I am in zone 8. Have a bato system outdoors. I have 8 buckets per line and a 40 gallon tank. I run24/7 with strainers in each bucket. I use 4oogal per hr. pump continuous recycle. Refill with water and nutrients when needed. System does well and have very few problems. Pumps last about 3 years. Like your videos.
Ooh, good info. I'm zone 6b/7a, and I've got a 40gal tank in the attic (we moved a year ago is the only reason it's empty). Any chance of an update on how that system is doing, since it's been a year since you originally commented?
I’ve been taking a self guided hydroponic system course at my school, and this has been SUPER helpful. I can not stress enough how useful this is, thank you very much!
*Wooooww!!! You are a great guy my friend HOOCHO, but more importantly a good teacher. You also came across as very genuine and willing to share all that you know. May you grow in wisdom, I wish you abundant crops, happy gardeniiiiiiiiiing!!!*
Great video. Glad to have found your channel. With my bato buckets, I run my system for 30 minutes, four times per day at 7am, 11am, 3pm and 7pm. That seems to be working well in my perlite. Cheers.
I have a rggs system that's been retired for a few years now and was curious about running nutrient solution through the pipe instead of adding fertilizer to the media and running plain water. But it seems as though you have done that yourself and it worked just fine. Good to know, may hafta revise my system and try that. Don't see why it wouldn't work. As usual, you have inspired me again Hoocho, thanks. Great instructional video.
Had these buckets set up with clay balls in net pots and ran them constant. They were a small part of a large system that also had flood and drain and different drip strategies, but worked well. Large pump in a 200l sump, prioritized pump life. Tomatoes in these were wild, growth was crazy, roots would have to be trimmed and maintained after a month or so or else they'd clog the top and flood over or clog the drain pipe. Love this method.
Good Work Hoocho, A top dressing of expanded clay will help with the Algae. Also we run straight pH adjusted water as our back up rez, no salt build up or EC spikes. Keep up the good work. Cheers Trev.
Well explained, Mate. I'm doing 45 minutes every hour, then off between sunset and sunrise. No issues with the pump. That's for Western Australia, very hot and dry in sommer, winter 15minutes every 2 hours
I have bigger tubs with vermiculite and perlite and have used 40mm pvc pipe with end caps inside the tub with holes drilled into the pipe with fabric glued over the holes and cable ties around the pipe and fabric with two end caps . Cycle the nutrient 15 minutes twice a day with a similar timer to what you have. Also have a vertical tower with 4 levels and also working on dutch bucket katsky with a float valve in each bucket hooked up to a 20 litre container on top of bench that gets nutrient pumped into it and drains at the top when full. Using coco in the net cups of the dutch buckets and have a fabric wick to wick nutrient into the net cup in case nutrient falls too low. One thing I learnt recently which your time lapse video shows is that plants grow at night time.
Excellent video as always Hoocho you have been my number one resource for hydroponics. I live in South Australia. Currently my pure perlite system runs every 3 hours for 20 minutes then 10 minutes alternately from 6 in the morning to 6 at night and I only have a 10 minute cycle at midnight through the night. I grow chillies, strawberries, Tomatoes and a few different cucurbits like watermellon, cucumbers and even a Luffa gord. They all seem to grow well even during our hottest days. Cheers
Another great video Hoocho! The reason for the specific Bato bucket drain connectors is to ensure the removal of stale nutrient from the very bottom of the bucket. This is good practice as the fresh oxygenated nutrient sits on top of the stale nutrient. This was the patented part of the Bato bucket design (patent is now expired), meaning that most home made buckets are not really a Bato bucket design unless they incorporate this same removal of the old nutrient first. To maximise your fruit production, add 20% to 30% Coco coir (or vermiculite) to your perlite. After a full grow, pull the roots out & you will see why your fruit production was maximised over using 100% perlite.
Thanks for the comment, I was a bit worried about my perlite / coco combo that is lying around and waiting to be implemented for the first time. It was reassuring = )
I'm in 10b zone started with the 5 gallon Dutch bucket system with the paint strainer in the bucket with perlite. I didn't like the end of season clean up as some of the strainers degraded in the sun and fell apart when trying to remove them with the perlite in them. I switch over to a net pot that fits the 5 gallon bucket perfect and use clay balls as media. wow what a difference in my plants and the benefit of actually lifting the lid to check for a healthy root system is amazing much like the DWC. Hot sun tip if your buckets bake in the sun like mine wrap them with a insulating material or you'll cook your roots. i had a sever blossom end rot that took most of my first summer to figure out no additives helped no one could explain it. then one hot day got home from work early lifted a lid on one of my buckets and bam I hit with what felt like sauna door was opened in my face. I wrapped my buckets with insulated bubble wrap, changed res water and was instantly fixed. In Both styles I've used I run my pump & air stone 24/7 with occasional res dumps. Thank you for the videos every time I watch one you make me want to add or change my set up every single time ha ha, Your videos are my money pit!! thanks again for being my spark
Thank you for another great video! It's not quite the same, but the company I work for builds indoor vertical farms. We use plugs in a flood and drain system. Water the plants 4 times a day at 4 hour intervals and no water when the lights are off.
