I've seen a hundred other hydroponics and growing related videos but usually most of them end up being people bragging about their success without actually sharing any quality points for learning, mistakes, points to take care. Your videos, though are original and informative. Keep going. Cheers!

It's pretty cool having vegetables growing inside. It's like living in a comfortable garden. Paradise.

I love how you show the progression over time.

Thank You!! Nobody ever shares their struggles and mistakes. I know you’ve saved myself and others from repeating the same mistakes.

WOWZY! I am learning SO much from you Tikki! I am watching many of your videos over and over, and this will be one of them. I just wish I could give it another thumbs up each time. Oh drats! Thank you for sharing everything, even your mistakes. Now I don't have to make them.

You are a phenomenal teacher! You have a great way if explaining things to us newbies, step by step, that makes it conceivable to try it myself . I’m so excited to try it.

I have watched alot of videos and I have to say you are the best easy to follow understand and at an level I can appreciate. Thank you much my fear is gone to start.

Find a friend who buys ice cream in gallon buckets. (Love your videos, this one is particularly helpful -thank you!) You had me rooting for that cucumber plant!

Thanks for the tip on saving the male flowers. I have two growing in a 7-gallon container and they have just started really growing.

I am absolutely amazed every time I watch one of your videos and see the wealth of knowledge that you share. Thank you so much for this. This would have taken years for me to accumulate and you have it all in your videos condensed into less than 15 minutes.

Very cool. Gotta make them happy. Enjoyed this one Tikki!

Thanks very much - I really enjoy and learn from your videos. I cheered when you said you saw the first flower!

Diva is our favorite cucumber. No peeling needed. Always sweet, never bitter.

Very nice cucumber story with a happy ending

Thank you for all your work to produce this and share every detail!!! Really appreciated!🥰

Nice! Amazing growing technic! Very informative!! Thank you for taking us from beginning to end. Do not see that too often!

Very well presented and explained step by step. Learnt a lot

What a great video! Thanks again. You make this so illustrative and real. I started when I say your germinating videos!

what a journey! i love it

You explain everything so easy to understand. Your my favorite host

Wonderful educational videos on hydroponic gardening. I knew nothing when i came on youtube today to research, have watched many other people and they do not pack in as much knowledge as you do. Loved tying the rope to a hook in the ceiling, would've never have thought of that. I am subscribed and following :) Thank you so much, I can't wait to start this method!

Thank you for sharing your wisdom in your channel. Well I just tried cucumber for salad. My seedlings are very leggy. The fact about male and female flowers are new to me. Thank you for.this profound video. Blessimgs from Austria

I will start my cucumber plant now. For sure i will save time from your lesson. Thank you so much for sharing!

Wow I feel the same way as a lot of other comments this was without a doubt THE BEST TEACHING VIDEO ON HOW TO GROW CUCUMBERS INDOORS !!! Without a doubt this has been a labour of love while you progress through your trials and failures. Funny thing is I’ve been experiencing these exact same issues only I had no clue what was causing some of the things I was experiencing. For example I had watched one video that showed how to prune back the plant to remove the flowers that weren’t cucumber producers and I did that and I also tried to remove some of the foliage that was also a drain on the overall plant and it’s ability to produce cucumbers unfortunately I either over pruned or something but I ended up putting a huge strain on the plant overall and it just seemed to stop growing as if it was in shock which it likely was. I did a lot of things wrong but one thing I did do was add room temperature water to the 4L jug every single day and I was blown away one day when I discovered a cucumber the length of a cucumber as long as one of my fingers! Most of the cucumbers I had been producing were small about half the size of one of my fingers but my experiment continues and I continue to refill the container with room temperature water every day some days it doesn’t require much and other days it’s as if it has drank the entire 4litres worth of water overnight! I don’t always add nutrients to the water it’s purely random. I have seen most of the fails that you commented and showed although I had no idea why I was having those results. So I continue to experience the trials and errors. I do have a small little air rock in the bottom of mine that is hooked to an air pump that I run 24/7. I’m also using the same method currently to grow sweet peppers and tomatoes. So far the sweet peppers are showing little buds that look like they may turn in to actual Peppers and there are a ton of them! I thought pepper plants flowered first but I haven’t seen any flowers. The tomato plant seemed to have grown to the size of container that it’s in and has stopped. So far I haven’t seen any flowers on the tomato plant so I’m going to increase nutrients to it because it’s obviously not getting enough of what it needs to Produce the fruit. So this coming week I’m going to begin cranking up the nutrients and we shall see what happens. Thank you for your video and showing what everything means when they fail because those are the most important aspects of this because gardening never turns out Perfectly the first time it’s a learning experience and the more you learn the less likely you are to experience the failed scenarios again. 🥰🙏🏻🇨🇦

