 So our outdoor growing season is coming to an end here. We are in the first week of September We haven't had a frost yet at night, which is great But I know there's one coming here pretty soon temperatures are gonna drop down to very close to freezing Coming up in the next few days. So I'm always looking at some of my plants and because I like to do indoor growing using the hydroponic method I'm often trying to bring some of those plants indoors To see if I can keep them going over the winter and one of the things that I have read about that is Successful and easy to grow indoors using hydroponics is strawberries. So I want to try to save a couple of these I have these growing in pots just outside all summer and They produced a little bit of fruit, but I should have actually planted them into the ground and it just never happened So first thing I want to do is to try and clean all the dirt as much as the dirt as I can off of these roots so that I can set it up in a Cracky hydroponic method and also because I'm bringing in plants from the outdoors I do not want to be bringing any type of bugs into my house So we're going to give it a treatment to make sure there's no, you know eggs or aphids or any kind of Insects that we would bring into the home. So to do that. I'm just going to first of all try to Shake as much dirt as I can off of these So I found that these ones that I took from these small pots are so root-bound that they're a little bit hard to Really get clean and get the dirt out of them. So then I Took some from this bigger pot here that I had growing As you can see the it's a little bit easier to get all the dirt out of these Just because they had a little more room for growth all summer. So I'm going to switch switch the plan and use these ones Take indoors and try to set up inside All of my other strawberries such as these ones and I have some more containers of Strawberries. I'm just going to plant into the ground into an area that I would like These to come back. Hopefully in the spring so So as you can see here, I'm able to get these roots a lot more cleaner and I'll just keep rinsing them a little bit more Then we'll take them inside and give them a good bath and some soapy water Just to make sure we don't have any pests coming into the house with us So before taking this indoors, I'm going to do some pruning on this strawberry plant a little bit Take away some of these bigger leaves So you end up similar to what you have initially when you buy these in bear root form in the spring So you can see there's quite a bit of strong roots here So I might just thin it out a little bit Some of these strong roots thinned out. I hope I'm not going to kill the plant hopefully but Just trying to make it look similar to what it did when I purchased these in the spring in the bear root form Some pretty good roots there Hack away these little tiny ones So to mix up my nutrients today, I'm going to be using this three-part Holland secret Blend it's a three-part formula You can also use a two-part formula such as Root Farm, which is something I use a lot of as well. I like it because it is only two parts a little less mixing, but I have quite a good supply of this today That's what we're going to use and following the The application table at the back here. I'm going to just mix it up on a very diluted stage Used for seedlings and cuttings. So that requires only a quarter teaspoon of each of these three to go into this four liter or one gallon size container I like to pre-mix mine in this these vinegar jugs just so I have a good batch to fill my vessels You want to make sure that you have it well mixed before you add the next Part to your jug here So I'm going to be using three-inch net pots here to set up these strawberries And what I have done is I because there's a quite a bit of roots here to work through I Took these and just cut some of it out in the bottom just so it's a little easier to pull these These roots through So these are the containers. I'm going to be using to plant up my strawberries today. I Love using these containers for the crack key method of hydroponics. They just work. Well, they do good at Keeping the light out so you don't have issues with lj the lids are super easy to cut out with just a utility knife to fit your net pot and Say have a nice little handle so you can pull it in and out of your shelves or from under your grow lights and Sometimes, you know, you can spray paint them with a nice color if you want to make the pot look a little nicer So we're going to fill them up about halfway with our nutrient solution Because these strawberries already have, you know, a good root system to reach the water. I'm not going to fill it too full So with the crack key method is it is a passive method that requires no pumps no air stones In the way the crack key method works is as long as you keep some air for the roots to breathe In between this nutrient solution and the top of the plant. It should thrive and grow. Okay So once I have the lid in place, I'm just going to slap this in here and just make sure that the Roots are reaching that nutrient water I'm going to make sure those stronger roots are going to get to the nutrients So the water right now is just reaching the bottom of the net cup. So I think that's good You can usually have a good look down in the bottom and see that the water level is Right where you want it. Then from there just to block out the light Fill up the space around here with these clay balls these hydrogen clay balls and I expect that a lot of this greenery at the top will maybe die off and It'll look like the plant is not living But really it's going to be in the root system that I will be keeping an eye on over the next month or so to see if those Roots are still alive and then from there. You should see some new growth come up Here from the crowns of the strawberries So that is how they get set up using the crack key method and I'm just going to set them under the grow lights And we will keep an eye on them now to see how they make out Okay, so here they are set up under the grow lights now I kind of expected a lot of this greenery is going to die off here over the next couple of weeks And I'll be just watching the roots and looking for some new Growth coming here down at the base of the crown. Okay, so now I have got my watermelon plant here all washed Debugged ready to go in I just have it sitting in some water here. Well, I got my container ready in Here I have put three gallons of water and now I have calculated out How much of the nutrients I need to put in here based on the three gallons? So I'm just going to mix it up now get it good and stirred and then we'll be ready to put the The melon plant into the solution here So I use the table at the back here mixing it up at an early vegetative stage So based on that I have calculated out my measurements So depending on which nutrients you're using you should always check the table at the back and follow those So this is a much bigger container of Nutrient water then compared to the strawberries that we just did And as always you want to give it a good stir let it sit a little bit between each different nutrient that you put in So the container that I'm using here is actually from a hard ice cream store that is not too far away from here and Once she uses these she just Sells them for a couple bucks and I purchased this and brought it home Spray painted it with the black Spray paint because the light would probably get through it. I'm just leaving it as is I just thought some black spray paint will help keep the light out and prevent LJ growing And then I just took my net cup. I think this is a four inch size and Traced it out cut a hole with a exacto knife and then that fits in there really good So now it's just going to be how to get the plant in through the net cup and work some of the roots through it So we have a pretty big chunk of roots here So working it through the net cup might be a little bit tricky. So we'll see how it goes here I would like to try and work as much of it as I can through the bottom without having to cut any Extra holes through my net cup Just going to try to gently work through what looked to be some of the bigger roots and pull these ones through So here I've got a boat. I've got four good-sized roots pulled through and the rest can kind of sit within the net cup And when I place it in here, I can still see that there is a good amount of air For some of these roots So there's going to be air here for the roots so we won't drown them and now it's just a matter of Filling up the spaces around the roots here with some clay pebbles So besides just blocking out light these clay pebbles help, you know, give the plant some stability as well so we can Standing up nice and straight Okay, so there is the watermelon planted up in a craft key hydroponic system So now this plant is going to go into my grow tent under the lights and we will see how it progresses over the next few weeks So another way you can bring your garden vegetables indoors for the winter is to take cuttings And this is what I like to do with my tomatoes. So I have a couple of my favorites here This is the Roadster tomato, which is a determinant and I'm just having it Rooted here in the water So it's pretty much ready to put into a vessel now and I also took cuttings from the Sun Gold Cherry, which has got a good bunch of roots here going as well So this one's an indeterminate which is a little harder to control indoors, but I'm going to Set it up in my grow tent and see how it goes Okay, so that is how you get some of your garden plants from your garden soil set up indoors in the hydroponic method So if you have any plants that you've tried to do using this method, I would love to hear about it in the comments So don't forget to hit that subscribe button and click that notification bell so that you don't miss out on future videos coming to my channel Thank you for watching