I found several things that work for me. First I have bolt together 2x4's around all the edges, this makes it easy to take them apart when I need to. This also makes it easier to get an eyeball visual of the depth of the coir - it makes it faster to do and also keeps the coir from drying out around the edges of the table along with making it easier to keep the greenhouse film anchored. I just lay down the film and place heavy bricks at each end inside the 2x4's. Secondly, I switched from shade cloth to what they call "square shade sails". They never rip, they are easy to put up and take down with only four attachment points. The rectangular style does not work as they have concave arcs on all four sides. I have a Petro atomizer sprayer and I can spray the vegan worm castings on the sprouts in no time flat. I have always re-used my coir....still using some of the stuff I bought 10 years ago. I enjoy seeing these kind of videos where people are not content to farm the way every one else has. I live in the high desert and have had to be very creative to grow things in such a way that it is not expensive, nor water or labor intensive. I used to have all my stuff planted in the ground and it was a lot of work, it was stressful on the trees and water was costing me a fortune even with heavy mulching. At one point I said there has to be a better way. I dug all but the biggest trees out of the ground and cut them all back to 18" tall. I made my own air pruning pots, either out of BPA free 5 gallon buckets or what they call J Drain which I order from China as it comes in white color. Then I started espaliering the trees when the new growth started. This is my second year doing this and I am really pleased with the results. I have over 50 trees, nut and fruit, under shade sails, espaliered, and it is hardly any work and my water usage was cut in half. The trees are very happy, they didn't get heat or wind stressed at all last year. Easy to harvest and easy to cover when I need to. I hung C9 Christmas lights on a wire that goes thru the trees and I've got some Aluminet that when thrown over the wire, makes a tent like structure that keeps the blossoms from freezing in the spring. I bought a big cement mixer. I put a brick of coir in there and put enough water in to cover the brick. Come back in about 30 minutes and turn on the mixer. I add perlite, and vermiculite, a little green sand and it is done and ready to go in about 5 minutes. I dump the mixer into a small dump wagon and take it over to the sprout area. I don't have a very big setup, not like these guys but it works really well for me. Thank you for posting this, it was really enjoyable.
I also live in the high desert and would love to hear more about your set up. I am currently growing in-ground but always wanted to espalier my trees for maximum space. Do you have a channel or a website?
It's always interesting to see how other people approach growing microgreens. As far as production capability goes, you have established a very efficient method, but you are subject to exposure to the outdoor environment such as weather, birds and animals compromising the cleanliness of your growth. I just prefer the indoor protected environment with trays, although it is probably more time consuming per ounce of production. Thanks for the interesting video.
I think the happy medium would be a greenhouse that is kept sealed and clean, so you can better control the environment. Custom designed tables first, then build the greenhouse around the layout of those.
GROW YOUR OWN MICROGREENS: True Leaf Market Seeds - www.pjtra.com/t/8-11415-181670-153185 Bootstrap Farmer Trays - bit.ly/3XB3ri4 How to Grow Microgreens Part 1: Seeding and Growing ua-cam.com/video/4GGsqj6b8ok/v-deo.html How to Grow Microgreens Part 2: Harvesting and Packing - ua-cam.com/video/SXcBmbDBkEo/v-deo.html
Make the entire growing platform into two sections that sit side by side. When you want to harvest you can pull the two sections apart, then put them back together when you are finished harvesting.
Such super nice guys! Farmers, sharing their really good and well thought out, tried and tested ideas that have proved to be a blessing for their all their efforts.🙏🏻Thanks so much to this channel content provider for sharing really valuable insights and methodologies with the rest of us, who are also seeking and trying to do better with our growing of greens. God bless you all with much joy, peace and prosperity.👍🏻❤️
How do they deal with Pest Management? Wouldn't animals be all up on that stuff? I also live in San Diego and my garden has to be protected constantly.
Lol. I grew up a few hundred yards up S Barcelona intersecting at Austin Dr and my moms buying micros from Fred now. I'll have to stop by and get some greens next time I visit 👍
#Nature;s Always Right, what is the block you use to speed up composting & you said you can't under water or over water. I would think extra water would settle on the liner. How does that not happen ?
Consider a shovel mechanism that takes up the whole width of table. And far edge of tables to be mechanically lowered. One motion to push all the material off onto a plastic tarp that could be easily pulled to compost pile. No snow shoveling or whelk narrowing work
Different. But part of the space saving techniques are vertical planting. If you calculated how much space for each system i believe vertical wins. My opinion.