Great video clip!! George Washington Carver used a feather to pollinate some of his experimental plants ~ just for your information. Thank you for your help!♥

aI LOVE THE WAY YOU TEACH :) THANK YOU FOR THE WISDOM!!! I love to learn and I always learn from the best...

YOU ARE FANTASTIC,...THANK YOU FOR SHARING.

New subscriber here. I love your videos. Amazing teachings. Seriously. This was a great science experiment and I learned so much.

Great Video full of growing information...Thank You..!

You are amazing 😉.....Thank you so much for all your experiments, you have taught me a lot.

Thanks for wonderful lessons :)

I always love your videos

I had a similar situation in my aquaponic system in the home. I had thought it was because of the humidity in the home at 27%. Thank you for your information as now I will try again.

Wow i'm amazed at your patience. Mine produced cucumbers as of week 5! It was a self pollinating variety (katrina cucumber) but i quickly realized that something was wrong. One plant made all female flowers but the other all male! And I had to pollinate even though it was a pathogenic cucumber. All in all i've harvested about 10 cucumbers until the plant got to big for it's pot. The next one will be in a deep water system.

Love your channel!

Such a great video. This is shows how important those little insects for our balanced ecosystem. This is why I never add weedicides or pesticides to my plants or lawn.

Great information. Thank you

Thank you so much. I love your videos!

I'm enjoying your vedio ,thank you for sharing ,my first time watching ,I'm going to try this system of growing some vegetables , 😊

Wow another amazing super great video info and analysis from absolutely the best channel on utube. I'm trying your method to regrow store bought lettuce and celery it working . thank you and keep up the great videos

Looks like you ended up with some nice cucumbers. I cant wait to see how the new containers turn out :) I was able to grow some cucumbers at my sons school in a 12ish gallon container. The kids love to check them out. We had them right by the front door. Right now at my sons school there is a class that has a basil plant in a 2 liter bottle using the Kratky system and some sunflowers growing in soil.

I would like to see your shelf you grew the cucumber and tomatoes along with the light and your foil reflector. It would be so very helpful. Thank you so much.

cool video

What an interesting video!!!!

Very informative.

Awesome

Great video, thank you for sharing your experience ! How manu cucumbers did you finally get for one plant, please ?

going thru similar challenge at the moment, thanks for sharing

I use 4 Aerogardens and often move plants into soil afterwards, once hardy. I'm now going to try Kratky method for many of these... Thanks for the video, (and the Toms one), I'll be busy collecting large jam jars for herbs, and bigger ones for cucs!

Great stuff! Thanks so much. Any bugs flying around?

I have so many things to learn. Thanks to your channel I started my attempt. How to know if my cucumbers need to be be manually pollinated?

Nice

How do you save the male flower 🤔 thank you I've learnt alot from your vid, really amazing, and I see now that my pot is too small also

Nice tutorial

I love your videos. Can you do one on what plants you think give the best return emotionally and in terms of time and space. I have had good success with a Japanese climbing cuke outside and indoors in soil and hope to try it with the hydroponics.

