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Hydroponic Strawberries. Here is an update at 72 days from transplant. Not too thrilled with the results. However, still running them on Dyna-Gro Bloom at 800 PPM, 6.0 pH. Lighting is currently…

“Easy Seed Starting for Hydroponics” by Epic Gardening

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  • Kendall Schwarz

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  • justgivemethetruth

    Also, there is a lot of light coming through that light colored plastic box
    … you might get a darker colored one, or paint that one or cover it with
    an opaque wrap to avoid growing algae in your water.?

  • Epic Gardening

    +Natasha Stagg You are right – but this one blocks light pretty well.
    Also, I just use this for starting seeds so if any algae grows, the seeds
    are ready to be transplanted to a new system in that time :)?

  • Anthony Reyes

    So can I just leave this on my lanai out side and let them germinate
    germinate that way? I run a hydroponics business servicing systems. So I
    replenish the plants when needed. This would work great.

    Please let me know ASAP.?

  • Epic Gardening

    +skunk spliff I’d drain a bit. I’ve noticed better results when some of
    the root is exposed to pure air. Won’t dry out because bubbles will be
    hitting it and keeping it moist, but it will get a nice supply of oxygen!?

  • Peggy Berk

    I have a small indoor aquaponics setup (a Back to the Root AquaFarm) –
    almost everything spouts pretty quickly but many of the seedings never put
    their roots down into the water, the stems ager then too weak to support
    themselves and end up keeling over and dying when they are about 2″
    tall….on the other hand, I have a 31″ high Geneovese Basil growing there
    that has a zillion roots and produces crop after crop for me. The medium
    are small gravel like rocks which wick up the water from the plant bed
    (tank)… I’ve tried planting the seeds closer to the surface (where its
    drier) and a bit deeper (where the rocks are visibly moist, though not
    sitting in the tank water itself) but haven’t been able to figure out why
    some of the seedlings’ roots “find” the tank of water and drop roots into
    the tank and othes don’t and thus fail shortly after they spout…. Any
    ideas??

  • justgivemethetruth

    I’d disagree with the putting multiple seeds in each Rapid Rooter thing …
    you spend twice as much on seeds over time doing that, and seeds are
    expensive. These germinators usually have a lot of sites/netcups in them,
    so I think you are better off doing as many seeds as you need, and them
    maybe an extra one or two, or if you are not in a time crunch just retry on
    the RR’s that did not sprout. Just an opinion.?

  • Brittfield Beats

    What about chlorine? Also do you need a water sample? I know the alkalinity
    of the water can raise the pH is this offset by acidic fertilizers???

  • Medic Ken

    Dump the air stone and allow the bottom 1/4″ of the net pots to sit in the
    water. The plants will root and you will NEVER have to add water. Take a
    look at B.A Kratky method. 30day lettuce easy and zero maintenance?

  • Devon Hooper

    Great video and very informative! Have you tried using any organic
    nutrients in your system? Check out my website at http://www.P13Organics.com. We
    have had great results with cucumbers, tomatoes and lettuce in deep water
    culture and dutch raft systems. Would you be interested in trying a
    sample? ?

  • Ken Rowe

    Strawberries like a lower level of nutrients than other plants. I’ve seen
    everbearing produce huge bumper crops on 400ppm of nutrients instead of
    what you had at 600 or higher. Next time use 1/2 to 1/3rd of what you
    typically use for nutrients. Also, start much earlier. You can start
    right around Feb 14th indoors and get some really good production within 60
    days from everbearing. Then they will taper off around middle of summer
    and start producing again at the end of summer and into fall all the way up
    to october!?

  • Theo Dake

    Hey Man, Great video! I might have an idea to help with your plants!
    well… for next season anyway. I also use shop lights but I know that the
    6500K lights are great for vegetative growth but they suck for flowering, I
    really makes a difference if you use a low temp bulb as well (I think mine
    is 2700K for flowering) you’ll know if its right because they have a slight
    reddish glow. So if your using shop lights just put one 6500K and one 2700K
    and you should see far better results for flowering plants. At least for
    leafy greens your setup is bang on lol. Best of Luck in the new season!!?

  • Brock Hughes

    Eh Bro! I’ve had such off and on success with strawberries I hate to offer
    any advice 🙂 I have noticed indoors john that some varieties do better
    with shorter photo periods and some don’t seem to care. I remember last
    year when I brought them in from out side they immediately started to
    flower and produce berries and I’m convinced it was the change in photo
    period so I’m thinking it may be worth looking at. The ones out side looked
    awesome eh 🙂 ?

  • Austin Family Gardening Channel

    I think you have found your variety. Big difference between the two.. I
    always end up with brown roots with my strawberries- i just stop worrying
    about the roots. You could try to stress your plants by reducing the hrs of
    light & trick them into forming berries- just an idea. Plants & roots look
    great. Looking forward to seeing how they do. Have a good one !
    Larry?

  • gardening4fun

    Nice video +Indoor Hydroponix it’s cool when you can get the kids to help
    out. I’m looking into putting a few things indoors just to experiment. What
    do you think about the HO t5 lights. That’s one of the things I’m trying to
    figure out is what kind of lighting to use?

  • Kntryhart

    I have 6 each of Tristan and Loran variety in a hydroponic strawberry tower
    (check-out my video on them)…the Tristan seem to be better producers.
    Using Urban-Hydroponic strawberry 24-12-32 mixed to about 1000 TDS/pH 6.0.
    Also ordered 22 Eversweet bare-root strawberry plants, but all were dead
    when received. Good luck!?

  • gardening4fun

    Nice video +Indoor Hydroponix it’s cool when you can get the kids to help
    out. I’m looking into putting a few things indoors just to experiment. What
    do you think about the HO t5 lights. That’s one of the things I’m trying to
    figure out is what kind of lighting to use?

  • bradzepfan

    unless I am mistaken your indoor and outdoor strawberry plants were
    different varieties. Couldn’t that alone explain why your indoor didn’t do
    as well as outdoor? Could you run that experiment again using a “control”??

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