Great vid as always - Thanks!!! So I am a little confused, most likely I will watch again - wasn't sure how they were using the coir blocks, looked like they were planting directly into the 'factory' soil - do they use the blocks for the compost ...? Thank you -
Thanks Jesse. They take the spent microgreens and composted coir they grew in, put them in that pile at the top of the coir coaster area. Let it compost for a couple months. Every week they add a couple new blocks of coir to the finished composted coir, then use that to add to the factory table and seed into that.
I suppose it would depend from area to area. My area has tons of squirrels, so I don't think this outdoor growing style would work for me. I think they're in California.
Sweet Be's Urban Farm what part of NC are you in? I’ve got a small 21 acre retired tobacco farm that I’ve been converting over to an organic produce market garden. I’m about 10 miles south of Burlington and Graham
That’s pretty cool but this would never pass a food safety audit. Hope when they wash the greens they sanitize the wash water. But a lot of micros get damaged if washed and then stored.
Not true I washed and dried my microgreens every week without sanitizer. It lasted 7-10 days no problem. All customers said it was the best they've ever had.
Nature's Always Right ok fair enough but with how they are growing the micros out in the open I would fear of some sort of contamination. Who knows what small animals have crawled across those greens or flown and pooped over them. It’s one thing with growing full grown plants outside but the micros grown so densely it would be hard to identify if it was contaminated. And I know if you are trying to get gap certified this place would never pass the audit. Heck, not sure this would even comply with fsma.
@@ladya2049 Yes. Check out my videos. After I discovered it on my own I found that this is actually a known practice. Someone from India told me they do it there. Soak the seeds overnight and then use hydroponic solution to feed it.
DUDE! For a second, I thought I was watching some "PINEAPPLE EXPRESS" extras. Like, where did JAMES FRANKO come from?.... \m/ LIVE FREE & STAY IRIE \m/
Microgreens are nutritious good for health but not a sustainable option. Microgreens require quite a lot of seed, which gets densely sown into trays. uses a lot more seed than we would ever use in a field-based system. this can seem like a huge waste. If we let a plant grow to maturity we get a lot more seeds. microgreens would be a less sustainable choice. It can create seed shortage or a risk of developing one in the future
I found several things that work for me. First I have bolt together 2x4's around all the edges, this makes it easy to take them apart when I need to. This also makes it easier to get an eyeball visual of the depth of the coir - it makes it faster to do and also keeps the coir from drying out around the edges of the table along with making it easier to keep the greenhouse film anchored. I just lay down the film and place heavy bricks at each end inside the 2x4's. Secondly, I switched from shade cloth to what they call "square shade sails". They never rip, they are easy to put up and take down with only four attachment points. The rectangular style does not work as they have concave arcs on all four sides. I have a Petro atomizer sprayer and I can spray the vegan worm castings on the sprouts in no time flat. I have always re-used my coir....still using some of the stuff I bought 10 years ago.
I enjoy seeing these kind of videos where people are not content to farm the way every one else has. I live in the high desert and have had to be very creative to grow things in such a way that it is not expensive, nor water or labor intensive. I used to have all my stuff planted in the ground and it was a lot of work, it was stressful on the trees and water was costing me a fortune even with heavy mulching. At one point I said there has to be a better way.
I dug all but the biggest trees out of the ground and cut them all back to 18" tall. I made my own air pruning pots, either out of BPA free 5 gallon buckets or what they call J Drain which I order from China as it comes in white color. Then I started espaliering the trees when the new growth started. This is my second year doing this and I am really pleased with the results. I have over 50 trees, nut and fruit, under shade sails, espaliered, and it is hardly any work and my water usage was cut in half. The trees are very happy, they didn't get heat or wind stressed at all last year. Easy to harvest and easy to cover when I need to. I hung C9 Christmas lights on a wire that goes thru the trees and I've got some Aluminet that when thrown over the wire, makes a tent like structure that keeps the blossoms from freezing in the spring.
I bought a big cement mixer. I put a brick of coir in there and put enough water in to cover the brick. Come back in about 30 minutes and turn on the mixer. I add perlite, and vermiculite, a little green sand and it is done and ready to go in about 5 minutes. I dump the mixer into a small dump wagon and take it over to the sprout area. I don't have a very big setup, not like these guys but it works really well for me.
Thank you for posting this, it was really enjoyable.
I also live in the high desert and would love to hear more about your set up. I am currently growing in-ground but always wanted to espalier my trees for maximum space. Do you have a channel or a website?
@@JamiDelgado Good Morning Jami. You can reach me at expressionsoftheheart777@gmail.com.
Very creative! I appreciate that they are so willing to share their farm setup.
