Thank you for your videos. I have learned so much by listening to you. One thing that I do differently than you, is I use Aluminum foil to wrap around my bottles. That way I can peel back and see the water level.
Greetings from Germany. I subscribed to your channel because there is no real alternative to this topic in Germany. Thank you for this informative video. It actually helped me a lot. All the best Manuel
Sir - I have been binge watching hydroponics for 72 hours. You have BY FAR the BEST, SIMPLEST, MOST AFFORDABLE and EFFECTIVE system out there! Thank you for explaining everything so simply. Thank you for using the K.I.S.S. method! Good luck growing!
I use soda pop cans. A simple can opener will take the top off and a 2-inch net cup fits like a glove. I know you will not be able to see the water level without taking up the net cup, but this configuration keeps out the light much better than using a plastic water bottle, keeping algae at bay. Easier to construct too. I think it is an indoor solution only as outside use would be subject to the weather. I'd love to hear your comments, Khang, maybe even see an experiment. Have a happy!
What a gentle soul and your plants are so appreciating gentleness and kindness and so am I. I learned a lot, you are gifted my friend T.Y. for sharing you're knowledge.
Hydroponic gardening seems so intimidating to me. I love that you make your own systems. Your videos help to lessen the intimidation factor. I want to try this.
Truly best youtuber let alone genre creator out there. You explain every single thing I can think. Genuinely never thought I would be excited about gardening.
Khang you are an amazing grower. I’ve been following you about six years or so. You have awesome ideas and you are so full of knowledge. I will be tuning in more often now that I’m getting back into the hydroponics since I’m a chump when it comes to outside creatures.
because of you im collecting all the plastic i was trashing before :) but thank you, i already put 7 lettuces into hydro containers. lets see how lettuce hydro project goes :)
Children at home who are with less playing companions may be encouraged with these sort of videos and practice nice plants growing techniques.Thanks for this nice video.God bless you.
I love your videos. I'm never throwing away my empty water bottles or food take out containers again. They're all going to be saved for starting seedlings. Thanks Khang. You're such a frugal and humble man
i love it, i will try this method because my tomatoes and peppers are not doing well in soil. I used to live in New York and i never had a problem with these plants, but not here in Manila. Thank you so much for this video. Keep doing a great job, Khang. You do the most informative and concise videos here on youtube.
hi I’m new to hydroponics and your videos are amazing So easy to follow and very clear instructions. I can’t thank you enough you’re a true inspiration Thank you so very much
I think tomatoes are the perfect plants for beginning Kratky growers. I grew a bunch of them this year this way from little tiny systems up to 5 gallon buckets with bucket lid net pots and they all did great and produced great.
I grew the chocolate cherry outdoors last year and had to support it with 3 cages and 5 stakes. The branches were at least 6 feet long! Delicious tomatoes!
Hi, thank you for your videos they are very helpful and straightforward. I noticed that Kratky method is quite similar to wick system, I wonder if there are any differences other than the presence/absence of wick in the systems, and whether one system is better for certain plants?
I am starting hydroponics for the very first time. I followed your instructions. Does the plant stay in the same bottle for its entire lifetime; does the water and fertilizer have to be changed? does the stalk get bigger and do the clay balls have to be removed once the stalk gets bigger? won't the stalk get chocked? I am very excited to see how this cucumber plant does vs those in the soil. Anxious to hear your answers. Thanks
Love to see updates , I'm doing some of peppers and tomatoes . I'm hoping to get fruits from both . I have learned all of what I am doing from you . Thank you so much for sharing these videos .
Outstanding work but what I’ve noticed is the reason they grew better in the Aero garden was because the water is aerated buy a pump inside if you would just add a little hose and a small air pump they would be so much more amazing try it out I’m sure you’ll love it good luck and continue doing your thing
Thanks for uploading this great vdo...I have gone through so many vdos on hydroponics here but this one is the best..u have explained everything one needs to know about hydroponics..thanks for making the concept so simple to understand...👍
Hi Khang! What a great video and method. I’m wondering if you have a series of mini tomato videos to see more examples of pruning the top leaves and also if you can share the link to buy the grow lights you’re using and the Aerogarden model with the adaptor for the light bulb. Thank you!