I'm also in SEQ, and started a bato bucket type system for growing ginger in pure coco coir. I obviously started knowing bugger all. I figured the coco coir holds a lot of water so i wouldnt need to water too much. I started with 4 minutes of irrigation per hour, and I ended up getting some extreme nutrient burn even though my nutrient was only 1.5 to start off. After a bit of reading and testing the EC of the return water, I figured it was because the water was evaporating and the nutrients were concentrating in the coir. Adjusting to 6 minutes of watering every 30 minutes totally fixed the problem. My main concerns were power consumption of the pump, and pump wear (im using a diaphram pump instead of centrifical), so i wanted the pump to be off as much as possible. I also don't run the pump at night, since I figure the coir can hold water and nutrients over night just fine. Having it off at night also makes it much more amenable to running off solar. After watching this, i might try 20 mins 3 times a day or something and see what happens. Getting the nutrient burn has made me very cautious of watering too little now, and I'm a bit paranoid. Anyway, Its all pretty fun.
It is quite likely that the plants were transpiring the water, leaving a more concentrated nutrient in the Coco coir. When it's hot the plants "drink more" & when it's colder, the plants "drink less". In computerised commercial farms, the EC is reduced during the hottest part of the day to reduce plant stress.
Really great content mate. Covered lots. Enjoyed your discussion on the different types of media. And then later on how it affects irrigation. Your use of a large reservoir and then a secondary one is a great idea!
I am designing a similar system for my off-grid place using a solar pump of 320 gallons/hr (1200 liters/hr approx) and am concerned about the no irrigation during the nights. My current small system is 15 minutes on and 45 minutes off. If you have 15 minutes every 4 hours and have such good results that eases my mind on my idea.
I had no idea you could go from a jiffy pellet right into the perlite. Very cool. I’m doing DIY Dutch buckets now and I kind of want the fancy bato buckets next year
This is perfect! I have been thinking of making a very small Bato bucket system for maybe two chilis in my balcony this year. Last year I did Kratky and it went really well but now I kinda want to mix things up.
Great video! Awesome Timelapse of the tomatoes. The only thing I think might become a problem is the roots clogging the drain pipe with no paint strainers in the buckets. I had this problem with a dwc setup that had similar pipe/tubing. I’ve seen another guy that actually lifts his up with the paint strainer bags and trims his roots right at about the height that yours are at right now. In my dwc setup, the quarter inch line was directed through the lid right onto the root ball and in several instances, the roots grew upwards and clogged the pipe! Again, awesome informative video and glad to see successful yields coming through. I will be sure to post my upcoming system in the Facebook group.
He thinks he knows what he's doing but he's not supposed to recirculate the water you get diseases and clogged emitters that way all the commercial Growers drain to waste in Beto buckets that is
Great content as always, Hoocho! Paint strainers for the drains and the bucket themselves. The paint strainer will allow you to recycle your perlite easier. Also, your roof is leaking like a paint strainer too! Using a heat gun when prepping poly pipe will save your thumbs! I look forward to the next video!
Did you NOT use the Bato Bucket TOPS for a reason? Would the drip line be more visible for checking flows if it was along the front of the buckets? Your channel is my go-to knowledge url.
37°C and 100% humidity? Suddenly I'm pretty happy about not being able to get your kinda sun in my garden. Glad you got well through the floods down there. Great video as always!
you could pump into a raised container with a bell syphon and allow that raised syphoning container to run the irrigation cycle. it would result in intermittent irrigation with a constntly running pump. less pump wear. more aeration/wet/dry cycles
I've noticed in your timelapse videos that the greatest amount of vegetative growth occurs during the lights out period. What is your lighting/dark periods and have you experimented with the length of darkness to increase plant growth? And if vegetative growth is occurring during darkness, is root growth occurring during light periods? Also interesting, "Early morning is the best time to take cuttings, because the plant is fully turgid." according to the NC State extension.
I have a “Flood & Drain” system, which is using Clay Balls as the media type. As for my irrigation timer, I’m using a Smart Switch (Sonoff TH Elite). However, the TH Elite also has a humidity sensor, and I have placed the sensor in the grow media. When the humidity/moisture drops below 15%, the pump is turned on, and as soon as the water gets to the top of the garden bed and the humidity/moisture increases to 35%, the pump turns off. The TH Elite also shows a graph of the humidity/moisture levels over time, and it’s clear that during the day, the irrigation cycles increase, but at night, or when its cool, there are less cycles. Overall, I’ve found this system to work really well, and the Sonoff range isn’t that expensive.
