Hydroponic Strawberries - Off to a Good Start
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- This is our biggest hydroponic strawberry crop yet. There are lots of Katy's growing tips in this video. We have tried them in the NFT system, but found they are much easier in buckets. We talk about what it was like growing them in the main greenhouse. Then I got a couple things done in there before heading out to the high tunnel. Doug was also outside working on the strawberry support system. We have 100 buckets and 500 plants. The extra strawberry plants went into hanging baskets.
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I drove from little Rock down to tutwiler Mississippi back in 73 to meet my gramps brother. It was the only time I saw him. He told me that grampa grew clover and saved seed from any plant having a 4 leaf! He was trying to create a new stain, at least to him in 1905.!!! That's where my love of gardening came from. Thanks grampa Meyer.
You're gonna enjoy the Albion, I have 600 planted in the High tunnel, We just started harvesting super good and delicious
Ok awesome! Our plan was to add more Seascape, but they were sold out. Thanks Farmer Dre!
I have been growing various kinds of vegetables hydroponically for about 3 years now. I started with peppers, tomatoes, and lettuce. They all tasted great, full of flavor. I have since grown spinach, basil, stevia and green beans. I have even just started trying to grow zucchini (I just got some flowers in the last week so nothing has set yet). I think when people say hydroponic vegetables taste bland, they may be referring to things they are buying in the grocery store. Foods that were still picked green and only ripened up in the back of a truck several hundreds or more miles from the grocery store. Love your channel, thanks for all the great information!
Great video! It's so interesting to see the process of growing hydroponic strawberries from the very beginning. The explanations are clear and easy to follow, which helps me better understand the method and its benefits. Looking forward to the next videos to see how the strawberries progress! Thanks for sharing this valuable knowledge!
Thank you for your kind words! I'm glad you found the video helpful. Stay tuned for more updates on those strawberries and if you want to look through the playlist, lots of videos posted on strawberries.
i love that you all work as a team, each with their own skill sets. much love!
your camera work and editing is perfect. What a great operation you and your family have.
Oh thank you so much! This makes me happy since I spend a lot of time editting. Have a great weekend!
I saw one video and just kept watch your guys next video. You guys are such inspiring folks. Super kool!
Awesome! Thank you!
Thanks for sharing your experiences. I find your commentary to be very thoughtful. It is inspiring that your family has been so successful in this enterprise. I hope you continue to learn and fine tune your farming.
You and your family do a great work. Love family work together. Like your explanation that nutrition is the key for high qualified strawberries as ones grown in the soil. It’s informative, thanks. Keep going.
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@@HomegrownPassion Could you share your feeding formula? Also what do you do to prevent root rot when you buy plants whose roots have been packed in soil? Do you treat them in some way before placing them in your hydroponics containers? I washed all the soil off mine and they did well for about 2 weeks and then developed root rot and all leaves died. I want to start a new batch but want to make sure that I set them up for success before transferring into my containers.
I work in a hydroponic store and cant wait to start growing stuff
Thank you for publishing this video. It was very helpful giving me ideas I can use on my farm. Watching from the Philippines and sharing with everyone I know.
So nice of you! Thank you for watching and supporting our channel. Keep watching
I love your mum she’s so effin cool !!!
Make a dibber for you strawberry transplants. An old shovel handle cut and shaped like a pencil. Charles Dowding uses the dibber to plant everything. I use them too and also for transplanting from 72 cell to 4" pots. Good vid. I learned I can pollinate my strawberries with wind!!! Just like maters
Great idea! I have a several hundred plants to be transplant next week. Thanks for the tip!
Thank for always adding nuggets of practical application (and reasons why and why not)
Hi Katy, I introduce myself as Craig and reside in St Francis Bay South Africa. A few months ago whilst researching Hydroponics I stumbled on one of your videos and haven't stopped watching ever since, love what you guys do such a beautiful happy family business. I am planning on setting up a few tunnels on a very small scale and would love to ask you questions as we progress hopefully you are available. Love and Light Craig
Looking forward to hearing back from you...will help if i can...Good luck with your build! Keep us informed.
So much healing in growing your own food...Love it!
