Success! This was my first hydroponic tomato experience. I rescued these seedlings from the Aerogarden, the pods there germinated more than one plant per pod, so I decided to transplant the thinned out plants from the Aerogarden into the same setup I use for my hydroponic lettuce and other leafy greens, using the Kratky method. It worked! BUT, I did make one very rookie mistake, although I was still rewarded with a nice crop of cherry tomatoes for my efforts. And next time I will grow my hydroponic tomatoes in a BIGGER container!!! I hope you try this too! Thank you for watching.
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Link to video on the Kratky method of hydroponics: https://youtu.be/0dyoIiNyvNI
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Love the video.
Would a larger mason jar work? I’ve got big mason jars that are brown glass that I think are a liter size. And the brown color will keep light out.
I learned a lot from your video, thank you. I like using 3 and 5 gallon buckets like the bakery and food packing places use, that way I know they're food grade. Also, I grow indeterminate tomatoes outside where they can stretch n grow as big as they want and for indoor the bush and determinate ones seem to be best. I feel the same way about the suckers as I do about thinning them out. The little hairs on the stem are just roots waiting to happen so I plant them too lol. I've been waiting for my growing season to begin but after watching this n realizing my apartment has all the windows on the south side of the building I think I'll start a few plants right away. Again, thanks so much for sharing what you learned.
maybe you could of let the seedlings grow and take them as cuttings next time
Great job ! Thanks for sharing.
I really learned a lot from this video, keep up the good work.
– Cheers from Sweden
Nice, Informational
Great presentation! Keep up the good work!
Great video/content, thank you miss.
Get some 5gallon buckets for tomatoes and cukes
If you just add an AirStone to each mason jar hooked up to an aquarium air pump you will see results similar to the AeroGarden.
3-5 gallon buckets, you can transplant those net pots into a lid on top of a 5 gallon pail the same plants you have in the mason jars. And I recommend putting the air stone hooked up to an aquarium air pump and you will see a huge difference similar to the AeroGarden, I promise you.
Nice indoor grow growing your doing. I used to use the AeroGarden and grew indoors, hydroponically when I had a home just like you're doing.
Tikki, have you seen the root pouches that Larry Hall on youtube has? Get a gallon size, fill it with potting mix and worm castings, put your tomato in it, set it in a tray of shallow water under the lights and you will have tomatoes.
"The mason jars were too small" Upgrade to a 1/2 gallon mason jar. Same size opening/lid so it is a drop in replacement. Am going to try this by putting some Florida Petite seedlings in a 1/2 gallon mason jar (our hardware store stocks them. If yours does not they can usually be ordered on line and shipped to the store with no shipping charges).
5 gallon with whole cut out of line lid. Insert net cup, and medium. Use a fish tank airator for better growth.
Ok, the plants in the jars need to be topped up with growing solution not water. They use the solution not just water… Did hydroponics for years, all kinds of systems…
can you explain more what are you doing with that tooth brush? I though tomatoes pollinate themselves
Nice. I took a cutting from an indeterminate cherry tomato variety and grew it Kratky style… but it keeps growing and growing, and I keep cutting it back. So now I'm growing a heirloom dwarf determinate variety called Tiny Tim (they only grow to 12-18"). I''m using the black home depot 5-gallon buckets, my plants are flowering and they are only down about an inch in nutrient after 5-weeks. THANKS for the electric toothbrush idea, I had an old battery powered one that I'm going to use.
Glad someone feels the same way I do when thinning plants lol