You convinced me.. I'm gonna grow one of my peas in Kratky to see how it does. In fact, I'll grow 3 peas. One in Kratky hydro, one in coco hydro(watering 10% of the container volume per day) and one in coco soilLike(slow release topDress ferts). That's gonna be interesting.
I have been studying this. I have started some Tiny Tim cherry tomatoes. When they flower, since I am growing them indoors and I do not have bees inside my house I was worried about this. From what I have read, I need to get small artist style paintbrushes and tickle the flowers to get pollination. Tiny Tim cherry tomato plants are small and compact so they are not going to get really big.
You made this so simple for making this so simple ! I'm going to.start my lettuce and peppers next week. At the 4 week mark, i noticed that you have something that resembles brown Peeples, what is it ?
@ Hounie Hogarth.... Hi i can help if u want Im growing some girls scout cookies if you want i can send you a vid. On all the steps... if u like reply back ...
that's cool!! I have a few net pots and i've been making semi hydro containers for my orchids for a while now. I'm going to try this and see if i can get a tomato to grow and maybe a few herbs. I can get them to germinate but I always kill them with neglect ♥♥
Great video. Doesn’t pythium eventually take over? Even with airstones and a chiller i cant avoid root rot. Do you use beneficial bacteria or something?
The moment I saw you fit that cut bottle and net pot into that bottle. I knew. You’re the real deal! But I’m sad that I am the 556th person to comment. Because 555 is a great number.
I love your use of water bottles for the Kratky method! ! Your aero garden system is very interesting! What would you recommend?? I do need something with lights!
Hi Kangh I watch you videos all the time. Very construction, informative and explained well. what strength nutrients do you use for you Kratky tomatoes?
My patio faces the west where the sun beats down on my plants without the mercy of shade trees or an overhanging awning, any suggestions for growing container plants hydroponically? Will tomatoes in this much light and heat hydroponically?
I appreciate your very informative videos. Please put a link to the replacement led bulbs that you used to replace the Aerogarden CFL bulb in this video. I bought the adapter to switch to a standard bulb base. I bought a corn cob type that was too big to fit in the Aerogarden after adding the replacement connector like you advised in the video. Can’t find a small enough size on Amazon.
I don't have net cups yet, but I have been using old solo cups, cut the bottom off and cut a slit on the side and you fold over itself, fits to almost any size hole 3"-2"
Great info. Newbie question, if I want to propagate house plant for root, should I cover the area that root will grow? At the moment I put it in the glass jar and watching the roots grow.
I am definitely going to try it out thanx i just need a light system I have a old fish tank that I used the light the hood for some little plants that I've started then I'll move on to different stuff as I'm learning thank you so much for your help and ideas
I have a habanero I did this with back at the beginning of this year just straight tap water and it's still alive, I fill it back up with water rarely because it lasts so long.. It's a great way to get seedlings started with good roots but once it gets 6" it doesn't want to grow anymore. It puts out new leaves and drops the old ones but nothing more. Doesn't branch out, just stays as a stem basically. Can't wait to see if it'll produce better this coming year when I plant it vs my seed to ground habanero I did this year.
I had 50 each chimayo chilis and Porter tomato seedlings. A packrat got in the house and ate most of them. Such is life. Time to begin anew. And remember to place mouse bait all over.
I should appreciate for your sharing info. regarding this type of planting just I'd like to know which form of planting more profitable in general (not as a fun) in soil or in water.Thanks for your reply
Khang, Im shocked you are growing a tomato plant in a tiny water bottle! I tried the Kratky method in a 32 oz mason jar and it just grew to be mostly a huge vine with leaves every 6 in or so up the vine. Never got flowers until I took it outside and had transplanted it to a 5 gal bucket. I kept it under full spectrum lights from seedlings on. Im so perplexed!