Thanks DC! Thank you for supporting our channel. We will be posting some great videos this spring on our growing.
I really enjoy your channel, its very informative and I love the whole family thing. Please can you keep the information and progress of the strawberries growing. I've had a few hydroponic ideas flowing to grow strawberries where I live in Denmark, our problem is temperature and the shortness of the summer. Keep the channel going it's a wealth of valuable information.
I'm glad you mentioned the limitation of NFT: the plant size. Not many gorwers show their problems
Your welcome. We are going to do more vids of problems and solutions....because as you know not everything goes smooth no matter what people say.
Devon, really enjoyed this video! My dear husband is now wondering how to make hydroponic buckets for strawberries. The US border is still closed for travel and shipping would be killer for us to order from Crop King!
Instead of flowers we also planted strawberries in our hanging baskets...LOL!
Our NFT system has exploded with growth! We enjoy every morsel from it.
Look forward to seeing how much strawberries you get this year. Cheers!
Glad you liked it! You're right, I couldn't even guess how much that would cost. I hope you are able to locate some up there if you end up trying them. They are really nice, and we like the curved edge for when the plants are growing over the sides. That's too funny about the baskets! I can't wait to see how they turn out. I was looking online and found some strawberries that have red flowers, and they looked awesome in baskets. I want to try them next year. Glad you are enjoying your NFT. We are happy to be growing a bigger variety now that the days are long enough. I have to harvest stuff out of my Desktop soon. Hope you have a good week!
Great Video! Love to see future updates on yield when the season is over.
we will for sure
Great update on HP strawberry's looking forward to seeing your progress through the year! Nice Job!
I really have positive envy for you. Whilst I do not think that life is in any way easy with what you do, your family definitely made the right decision to go with hydro farming.
I only wish that I could afford land in the UK to do something similar. Regardless, I have a small setup in my garage that keeps me busy when not at work.
Keep up the good work.
Great video and beautiful greenhouse. Very clean and organized. You do not appear to have an algae problem due to applying nutrient solution to the surface of your growing medium. How are you preventing that?
Thank you
Wow! I am glad I found you guys!!
man I didn't know this existed until saw some amazing bright red and huge strawberries at costco. They were so tasty and sweeet. I'm gonna buy hydroponic grown strawberries and whatever fruit is grown this way too.
Yes they are so good and ripe all the way through the berry. We grew almost a 1000 pounds last year and I still didn’t have enough to satisfy all my customers. Check out my later strawberry videos. I go into much more detail.
@@HomegrownPassion absolutely wonderful.. thank you for what you do. 🙏
Thanks for watching and supporting the channel. Hope you subscribe to stay updated on what I’m doing. Strawberries are all ready growing!!
Wow. That strawberry system is exactly what I was talking to you about yesterday. Lol
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I was just talking to Katy and she ordered all of these buckets last year in early spring, but they didn't come in until it was too late to get a big crop going. They are from Holland. If you want some, you may want to call up to CropKing asap and see if they have any left in stock. They do not have them listed on their website yet.
@@HomegrownPassion hi how can I contact you? I was amazed by your videos 🙏🙏🙏
We grow the majority of our strawberries in DWC beds so they are all bare root. We use to have them in media and haven't noticed any difference with the production. This year we're building out more troughs that can be overhead. Where did you get the Beto buckets? They can be crazy expensive!
What nutrients did you use for your strawberries? I’m growing mine kratky
I love this. I have a few questions:
1). Where did you source the buckets?
2). What size is this high tunnel and how many rows can you fit in this space?
3). What yield can you expect when all the rows have been planted?
4) With this variant of strawberry, how many times per year can you harvest?
5). Once all is done, what would a set up like this cost?
Thank you😅
CropKing on the buckets. 30 x 96 high tunnel. we are looking at 1 pound per plant. Albion. Not sure now the high tunnel is 8 years old and i have no idea how much they cost now. hope this helps a little.
Nice share.
I like your hydroponic way of growing.
Please keep up the magnificent work that I am new to your videos and am enjoying all information you all are saying. Thank you so much!