Very nice video, I have sub

great I made the same mistake with chillis and tomatoes this year. The plants ran out of nutrient, I mistakenly topped up the nutrient and the plants started to drown, so had to swap the out to soil are now healthy. I like the kratky method if you just set it and leave it, but sometimes its just too much hard work.

I was expecting an "And they all lived happily ever after :-)". I am planning something of this for next year thanks.

spot on lovely presentation how about the taste

I would definitely grow the types of cucumbers that don’t need to be pollinated if I were growing indoors. Beit Alpha and Mercury are the two I plan to grow. Oops, I see you mentioned that later in the video. 😊

I love your videos and always refer my friends to them. I had one question for you. How much do you spend on powering these lights and how many do you have at any given time? This has always been a concern of mine.

Thank you for sharing this video. I bought Diva slicing non-GMO, open-pollinated parthenocarpic seeds and set the plant on a 9-gallon styrofoam box in my backyard (fish container from our sushi restaurant). I also use Fox Farm 3-2-6 NPK. It is hot and dry here in So. California so the styrofoam box outside should prevent the nutrients from warming up. I am also growing 3 sweet pepper plants in the same container. I recently installed an air pump to ensure the roots get oxygen. The cucumber plant is growing very fast but just like your experience, the female flowers dry out and stop growing. The packet says "plants are gynoecious (all-female) and parthenocarpic (grow fruits without pollination)." Because of this, I covered my planting area with a mosquito net to prevent pests and even bees to pollinate. Now I am wondering if I should hand pollinate - all of what I've read about parthenocarpic seeds say we should not allow pollination as it may cause the fruit to be bitter and misshapen. Any thoughts or ideas why the fruits just die away? Thank you!

What kind of lights are you using? Good work with the cucumbers soon well try em also instead of out side....to many bugs. How do you get your seedlings started?

Nice video Tikki, I like the Kratky or Gericke models of non-circulating hydroponics. Fun to watch you explore growing the cucumber plants. The Diva variety and Persian Baby also are wonderful. While I use a 32 or 44 gallon container outdoors, I am fascinated with seeing how you do with the 5 gallon container.

I'm so sorry! I thought I had subscribed already, done now!

I've been loving your channel ever since I subscribed, I do have a couple suggestions/ideas. What I've done with my Mason jars is put a strip of tape on the side then spray painting the whole thing, that way when you take the tape off you have a thin strip to see the water level and roots. In the totes, it's possible to make a small hole in the top to fit the neck of a glass or plastic bottle, you can fill it with water and put it upside down in the hole so it fills the tote whenever the water level goes below the opening of the water bottle. What ratios and amounts of the masterblend mix are you using? Also, what is the best way to save the male flowers to keep the pollen viable?

Hi Tilli Which hydroponic plant food is best for cucumbers and tomatoes? Thank you.

Hi Tikki O. Thank you very much for sharing and you have a great presentations video and sound. I'm just getting into this Kratky method. I just planted my first cucumber seed in rock wool and it's sprouted. What size glass Jar should I use to grow it for it's life? And what size net basket should I use. Right now I have it in a 2" net basket and 32 ounce jar. But, if I were to keep it in a glass jar, would a one gallon jar be large enough? Thank you

Love your voice. You could do voice overs for kids books.

Do you have a video showing your indoor growing set up? (Where you position the lights, how long they're on each day, what's the tin foil wall for, etc). If so, I'd love to hear and see all about it! I've been wanting to get into gardening for so long, but living in a city apartment that seemed like a far off dream. You channel has inspired me, and I'm so excited to see that these things can be done indoors with reasonably priced equipment.

This is great! I can't grow cucumbers outside because I have cut worms in EVERY BED! UGH!!!! I may try this once I get my house moved around.

very informative video. could you please send me the link to the grow lights you use.

Thanks for making the video. I am not expert. But a home grower like you. I think the plants need more light while fruiting.

Wow, thank you, so much stuff to learn, a cucumber without pollination. That is why keep coming to check for a new info. Thanks a lot God bless.