Khang Starr! In your Video Comparison of 1 in Nutrients and 1 in Soil.Did you Use a Good Soil with Perlite, Worm Castings and etc? Or was is some just Old Cheap Soil that was out of your Yard? Ty! Jack
Great video.. no fuss.. pure learning 2- now learnt that its only light n water which the plant needs. Soil probably only carries the moisture down 3- will be happy to see the fruits video as also how you grow herbs right from seed stage like now Thanks
I see some small round rocks not mentioned, which I am guessing to help hold the plant in place when it gets bigger ? I would like to see the next stage set up when the plants get bigger with cages and all. Thanks for the video.....
What type of nutrients would be best liquid or granular also what kind would be ideal for veggies i want to start growing my own with all the crap veggies out there i have my rockwool and both my ph meter and my meter to read my nutrient amount for my plants currently waiting on my light kit anything will help gonna be growing kratky method
You vacationed in Phuket, Thailand???? I"ve been there three times from U.S.A..Last year I spent a month at Patong Beach walkimg the warm sunny shoreline and enjoying the great food...thanks for the video....
Thank you for your videos. I have learned so much by listening to you. One thing that I do differently than you, is I use Aluminum foil to wrap around my bottles. That way I can peel back and see the water level.
Same here and it works
Great idea, thanks!
Greetings from Germany. I subscribed to your channel because
there is no real alternative to this topic in Germany.
Thank you for this informative video. It actually helped me a lot.
All the best
Manuel
Sir - I have been binge watching hydroponics for 72 hours. You have BY FAR the BEST, SIMPLEST, MOST AFFORDABLE and EFFECTIVE system out there! Thank you for explaining everything so simply. Thank you for using the K.I.S.S. method! Good luck growing!
I hope you follow up your binge watching with binge growing :) Beware, you can get to the point where think about this a lot!
I searching this technic
@Eric Schimmer some people live in appartments and have cheap electrons at hand
I use soda pop cans. A simple can opener will take the top off and a 2-inch net cup fits like a glove. I know you will not be able to see the water level without taking up the net cup, but this configuration keeps out the light much better than using a plastic water bottle, keeping algae at bay. Easier to construct too. I think it is an indoor solution only as outside use would be subject to the weather. I'd love to hear your comments, Khang, maybe even see an experiment. Have a happy!
What a gentle soul and your plants are so appreciating gentleness and kindness and so am I. I learned a lot, you are gifted my friend T.Y. for sharing you're knowledge.
James Brown well said James😊
Hydroponic gardening seems so intimidating to me. I love that you make your own systems. Your videos help to lessen the intimidation factor. I want to try this.
Truly best youtuber let alone genre creator out there. You explain every single thing I can think. Genuinely never thought I would be excited about gardening.
Khang you are an amazing grower. I’ve been following you about six years or so. You have awesome ideas and you are so full of knowledge. I will be tuning in more often now that I’m getting back into the hydroponics since I’m a chump when it comes to outside creatures.
Great video. I learn something every time I watch a video about kratsky hydroponics. Thanks so much.
because of you im collecting all the plastic i was trashing before :) but thank you, i already put 7 lettuces into hydro containers. lets see how lettuce hydro project goes :)
How did your lettuce project go?
wow, that's the best hydro basics information than I've ever had the pleasure to find. You're the best!!!!
Children at home who are with less playing companions may be encouraged with these sort of videos and practice nice plants growing techniques.Thanks for this nice video.God bless you.
I love your videos. I'm never throwing away my empty water bottles or food take out containers again. They're all going to be saved for starting seedlings. Thanks Khang. You're such a frugal and humble man
A couple more people, in terms of growing (soil wise) are "Urban Farmer Curtis Stone" and "Nature's Always Right" channels!