You are so welcome and thank you for supporting us
Very rich ladies, growing the most. Very nice.
We cut the tips of strawberry roots before we plant them in my country. I am not an expert but I heard that if the roots are bended while you plant, it affects the plant negatively. Great greenhouse by the way!
What a beautiful set up👍❤️😃
Thank you! 🤗
I think the reason why people think that hydroponic grown produce is flavorless, is because hydroponic tomatoes for instance, when I see them in the store, most of the time they are trucked in from afar: like from Canada (I live in South West Missouri). So the tomatoes are picked green so they will survive the journey, which causes them not to have the taste as a tomato that is picked at maturity.
It also depends on the kind of tomato u grow, i live in the Netherlands and because of our climate all the commercialy grown tomato's are grown in hydroponic greenhouses. Farmers in co-operation with Wageningen university of agricultural research have bred tomato plants that only need 4 liters of water to produce 1kg of tomato's (around 1.05 gallon for around 2.2 pounds of tomato). Ironically our tomato's taste quite watery, which besides the selective breeding comes from the fact that our tomato's unlike for example Italian and Spanish ones get way less sunlight. Although i kinda like the more watery taste in salads, it's horrible in sauces or soup in which you would really want that strong tomato flavour.
That’s funny because I live in Canada and feel like all our “fresh” veggies are trucked in from the U.S. and are green on the truck and ripen in the dark. But I can tell you I absolutely LOVE growing my own food in hydroponics which I’m doing in a very small apartment and it’s incredible the quantity of food that you can actually grow hydroponically and I can tell you that the taste is beyond anything that I had ever imagined soooo amazingly good!! The tomatoes are the absolute best I’ve ever tasted and I leave them to ripen fully on the plant and only pick them when I need them.
@@leannekenyoung You should make an youtube channel, show us how to grow veggie in our apartments. I would love to grow some stuff, but I don't have a clue on how to do it indoors.
They are talking about the ones the hot houses grow with no flavor ... Some people use plain water I think
Awesome... Thanks for video... I love strawberry
Most welcome 😊
Loving your videos here from Sydney Australia
Thanks for watching and supporting us!
This is a cool idea for my mini ranch I’m playing to start in the summer.
Oh yeah it’s so nice having fresh strawberries. Good luck with your ranch!
As always a great show that teaches how to grow your own crops. I have had their produce and it is wonderful. Please stop at their farm market if you can.
The strawberries are Albion and Seascape from Johnny's Seed. The white rail buckets were special order from CropKing. They do not have them listed on their site yet, and I was unable to find them any where online. I will update when I can get a link for them. The rail system is Doug's design.
Well shoot i wish i had known this sooner..i just spent a half hour on cropking looking for those buckets..your dad did a nice job building those stands and like always you did a great job on the video..have a awesome weekend devon.
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Hi there ,when you search for : bato strawberry bucket you will find them
I found black buckets like this but it,s a Canadian company..i bet the cross border shipping would hurt.
I found black one,s but there in canada..i bet cross border shipping would be spendy
Look at you with the Cleveland Brown Shirt, very nice. We live in Lodi Ohio and love our Browns
Thanks! You are very close by. Can’t wait to see how this season goes...Go Browns!
I appreciate the info about growing strawberries from NFT... warning will be heeded. Very impressive operation y'all have. Smash.
Much appreciated
Glad I found your channel. I share your passion for gardening. Strawberries are my favorite so I have been trying different ways to grow them. Wish I could share the strawberries a friend brought me no name the biggest berries on these plants and red all thru the berry. Guess I am going to binge watch this channel now. thanks for the knowledge and advice.
Of course and thank you! Those strawberries sound awesome. I'd love to find a variety that got really big and still had a good flavor like that. It's fun growing them in hydroponics, but I have a little patch at my house in soil that I enjoy too.
Devon...have you looked into vertical hydroponic towers for strawberries? Isn't it a lot of vertical height waste for such short plants compared with tall growing plants like tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, etc? Even with the planters you have now, you might be able to create at least a two tier system with sufficient gap between each tier to prevent shading. Please ask your "evil genius" dad to try building a small scale two tier system in a corner. If it works, you can replicate throughout the greenhouse next season. No offense to Dad...a nice compliment, that's all! 😁 😁 Good luck!
