Thanks AJ. Won't be long before indoor seed starting gets going.

Thanks MB. Are you doing any hydroponics or maybe did some in the past?

Thanks Juani, much appreciated. You can do some amazing growing with hydroponics. I wish your son in-law success.

Thanks so much!

Aquaponics is an organic system that uses fish waste as the nutrients. I have looked at a few systems like that but will take a look at her channel. Thanks for watching Mike.

I'm glad you enjoyed and thanks for watching. 👍

My soil grown lettuce isn't enough to supply us in the short term, so I needed to step it up. Growing using hydroponics has an upfront cost but the results are amazing. Once you have the supplies, you only need to replenish the rockwool , grow solution and at some point the ph Down. Thanks for watching Lisa.

Thanks Jules. Since my outdoor lettuce was taken out early by the cold and I didn't have the indoor lettuce started early enough to supply us. I thought I better step it up and get something going fast. 😀

Hydroponics is fast. Since you're already doing this, what are you using for a container? When I did this a couple years ago, I also tried strawberries but didn't do well and the roots ended up getting a brown slime on them. I had to sterilize the container with some beach. The lettuce never had that issue.

@Steve From the Garden it's a small 3 gallon kit I got for the girls last year. I will watch the roots to see if washing between feedings is needed. Thanks for that tip

We have 2 different systems we are using so it would be interesting to compare our results and the speed at which grew. 😀

It is very useful, especially during the cold months and lettuce grows so fast using this system. Thanks for watching.

how fast? How many days to grow from seeds?

@@nancyragos2699 For Lettuce, I can harvest in about 30 days depending on the variety. Some might take a bit longer. I will be restarting my bin in the next week or 2 as the outside temps start to cool down and the days get shorter.

Glad you enjoyed and thanks for watching.

Glad you enjoyed and thanks for watching.

Thanks for watching. Chúc mừng năm mới và những điều tốt đẹp nhất đến với bạn.

Hydroponics can produce a lot quickly and in a small space. There is an initial upfront cost but it's not bad after that. We stayed home on New Year Eve. I caught up on some YT watching. Friday was a friend's birthday so that was our going out night. 🙂 Happy New Year.

@Steve From the Garden weird, I never got a notification that you replied? I went to the video, and found it. I'm glad you had a great weekend!! Question: How long do the lights stay on daily ? Is there a difference between them and your other seedlings? Cheers Steve !!

@@clivesconundrumgarden I have the lights on for 12 or 13 hrs/day. Now that I moved the onions to a different location, I can bump that up a bit. Maybe 14 or 15 hrs/day. Taking care of the actual plants is only different in that you monitor the water level in the tote. If you have to add any water, you then check/adjust the ph afterwards. Won't need to add any additional nutrients until the 1st harvest. There are a few other small maintenance checks you do at that time also but I will cover that in the follow up video.

@@clivesconundrumgarden I just looked. The lights were set for 13 hrs and I bumped it up to 15 hrs.

@@stevefromthegarden1135 ok cheers!!

8.5 to 9 is quite high. That is where raised beds come in since you can get the soil the way you want it now and over time that will work it's way into the native soil. Building beds out of wood, metal and cinder block are options but cost money. The most cost effective method would be to mound up soil. You would have a raised bed without walls. 😀 Deep rooted cover crops can also help by getting organic material (roots) into the native soil, changing it over time. Thanks for watching Jake.

@@stevefromthegarden1135 All I have is raised beds and for some reason I cant get the ph down.

@Gardenin Jake hmmm.... that is strange. Sulfer will eventually bring drop the ph but it's slow and you have to be careful so you don't over do it.

@@stevefromthegarden1135 I've put down bunches and bunches of aluminum sulfate and haven't seen much if any change. I even got some soil acidifier and tried that with no luck.

Use what works for you. 👍 Thanks for watching.

Hey Nick Happy New Year. The nutrient solution is definitely NOT organic. There are systems that can be set up to be organic. The aquaponic systems that include fish is 1 example but beyond the scope of this video. I have the lights set for 13 hours a day. I can bump that up a bit ..say maybe 15 hrs/day since I moved the onions to a different area. Thanks for watching.

Hi Sandra. Rockwool is not reusable in most cases but for microgreens...maybe. Microgreens are harvested so early that you might get 2 or 3 uses out of it. It is supposed to be made out of basalt rock that has been melted and spun into fibers as it cools. It is inorganic (being made from rock) so not compostable. I know there are grow mats you can buy for microgreens that are made from wood fibers or hemp. Those could be fed to the worms after use. If going that route, I think you would want to buy a 50 or 100 pack of those so that the cost per mat is reasonable.

@@stevefromthegarden1135 i'll look for them in bulk because, as you said, the cost per single unit is high. Thanks!

You can do some amazing growing with hydroponics. With you having all the supplies already, you can start up at any time. 😀 Thanks for watching Kathleen.