I hope this helps!
Love this guys videos. So simple and straightforward and helpful for beginners.
I would like to see an update. Want to try tomatoes indoors and this gives me inspiration. Thanks for the video.
Same here 😍
i love it, i will try this method because my tomatoes and peppers are not doing well in soil. I used to live in New York and i never had a problem with these plants, but not here in Manila. Thank you so much for this video. Keep doing a great job, Khang. You do the most informative and concise videos here on youtube.
hi I’m new to hydroponics and your videos are amazing
So easy to follow and very clear instructions. I can’t thank you enough you’re a true inspiration Thank you so very much
I think tomatoes are the perfect plants for beginning Kratky growers. I grew a bunch of them this year this way from little tiny systems up to 5 gallon buckets with bucket lid net pots and they all did great and produced great.
I grew the chocolate cherry outdoors last year and had to support it with 3 cages and 5 stakes. The branches were at least 6 feet long! Delicious tomatoes!
I'm so excited about growing herbs indoors after this video. Thanks so much!
Useful a lot. We too will start immediately. Ur explanation increases the spirit of gardening
Always love experimenting. I am constantly trying to learn more each day. Happy gardening.
I am already planning for the fall. Last year was a busy for me, so this year, here I come. Thanks man, and take care
After seein this been saving all my bottles and containers.
I have soo many
been binge watching all of your videos and mhpgardener on hydroponics. learning so much i cant wait to make my first system
mhpgardener is great! He's the one that inspired me to start Kratky hydroponic.
@@KhangStarr thank you Khang for sharing your knowledge and your experience and your "roots" with us. Your videos bring me joy.
thank you for sharing this informative video. watching from philippines.
Hi, thank you for your videos they are very helpful and straightforward.
I noticed that Kratky method is quite similar to wick system, I wonder if there are any differences other than the presence/absence of wick in the systems, and whether one system is better for certain plants?
Great video, thanks for showing and explaining everything so well. Good job.
I am starting hydroponics for the very first time. I followed your instructions. Does the plant stay in the same bottle for its entire lifetime; does the water and fertilizer have to be changed? does the stalk get bigger and do the clay balls have to be removed once the stalk gets bigger? won't the stalk get chocked? I am very excited to see how this cucumber plant does vs those in the soil. Anxious to hear your answers. Thanks
Suggest one suggestion
Please pre-hydrate the rockwool cubes by keeping it in water - this helps
I love watching your videos Khang! I can sit 4 hours learning from your experience! Another excellent video!
Wow that’s so interesting. I am just starting to get set up to start . I am so excited to watch your video.
Love to see updates , I'm doing some of peppers and tomatoes . I'm hoping to get fruits from both . I have learned all of what I am doing from you . Thank you so much for sharing these videos .
from who?
Outstanding work but what I’ve noticed is the reason they grew better in the Aero garden was because the water is aerated buy a pump inside if you would just add a little hose and a small air pump they would be so much more amazing try it out I’m sure you’ll love it good luck and continue doing your thing
Thanks for uploading this great vdo...I have gone through so many vdos on hydroponics here but this one is the best..u have explained everything one needs to know about hydroponics..thanks for making the concept so simple to understand...👍
Great job...
Hi Khang! What a great video and method. I’m wondering if you have a series of mini tomato videos to see more examples of pruning the top leaves and also if you can share the link to buy the grow lights you’re using and the Aerogarden model with the adaptor for the light bulb. Thank you!
You convinced me.. I'm gonna grow one of my peas in Kratky to see how it does. In fact, I'll grow 3 peas. One in Kratky hydro, one in coco hydro(watering 10% of the container volume per day) and one in coco soilLike(slow release topDress ferts).
That's gonna be interesting.
How did it go?