I made my 1st dutch bucket system last year ,I followed MHP instructions I used 4 gallon square cat litter buckets and the paint strainer bags with course pearlite and used his formula for masterblend , epsom salt and calcium nitrate I had 7 buckets and a 27 gallon res and 400GPH aquaneat pump I set my cycle to 1/2 hour on and 2 hours off during the day and less frequently at night started my plants late and got much better results than in this video but not as good results as MHP but pretty good, black beauty eggplant, cucumbers ,grape tomatoes and some larger tomatoes eggplant did great and so did the cucumbers . 2 eggplant plants in 1 bucket(3 gallon,i had one odd bucket) , 3 cucumbers in another bucket and tomatoes in the other 5 buckets , one plant each bucket
I drilled holes in the rectangle kitty litter trays from Bunnings to dry out the perlite when doing maintenance of my tubs. And put these over tubs that have drainage till it dries out.
Fun tip for anyone that wants to add a "strainer" to the end of a pipe; use a heat gun to make the PVC malleable, insert something a bit smaller than the pipe, zip tie to make an hourglass shape, and now it won't slip off!
Superb video on Dutch buckets. Thank you! Have you tried the Kekkila peat moss?, it is excellent for seeding. Have not tried it for growout as it is quite expensive in our region.
I was watching you stick buckets under the leaks and thinking... Didn't you just go over the holes in the bottoms of those...? But we get downpours like that here during hurricane season, so I get it. It's reflexive. Seriously though, those flood-blocked roads have southeastern US all over them. I don't suppose you have the Cajun Army to call on though.
Could you use a solar pump that would run the solution during the day (then shut off at night)? I have space to set up a hydro system, but access to power to run a pump is really inconvenient.
This is crazy. I've been growing tomatoes in greenhouses for few years now, never heard of of hydroponic in my life. It looks amazing!! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. You made my day. ( looking for piping and pumps online) thank you so MUCH!!
Great video. Just finished setting this system up. However, I can't get my pH to stabilise. I have added pH lower as it is too high and although it goes down for awhile, it shoots back up again. Can anyone help, please?
Another Amazing Video thanks, how much space would you recommend between tomato plants and buckets? and can you put 2 plants in 1 bucket and if so where should they be placed and aimed?
If you planted those tomatoes further down in the perlite, like you can do in the soil, would they begin growing a bigger root area? Or do you think that too much light gets down into the perlite for that to happen?
Would the same concept apply of you use the lids and net pots instead of perlite or coco as the media? My set came with 5 buckets, 4 for growing plus one that's to be the reservoir, but think I'd need to raise the 4 grow buckets above the rez to actually have a legitimate water level in the sump...
9:07 not sure I understand the reference to a return on guttering, are you collecting rainwater but not into water butts directly? Would be interested to know more about this setup 😊
@@Hoocho thanks Hoocho, yeah I was searching for it myself the other day, and it took forever to find it in your playlists... I really like your building as well.
Love your channel Hoocho. I've learned a lot from watching your videos. I'm about to set up this system and wondered about the nutrient solution when starting young seedlings? Are they ok to run at full strength or would you recommend starting lower when using intermittent timer controlled watering/feeding?
You can put a splitter on your discharge line 1 to empty waste and 2 runs back to your holding tank so you can run your pump all day and let plants rest
I have the same bato butckets. The company recommends perlite, two 0.5gal/hr emitter with stakes per bucket and for tomatoes, run pump 2 minutes once per hour during daytime/grow lights on. As my tomatoes grow I slowly go from 2 minutes once per hour to 2 minutes every 30 minutes. I’m using 2.4-2.5 EC, which I think is what company recommended, I forgot already. Commercial greenhouse near me uses the same bato sourced from same company. They layer the buckets, about 1.5-2inch layer of perlite, 1-2inch layer of vermiculite then fill with perlite. They have same two 0.5gal/hr emitters per bucket. They run pump for 20 seconds every 20 minutes with ZERO runoff and they don’t even have recirculating system. Their drain goes outside. They run 1.8 EC. They don’t even bother reusing perlite & vermiculite. Each grow they use fresh. It’s a very successful company so I can’t hate on their methods. I’m happy with mine too.
