Sustainable urban agriculture hydroponic vegetable greenhouse.dv

This video shows the Urban Food Farm from http://urbanfoodfarms.com
It's a complete greenhouse kit system with hydroponics, irrigation, soil-less growing and a very efficient space layout to grow organic vegetables and herbs year round. The greenhouse floor plant is 8x12. Normally the greenhouse walls are clear polycarbonate but since it's been raining they are covered in condensation.

We tried to show the inside of the greenhouse design and closeup of all the vegetable plants. Compare to the other videos taken 2 weeks and 3 weeks prior, the vegetable and herb plants grow fast. This video is from 12/21/10, it's hard to believe it's December, the plants are growing as if it was March.
This video shows a close look of the tomato plants, all the herb plants like chives, basil, cilantro, mint and a few others, there are also cucumber, zucchini, squash, lettuce, micro greens and strawberry plants. Some of the plants we planted from seed on week 2 of the project and others like the older tomato and cucumber plants were brought from an older version of this vegetable hydrofarm. All of the vegetables grown are organic from hybrid seed.

The greenhouse layout plan in this 8x12 hobby greenhouse offers 144 foot of hydroponic soil-less growing all done in coco coir.The combination of the greenhouse plan, the coco and the clear plastic walls allows this hydrofarm to grow as much as 6x more than the same space planted in the ground. The amount of work is also considerably less thanks to automated drip irrigation and fertilization. It's the perfect vegetable garden solution for city farmers and can be installed in a garden, backyard, parking lot and roof tops.

The Urban Food Farms greenhouse kits are available in a 8x8, 8x12, 8x16 and 8x20. Multiple 8x20 hydrofarms can be installed with 3 feet separation.

This sustainable vegetable system works for many private and commercial city agriculture projects like backyard vegetable gardens, community gardens, restaurants, hotels and small urban growers.

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[ironyc2]

Pollination depends on the plant. Some eggplants, melons and watermelons need to be put outside or manually pollinated.

[ironyc2]

I'm in southern California (LA). The greenhouse has a vent that opens and closes automatically with the heat. It does not use electricity only heat activated hydraulic. I also have a 30w solar panel that powers a fan for air circulation and cooling.

How much space do you have? What climate are we talking about? Depending in where the system will be installed there may be very cheap ways to heat in the winter, very green too.

[ironyc2]

We use coco coir for all the plants. The fertilizer is fish emulsion, kelp extract and microbial booster. The coco and fertilizers are certified organic.

[Jerry93M]

wow man thats so cool were did you buy the greenhouse i like all the plant there so cool =) i have a video on my channel on how to grow popcorn =)

[ironyc2]

Jerry93M we sell the complete system. Please check the website urbanfoodfarms

[acarnivorous]

Love the desing! Thinking about building and using mine for 'carnivorous plants' / and some for like what you have, as to eat BETTER! Good job, & Great video!

[saberur66]

in the winter do you have to hand pollinate the flowers?

[atz123ify]

what part of the US are you located in? Do you have any issues with climate control within the greenhouse? Could a greenhouse design like this work in a cold weather winter, or would it need supplemental heating? Also does this greenhouse have a system for exhausting hot air in the summer months?

[TheDesmosabie]

good for Nor Cal, wont need a permit cause its 144 sq.ft. and can build a second one. Nice job.

[777ech]

What kind of medium do you have your zucchini in? Also what brand of fertilizer are you using?

[growgarden]

What an amazing hydroponics garden! I love how the zucchinis and the strawberry plants look. They are awesome! I wish I can get the same success. Sustainable gardening is really the great way to go. It’s amazing that there is a greenhouse kit available that has all tools and equipment that growers need.