It's always interesting to see how other people approach growing microgreens. As far as production capability goes, you have established a very efficient method, but you are subject to exposure to the outdoor environment such as weather, birds and animals compromising the cleanliness of your growth. I just prefer the indoor protected environment with trays, although it is probably more time consuming per ounce of production. Thanks for the interesting video.
I think the happy medium would be a greenhouse that is kept sealed and clean, so you can better control the environment. Custom designed tables first, then build the greenhouse around the layout of those.
My thoughts, Why not do more with length of the bed rather than wide as it is a problem with harvesting because it is to wide and hard to reach?
GROW YOUR OWN MICROGREENS:
True Leaf Market Seeds - www.pjtra.com/t/8-11415-181670-153185
Bootstrap Farmer Trays - bit.ly/3XB3ri4
How to Grow Microgreens Part 1: Seeding and Growing
ua-cam.com/video/4GGsqj6b8ok/v-deo.html
How to Grow Microgreens Part 2: Harvesting and Packing - ua-cam.com/video/SXcBmbDBkEo/v-deo.html
Make the entire growing platform into two sections that sit side by side. When you want to harvest you can pull the two sections apart, then put them back together when you are finished harvesting.
Would cost the same as two separate tables
"Nature's Always Right" is the hardest line. I did not expect to get smacked in the mouth that fresh out the gate.
They have a great set up very organized but yet with so much room for growth. Well done!
Such super nice guys! Farmers, sharing their really good and well thought out, tried and tested ideas that have proved to be a blessing for their all their efforts.🙏🏻Thanks so much to this channel content provider for sharing really valuable insights and methodologies with the rest of us, who are also seeking and trying to do better with our growing of greens. God bless you all with much joy, peace and prosperity.👍🏻❤️
I don’t always go to the mall, but when I do, EYE BROWSE, ha, kidding, great vid, great channel, much love
EYE LASH out when people around me get crazy, ha, also kidding. This guy was a Lama in his past life. ciao.
Not quite sure I understand how they water or harvest. Are they doing bottom water? Would love to see those parts of their operation.
What do they do? Spin dry and then further dry microgreens in the garage?
This is awesome. My least favorite chore is washing and sanitizing trays. This is awesome!
Totally I hate doing that too! I love that they eliminated that step.
Exactly. It takes so long to clean and sanitize the trays. Also, finding enough space for drying them in the sun.
What do you guys think of their system? I love the efficiency and innovation, totally outside of the box thinking.
Really cool idea, and I was already designing changes to make it more efficient as I was watching the video LOL
@@MatsukawaZaraki haha perfect man!
@@NaturesAlwaysRight What are the large tables made from? the liners as well?
@@rosebrinkcapriola Large sheets of plywood and pond liner I believe.
I swear to god if this is arie im gonna ..
That was awesome!! Thanks for sharing!!
Ya gotta love people who work smart. Very smart.
How do they deal with Pest Management? Wouldn't animals be all up on that stuff? I also live in San Diego and my garden has to be protected constantly.
Grenades. Lol
And how does this system negate watering and mould issues?
Your in SAN diego!! Me too. I know what im doin this winter
Whoa 🤯! How creative 😊
Great video! Thanks!
Lol. I grew up a few hundred yards up S Barcelona intersecting at Austin Dr and my moms buying micros from Fred now. I'll have to stop by and get some greens next time I visit 👍
put your tables on swivel caster wheels
#Nature;s Always Right, what is the block you use to speed up composting & you said you can't under water or over water. I would think extra water would settle on the liner. How does that not happen ?
Would love to see how they harvest.
Well done ! Thanks for sharing so many good ideas !
human creativity
Cool video! Interesting to see how the microgreens can be scaled up like this.
მაგარია! it's always nice, when you try to think better! 👍👏👏👏
Consider a shovel mechanism that takes up the whole width of table. And far edge of tables to be mechanically lowered. One motion to push all the material off onto a plastic tarp that could be easily pulled to compost pile. No snow shoveling or whelk narrowing work
use a long reach hedge trimmer for harvesting
As long as food grade oil can be used. I personally recommend the greens cut harvester especially if you do field cut greens.
Why can't you put more soil and then just rake/till the soil for next crop?
root hairs web through the entire bed forming an integrated mat
Cool set-up.
Amazing
Different. But part of the space saving techniques are vertical planting. If you calculated how much space for each system i believe vertical wins. My opinion.
thanks for sharing this. i would like to have seen how they cut the crop. also how they irrigate it.
They cut with a harvest knife currently and irrigate via wand right now.
Man, you really can't fault that. Awesome perspective.
Anyone know where I can get that netting??