Hi I tried looking for those "light beige colored" bato buckets. Without success. YOU MENTIONED they were bought off marketplace. WOULD YOU KNOW WHICH MARKET PLACE BY CHANCE. IVE LOOKED ON A FEW WITHOUT SUCCESS. Thanks heaps
I have a 10 bucket system with a 25 gal nutrient tank. I find that each day the EC increases and I add water to bring up the level and lower EC. It appears the plants need more water than nutrient. I read about adding nutrient to maintain level but have not read about just adding water. Have you experienced this?
We've been watering our strawberries 30 min 3 times a day, but it's a 50/25/25 mix of perlite, coco coir and vermiculite. We're going to drop that to 15 min as it looks a little damp.
Hello. Very interesing video. I've got a question about these buckets. From theire look it seem like there's always some amount od growing medium inside (height of this "dent" under which you put drainage pipe. Is it correct? It is actually good for plants? I'm affraid that when roots will reach this "pond" the whole idea of the system collapses. The plant is constantly in growing medium like in NFT or DWC. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Last time I grew in claybles I believe I watered 15 minutes every hour, but on a seperate cycling timer that turns the pump on and off every 30 seconds. Roots eventually clogged the drain and bulged the container so much that it was hard to remove the rootball afterwards. Dont think I'll grow in claybles again, lot of effort to reuse them. My best grow in dutch buckets I used a layer of claybles on the bottom, a few cm higher then the drain. Then I put a piece of porous anti root membrane on top of that and filled the rest with coco . But cant remember how I watered that..
great video mate, were are you situated (town), it'll give me an idea of your situation compare to mine, wishing you a great new year and all the best . Allan
Great video mate!! 👍 thanks a lot I'm working on setting up my greenhouse so your videos are very helpful and thank you for the technical infos , greatly appreciated 🍍🍍🍋🍋🍉🍓🥔🍓🥝🥒🥒🍊
Hi, great video, I just have a question, I saw a video of you doing fruit trees, do you have a video on how you build the system? I am interested in doing fruit trees. Thank you
I use a strainer in every bucket because I don't have to clean the filter. as for pump timing I have mine set to come on at 7:30 am and turns of at 7pm. I did have it come on for 30 minutes 6 times between 8am and 7pm but during summer the plants started to wilt. My tomato plants are huge and flowered but never fruited so I don't know. I do however run an airpump all the time to stop mossies
24:50 - The analysis here helped me understand this technique a lot better. This video has real value!"
I am in zone 8. Have a bato system outdoors. I have 8 buckets per line and a 40 gallon tank. I run24/7 with strainers in each bucket. I use 4oogal per hr. pump continuous recycle. Refill with water and nutrients when needed. System does well and have very few problems. Pumps last about 3 years. Like your videos.
这样24小时运行的系统，费用是不是高呢？和系统产出的产品价值是否有剩余，能否产生正收益（把产品的卖了换成钱）。
Ooh, good info. I'm zone 6b/7a, and I've got a 40gal tank in the attic (we moved a year ago is the only reason it's empty). Any chance of an update on how that system is doing, since it's been a year since you originally commented?
2 years later.... Arguably the most important data point, what Media are you using?
I have never seen such valuable and comprehensive information about these type of systems in a single video. Thank you so much.
Full respect to you brother. Im viewing you from mauritius island 🇲🇺
I’ve been taking a self guided hydroponic system course at my school, and this has been SUPER helpful. I can not stress enough how useful this is, thank you very much!
*Wooooww!!! You are a great guy my friend HOOCHO, but more importantly a good teacher. You also came across as very genuine and willing to share all that you know. May you grow in wisdom, I wish you abundant crops, happy gardeniiiiiiiiiing!!!*
Great video. Glad to have found your channel. With my bato buckets, I run my system for 30 minutes, four times per day at 7am, 11am, 3pm and 7pm. That seems to be working well in my perlite. Cheers.
I have a rggs system that's been retired for a few years now and was curious about running nutrient solution through the pipe instead of adding fertilizer to the media and running plain water. But it seems as though you have done that yourself and it worked just fine. Good to know, may hafta revise my system and try that. Don't see why it wouldn't work. As usual, you have inspired me again Hoocho, thanks. Great instructional video.
Had these buckets set up with clay balls in net pots and ran them constant. They were a small part of a large system that also had flood and drain and different drip strategies, but worked well. Large pump in a 200l sump, prioritized pump life.
Tomatoes in these were wild, growth was crazy, roots would have to be trimmed and maintained after a month or so or else they'd clog the top and flood over or clog the drain pipe. Love this method.
Good Work Hoocho, A top dressing of expanded clay will help with the Algae. Also we run straight pH adjusted water as our back up rez, no salt build up or EC spikes. Keep up the good work. Cheers Trev.
Good idea with the clay balls Trevor
Perfect video, exactly what i was looking for regarding irrigation, thank you
Great video as always. I use Dutch buckets deep water and the pump runs non stop.