As always, you guys are doing an awesome job with your farm! Love it! Learning a lot, and hope to start a small farm one day! Thank you for sharing all of your knowledge! 😀
It's an impressive setup. I'm about to set one up. One suggestion is don't use Duracell batteries as they have a habit of leaking and destroying equipment. Use energizer.
Thanks. We will use that advice. Plenty of batteries leaked in the past.
Great family. Hoping you guys really do well.
Any chance you could do a quick follow up video on the strawberry progress?
I love both hydroponic and u
Use Masterblend for the strawberries. Mix 1 gram per gallon, 1 gram of calcium nitrate and 1/2 gram of Epsom salt. Add a very little EDDHA iron. You should have about 300-400 ppm + base water ppm. Once they have been established about 6 weeks jump the fertilizer to 2 grams per gallon.
I just bought some masterblend tomato, going to try it out for strawberries.
Did you get the specialized strawberry fertilizer?
@@gloriouspopemantom373 I got the same thing you are using
@@markusaschick
Excellent, makes me hopeful Im on the right track. Had a similar plan, except the iron, might add that now, thanks.
@@gloriouspopemantom373 Masterblend has some EDTA chelated iron but if you spike it with EDDHA the pH is much more forgiving.
On the subject of flavor in hydroponic foods , I read somewhere that a grower was having a problem with tasteless produce and he solved the problem by adding bat guano to the nutrients during the last few weeks before harvest .
Considering the lastest pandemic was caused by bats i don't think quano is a healthy option. Worm casting would be way better and carry no disease.
@@articmars1 aged like milk LMFAO. Keep drinking that kool aid
What people don't understand is that hydroponic and aquaponics make sure that the plant has everything it needs that are readily available, so it takes far less, to get far more, as those in soil, have to go looking for what they need, by growing more roots, which takes time.
I have found that strawberries are better in 6 inch gutter, with a fine grill put in half way up the inside of the gutter, and you can then circulate the water, then your not wasting nutrients. They also like cool temps in the evenings.
I to use Albion strawberry plants but just use Perlite in grow bags. I use Crop King's Hydro-Gro vine mix but water it down to 1.6 EC. It seems to work very well for Strawberries.
Great set up! Will be great to see how the strawberrys come out!
Good show! Keep up the good Passion...
Awesome set up!
Glad you think so!
Wow nice vedio very informative .Thanks for sharing . New supporter here
I like the strawberries containers. Link?
Nice video! Half of the summaries ended up with "and dad figures it out"! haha
Nice update, roll on Summer. Cheers.
where did you get the buckets to buy to plant the strawberries in. I like the set-up above ground. Excellent video.
Would also love to know where you got the buckets?
Awesome vids. Love the education.
Glad you like them! thank you for supporting us!
The planters that hang on the pipe, going to try my luck
They work great... I think you will like them... check out this video from Fenster Farm...they use them too and sell lots of Strawberries. ua-cam.com/video/YacmjU6qP1I/v-deo.html
nice & good video...
Love your videos so informative. Is there anything I can do to make my hydroponic strawberries sweeter?
make sure your ph and ec are right where they need to be...let them get cold at night and they will get sweet...oh let them vine ripe as much as you can
I have the same question as many of your followers. Where did you get the buckets? Ditto on the other comments. Nice work -
I'm wondering where the buckets came from as well?
Make sure you keep your tunnel under 85 degrees with day-neutrals, or you'll see blossoms but fruit won't set. Fertilize routinely with P/K when you are blooming. Hit them with a more concentrated N and a humic April/May. I helped to develop some now patented day neutral varieties when I was at MSU. I grow one of them now commercially on a plasticulture system. The variety I grow out-performs and out-flavors both Albion and Seascape. I have berries May-July and August-October. If you ever want runners I'm in Michigan and can help to work out royalties with university and get your farm going with some.
We are located in central Michigan and have been growing hydro strawberries vertically for several years now. We would be very interested in the new varieties available to us.
Hey Devon! What boxes are these which you put onto the iron/wooden base system?
