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The Best Groceries
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เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 22 ม.ค. 2024
Welcome! I’m Shanna and I believe that The Best Groceries are the ones you produce yourself! They’re healthier, better quality, made exactly the way you want them, and more environmentally-friendly.
I’m an avid outdoor and hydroponic gardener and I'm completely obsessed with maximizing my food production capacity!
Whether you have a green thumb, are passionate about your health, or dream of a more self-sufficient lifestyle, this channel is for you!
#TheBestGroceries
I’m an avid outdoor and hydroponic gardener and I'm completely obsessed with maximizing my food production capacity!
Whether you have a green thumb, are passionate about your health, or dream of a more self-sufficient lifestyle, this channel is for you!
#TheBestGroceries
Update on Battling Spider Mites and Thrips
In this video I provide an update on my treatments for spider mites and thrips in my hydroponic garden. I share my learnings and tips for prevention and treatment of these pests.
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1 Head of Lettuce per Day (5 Batch Lettuce Rotation)
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Ready to enjoy fresh, homegrown lettuce every single day? In this video, I’ll show you how to create a continuous rotation of lettuce that yields one head daily! @risegardens3093
RISE Garden Tour 2024
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This video shows what I'm currently growing in my garden.
How to Make a Full Sized Trellis for the RISE Garden
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This video shows how I made a removable full-sized trellis for my RISE Garden. This allows me to grow large vining plants from the bottom level all the way up to the 3rd level.
Battling Spider Mites and Thrips in Indoor Hydroponic Gardens
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Discover a strategy to combat spider mites and thrips in your indoor hydroponic garden without using sprays! In this video, I tell you how to identify these pests and show you an alternative method to control these pests that doesn't require you to spray chemicals on your future food. Whether you're new to hydroponics or looking for eco-friendly pest management tips, don't let pests spoil your ...
Shortcut to Strawberries!
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Want strawberries yesterday? I'll show you how I transplanted strawberry plants from the garden centre into my garden and was picking ripe strawberries 1 week later. Update: Just 1 month after transplanting 3 more of the plants had died. Shortly afterwards an outbreak of spider mites began on the plants and after fighting them for about a week I decided to transplant the strawberries into my ou...
Pruning Tomato Plants
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Don't let your tomato plants run wild - prune them like a pro and reap the rewards of a bountiful harvest! Learn why and how to prune your tomato plants. The pruning scissors I used in this video are linked here. This is an affiliate link which means that I may earn a small commission if you purchase through the links below at no charge to you. Fiskars Pruning Scissors - amzn.to/3JCT9Jb
2 Quick & Easy Ways to Harvest Lettuce
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Discover 2 simple ways to harvest your lettuce! Watch now to see how you can streamline your harvesting process and enjoy fresh, crisp lettuce in no time. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and share for more gardening tips and tricks! @risegardens3093
Ideal Temperature and pH for Hydroponic Veggies - Water Chiller Experiment Part 1
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In this video I talk about the ideal water temperature and pH for growing hydroponic veggies. I discuss a problem I've been having with my pH and start an experiment to try and resolve the problem using a water chiller.
Pollinating Hydroponic Tomatoes
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In this video I discuss quick and easy ways to pollinate indoor hydroponic tomatoes. @risegardens3093
Choosing What to Grow in Your Rise Garden
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In this video I discuss things to thing about when choosing what to plant in your Rise Garden. @risegardens3093
3 Easy Ideas to Soundproof the Rise Garden
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Sharing 3 easy and affordable ways that I reduced the sound from my Rise Garden. @risegardens3093
Rise Garden Review
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Sharing my thoughts about the Rise Garden (unpaid review) Use the discount code SHANNA50 to get $50 off your Rise Garden purchase or use this link risegardens.com/discount/SHANNA50 @risegardens3093
Rise Garden 30 Minute Quick Clean
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This is how you can quickly clean your garden to keep it in tip-top shape (@risegardens3093).
Grow 27 Heads of Lettuce per Month with the Rise Garden
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Grow 27 Heads of Lettuce per Month with the Rise Garden
Thanks for all the tips, I followed your instructions to great success.