Whoa Bato buckets are sized to fit over a drain pipe? Thats so cool! Cuts down # of parts!
Well explained, Mate. I'm doing 45 minutes every hour, then off between sunset and sunrise. No issues with the pump.
That's for Western Australia, very hot and dry in sommer, winter 15minutes every 2 hours
Other than the knowledge I’ve gained from your videos, I think my favorite part is when your dogs just randomly show up in the camera 😂😂😂
Great time lapse and great information! Thanks for sharing this with us.
I have bigger tubs with vermiculite and perlite and have used 40mm pvc pipe with end caps inside the tub with holes drilled into the pipe with fabric glued over the holes and cable ties around the pipe and fabric with two end caps . Cycle the nutrient 15 minutes twice a day with a similar timer to what you have. Also have a vertical tower with 4 levels and also working on dutch bucket katsky with a float valve in each bucket hooked up to a 20 litre container on top of bench that gets nutrient pumped into it and drains at the top when full. Using coco in the net cups of the dutch buckets and have a fabric wick to wick nutrient into the net cup in case nutrient falls too low. One thing I learnt recently which your time lapse video shows is that plants grow at night time.
Excellent video as always Hoocho you have been my number one resource for hydroponics.
I live in South Australia.
Currently my pure perlite system runs every 3 hours for 20 minutes then 10 minutes alternately from 6 in the morning to 6 at night and I only have a 10 minute cycle at midnight through the night.
I grow chillies, strawberries, Tomatoes and a few different cucurbits like watermellon, cucumbers and even a Luffa gord.
They all seem to grow well even during our hottest days.
Cheers
Another great video Hoocho!
The reason for the specific Bato bucket drain connectors is to ensure the removal of stale nutrient from the very bottom of the bucket. This is good practice as the fresh oxygenated nutrient sits on top of the stale nutrient. This was the patented part of the Bato bucket design (patent is now expired), meaning that most home made buckets are not really a Bato bucket design unless they incorporate this same removal of the old nutrient first.
To maximise your fruit production, add 20% to 30% Coco coir (or vermiculite) to your perlite. After a full grow, pull the roots out & you will see why your fruit production was maximised over using 100% perlite.
Thanks for the comment, I was a bit worried about my perlite / coco combo that is lying around and waiting to be implemented for the first time. It was reassuring = )
I can just imagine all the fresh tomato juice. 😋
No kidding on the layering of nutes? That is fascinating and makes me rethink some things.
You are a legend Hoocho. I should be getting some bato buckets delivered tomorrow. Great timing for me 🙏 thanks for another quality video
Hi Trevor, Where did you get your buckets from. (Australia)
I'm in 10b zone started with the 5 gallon Dutch bucket system with the paint strainer in the bucket with perlite. I didn't like the end of season clean up as some of the strainers degraded in the sun and fell apart when trying to remove them with the perlite in them. I switch over to a net pot that fits the 5 gallon bucket perfect and use clay balls as media. wow what a difference in my plants and the benefit of actually lifting the lid to check for a healthy root system is amazing much like the DWC.
Hot sun tip if your buckets bake in the sun like mine wrap them with a insulating material or you'll cook your roots. i had a sever blossom end rot that took most of my first summer to figure out no additives helped no one could explain it. then one hot day got home from work early lifted a lid on one of my buckets and bam I hit with what felt like sauna door was opened in my face. I wrapped my buckets with insulated bubble wrap, changed res water and was instantly fixed. In Both styles I've used I run my pump & air stone 24/7 with occasional res dumps.
Thank you for the videos every time I watch one you make me want to add or change my set up every single time ha ha,
Your videos are my money pit!!
thanks again for being my spark
Thank you for another great video! It's not quite the same, but the company I work for builds indoor vertical farms. We use plugs in a flood and drain system. Water the plants 4 times a day at 4 hour intervals and no water when the lights are off.
I'm also in SEQ, and started a bato bucket type system for growing ginger in pure coco coir. I obviously started knowing bugger all. I figured the coco coir holds a lot of water so i wouldnt need to water too much. I started with 4 minutes of irrigation per hour, and I ended up getting some extreme nutrient burn even though my nutrient was only 1.5 to start off. After a bit of reading and testing the EC of the return water, I figured it was because the water was evaporating and the nutrients were concentrating in the coir. Adjusting to 6 minutes of watering every 30 minutes totally fixed the problem. My main concerns were power consumption of the pump, and pump wear (im using a diaphram pump instead of centrifical), so i wanted the pump to be off as much as possible. I also don't run the pump at night, since I figure the coir can hold water and nutrients over night just fine. Having it off at night also makes it much more amenable to running off solar.