Those are hanging bato buckets made in Holland and sold by CropKing. You have to call them because they are not listed on the web site. If you do let them know we sent you and they will take great care of you.
Good on ya Mum
Peppers are perrenials . I love overwintering peppers and planting them in spring right after the frost.
I think we are going to try that this year...thank you for the suggestion!!!
@@HomegrownPassion they start making peppers right away that way
So beautiful
Can you please tell me where you’re getting your strawberry trays that you sit on top of the two poles thank you
Curious if you wouldn't mind sharing where you get those buckets from for the strawberries?
hi James, they were purchased from CropKing. They are not on the catalog you have to call for them. let them we sent you and they will take great care of you!!
Hi Devon. We just discovered your channel as we are doing research on Hydroponics. Strawberries are looking so tempting....
We were wondering how often do you run the heat in the greenhouse for the leafy greens. We are in Southern Ontario, so climate is very similar. With double poly greenhouse, we are trying to figure out how cold its gets inside winter time and how often do you need to run the heaters. Any info would be appreciated.
Again, loving you channel.
Great videos. Nothing beats the taste of Northeast Ohio strawberries. Where do you sell your produce?
Hudson Farmers Market
Great info!
Love your video's, so much information. I went on CropKing and could not find the strawberry buckets that you are using. Can you help me out to be able to locate the buckets you are using. Keep up the great work.
so, you have to call them. They are not listed on the website. Don't know why but that's how they are doing it.
1 person operation on A conveyor belt .good set up is wise an profit 📈
I love your hydroponic system.
What's the likelihood of switching the systems materials from petrol based plastic, to a sustainable material? Such as Hemp?
I have heard that about hydroponic fruit. Some say it is bland. I grew a hydroponic cherry tomato in my AeroGarden and the tomatoes tasted just like tomatoes. I haven’t tried any other fruit. But I grow a lot of lettuce in my AeroGarden and it tastes great. No dirt or bugs either!
Yes thank you! That's why we love hydroponics. I'm looking forward to showing the ripe strawberries and how red they are in the middle.
Okay, I'm a few months late watching this video! Blame it on UA-cam for not giving me notification when you posted it. Question: where can I buy those buckets you are growing your Strawberries in? Also, will you be growing more Chinese Long Beans and if so can they be grown as a Bush type bean? Lastly, have you tried to grow Strawberries using the KRATKY method?
I like the hydro trays containers you use for the strawberries, can you advise where you purchase them, I'd like to try those in my green house in Alaska ???
they would work great. we love them. They were purchased from CropKing. They are not listed on the website.... you have to call them but let them know we sent you and they will take great care of you.
It might have been covered in a comment, but where did you get those container/buckets from?
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Have you ever tried lava rock cinder for growing your hydroponics Holds total dissolved oxygen very well
no never did try lava might be a new idea to try...thank you
Would love to know how where you got the strawberries hanging buckets. I would like to try your strawberries setup?
We purchased those from CropKing. They are a Dutch bucket made for strawberries. We just picked up another 100 and considering turning the high tunnel into a strawberry house only. If you contact CropKing let them know we sent you and they will take great care of you!!
Quality content and a quality chanel thank you from Australia for all the tips and tricks. Quick question the emitters when used for tomato cucumber and strawberry are they one 24/7?
Oh I loved your setup. I am starting very small and one day will be as big as yours. Would love to know how you started.
Check out the build video. and the introduction to Bradwood Farm video. Tells you how we got started. Good Luck
Hi. How your mother said the recipe that I don't understand very well half what and half what for strawberries in a hydroponic system, if you want to tell me. Very nice greenhouse.
Sorry dont understand
I use silicone grease to protect the battery compartment of my thermometers
Good tip thank you
Hi, I admire your strawberry system, Could you tell me the name of the container that you use and where you purchase it. Thank you!
Did you find one bro
Getting into this myself and just curious about your opinion on something. Do you think the problem with the NFT channel could be solved by implementing a drip system? The system would work all the same with that minor modification while simultaneously allowing the system to operate without getting clogged or a bulk of the plants consuming most of nutrients?
not sure something to investigate.
