vos jardiniere hydroponique sont tres belle! pour gerer la pluie je me contente de percer des trous pour evacuer le trop plein a l endroit des racines aeriennes

"Keep on Growin' with Mike VanDuzee" avoids the issue by simply drilling the holes (2") along the top of the side of a 5 gallon bucket. He secures the seedlings in the holes with short segments of pool noodles.

Waterproof

I planted a black-eyed pea plant in a 20-liter plastic gas can. The plant is producing well but the can is running out of nutrient solution. I decided to add 200 ml of nutrient solution per day to see how long I can keep this plant producing. My thinking is that if I can keep the level from dropping further I may be able to extend this plant's life for many more weeks.

i did a cucumber in a 55 gallon drum with this method! it did great *the name of the cucumber was "Diva" (it was recommended by the nursery owner) .. we just recently had to move it out of the green house the cucumber plant took over our little green house and so we had to remove it and take the barrells out .. we are now going to try sweet peas in this method .. the way we figure it "nothing ventured, nothing gained!" so why not .. right?!

Is that kratky cannabis in the background ? BEAUTIFUL !

Perhaps take a look at Mike van Duzee - "Keep on growin". He uses pieces of pool noodle instead of netcups.

Many thanks.

Nicely explained

Hoping you keep making videos, as you do a great job. Wonderful looking salad greens, and your box frames are so much nicer looking than the typical plastic garden using the Kratky method.

Excellent video, thanks for posting. I had a few thoughts, if you don't mind: 1. This is my first rainy season with hydroponics and my vessels filled up with water. I'm looking for a way to build a cheap, fast, easy siphon as I have mounted down my vessels to prevent them from moving in the wind. I'll look around and let you know if I find anything. 2. Your video is great but it wasn't easy to find. You might consider adding additional key words like - rain, too much rain water, ....... Thanks!!

Your use of wood surrounds, along with the rooftop setting and wall art, is a perfect spot to teach others. Why not combine gardening with art?

Really enjoy your creativity and rooftop garden!

Great assortment of greens, you are dialed in on your grow!

Nice job! I enjoy tomatoes and that is an easy method of growing micro dwarf varieties.

Great video! I will need to try growing peas sometime.

Amazing videos! Great job.

just filled the buckets up, well not all the way it only takes a few minutes to do it so whats the deal of just using 5 gallons

Why didn’t you just drill a small drain hole in the side of the bucket below the net cup so the rain water would drain out at a certain level and not drown the roots?

Growing on the roof top, do you find that pest pressure is non-existent? Asking because brassicas :)

100th subscriber!!!

In 5 gallon buckets I use a kitchen cinch type trash bag. Cut the seam off the bottom of the bag and slip it up from the bottom or down from the top. The cinch ties can be pulled up and tied as the plant gets bigger and forms as a tent. Another benefit protects from suns heat

DIY and clever ideas! Really enjoying your inventions and videos.

Just found your channel, nice work! I think you could get around the lettuce issue by building a dedicated shelf or support structure so the buckets themselves can be slanted between 25-45º with respect to the vertical axis, in this sense any rain falling down would be redirected by gravity to the floor rather than accumulate in the plant despite it having more funneling leaves. I'm doing a few experiments of my own with Kratky at my channel, so hopefully we can trade ideas with each other as we go along!

Its pure pleasure to watch, so much aesthetic appeal to all your work.

where can I get the plastic cover black inside?

great video, thanks for sharing your experiences. I was exactly looking for this idea.

Sir you are absolutely Crushing it! Thank you for sharing your experimentation with us. The idea of moving hydroponics outside and the fear of water ingress and diluting the nutrient solution was always a project that I had stuck on my mind for years and always kept postponing. Please keep sharing..

Hello, thanks for sharing. Question 🙋 is that only water in the buckets or was it a hydroponic mix? The tomatoe plant in the box with the white covering, how would it get pollinated? I was had a tomato plant I threw a mesh net over because something was eating my cherry tomatoes. Once I put the net over it, it stopped bearing fruit. I figured later it was because it wasn’t getting pollinated by the bees. Thanks for any feedback.

Amazing work! Can you please do a video (or share here) what your germination / seed starting process is, and what nutrient solution / ratios / process is. Thank you!

Great video

Wanted to thank you for these videos, fantastic and great new ideas! Hope you keep it producing them.

Have you seen the videos about replacing net pots with swim noodles by "Keep on Growin' with Mike VanDuzee"? Maybe that is another way to prevent water from coming into the tanks.

Very clever

Good effort but water will still get in. All the water that hits the plants leaves will run down the branches and stem right into the net cup. Really for inside a greenhouse. Keeping it uncovered is not gonna work.

Thanks so much for this video. I am going to experiment with Kratky-style tomato plants this summer. Probably with larger containers, and topping them off regularly.

I can't believe you only have 27 subscribers; you are a hidden gem. Pleas make more of these videos, as you are answering many questions I have but is not available elsewhere on youtube.

Hi want to know more about this ..I have subscribed ..but where can I get more info on how to start to grow them from seed to the pail

Love the videos ! What plastic you use for the buckets and why ?

Can you PLEASE share the links for the stuff you are growing, I would love to get ALL of it!!!

Wow!!! I just found you on KZfaq and I’m binge watching your videos and WOW 🤩 I’m very impressed and LOVE THE SET IT AND FORGET!!! I just started out about 3 weeks ago and I’m addicted lol 😂 Your set up looks AMAZING!!! Very pleasing to the eye! You definitely deserve thousands more subscribers so I’m going to share your videos on the plant forums I joined ♥️

Omg I love this video!!! Finally someone does a experiment about this!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!! Can you PLEASE tell me exactly which kind of tomato 🍅 plant it’s is and where to get it?

Does rain top off the reservoirs?