Easy Way to Start Plants for Your Garden Tower

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How to start microgreens to use in your tower garden. The easiest way I have found to grow plants in a vertical garden with minimal effort and cost.
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@jonl.garton4616 Жыл бұрын

You really have one of the premier channels for hydroponics on KZfaq. Your ideas are great!

@liverocks62 Жыл бұрын

I love your ideas, they are all so easy to follow and the the materials are almost all so easy and cheap to get.

@jujube2407 Жыл бұрын

Love the refresher Mike!

@PrairieJournals Жыл бұрын

Oh, I get it...I couldn't figure how you got the little seedlings to reach the water in your red kosher towers. So blessed to have found you, and how you make your own paper also 🕊️🇨🇦

@KeepOnGrowin Жыл бұрын

Cool! My new towers don't have a pump, much easier.

@dingdongdaddy589 Жыл бұрын

Pretty cool. Thanks Mike!

@trishgraham7639 8 ай бұрын

Hi Mike! So much great info. Love the way you start the seeds.

@barbbowers1058 Жыл бұрын

Great ideas! Thanks for sharing!

@floydbertagnolli944 11 ай бұрын

Lots of good & thrifty ideas. Thx. 😊

@MattGarver Жыл бұрын

Seed starter? One of your best inventions, and have considered working into a bucket lid.

@relichunter2110 Жыл бұрын

Your awesome. I'm so glad I found you!

@yohanesliong4818 Жыл бұрын

Wow, brilliant!

@KODArunner 8 ай бұрын

Mike, growing greens is FUN-n-FULFILLING but, how a-bout doing a video or two on growing something like "Chinese Long Beans" in hydroponics, INDOORS for those of us who live WAY UP NORTH or in SIBERIA? And can we grow things like Yard-Long-Beans in the top bucket of a Grow Tower, with shorter Greens in the first & second bucket?

@KeepOnGrowin 8 ай бұрын

Because I am keeping it cheap and easy for beginners. You can give it a try. Lots of people doing other things in our group and sharing.

@BadTB25 Жыл бұрын

Love the content and ideas. Currently I only have 1 kratky container in a 10 gallon tote. A couple of questions I hope you can answer? How food safe is it to grow in either the home depot bucket or your gutter downspouts? My next kratky systems will probably be the downspouts that you've designed. I like the portablity and ease of use.

@KeepOnGrowin Жыл бұрын

Everyone needs to make up their own minds about plastic. Here are my thoughts. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e7yHZbhjv564d2g.html

@ShanaCollins-ve4no Жыл бұрын

So I see in this video you cover the seeds with a top tray to block out light. I have seen other videos where people do not cover the seeds for germination and place in a window. Which way works best to get seeds to germinate?

@Miss9 Жыл бұрын

Love, love your teaching channel, thank you for your wonderful work! I am super inspired and have started to compost fruit and vegetables peels. Can I use the end product of the compost instead of the seed starter mix for germination? Thank you!

@KeepOnGrowin Жыл бұрын

Yes, depends on how potent your compost is. You may have to mix it with some plain soil.

@Miss9 Жыл бұрын

@@KeepOnGrowin Thank you so much for your reply! I will buy the starter seed mix instead of using the compost.

@veg_a_eat_ian 10 ай бұрын

New to your channel and it’s exactly what I’ve been looking for. Have you experimented with saving seed from your plants or do you always buy new seeds?

@KeepOnGrowin 10 ай бұрын

Welcome. I save some seed on the plants that are prolific and have loads of seed per plant like lettuce, kale and pak choi. I buy microgreens in bulk and some are like hundreds of thousands of seeds for about $20. That's a lot of plants.

@bettyfosterdiehl1270 Жыл бұрын

Like the idea of stacking the buckets. You say to fill to just under the holes with water. The noodle is a great idea. How do yo keep the water level filled to where you recommended. Do you have to unstack to fill? I am a senior senior old lady and I don't think I could lift them off to fill. I have watched your videos over and over. Am I missing on how to keep the water level at the right level? Please let me know. Thanks

@KeepOnGrowin Жыл бұрын

I showed in a few videos. Just leave one hole empty in the back but keep it covered when not in use. You can use a funnel or cut a coke bottle in half if you need.

@YolandaWilliams12 Жыл бұрын

If i don't have a down spout to transfer into where else can i move them to? Thanks

@KeepOnGrowin Жыл бұрын

Anything that can hold a liquid. Use your imagination or check out some more videos. I grow in all sorts of things!

@huettemannfamilyvlogs2703 Жыл бұрын

Could you do that with tomato and pepper seeds as well? Just spaced out more? Our does this only work for greens? This is such an amazing trick.

@KeepOnGrowin Жыл бұрын

Yes, but start with greens until you get the hang of it. Use small varieties of tomatoes like Roma or cherry and use only one plant per bucket.