Great video. How does pollination occur since the plants are indoor. Thank you
I have been studying this. I have started some Tiny Tim cherry tomatoes. When they flower, since I am growing them indoors and I do not have bees inside my house I was worried about this. From what I have read, I need to get small artist style paintbrushes and tickle the flowers to get pollination. Tiny Tim cherry tomato plants are small and compact so they are not going to get really big.
You made this so simple for making this so simple !
I'm going to.start my lettuce and peppers next week.
At the 4 week mark, i noticed that you have something that resembles brown Peeples, what is it ?
Thank you. This is great for a beginner like myself.
@ Hounie Hogarth.... Hi i can help if u want
Im growing some girls scout cookies if you want i can send you a vid. On all the steps... if u like reply back ...
@@StarProduction369 bro clearly we all learning cause we wanna grow cannabis but that’s straight weird she said nothing about it🤦🏼♂️
Excellent your idea is very interesting and easy I try
Thank you for the video. There is positive energy in your voice.
that's cool!! I have a few net pots and i've been making semi hydro containers for my orchids for a while now. I'm going to try this and see if i can get a tomato to grow and maybe a few herbs. I can get them to germinate but I always kill them with neglect ♥♥
Thanks for your very helpful video. I am just getting started, now I want to do the same system that you have. Great job!
I wood like to seen an update regarding the growing the tomatoes you plant previously.Thanks to you Mr Khang.
I like this modern technology in gardening, thanks for sharing, I learned new things in your video.
Great video. Doesn’t pythium eventually take over? Even with airstones and a chiller i cant avoid root rot. Do you use beneficial bacteria or something?
Nice job explaining dwc and kracky !! 👍🌱
Very good video 👍🏼
Thanks 😊
I've been waiting for this video for so long!
The moment I saw you fit that cut bottle and net pot into that bottle. I knew. You’re the real deal! But I’m sad that I am the 556th person to comment. Because 555 is a great number.
This dood is the reason why I’m breeding peppers lol I will give tomatoes a try
I love your use of water bottles for the Kratky method! ! Your aero garden system is very interesting! What would you recommend?? I do need something with lights!
Wow that is great video,i learn a lot. But how do the plants get air in their root zone
Hi Kangh I watch you videos all the time. Very construction, informative and explained well. what strength nutrients do you use for you Kratky tomatoes?
My patio faces the west where the sun beats down on my plants without the mercy of shade trees or an overhanging awning, any suggestions for growing container plants hydroponically? Will tomatoes in this much light and heat hydroponically?
The purple light does impressive things. I'd love to see more about what you do with it.
Your advice is very useful. 👍
Thank you for your video! Is there a way not to use plastic to grow produce in?
I appreciate your very informative videos. Please put a link to the replacement led bulbs that you used to replace the Aerogarden CFL bulb in this video. I bought the adapter to switch to a standard bulb base. I bought a corn cob type that was too big to fit in the Aerogarden after adding the replacement connector like you advised in the video. Can’t find a small enough size on Amazon.
Great video did it produced fruit?
Hy I have learned more from this video I thought it was very difficult to do hydroponic. I would love to see more of your works.
I don't have net cups yet, but I have been using old solo cups, cut the bottom off and cut a slit on the side and you fold over itself, fits to almost any size hole 3"-2"
Thank you Khang for your video. Do you worry much about mosquitoes or other kinds of insects?
Not when I'm doing this inside, but yes, I do worry about mosquitoes when done outside. You can use mesh nets to deter them.
Wannna start a hydro garden, thanks for uploading this video, i've learned a lot!
Love your vids! Would like to see how far they grow and how much you water them in their life. Great job!
Great info. Newbie question, if I want to propagate house plant for root, should I cover the area that root will grow? At the moment I put it in the glass jar and watching the roots grow.
I’m also doing planting here in UAE and I’m proud coz I did it 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 interesting video buddy 🤝🤝🤝
Great video, thanks for sharing.
