Easy Hydroponic Aquaponic Seed Starting in HD

[DJMovit]

excellent video...at some point Patti mentioned about making her own seed starting pods. I haven't found anywhere a video discussing this. Did Patti do one? I liked this system but don't have an area warm enough or big enough for it.

[RavenshoeHardware]

I can't get enough of your videos Garden Girl. Your projects are so fantastic and very informative. Keep it up :)

[su4ism]

Patti,

Thanks for the great ideas! Can you tell me what you are planting in? I have made soil blocks, but am afraid they will fall apart in the water and then transplanting to soil will be a root shock for the little plants.

Thanks again.

[DarkChocolate2710]

Very cool I love the set up :-) I want to make one of my own soon...just wondering are there any fish in the tank...I couldn't see any?

[dragonepoch]

thanks for having details on the how-to's on building and care of this system. I do not mean to be rude but why have this help garden channel and not have the real details and help. If you have another Vid on the Details please lead me to them,.

[hitechguy18]

Technically with a aquaponics system you don't need to move the plants to soil

and you do get better bigger multiple Corps keeping them in the system (till they die)

- Plants love light it not a bad idea to keep the lights on 24/7 (they grow much faster, bigger) (You can use the lights at night and use natural daylight in the day)

- Full Spectrum [Flora Glo Fluorescent Tube] gives better results (Tube give a warm pink glow) try them in one of your grow units as a trial run. before overhaul sys

[hitechguy18]

@hitechguy18 - Cont ...

- Gravel - If your going to keep plants in the system longer you will need to add an 1 or 2 inchs of extra gravel to some of the trays so the water level is half way in the gravel layer This allow roots to both be wet & dry but not swimming in water

P.S [Flora Glo Fluorescent Tube] You can get them in the Size for the lights Fluorescent fittings you already have (they don't need any new power supply for them)

Hope you don't mind my advise

[ECACE72]

Pause at 3:50 and you will see how it gets out of a bin.

[ROCKGY1]

Great video's garden girl keep them coming...

[jayluketa]

do you have any algae issues using clear tubs and hoses?

[etiennealive]

Good work !

[GREENPOWERSCIENCE]

Beautiful video quality, amazing stuff Patti. You guys do great work

[murphyld66]

How does the water return to the 55 gallon tank?

[UlrikeDG]

What are you starting your seeds in? They look like odd shaped plastic bags, that doesn't make much sense, so I'm assuming that's not what they actually are.

Also, can you show more detail about your tubing system? How does the water drain out, etc?

[timw421]

@UlrikeDG here in Washington US they are called peat pucks and are about 12 cents each Not sure where you are so have no clue what they are called there

[xCASDGuyx]

You're awesome, you explain everything very well. Your videos encourged me to grow a garden in my backyard. Thanks

[Nomoreidsleft]

She's not showing you the seeds that got her so excited in the first place.

[playergame06]

@Nomoreidsleft thats the weed seeds

[Nomoreidsleft]

@playergame06 Yes, that's how she made $1400 selling them on the street.

[fred5399]

My God is she hott or what?

[playergame06]

@fred5399 i think ur smoking the good stuff

[tstatech]

That looks like vinyl tubing not PEX.

[badboyorganics]

Patti... this video is awesome.

I have been looking into indoor aquaponics and this video helps answer some of my questions.

thanks!

Devin

BBO

[flowthrupranayama]

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[itcantalk]

if there are nutrients in the system algae will develop in your clear lines, also you could go up to 16 or even 18 hours of light.

[snappyjdog]

Patti- This is a super exciting way to start seeds, although I do agree with the other commenters that we need more details before we can really impliment this in our basements. I don't understand how the water gets from tank to tank or where the cocoa fiber pellets are sitting (are they just sitting on the gravel inside the bigt container store plastic bins?)

[gaiagale]

I have enjoyed reading the comments ...the referrence to the weed plants ...I'm curious as to the word 'weed' ...I immediately thought ~ the whole idea of eating 'weeds' is to acknowledge that all plants have value growing where they decide to grow ...then I questioned why use hydroponics at all?!? ...then ( : light bulb : ) Oh?!? ...I got it : } (sigh)

...really eating 'weeds' is so much simpler than all of this ...and gives such a high that is so much easier and healthier to handle

[hobo59]

The video never explains the route the water follows. I get the part that the pump sends the water to the top bin. But then how does the water get from the top bin to the next one down ? Do you use a siphon or do you use a fitting through the side wall of the upper bins to connect a hose to ?

[insAneTunA]

Go to 0:48 and pause the video. Now if you look very carefully at the top container then you can see one tube going in, and one tube comes out, the other end from that tube just hangs above the next container. So one outlet tube needs to be connected to every single plastic container. Consider it as an overflow system. Make sure that the inlet hole inside the first container is higher situated then the hole from the outlet tube. And that the water flows through the whole container b4 it exits.

[hobo59]

@insAneTunA

Thanks, But I wish she would have covered that and shown what kind of a fitting she used for that purpose, to go through the wall of the container yet not leak around it. Also she must have elevated the inflow side of the bin in order to create the out flow and to make sure the water doesn't just pool. But then how do you ensure an even spread of new water to the high end of the bin ? If you rely on pooling the water then the ones at the top end will get most the nutrient rich water

[insAneTunA]

@hobo59 A plastic or nylon threaded hose connector works fine. Drill or melt the hole in the bin, stick in the threaded hose connector from the outside, then put a bolt on the threads from the hose connector and that's it. If it leaks then use some goop. Ask the hardware store manager for Goop. Don't worry about the water or evenly spread nutrients, the flow will be more then enough.You can buy hose connectors with a 90 degrees bend in them, and the cheapest ones will be more then sufficient.

[insAneTunA]

@insAneTunA Some plastics will crack or split when you drill it, so most of the time it's better to melt the hole. Start with a smaller nail just to get a hole to begin with, and ten take some bigger metal, heating up an old drill bit for a few seconds will do the job. No need to use any force.

[hobo59]

@insAneTunA

Thank you again ! This will be my very next project.

[insAneTunA]

@hobo59 Your welcome, just one more thing, make sure that when you use goop that it's suitable for aquatic purposes. Most goop or goop like products are toxic and some toxic elements dissolve in the water after some time. Bad for your own health, but also bad for the fish and veggies that you want to grow.

Greets, iT

[playergame06]

where is the weed plants ?

[randyallenbishop]

Great system Patti.

Thanks for sharing!

Randy

[TK42138]

Great video - always watchable and educational.

Just an observation but wondering if you find the clear water tank encourages algae growth? I've used a small clear old ice-cream tub as a small reservoir to keep capilliary matting wet on a seed tray but algae started blooming so I spray painted the outside of the tub with black automotive plastic bumper (fender) paint and the water now stays clear even on sunny days. I'm guessing your tank location is out of the sun.

[biggray94]

nice system

[swampwitch13]

You are a genius! Now I wanna have a stall at the farmer's market.

[ellorybockting]

i gotta try this, but I wish there was a non-electric version that she could show for us off grid types

[hobo59]

@ellorybockting I would think a small solar electric panel would suffice to provide enough recharge on a battery run system. Use a 12 volt battery with a cheap wally world inverter for the pump then get a small solar panel for recharging the battery.

[psychodelicdragon]

looks fun!!

[russtex]

Awesome system you have there Patti!

[psion128]

@russtex I totally agree with you.