@KJ7JHN Жыл бұрын

This year im going to germinate my seeds with a container and about 3/4in sand. Ill put a peroxide bottle filled with water and holes in the bottom off to the side. I thought about a gateraid bottle but im bugged by algae. Do you have trouble with seeds binding in the paper towel?

@bocadelcieloplaya3852 Жыл бұрын

yes, just tear the paper towel, a little bit of the paper is not an issue in the nutrient solution.

@Manydiamonds123 Жыл бұрын

Super. What about air holes?🇨🇦

@KeepOnGrowin Жыл бұрын

Watch my video on the new off grid tower, I drilled air holes.

@AlexDSmith35 Жыл бұрын

Can you start seeds in your vertical (the bucket setup) tower, or do you have start other ways

@KeepOnGrowin Жыл бұрын

I start them as microgreens and transplant them. That way, only the best go in.

@Unclebuck69 Жыл бұрын

Hey Mike, Just wondering is it worth checking the ph or ec with any of these methods?

@KeepOnGrowin Жыл бұрын

If you can and you want to, by all means. I have 40 to 50 containers, there's no way I am checking and adjusting that many, lol.

@kennethlozada8740 Жыл бұрын

How much sunlight do you give the seedlings?

@KeepOnGrowin Жыл бұрын

as much as they can stand

@nurulatikah794 8 ай бұрын

Can i do this method with lettuce seed or pak choy seed?

@KeepOnGrowin 8 ай бұрын

yes!

@lilsangarden Жыл бұрын

How to make holes without drilling the plastic?

@KeepOnGrowin Жыл бұрын

I think she shows how in this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eJqodJqdnJewpXU.html

@jyotisavant3564 Жыл бұрын

What nutrients do you use and how

@KeepOnGrowin Жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/icd-aaedy5jMc5s.html

@bjvincent3615 Жыл бұрын

I'm sure you've said it in other videos but how long from seed to wok?

@KeepOnGrowin Жыл бұрын

Depends on the plants. I start harvesting baby greens withing 4 weeks and continue until the plants bolt.

@cheriglaser8616 Жыл бұрын

Question Mike, when I use paper towels as the substrate, the new roots hold fast to the paper towels. Most of them break off in trying to liberate them. Any advice?

@KeepOnGrowin Жыл бұрын

Don't try to pull just one out, pull several at once. Tear the paper towel if needed and leave it on. I covered this in another video.

@Metqa Жыл бұрын

I got much better survival by doing as Mike suggests. Eetting the paper heavily and tearing the paper and taking whoever comes with! Also noticed that the noodles are springy enough to accommodate the full growth of a couple of plants sometimes, compared to the spots with just one, they grew just as well, or at least the bigger plant takes over but the smaller still produced.

@cheriglaser8616 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, thank you!!!!! 😊

@albertbeauchesne2882 Жыл бұрын

Toilet paper works better.

@janetcutler9539 7 ай бұрын

With your milk jugs did you paint them to stop algae growing in them.☺️

@KeepOnGrowin 7 ай бұрын

@OnlineTeacherConnie 7 ай бұрын

I’ve used this method to start my lettuce, broccoli, and tomatoes. My problem is that the roots are growing and clinging to the paper towel. Since they are fragile, most are breaking. How do you suggest getting them transplanted? Thanks for your help

@OnlineTeacherConnie 7 ай бұрын

Just found the previous comment

@KeepOnGrowin 7 ай бұрын

I tear the paper towel.

@byaktafotografi8910 Жыл бұрын

how much do you use (PPM)?

@KeepOnGrowin Жыл бұрын

I have been doing hydroponics for about 10 yrs. I never had a meter or checked.

@user-px2sn8pr5t Жыл бұрын

what about wind?

@KeepOnGrowin Жыл бұрын

Keep the buckets topped off. 3.5 gallons weighs over 25lbs in each bucket. You can always secure the bucket handle to the wall.

@leetaves9143 Жыл бұрын

MIKE I HAVE BEEN SPRAYING EVERY ORTHER DAY FOR AFDI WITH NEEM OIL AND DAWN SOAP IN THE GREEN HOUSE I CAN,T GET RID OF THEM THERE EATING MY TOMATO PLANTS WHAT CAN I DO ?

@KeepOnGrowin Жыл бұрын

I don't use anything. Are they on all the plants? Move the heavily infested ones out and deal with them separately.

@leetaves9143 Жыл бұрын

@@KeepOnGrowin

@leetaves9143 Жыл бұрын

yes i have done that they look like lttle white flees they go after like bak choi they don,t like kale romain isn,t too bad i had turnips and mustard they clean house on i had areal big crop, it was gone in about a week

@nicoleheisel7456 Жыл бұрын

Have you tried rabbit urine diluted in water? Supposedly it's a great bug deterrent but you spray it on plants at dusk 1/week.