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I did, here: ua-cam.com/video/ATzrF9hCoIg/v-deo.htmlsi=4wkttyKzCAQysSxu

From what I am hearing, you'll like the BS one. I am running into issued of this getting trays clean enough.

@@NBarSMicrogreens Great to see innovation like this!

Thanks for watching! Hopefully you'll find as much value in the other videos on my channel.

There are a few crops that really struggle with corps water retention, and cilantro is the main one. I used to add 30% perlite to that one only. Now I do keep a bale of Berger Om6 (similiar to promix mp) on hand that inkix 50/50 for sunflower, cilantro, beets, and sorrel. But all of my main crops otherwise are 100% coir.

I know we chatted directly, but for other people's sake, it's 12 inch. Here is why. The spacing of the spray nozzles on the arm is about 11 inches apart. Bootstrap 1020 trays are about 10.75 inches wide. While a 11 inch cleaner would likely sufficient, I think the 12 inch maybe better when cleaning the bottom side of the trays due to the taper of the trays.

For sure. Takes a bit more dexterity, but when I did a much larger stack I started going that.

I have not. Let's see if I burn it up in the 90 day return window...

Ordered one up at Costco yesterday since my store was out. Going to build a setup and give it a try. @@NBarSMicrogreens

Machines are rated for cold, but they all seem to say over 100°+ is okay, so if you have temps low to begin with on faucet likely can use warm without any issues.

Warm. When I replumbed my lines for my fertilizer injector I put in a hot and cold ball valve with check valves to allow me to mix the water temp that goes to my hoses.

Nope. We were going for inexpensive and quick. I'm sure that would work, but would also add to the cost. This is light enough to flip over and spray down real good and sanitize.

Always!

Ha! Well done. Much better than that bootstrap model for sure.

@seedleaftechnologies9947 I am not going to say it's better. But it's far more affordable! Ran through about 100 trays yesterday and at least this power had trouble with a few trays that have been sitting dirty for 2 weeks. I also have not used detergent yet, so that might help the older trays. That said, freshly harvested trays? No problemo!

​@@NBarSMicrogreenscertain trays will always be any issue and need some scrubbing. Presoaking helps for sure, though I'm not sure if detergent has made much of a difference for me. More importantly is not letting the soil dry out when the crop is growing.

Also thanks for the great content very informative

I would not worry about the lumens rating. It makes sense that if the 2 ft light is half the chips of the 4 ft light, it would half the lumens. I would still use it as suggested here if using 1020 trays. If a t5s, 2x lighrs per at 8 to 9 inches. If t8s, use 1 per shelf at 13 to 14 inches.

@@NBarSMicrogreens Thanks for the reply I have successfully grown some china rose radish with 2 lights per shelf and I’ve got a tray of peas in germination thanks again keep up the good work 😃

If you want to grow organic most certifiers require a soil like media to harbor beneficial bacteria. There is a part of the Organic regulation that touches on soil building, and coir is the least you can do to address that. I also feed my spent trays to worms. I'll harvest castings to sell in the spring. The coir is a natural bedding material for worms. There are growers who use just mesh screens effectively, I'm just not one of them. Nothing wrong with it, just depends on your goals and end vision.

Agrothrive is when bottom watering. Usually give it to them on the 2nd day under lights. First day is a brief top water with h20.

Thanks for the explanation, but I tend to disagree. When I find long fibers, it is usually in blocks that don't rehydrate well. They are also a pain to deal with in Microgreen farming when a uniform media bed of approximately half an inch thick is desired. The long fibers create a spong like spot that does not compress uniformly.

Thanks for watching, and I'm glad you found the info helpful. When I set up my racks, I set them up with 3 lights per, but have since moved to only 2 being on at a time. I had to double check after the video, and only two were on. The one rack appears to have all 3, but I think that is ambient lighting, making it appear like that. Regarding shelf distances, it is going to depend on your lights. The key is distance from top of the lower shelf to the light, not shelf above. The distance you are looking for is 8 inches from light to top of the shelf below. The T5 grow light recess fully up unto the shelf above, where as in this video, I am running 8' t5 shop lights that don't recess at all. So between shelves will likely be 8 to 10 inches depending on how you lights fit into the rack or not. Hope that helps!

Both Barina t5s are 20w lights, 2 per shelf, set at 8 inches. I do grow in coco coir specifically, and feed organic nutrients.

This was exactly the set up I started with and worked great for all varieties! If you want shorter stems you need to move the lights closer, but watch to make sure you get edge to edge coverage on your 1020.

The rawness of your videos is one of the things that make your videos so appealing to me! I also had to double check my right speaker, I thought I had blown it :)

@jakeveal243 I appreciate you watching! And the rawness is half ineptitude and half not enough time to fix my ineptitude... I'd rather just get the info out there!

I don't filter water for rehydrating blocks. I do filter water for watering trays and mixing fertilizer. Since a big benefit of Agrothrive is the beneficial microbes, I don't want to kill them with chlorinated municipal water. I use an inline hose filter called Boogie Blue Plus.

Love it. Thank you so much for sending me this video. Very good information for a beginner like me.

Joe mentioned you're a sales rep for a coco coir supplier?

@johnclawsdamnvan6937 yes, Andy reps for Diton. Check out his YT channel for deets.

It's coming! Just recorded it today!

In case you missed it, uploaded it a few days ago, here! ua-cam.com/video/LACuBcgqyGs/v-deo.htmlsi=rHFwUBgabXJMlQAA

I just went and added descriptions and links to all the products I mentioned on each of these videos. Hope this helps!

​@@NBarSMicrogreensjust so you know, your links aren't working. Good job on the videos, though.

@@robertsmith2199 doh! Thanks for letting me know. I'll look into it as soon as I can.