BTW, if someone doesn't have access to a drill or hole-saw, a razorblade or knife can get the job done.
bill nye thank you I was wondering about that
Are you Bill Nye the science guy
I am definitely going to try it out thanx i just need a light system I have a old fish tank that I used the light the hood for some little plants that I've started then I'll move on to different stuff as I'm learning thank you so much for your help and ideas
I have a habanero I did this with back at the beginning of this year just straight tap water and it's still alive, I fill it back up with water rarely because it lasts so long.. It's a great way to get seedlings started with good roots but once it gets 6" it doesn't want to grow anymore. It puts out new leaves and drops the old ones but nothing more. Doesn't branch out, just stays as a stem basically. Can't wait to see if it'll produce better this coming year when I plant it vs my seed to ground habanero I did this year.
Very nice video that makes me want to try.Thank you.
I had 50 each chimayo chilis and Porter tomato seedlings. A packrat got in the house and ate most of them. Such is life. Time to begin anew. And remember to place mouse bait all over.
Thank you very much. Vũ Hải
Please can you suggest which hydroponics fertilizer we should buy for home gardening? Any specific hydroponics fertilizer is required?
a very unique nursery friend ... very good, greetings from Indonesia
I should appreciate for your sharing info. regarding this type of planting just I'd like to know which form of planting more profitable in general (not as a fun) in soil or in water.Thanks for your reply
Khang, Im shocked you are growing a tomato plant in a tiny water bottle! I tried the Kratky method in a 32 oz mason jar and it just grew to be mostly a huge vine with leaves every 6 in or so up the vine. Never got flowers until I took it outside and had transplanted it to a 5 gal bucket. I kept it under full spectrum lights from seedlings on. Im so perplexed!
I love how you show all thanks.
Do you even need the net cups? Can you just put the rockwool cube in the hole that's normally covered by the cap?
Great videos. Can I use any soluble nutrient eg miracle grow.
very nice ,i like to watch all your video's you make
Great video I'm binge watching everything on your channel!
Khang Starr! In your Video Comparison of 1 in Nutrients and 1 in Soil.Did you Use a Good Soil with Perlite, Worm Castings and etc? Or was is some just Old Cheap Soil that was out of your Yard? Ty! Jack
Would you suggest doing this with pepper seedlings, at least when they're small?
Great video.. no fuss.. pure learning
2- now learnt that its only light n water which the plant needs. Soil probably only carries the moisture down
3- will be happy to see the fruits video as also how you grow herbs right from seed stage like now
Thanks
Yes do follow-up videos showing fruit 😊
Hydroponic Dutch backed system indoors
youll need a frame structure to support flowering stage
Constance Lovejoy ik
I see some small round rocks not mentioned,
which I am guessing to help hold the plant in place when it gets bigger ?
I would like to see the next stage set up when the plants get bigger with cages and all.
Thanks for the video.....
Thanks for sharing the knowledge,I am learned a lot.
Id like to see the sequel video of your tomato 🍅 hyrophoniic planting.
Khang Starr excellent work I follow you 💯 from 🇨🇦 #YSW Domenico Monteleone
Thanks very beautiful. Love ur demo great.
What type of nutrients would be best liquid or granular also what kind would be ideal for veggies i want to start growing my own with all the crap veggies out there i have my rockwool and both my ph meter and my meter to read my nutrient amount for my plants currently waiting on my light kit anything will help gonna be growing kratky method
Super nice educational video
I've been trying to grow tomatoes here in south Florida with very little success. I think it's the quality of the water.
check your ph
ray bon Use a Reverse Osmosis Filter
The beer koozie insulates the warmth from the lights. The gator8 bottle is only covered lightly in plastic, so the environment isn't warm enough.
Good stuff! Thanks for sharing.
I would like to have the update growing tomatoes.and id love to try it.thank you
You vacationed in Phuket, Thailand???? I"ve been there three times from U.S.A..Last year I spent a month at Patong Beach walkimg the warm sunny shoreline and enjoying the great food...thanks for the video....
Wow Amazing Idea
I love to try this
Thank you