After watching this, i might try 20 mins 3 times a day or something and see what happens. Getting the nutrient burn has made me very cautious of watering too little now, and I'm a bit paranoid.
Anyway, Its all pretty fun.
It is quite likely that the plants were transpiring the water, leaving a more concentrated nutrient in the Coco coir. When it's hot the plants "drink more" & when it's colder, the plants "drink less". In computerised commercial farms, the EC is reduced during the hottest part of the day to reduce plant stress.
Great work on the clips... Fantastic idea
Really great content mate. Covered lots. Enjoyed your discussion on the different types of media. And then later on how it affects irrigation. Your use of a large reservoir and then a secondary one is a great idea!
I am designing a similar system for my off-grid place using a solar pump of 320 gallons/hr (1200 liters/hr approx) and am concerned about the no irrigation during the nights. My current small system is 15 minutes on and 45 minutes off. If you have 15 minutes every 4 hours and have such good results that eases my mind on my idea.
I had no idea you could go from a jiffy pellet right into the perlite.
Very cool. I’m doing DIY Dutch buckets now and I kind of want the fancy bato buckets next year
Love the Wyze cams
This is perfect! I have been thinking of making a very small Bato bucket system for maybe two chilis in my balcony this year. Last year I did Kratky and it went really well but now I kinda want to mix things up.
Awesome green house set up bro
Clay ball and pumice 😉😉 I would love to see you do a run with straight pumice ☺️😉😉
cheap small river rock from my local box store has worked well for me for years. make sure to give it a good rinse before use.
Great video. Very much informative
Great video! Awesome Timelapse of the tomatoes. The only thing I think might become a problem is the roots clogging the drain pipe with no paint strainers in the buckets. I had this problem with a dwc setup that had similar pipe/tubing. I’ve seen another guy that actually lifts his up with the paint strainer bags and trims his roots right at about the height that yours are at right now. In my dwc setup, the quarter inch line was directed through the lid right onto the root ball and in several instances, the roots grew upwards and clogged the pipe! Again, awesome informative video and glad to see successful yields coming through. I will be sure to post my upcoming system in the Facebook group.
He thinks he knows what he's doing but he's not supposed to recirculate the water you get diseases and clogged emitters that way all the commercial Growers drain to waste in Beto buckets that is
Thanks so much, I was worried that running 24/7 would be bad for my tomato plants in pearlite. I feel better now :)
i bought me 10 buckets some weeks ago very usefull information thanks im gonna getting started with it
Can I ask where you got them from
Can we know where you bought them from please
@@deantuara3071 from the netherlands bato is located here im not suer if you able to come to netherlands :P
*I really liked this video because I still aspire to buy a camera with a long life to make timelapse videos on my vegetable crops.*
Look up “wyze cam” I’ve got a video about them
Great content as always, Hoocho! Paint strainers for the drains and the bucket themselves. The paint strainer will allow you to recycle your perlite easier. Also, your roof is leaking like a paint strainer too! Using a heat gun when prepping poly pipe will save your thumbs! I look forward to the next video!
Did you NOT use the Bato Bucket TOPS for a reason? Would the drip line be more visible for checking flows if it was along the front of the buckets? Your channel is my go-to knowledge url.
BIG DOG! I love getting back into the classics. Your hair was so long!!
😂
37°C and 100% humidity? Suddenly I'm pretty happy about not being able to get your kinda sun in my garden.
Glad you got well through the floods down there. Great video as always!
you could pump into a raised container with a bell syphon and allow that raised syphoning container to run the irrigation cycle. it would result in intermittent irrigation with a constntly running pump. less pump wear. more aeration/wet/dry cycles
Next time…………….. on HoochO’s …. Your a weapon, love the channel mate, love how it’s all evolving for you, keep it up 💪🏻
I've noticed in your timelapse videos that the greatest amount of vegetative growth occurs during the lights out period. What is your lighting/dark periods and have you experimented with the length of darkness to increase plant growth? And if vegetative growth is occurring during darkness, is root growth occurring during light periods? Also interesting, "Early morning is the best time to take cuttings, because the plant is fully turgid." according to the NC State extension.
I have a “Flood & Drain” system, which is using Clay Balls as the media type.
As for my irrigation timer, I’m using a Smart Switch (Sonoff TH Elite). However, the TH Elite also has a humidity sensor, and I have placed the sensor in the grow media. When the humidity/moisture drops below 15%, the pump is turned on, and as soon as the water gets to the top of the garden bed and the humidity/moisture increases to 35%, the pump turns off. The TH Elite also shows a graph of the humidity/moisture levels over time, and it’s clear that during the day, the irrigation cycles increase, but at night, or when its cool, there are less cycles.
