I really appreciate all of this information you're putting out. I've been gardening since I was ten, and I've already learned a lot from your videos. I use an Olla to water my raised beds, and it makes gardening a lot more simple for me, because Olla got to do is add Water

@Hoocho 3 жыл бұрын

@@magnumjgjg Bum bum tish! Haha, I appreciate that mate!

@noycobra8763 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video. Do you have a video on how you add the float valve in your res? Just wanna know whats the distance from the top. Thanks

@aivosha 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like you got powdery mildew on your pumpkins. Perhaps put more mulch under it to keep it dry and/or suspend it in the air ?

@sirreddog32 3 жыл бұрын

Wow so cool. Well done. Where do you live (trying to figure planting time). Does cost for nutrition, materials, seeds and etc make it worth it?

@aussieroo9471 3 жыл бұрын

Hey hoocho, been watching for ages now, A great channel mate, so helpful. you did a video on different nutrients and some pricing, any more info on that?? I won't say brands here but I use an expensive liquid type and was thinking of changing it to a powder form. I am in Australia southern state, but there's not much info or places in my area. so before a trip to the big smoke, I was hoping you might have some suggestions or online sites where I could get a good cheap powder that works as a general broad nutrient not just for greens but other veg , caps, cues, toms, straws, you know... cheers mate

@Hoocho 3 жыл бұрын

Check out the Hoocho subreddit. There’s a post on there that will help you.

@fishmoding 3 жыл бұрын

oh wow I didnt know there was an "official" way to tie up tomatoes. I tied mine up simply by using soft shoelaces and tying it to the top node of the plant. Hopefully that'll cut it too LMAO

@oliverhel9629 3 жыл бұрын

try grain. try making hydrow grain and record the yeild by the square footages..?

@tonyphotiou1742 2 жыл бұрын

thanks for the videos. What variety of tomato do you recommend that has only one main leader and you don't have to de-sucker for Northern NSW/ Southern QLD

@oliverhel9629 3 жыл бұрын

oh also i'd asked about how the vermiculite as a water retention addition went. howd that go

@martygroover 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great info. Without lids, won't rain dilute the system affect your EC's?

@Hoocho 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, we don't get much rain but we did the other day and I changed the res. If it becomes a regular problem I'll find a solution.

@oliverhel9629 3 жыл бұрын

alright, find my squaah seeds amongst my garden harvested seed supply

@allanmacgibbon662 2 жыл бұрын

A bit of pruning would help the process, and improved growth.....

@anilramlogan8737 2 жыл бұрын

hey hoocho, im gona invest my money in making a dutch bucket system like yours with 400 buckets .my concern is i see you have yours out in the open if it rains how will it affect the nutrient solution when rain water goes in the buckets?

@karlotto8925 3 жыл бұрын

you´re doing quite tight windings with the twine around your tomato stems. I do one winding per ca. 20cm, I looked there how the commercial growers do it. You would need less twine and when I think it through it should strangulate the plants less in my opinion. Maybe it´s irrelevant in practice, just want to give you there a reference. I use tomato hooks with twine tho, so the plants can be grown longer than the hight of the suspension.

@Hoocho 3 жыл бұрын

See how we go, I’ve heard good things about the clips.

@saibalbiswas952 3 жыл бұрын

What is the nutrient you are using?

@ramoneoliveira5851 2 жыл бұрын

@captainnemo5356 3 жыл бұрын

Very helpful thanks Hoocho. Do you use rain tank water for your hydroponics and if so do you purify it? I'm on tank water. Unless I boil it I get a algae taking over my hydroponic water. But boiling it takes ages and wastes fuel. I'm thinking about bubbling ozone through the rainwater before use. What do you reckon?

@Hoocho 3 жыл бұрын

Just keep the light off the water, I’m on tank and put it straight into my res

@captainnemo5356 3 жыл бұрын

@@Hoocho Thanks

@Zappyguy111 3 жыл бұрын

Nah, I think high vis pink makes them pop.

@oliverhel9629 3 жыл бұрын

ok so. fertilizer req's for a simple one plant dutch oven.. bucket.. ducket bucket..

@SteveMac. 3 жыл бұрын

Question when you are running grow lights. Do you run 24x7 or give a dark rest period? If you do give a rest period, how long? edit: And I agree on NFT vs Dutch Buckets. I only run leafy greens in my NFT. Peppers and Tomatoes in Dutch buckets, all in my basement, hence the grow light question... LOL

@jackawwwf2236 3 жыл бұрын

If you check out some of his grow light vids (cheap amazon LED video I think is a recent one) with time lapses it should give you a solid answer. Plants time themselves and react to the night/day, stretching and moving between light and dark times. 18/6 and 20/4 both work, I had peppers in 18/6 recently and they were super happy.

@Hoocho 3 жыл бұрын

^ I’m a fan of 18/6 😊 If you’re in a hurry though 20/4 works too.

@oliverhel9629 3 жыл бұрын

1:10 good lord dont let those be sweet potato plants.. root rot..

@oliverhel9629 3 жыл бұрын

sorry im a littlw drunk i misswd the plant name

@mikesgamedomain8202 3 жыл бұрын

i would trade kids for tomato plants in a split second

@Hoocho 3 жыл бұрын

Better yield.

@oliverhel9629 3 жыл бұрын

how you holding up cousin?

@theancientones3755 3 жыл бұрын

With your dutch bucket design does the water continues to run 27/7 or does it only turn on afew times a day

@Hoocho 3 жыл бұрын

Ive got mine running 6x a day for 15 mins

@Hoocho 3 жыл бұрын

Ive got mine running 6x a day for 15 mins

@theancientones3755 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info iv been running mine 15min per hour using clay balls media

@Hoocho 3 жыл бұрын

@@theancientones3755 yeah you’ll need to irrigate more regular with clay balls

@harryme472 3 жыл бұрын

Do the tomatoes taste like tomatoes ? Might appear to be a silly question , but all commercially grown tomatoes taste rubbish. I have to say that I have managed to grow excellent tomatoes that taste like they should in buckets , in soil. What about hydroponics ? Do you get the real tomato taste ?

@Hoocho 3 жыл бұрын

Some of the tastiest tomatoes you’ll ever eat, obviously depends on variety, but the heirloom ones in my “harvesting hydroponic tomatoes” video were to die for

@harryme472 3 жыл бұрын

@@Hoocho Thanks Hoocho , that is very reassuring to hear. I will look at that video , thanks. Yes heirloom is what I grow too. Some amazing varieties among that group , I grew some I had never tasted before , including some " Russian Black " etc , which were also nice , if a little soft.. I asked because there will be generations of younger Australians who will never know what a real tomato actually tastes like , which ( I think ) is unforgiveable . I don`t even want to get started talking about strawberries..........Too often , one reads only about yield .It`s not only about that , is it ?

@oliverhel9629 3 жыл бұрын

why in the fvk did you grow pumpkins instead of melons?

@ramoneoliveira5851 2 жыл бұрын