Indoor Hydroponic Winter Garden Update January 28th, 2012

[infringinator]

Do you want any of my seeds from Johnnys select seeds? I have spinach, strawberry, and other stuff....not doing indoor growing anymore...it'd be a shame to just throw them away.

[19Photographer76]

All your plants look very healthy. Guess I should do a video to show my Big Zak that I will be taking cuttings from soon.

My push this winter/spring will be on Milkweed. The plan is to turn my current grow room into a Monarch Butterfly area and also have a breeding area outside but need the Milkweed before ordering the Monarch's.

I'm also going to start Brussels Sprouts next week along with Broccoli.

[ramigm75]

Great update. Are you planning on stringing up the tomatoes? Or just letting them sprawl?

[mediamaker2000]

Everything's looking good! Crazy how easy it is to grow hydro lettuce! I was sure the mouse was back. You had me going! Now where's the spider? LOL

[SleestaksRule]

@mediamaker2000 The mouse is gone. He took off last Spring. This is at where I work in the dungeon away from home. I did see the spider about 2 weeks ago but there was nothing to eat for him/her/it. You just never know these days.

[mediamaker2000]

@SleestaksRule You could get some Miracle Grow organic soil and it could eat all the fungus gnats from it lol

[bradgray51]

I'm new to your channel... hydroponics seems to agree with you. I'm just learning what to do. I've always done sq. ft. gardening but, hydroponics makes my sq ft. look goofy. Enjoyed your videos.

[grandwheatgrass]

What temperature is the air in your grow room? I have tried lettuce recently and it went straight up to seed. We got some leaves from the lettuce, but not as many as I would lIke. My grow room is about 80 degrees with the lights on and 75 with them off. I find my bhut jolokia peppers are doing great and the tomatoes like it, but the lettuce not so much.

[MrMotelone]

Update ever week u get people to watch Ur video

[SleestaksRule]

@MrMotelone Not too much happens in a week and I don't want to bore people with slight growth. I meant to get a video out last week but work work work did me in. I do post pictures every week on the website since they take only a few minutes to do.

[MrMotelone]

Ok thanks

[sumip90x]

Awesome Indoor Hydroponics! One of these days i will have to get in to it. Thanks for the great Videos.

[MrMotelone]

how often do you change the water on your lettuce

[SleestaksRule]

@MrMotelone This is the first time I did. It's been going 3 weeks on the same water and I never topped it off.

[Planting81]

Everything looks awesome for only 34 days, and that lettuce wow : )

[SleestaksRule]

@Planting81 Thanks, I planted the seed Christmas Eve and I'm really blown away on how fast it grew this time.

[gardenvespers777]

Lettuce looked so good, almost fake!  Green,shiney leaves!

[SleestaksRule]

@gardenvespers777 Thanks, I haven't done lettuce indoors for a few years and this time it really did well.

[MrMotelone]

if you use a digital ballast the camera won't do that I got my light as a christmas present so they didn't know better not to that kind buy I wanna do a grow off against you let me if want to

[SleestaksRule]

@MrMotelone Yeah, the magnetic ballasts do that. When I did a time lapse with a still camera I wrapped it with foil and that worked great. I did this time lapse with the video camera running for 15 minutes and sped it up but didn't wrap it in foil.

[MrMotelone]

basil herb work good as a first time grow experience

[MrMotelone]

Watch my video it like Ur

[mhpgardener]

Thats some monster lettuce....geeez. I keep hearing the same thing, grow lettuce as your first hydro experiment. Hopefully I get something going before too much longer. Good to see the original DIY growlight too. Often imitated, but never duplicated. ;-)

[Helioforge]

Finally got the green clay guy! (snap!)

[garygardens]

It all looks great, especially the lettuce. Have you harvested any yet? Mine is also going crazy & I should do my first cuttings in a day or so. Basil is also exploding. It's amazing how quickly the nutrient level can go down once the plants get some size. Your tomatoes are looking good too. I really need to try them again.

Regards, Gary

[SleestaksRule]

@garygardens I didn't harvest any yet. This past week it really took off. I think today I'll have some. I'll probably keep growing lettuce in that container under that light. It doesn't use much electricity. Pest free, chemical free, fresh as can be.

[SteveHarpster]

great update. your plants look great

[infringinator]

grow the devils lettuce!