Overall, I’ve found this system to work really well, and the Sonoff range isn’t that expensive.
Great informative video always you do, learning a lot from your videos. Thank you
Amazing video Mitchell, thank you so much for sharing!
I made my 1st dutch bucket system last year ,I followed MHP instructions
I used 4 gallon square cat litter buckets and the paint strainer bags with course pearlite
and used his formula for masterblend , epsom salt and calcium nitrate
I had 7 buckets and a 27 gallon res and 400GPH aquaneat pump
I set my cycle to 1/2 hour on and 2 hours off during the day and less frequently at night
started my plants late and got much better results than in this video but not as good results as MHP
but pretty good, black beauty eggplant, cucumbers ,grape tomatoes and some larger tomatoes
eggplant did great and so did the cucumbers . 2 eggplant plants in 1 bucket(3 gallon,i had one odd bucket) , 3 cucumbers in another bucket and tomatoes in the other 5 buckets , one plant each bucket
Sound exactly like my DIY system in about to finish building
I drilled holes in the rectangle kitty litter trays from Bunnings to dry out the perlite when doing maintenance of my tubs. And put these over tubs that have drainage till it dries out.
Fun tip for anyone that wants to add a "strainer" to the end of a pipe; use a heat gun to make the PVC malleable, insert something a bit smaller than the pipe, zip tie to make an hourglass shape, and now it won't slip off!
Great video, I’m sold👍
Superb video on Dutch buckets. Thank you! Have you tried the Kekkila peat moss?, it is excellent for seeding. Have not tried it for growout as it is quite expensive in our region.
Thanks Hoocho, great information.
Great video mate.
I was watching you stick buckets under the leaks and thinking... Didn't you just go over the holes in the bottoms of those...? But we get downpours like that here during hurricane season, so I get it. It's reflexive. Seriously though, those flood-blocked roads have southeastern US all over them. I don't suppose you have the Cajun Army to call on though.
Could you use a solar pump that would run the solution during the day (then shut off at night)? I have space to set up a hydro system, but access to power to run a pump is really inconvenient.
This is crazy. I've been growing tomatoes in greenhouses for few years now, never heard of of hydroponic in my life. It looks amazing!! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. You made my day. ( looking for piping and pumps online) thank you so MUCH!!
I got two new pumps from farm tek australia online model dl-3000 Hmax 3.3m qmax 2000L/h.
Do the buckets always have a reservoir of water in the bottom up to the tube? Or does the tube drain the bucket completely?
Great video. Just finished setting this system up. However, I can't get my pH to stabilise. I have added pH lower as it is too high and although it goes down for awhile, it shoots back up again. Can anyone help, please?
Which of your Vid's covers all aspects of nutrient making/servicing/mixing? To include nutrient mix with pH & EC measurements.
Man, this video has been online for merely one hour and I can't post the fist comment. Your channel has grown as much as your tomatoes 😜
Another Amazing Video thanks, how much space would you recommend between tomato plants and buckets? and can you put 2 plants in 1 bucket and if so where should they be placed and aimed?
If you planted those tomatoes further down in the perlite, like you can do in the soil, would they begin growing a bigger root area? Or do you think that too much light gets down into the perlite for that to happen?
Would the same concept apply of you use the lids and net pots instead of perlite or coco as the media? My set came with 5 buckets, 4 for growing plus one that's to be the reservoir, but think I'd need to raise the 4 grow buckets above the rez to actually have a legitimate water level in the sump...
Please can you tell me about this greenhouse housing the system. I'd like to have the plan and materials used.
I grow stupid hot chillies in bato buckets & clay balls, the system runs 24/7.
They grow like weeds! Very easy and no fuss.
9:07 not sure I understand the reference to a return on guttering, are you collecting rainwater but not into water butts directly? Would be interested to know more about this setup 😊
@Hoocho Have you tried without any grow media? net pots in the lid and water streaming down on the roots?
I would recommend you to 3d print a "Schauberger Trichter" to provide your water with oxygen. The plants will love it .
cool timelapse, ive been learning about hydropinic. and your video makes me want to starting right now.... any tips what kind of fertilizer?
Unreal! Do you trim up tommy side shoots or just let me go?
Is there a video of how you made the green house? Thanks.
Greenhouse/ Shade House Hybrid Build
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@@Hoocho thanks Hoocho, yeah I was searching for it myself the other day, and it took forever to find it in your playlists... I really like your building as well.
Love your channel Hoocho. I've learned a lot from watching your videos. I'm about to set up this system and wondered about the nutrient solution when starting young seedlings? Are they ok to run at full strength or would you recommend starting lower when using intermittent timer controlled watering/feeding?
