The Kratky Method was first published in a paper in 2009 by B.A. Kratky, and describes a beautiful method of growing plants in a non-circulating hydroponic system. It’s a very simple, yet effective, way to grow plants hydroponically. Great for leafy greens like lettuce, kale, spinach, and a variety of herbs.
I’ve even seen people do Kratky tomatoes or Kratky cucumbers, though I haven’t grown them myself (yet)!
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→ The Original Paper: http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/hawaii/downloads/Three_Non-circulating_Hydroponic_Methods_for_Growing_lettuce.pdf
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Is it possible to combine hydroponic and aerobonic?
Wouldn’t the nutrient solution get too concentrated as the water levels drops?? Like your PPM would go through the roof. And then there’s the pH!
How often do you change out the plant?
You didn't mention the light and temperature requirements.
Will be starting today thanks for the video. Got everything but I bought seeds instead of seedlings
for lettuce, what should be the proper depth of water if my grow bed is 4' by 8'?
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Hello! I am a founder of a non-profit using hydroponics in Haiti! I would love to chat with you on this method of farming! Is there anyway to contact you that I can use?
I just planted a whole bunch of Jiffy pellet starters. Can you use these in the Kratky method?
Can you please suggest how I could do this with lettuce using 2 liter bottles without cutting into the bottles. I want to plant lettuce in them.
Other soil mediums??
I have been growing plants by this method since early -80! Kratky is just a new name to this old method named passivehydro.
Thanks want ask u quest what diff betw kratky method n dutch bucket system
thanks!! total beginner. what lights should i get ?
This is absurd. Did sticking a plant in water and NOT using an air stone really warrant its own name? I'm pretty sure people have doing this since the beginning of time.
Egptians used this method on riverbeds cut with floating sod….such an old method that has come around again and again…
I'm using 10 gallon totes using the kratky method and Masterblend as my nutrient solution. i'm getting root rot on alot of my plants and wondering if its something I'm doing wrong or something I should be doing but not. Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Kevin, This rocks I am going to start one this weekend.
Thanks for the video. I have started some tomato seedlings in 3" net cups with clay pebbles. They are around 10 days old and 1 or 2 true leaves appear on them. I am doing it krtaky in small plastic jar. The roots are not coming out of the net cup. The nutrient solution is just touching the bottom of the net cup. What could be the issue?
you need to add some bleach to the water to keep put bacteria.
they call this deep water culture