Thanks Yan Gran for the feedback! I have flowers on all the plants now....just waiting for the tomatoes! Thanks for the comment!

This is not true. The flowering and maturity will be slower on the larger plant. Dwc produces amazing vegetative results but has not been proven to affect flower size or quality. You can put two smaller plants in place of the one larger plant and it will produce more mature flower than the single large plant. The vegetative matter to flower ratio will be poor on the larger plant. you can see this test on MIGRO where he grew chilies.

I hope you are right Michael! I'm growing lots of tomatoes this summer, all different ways, and different varieties, so I do have backups, but still, I hope your analysis turns out to be right. Thank you for the feedback!

Ha..thanks Courtney! The setup outside is not Kratky, its using an air pump (DWC). I have had success with cherry tomatoes and Kratky, so if you try, grow cherries, Tiny Tim is a winner. Good luck!

I just started some indoor cukes, any advice? Thanks!

@@sparkymikey25 I grow my cukes outside. I’m sorry I don’t have any advice to give. Only thing I’ve grown indoors is lettuce. Good luck!

@@crtnyp doesn't have to be advice about indoor vs outdoor, just anything you know about growing

@@sparkymikey25 Fair enough 1. I spray paint all of my buckets and containers black or brown. Even blue Lowes buckets will allow ALOT of algae growth. 2. I use an empty bucket when changing solution to rest the lid with the plant and roots in until im finished. 3. I always dump out any remaining solution when refilling. This is so I won’t create too strong of a mix. I’ll just add straight water if it’s real low and I need to wait til the next day. 4. I have to use mosquito control or else I’ll have B-52 bomber sized mosquitoes all over my yard. 5. Indoors might not have to worry about when it rains lol. I always have to check all my water levels and empty any buckets a little bit where the air roots are submerged. 6. I use Masterblend for cukes and MaxiGro for lettuce and cabbages. 7. I successfully grew 2 ground cherry plants in an 18 gallon tote. I usually grow one Cuke per 2.5 or 5 gallon bucket but this year I’m trying 2 per 5 gal bucket to see what happens. 8. I place the cukes on the edges of my tomato trellises so they can be supported as well. Hope it helps!

Interesting, no calcium nitrate, just the masterblend and the epsom salt....and you had similar results to mine when you used the calcium nitrate. I have the Vevor DWC buckets outside that I gave the full Masterblend formula, I hope those flower, so far they are green with leaves, but they were just planted, so time will tell. Someone else suggested the the coconut coir might be mitigating the pH. I'll keep watching....thanks for the feedback!

@@TikkiOOO Usually I go with about 1/4 to 1/3rd of the recommended cal nitrate, and that seems to work pretty well. Masterblend does have some N on its own, as you likely know, so I have used it that way some, but I do usually at least want some extra calcium from the cal nitrate since I grow peppers often. The odd thing is that I haven't seen this problem mentioned before on the internet, so I dont know whats going on. An interesting effect of it, though, is that you get the opposite as well, that is the high P and K mix seems to encourage flower and fruit production. Anyway, thanks for the interesting vids, and good luck with your system.

Kratky vs dwc video on yt...

Hello Gerry, you are correct in guessing about the gnats, pesky little things! I have yellow sticky traps all over my sunroom, but I removed them for the video because they are ugly. I washed the soil off the tomato plants before planting it in the two systems, but still had the gnats....frustrating! Thanks for the question!

Hello Bon Ho, yes you are right, stress can cause a plant to flower early, let's see what happens. But now the DWC has started to flower as well. And the outdoor tomato plants have also started to put out flowers, I have some in soil grow bags and some in DWC, they are all in the flowering stage now. So....hopefully I will have lots of tomatoes! Thanks for the question!

I'm not sure what you mean...but the plant in the DWC came from the same pack of 9 Celebrity seedlings I got from Lowes. The ones in the ebb and flow are flowering. Could this ONE be a dud?

@@TikkiOOO What I mean is, is that since its a hybrid (been genetically modified)it might've gotten is signals mixed and just grows a vine but never flowers to produce fruit. Its just a thought. I'll be interested in seeing what it does.

Thanks for the suggestion...I've already started diluting the solution in the DWC bucket, but you are saying to flush completely. Big job....but I might do that. Thanks for the feedback!

​@@TikkiOOO It's a desperation move for the impatient (drop nitrogen +🤞) ...If you go that route: Looking at the bucket, perhaps the lower fitting can be wrestled out to drain. However, I'd try a hose and siphon first to avoid damaging the rubber bung. I look forward to next year's replication -- battle of the hydro methods :)

This is half correct but you dont need to flood that often unless each plant drinks over a gallon a day. 4 times during a daycycle is enough. You dont need to flood more than once at night

Another reason why the DWC system grow faster is the lack of penetration the roots need to do to get their nutrients. I've grown DWC for a long time now and can tell you it's the fastest method for growing. However this aircube system looks pretty boss. I've heard that growing in something like living soil and microbes can help add terpenes to your plant.