Full strength, and just keep it simple, same irrigation frequency the whole way. Unless you notice it needs more frequent. Then up it.
@@Hoocho Thanks for the super quick response! Looking forward to trying this out.
You can put a splitter on your discharge line 1 to empty waste and 2 runs back to your holding tank so you can run your pump all day and let plants rest
Great information.
What are the white clips you use to tie support wire to? Bought or printed? Thanks
I have the same bato butckets. The company recommends perlite, two 0.5gal/hr emitter with stakes per bucket and for tomatoes, run pump 2 minutes once per hour during daytime/grow lights on. As my tomatoes grow I slowly go from 2 minutes once per hour to 2 minutes every 30 minutes. I’m using 2.4-2.5 EC, which I think is what company recommended, I forgot already. Commercial greenhouse near me uses the same bato sourced from same company. They layer the buckets, about 1.5-2inch layer of perlite, 1-2inch layer of vermiculite then fill with perlite. They have same two 0.5gal/hr emitters per bucket. They run pump for 20 seconds every 20 minutes with ZERO runoff and they don’t even have recirculating system. Their drain goes outside. They run 1.8 EC. They don’t even bother reusing perlite & vermiculite. Each grow they use fresh. It’s a very successful company so I can’t hate on their methods. I’m happy with mine too.
Oh and commercial greenhouse’s 20 seconds every 20 minutes is also only during the day/light.
How big are the buckets?
wow im so inspired
Dang Sir, You have your stuff rapped tight as we said in my day😃🐞✨🌺🪱🪱✨❤️🔥💞🐟
What other options are there if you don't have a huge water reservoir/tank/ibc for this kind of set up?
Could you use a solar pump that only pumps in the daytime?
Hi I tried looking for those "light beige colored" bato buckets. Without success.
YOU MENTIONED they were bought off marketplace.
WOULD YOU KNOW WHICH MARKET PLACE BY CHANCE.
IVE LOOKED ON A FEW WITHOUT SUCCESS. Thanks heaps
I have a 10 bucket system with a 25 gal nutrient tank. I find that each day the EC increases and I add water to bring up the level and lower EC. It appears the plants need more water than nutrient. I read about adding nutrient to maintain level but have not read about just adding water. Have you experienced this?
We've been watering our strawberries 30 min 3 times a day, but it's a 50/25/25 mix of perlite, coco coir and vermiculite. We're going to drop that to 15 min as it looks a little damp.
I run the irrigation line up the drain pipe. That way if it leaks, I get the water back.
Time lapse is like watching people at the gym pump it up.
Love this!
Hello. Very interesing video. I've got a question about these buckets. From theire look it seem like there's always some amount od growing medium inside (height of this "dent" under which you put drainage pipe. Is it correct? It is actually good for plants? I'm affraid that when roots will reach this "pond" the whole idea of the system collapses. The plant is constantly in growing medium like in NFT or DWC. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Love this and all your videos. Can I get a copy of your 3D print file for the hose clips? I need these!
Last time I grew in claybles I believe I watered 15 minutes every hour, but on a seperate cycling timer that turns the pump on and off every 30 seconds. Roots eventually clogged the drain and bulged the container so much that it was hard to remove the rootball afterwards. Dont think I'll grow in claybles again, lot of effort to reuse them.
My best grow in dutch buckets I used a layer of claybles on the bottom, a few cm higher then the drain. Then I put a piece of porous anti root membrane on top of that and filled the rest with coco . But cant remember how I watered that..
nice video good job mate
great video mate, were are you situated (town), it'll give me an idea of your situation compare to mine, wishing you a great new year and all the best . Allan
Where did you find the buckets? They look great thanks
So... price value vs ease of use, which do you prefer for the tomatoes? The bato buckets or your hootch bunnings buckets?
Newbie question. In a enclosed green house, how do the plants get pollinated?
Great video mate!! 👍 thanks a lot I'm working on setting up my greenhouse so your videos are very helpful and thank you for the technical infos , greatly appreciated 🍍🍍🍋🍋🍉🍓🥔🍓🥝🥒🥒🍊
Late question sorry. Is your drain/return pipe preasure or waste water type? And does it matter?
Hi, great video, I just have a question, I saw a video of you doing fruit trees, do you have a video on how you build the system? I am interested in doing fruit trees. Thank you
How are the tomatoes pollinated in the enclosed shade house? self pollinating?
I use a strainer in every bucket because I don't have to clean the filter. as for pump timing I have mine set to come on at 7:30 am and turns of at 7pm. I did have it come on for 30 minutes 6 times between 8am and 7pm but during summer the plants started to wilt. My tomato plants are huge and flowered but never fruited so I don't know. I do however run an airpump all the time to stop mossies
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