Once again, Great Video Tikki... Did you have any problems with temperature? I did hear cucumbers need a lot of humidity... Tikki, may i ask, when you have them in grow lights, how far is the grow lights to the mason jar? I noticed my last few plants are leggy. Thanks Tikki

where do you find the 5 gallon container

C'est un plaisir pour les yeux ,manque plus qu'à goûter ...

I saw another one video he pulled the males off in order to pollinate. Thank you for sharing

how many weeks or days were able to have fresh cucumbers for?

Just found your channel and really like your clear explanations. I am new to hydroponic gardening but so far love the Kratky method. I see you mentioned somewhere that you were going to post a nutrient video. I have had trouble deciding whether to use general purpose dose of nutrients or aggressive vegetation nutrients. I am currently using GH Flora grow. When you mix nutrients, how long can you leave nutrients in your gallon pail once mixed?Also do you use distilled water? Your answers would be super helpful .

pruning the plant promotes growth and fruit

So... If your growing outside, the reservoir has to be dark ? Where did you get the paper bags ?

I am growing tomatoes chillis n cucumber , in 32 oz mason jar now Will be 1:31 changing to 64 oz jar My qstn is do i have to add nutrient everytime i add water when level goes considerably lower ? And shud i add half dose or less

what is ec or ppm of your solution?

Please correct me if I am wrong, but it is a hybrid, right? and as far as I understand, hybrids do not need pollunation?

HELLO IS THERE A CUCUMBER I CAN BUY SO I WOULD NOT HAVE TO POLLINATE THE FLOWER IF SO CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT IT IS THANKS 7:37

Hi. I need help . How can I get Fertilizer ???

I'm new to gardening, how do you save Male flowers? I like your videos, keep on

Hi Tikki! I'm Glenn. I'm a recent sub to your channel. I am starting cucumbers right now, so your video has excellent timing for me. Thanks for making this video. What size mason jar did you start with, please? I was going to use a 64-ounce mason jar. And what size Husky container did you end up using? Thanks a lot for this helpful info! Have a great day :)

Tikki, how did you save the male flowers? In the fridge? Don't they shrivel up if left on the plant? Thank you for your video!!

Hi Tikki O. Another great video; thank you very much. It crossed my mind, could you take the male flower, pluck it up, and rub it against the female flower, in lieu of using a paint brush?

Please help! I’m growing cucumbers in a hydroponic container. The whole plant seems very dry. The little cucumber that sprouted at the base has not progressed, and is crispy/crunchy. The stem is also very dry. There are many flowers at the end/tip of the plant, but the little cucumbers there are also dry and prickly. I’m using Fox Farm’s Grow Big hydroponic solution.

Looks tricky. Do you have any success with broccoli or cauliflower?

HELP! I can’t seem to grow cucumbers! I’ve been trying to grow cucumber plants indoors in a hydroponic setup, can you please share which varieties of cucumbers that you have grown successfully that are self-pollinating??? Thanks 🙏🏻🥰🇨🇦

I have a small veg garden. But today I decided to switch some of them to this method. I have 20 numbers of 14 gallon (50 litres) cans.. Please give me instructions to prepare the solution... As I have an opeque container so I need extra whole to check the water level and refilling. I got that point about the gap between plant and water.. is there need any provision for air circulation.. Madhu Sreedharan Love from India...

Question: did u increase the masterblend formula once the plant started to flower?

Tikki, If you buy the self pollinating seeds, would you have to pollinate at all?

Thank you for the 16on 8 off reply glad I don’t work that shift patter further to that if it’s in window west to South Bay I take it in winter use it to supplement they day by extending and not using with the sun ,,,..

Love every single video of urs and learned alot from u. Im starting my first tomato kratky

I have a question, if the container I use is big enough for most of the life cycle, but I do need to refill once or twice, do I just fill it up with just water? Or do I need to make a fresh batch of hydroponic solution to refill ?