Well this ends the saga of the hydroponic giant pumpkin. And it was a lot of fun to have an entry for an official pumpkin weigh off. When I entered my pumpkin the judges were really interested…
Growing 5 different varieties of Hops in a drip style hydroponics system in a greenhouse. Nugget, Fuggle, Sunbeam, Horizon and Mt. Hood varieties.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
My husband and I decided this year to get into growing our own vegetables
from seedlings and trying out hydroponics. I bought all the supplies today
from Hydro-lite in Edmonton for a mini ebb & flow and then stumbled upon
your channel. I’m sure glad I did….your videos are both informative and
enjoyable. You are from Westlock? Small world, we used to live just north
in Jarvie/ Fawcett area and worked in town. Happy growing:) ?
Hi Matthew , If you have some time , it will be nice , if you can make a
small video with this pumpkin , meaning from the first time when you put
the seed , until the day when it was ready to participate to that contest.
So , now a question : What is next ? Goodluck
I have been doing hydroponics for a few years now as a hobby. I have always
wanted to grow a giant pumpkin. This year I decided late in the year (May
28) to go a head and do it. 100% hydro, no roots are allowed to touch dirt.
I actually watched your videos back before I got going, and I think it add
to my motivation to get started. Thanks! 5 weeks after pollination the
pumpkin is over 50 pounds and gaining about 5-6 pounds a day! Cheers!
When are you putting up another video… its been what… at least 3
months… I’d also really like to see you take on aquaponics…
Love the video series, has helped me get my hydroponics up and going, can’t
wait for the newest videos to come out. keep up the great work. Plus I want
to enter in the contest. Thanks. keep the vids coming.
check your local yellow pages or google maps for your area.
I enjoyed your Giant Pumpkin series. very impressed how well things turned
out. I hope to try my hand at growing a big one next year!
The roots were insane! They looked like tentacles from a Man of War Jelly
fish. 🙂
Great Job Matthew! Its been fun to watch this thing grow. Ill try growing a
seed via aquaponics if I “win a seed” and if I still have it up and
running, which i should. Till next year!
matt I’m addicted. post another vid. I need my fix
heck yes i want to enter this contest! i love your videos man! and thanks
by the way for all the nice comments you have left on my videos 🙂 really
supportive community we are becoming, i like it!
I’ll favourite and like this anyways, your videos has helped me a lot.
Cheers from Australia. 😀
good job my man! now that halloween’s almost here, you could have a pretty
big jack-o-lantern haha!
What happened you haven’t made a video in a while when are you going to
upload another
Nice pumpkin! I need to go in search of one soon.
I want to enter in the contest
i really want to grow a big pumpkin please check out TheCableGuy221 youtube
Ok sorry confused I keep over thinking things and beautiful pumpkin I got a
little pumpkin growing my self
“I want to enter in the contest” job well done with the hydro pumpkin. i’m
a townhouse dweller and was wondering if i can grow this on my patio or
not. it’s already the begining of october and wanted to grow some pumpkin
for my kids but too late. of course, i’ll probably grow now for practice. 🙂
very cool
Matt Great ending to the season.. hope next year work doesn’t get in the
way so we can see the full outcome of this setup. Thumps up Btw: I want to
enter in the contest
I want to enter in the contest. Matthew Great Work!!! Hopefully next year
you can keep the nutrients going through the whole season and I hope you
get a 150+ Pumpkin. Your videos have been an great help to me in putting
together a hydroponic system and I’m always watching for any new videos
that you put together. Keep up the good work!!!! Thanks again. Brad
My ten year old asked me the other day if I could grow a giant pumpkin with
hydroponics and I said, “probably not.” Woo doggy! That’s a big’in! I love
your stuff! Keep it up. Let’s continue to show the world what hydroponics
can do. Music is very John Fahey – inspired. Who is it? I put this in my
favorites, by the way.
@nosexinside Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you too. I’ve been
very busy with? work, changing districts and getting ready for the
holidays. I do have plans to continue but am really limited with the free
time I have.
Hi I just got in to big pumpkins i am going to start one next year mine
isnt gooing to be hydroponics but i am going to use a similar watering
sistem I would like to be entered in the contest hope i win
We are just going to see how they do, so far they are still growing and
producing cones. We are on our 3rd harvest on the same plant. However now
that winter is getting here and the sun levels are dropping we may start to
see a change in production. If this is the case we will simply take a few
rhizome clippings and toss them in the fridge for a forced chilling them
replant again early spring once light levels come back, (or longer days I
should be saying).
That is what we hope to find out. Previous trials have been conducted by
others hydroponically (outdoors) and they found that not only was yield
improved, but the actual potency of various alpha and beta acid compounds
within the hops were drastically improved. Sun or light is not really an
issue for us here in Arizona. Hops grow best in climates such as the
northwest that receive far less light than we do here.
The “Lemon” refers to the colour only, unfortunately.
they seem to be very sensitive to light so they need to be started at the
proper time for the variety. We planted out of season thinking we could
over come things by having the appropriate climate control. It did not work
for us. So if planted at the right time they will take off right away and
mature soon after, however I can’t quite remember the time it did
take….ooops. 🙂
I did not spray the hops with compost tea only due to the fact that the end
goal for these hops is to go into a beer “raw” and add flavor so I don’t
want to mask or even ruin the smell of the hops. I made a video on compost
tea with my recipe you should check it out.
…..I just wrote a very long explanation of the trial….then I accidently
hit the back button and everything was gone!!!!! lol…..so in the midst of
my frustration I will simply answer your quick questions and post a follow
up video soon….. -Temps. between 75F-85F year round. -Still in same
media, EC still kept around 2.1 (during flowering). -Water once everyday
for 15 minutes at 10am -They seem to love as much sun (light energy) as
they can get!
Great video, how did this end up working? I’ve been wanting to try indoor
hops for sometime but haven’t found much info on it. I never thought of
hydro for some reason… it looks like it is working great though! Have you
experimented with compost tea foliar sprays to fight diseases?
I am thinking of trying to do this myself. How long did it take from
planting the rhizomes to getting a plant mature enough to produce fruit?
Nice, Do you think you could grow a substantiual harvest indoors or does it
truly need outdoor sun.
Hi, I’m doing a project on growing hops in the greenhouse, I noticed you
haven’t posted anything recently on how things are going. Have you noticed
any improvements? What temperature are you keeping them at, have you
changed the EC or maybe the media it is growing in? How often do you
irrigate? Do you find they prefer a lot of sun, or more shade? Do you think
it would be possible to grow these on rockwool or coco slabs, or have you
found you need buckets for the roots to grow?
They ended up getting taken over by spider mites. We cleaned everything up
cut the plants down and then waited for them to come back…..which they
did about a month ago. They are 3 times as vigorous this time around! I
will post a video update soon.
-Rockwool would seem more difficult since we are dealing with rhizomes
(longer wood like roots). Or maybe because I just personally prefer coco
coir. 🙂 We tried planting 3 rhizomes in a slab and it was too difficult to
keep the moisture consistent that’s why we chose individual buckets.