Excellent! Thank you
Great vid as always - Thanks!!! So I am a little confused, most likely I will watch again - wasn't sure how they were using the coir blocks, looked like they were planting directly into the 'factory' soil - do they use the blocks for the compost ...? Thank you -
Thanks Jesse. They take the spent microgreens and composted coir they grew in, put them in that pile at the top of the coir coaster area. Let it compost for a couple months. Every week they add a couple new blocks of coir to the finished composted coir, then use that to add to the factory table and seed into that.
You kinda look like ben Stiller from night at the museum lol thank you for all the awesome videos super helpful!!
Haha. You are very welcome!
How do they water the system?
With a wand
Thanks for the great information
Are you still planning your move to Tennessee? Knoxville, is it?
I am at the end of March. Chattanooga.
I keep running into issues with squirrels eating my seeds in my outdoor microgreens trays. I'm really curious how these guys avoid pests.
I suppose it would depend from area to area. My area has tons of squirrels, so I don't think this outdoor growing style would work for me. I think they're in California.
I love it. It has me thinking about how this may work in NC.
Sweet ya I think the same concept could be adapted in a lot of different ways
Sweet Be's Urban Farm what part of NC are you in? I’ve got a small 21 acre retired tobacco farm that I’ve been converting over to an organic produce market garden. I’m about 10 miles south of Burlington and Graham
@@1982MCI This is awesome. I am just working with my acre in Kannapolis waiting for the dream similar to yours.
Good video 👍
Great video
Make them into a horseshoe shape, would still be able to accomplish you're widths and reach from multiple sides.
This is awesome!
Amazing video thanks for the info. A friend and I are trying to start a micro greens business. Do you know anyone who can mentor us?
what is the coir brand that they use?
Cool. However, I am in Canada and I do not think it would work here. You need a warm, sunny climate for that.
Greenhouse
Plenty of opportunities to get your engineer thinking cap on. Still a ways to go.
He looks like Ben stiller
This is not new its the old way of growing and you just over seed and cut at seedlings. I'm sure its a much better product then indoor tray system
That’s pretty cool but this would never pass a food safety audit. Hope when they wash the greens they sanitize the wash water. But a lot of micros get damaged if washed and then stored.
Not true I washed and dried my microgreens every week without sanitizer. It lasted 7-10 days no problem. All customers said it was the best they've ever had.
Nature's Always Right ok fair enough but with how they are growing the micros out in the open I would fear of some sort of contamination. Who knows what small animals have crawled across those greens or flown and pooped over them. It’s one thing with growing full grown plants outside but the micros grown so densely it would be hard to identify if it was contaminated. And I know if you are trying to get gap certified this place would never pass the audit. Heck, not sure this would even comply with fsma.
@@sgrin2300 don't be a troll
This guy is gonna start killing smurfs when he gets older.
Do birds try to eat your greens?
Excellent content !
We still miss the hat though
Haha I'll be bringing it back ;)
I'm growing microgreens on burlap.
Really?
@@ladya2049 Yes. Check out my videos. After I discovered it on my own I found that this is actually a known practice. Someone from India told me they do it there. Soak the seeds overnight and then use hydroponic solution to feed it.
@@ladya2049 ua-cam.com/video/arA0ckmHerg/v-deo.html
These are hands down the thickest eyebrows I have ever seen. Lol
dude ur eyebrows are powerful
DUDE! For a second, I thought I was watching some "PINEAPPLE EXPRESS" extras. Like, where did JAMES FRANKO come from?.... \m/ LIVE FREE & STAY IRIE \m/
Salut traduisez en français je suis pas forte en anglais bye
Lmao, nice eyebrows 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You realize that it took 3 minutes to get to the subject right?
Natures always right exempt on those eyebrows jeez.
God created me this way bro so idk if I'd say that haha.
so many shallow people on these comments.
Microgreens are nutritious good for health but not a sustainable option. Microgreens require quite a lot of seed, which gets densely sown into trays. uses a lot more seed than we would ever use in a field-based system. this can seem like a huge waste.
If we let a plant grow to maturity we get a lot more seeds.
microgreens would be a less sustainable choice. It can create seed shortage or a risk of developing one in the future
Is that
greengenes" brother?
ummm actually i have seen it grown this way and I grow it so there is no waste what so ever ;-)
Those Eyebrows doe
Seriously Steven.......manscape those brows
wow so bushy….
eyebrows
Please get that mans eyebrows a saucer of milk.
Not being mean BUT the eyebrows need fixing ... get some advise from the lady in your life and thin it out maybe
I would like to follow their success what is their social media?
Great video
Thanks SeaD isn't it a cool system!?