Check the prices at Agi starts in Florida. You use a Mychoriza media for the baskets but how are you getting the same beneficial fungi in your aquaponic planting medium to promote nutrient rich food?
The strawberries in the growing medium get feed a nutrient solution.
Nice job! keep it up!
Excellent video I'm watching while I fetch water to filter through for a nutrient change ... this is one of your best vids !! Great energy and practical advice makes for info I can hold on to !! Y'all are the best. . So inspiring ! What nutrients do ya'll use ? Or from " scratch " ? Or is that a trade secret? Thanks!
Thank you very much! I really appreciate this...I tend to spend a lot of time editting. We are giving the strawberries the leafy crop nutrients from the main greenhouse right now, but we are working on getting the emitter system set up and they will have their own nutrients. We are still deciding which to use, but I will put it in a video once we decide. Hope you have a great weekend!
I'd love to know where you got those rail hanging buckets for the strawberries.
hi Eric, those are from CropKing they are not listed on the website you have to call them to purchase. Let them know we sent you and they will take great care of you.
Hi there love the videos. Silly question about the strawberries. Doe's the water dump out on the ground after its passed through the pot or does the strawberry plants pretty much use it up.
we try to get it so the strawberries use all the water, but you are right if there is left over it dumps on the ground.
When you were growing strawberries in your NFT channels did you have the same
Nutrient mix for the strawberries that you were using for your leafy greens? Or would your nutrient mix be more similar to tomato nutrients? Could you not put a drain channel below with a filter and then you could recirculate your water?
we did but it was just a trial to see if we could grow them in the NFT channels
@@HomegrownPassion how did it work out with your leafy green nutrient mix? Wow I’m surprised they grew so well in a leafy green nutrient mix perhaps that’s why they clogged your channels? They were growing too many roots? I’m surprised the actually flowered with a bloom concentration added or perhaps your leafy green nutrient recipe has bloom concentration added which is really a waste of nutrients (isn’t it?) I’m just learning about the micro and macro nutrient requirements of various plants and I know with my DIY NFT system it has almost zero bloom nutrients and I know there is no way this solution would grow tomatoes with any flowers so I would doubt strawberries would flower at all in it. But it does grow greens fantastic and keeps them from bolting a lot longer as well. I think the companies that create the nutrients overdo what’s truly required with their recipes online after all they are trying to sell nutrients. Anyway I was just curious about the nutrient mix for the leafy greens and how they managed to even flower? Must be more bloom mix then I typically have in mine. I love the idea of your grow boxes but I would create them with an overflow on the sides instead of in the bottom and then that way you could be assured they would maintain a certain amount of water in the bottom of the box so they don’t dry out completely between waterings and then the overflows maybe an inch up the ends of the boxes could be directed down on to a half pipe that is inverted into another half pipe so that the water runs on top and then it gets underneath the top and flows down and the majority of your water is shielded from light and will help reduce algae growth and will help to create more of a circulating system, then the water at the end of the channel can be screened before it enters the return reservoir. Just an idea and something im thinking of doing but I’ll be using the round 4” drain pipe on the bottom with it cut so that 1/4 of it is cut off the top of it lengthwise and then put a 3” drain cut in half lengthwise and slide it into the 4” pipe which should keep anything large from falling into it and then the overflow can be directed to it.
Hi guys is it possible if you could tell me where you find the Square bucket you used for the Strawberries?
Love y’all’s operation! Would love to try and put a house up. Do you order a house complete like the strawberries are in? Where would I be able to order one? I found the biostrate at Crop king.
the house is a CropKing house. They can manufacture any size you need. Check into grants from the USDA. You can sometimes find grants that will help you pay for a high tunnel
Hi, how often do you feed them? Do you waste alot more nutrients using perlite and vermiculite? What do you think about growing them in rockwool slabs, will the slabs get too hot?
we feed them 4 times a day. we monitor the waste and only water enough to grow the strawberries. right now, it's about 10 minutes at a time. remember its going through pressure sensitive drip tape that only lets a certain amount of nutrients through at a time. slabs would work just too expensive for us
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