I have a question - do you trim your pepper or cherry tomato plants? If so is there a video you can link where I can see how to do that without killing the plants? Mine are taking over the system and I am not sure how to handle them gently.
I do prune both tomatoes and peppers and I do have a video showing how to do it. th-cam.com/video/hemlyOaz3SE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=-NgUXLbSNd2tB5yM
@@TheBestGroceries Thank you!!
Am I hearing A-hole trays or 8-hole trays 😂?
@@maxocala2473 😆 8-hole tray.
Thank you very much. That was very valuable information.
You're welcome!
Great job! Use of the command hooks is a great idea. I’m new to Rise but not hydroponics. I planned to do this. Where did you get your net cup covers? Thanks for the videos.
Thanks for your feedback. I hope you're enjoying your garden so far (I love mine!). I 3D printed the net cup covers using models that are available for free at www.printables.com/model/354671-rise-garden-net-cup-lid If you don't have a 3D printer, you can buy slightly different ones on Etsy www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1553371290/net-cup-covers-for-rise-gardens?etsrc=sdt
Thanks for the tips. Are those shelves and trays home made?
This is a premade hydroponic garden system called the RISE Garden. risegardens.com/
Are you still using the Rise supplied nutrients? If not, what are you using now? I’m having an issue with the Rise nutrients clumping.
I'm using nutrients purchased at my local hydroponics store. Currently I'm using Botanicare brand because I was looking for something organic, but I understand that Botanicare is no longer shipping to my location (in Edmonton, Canada) so I'll need to look for something different when I run out.
@ thank you!
@@valenpa01 You're welcome!
Just found your page, do you happen to have a video on your shelving and hydroponics system. Love to have this small setup in my place.
This is not something I built myself, this is an entire system that I purchased called a RISE Garden. USA - risegardens.com Canada - ca.risegardens.com
Thanks for this very helpful video!
You're welcome. I'm glad it was helpful!
You are amazing every video help me with my garden thank you. What are the little box on the left’s door ?
Thank you so much Patrick, I really appreciate hearing from you! I've got a Bluelab Guardian on each of my gardens (Bluelab is the brand, Guardian is the device). It's got probes that sit in the water tank and continuously monitor and display the EC, pH, and temperature of the water.
Thank you. I will use this next spring when it is time for salads again.
You're welcome! What do you grow in your garden over the winter?
Hi! Love your videos. I just had a question in the root system of your plants. I noticed you said you had one of your pepper plants for over 100 days. Do you trim your roots at all? If so, how often. If not, then how do you manage taking the plants out when it’s time to get rid of the plant?
I don't usually trim the roots unless they're blocking the flow of water or if there are too many roots and it's pushing the tray lid out of place (in that second case it's just so it looks nicer). When I remove the plant from the garden I lift up the tray and rip/cut the roots off and then pull the net cup out of the tray once the roots are off.
I thought I posted a comment here but maybe I forgot to click the button. I wanted to thank you again for yet another great video. I wanted to ask you a few questions related to your experience: 1. Have you been able to re-grow plants from the original seeds after the plants had bloomed and produced fruit? Have you been able to grab a seed from those peppers and grow them again or do you have to keep ordering from Rise Garden every time? 2. Do you know where I can buy Koppert online? I was not able to find a store.
I have successfully harvested seeds from other plants and regrown them but not these peppers specifically. The ones I'm growing are not from Rise and I still have more in the package so haven't needed to collect my own yet (but I will when I run out!). You can save any pepper seeds from a ripe pepper, dry them, and regrow a new plant as long as your plant is not a hybrid variety. It looks like if you're in the US then you can order Koppert products through this store www.koppertus.com/retail-shop I'm in Canada and they have a separate Canadian store retail.koppert.ca/collections/shop
Great job love the idea
I’m was thinking about doing this and wondering about the Rise garden and Gardyn tower especially for the peppers and cucumbers. So glad this video came up on my feed! Look forward to to more videos from you soon!
I have both. Go with Rise Garden, it will provide you with way more value for your money. Everything about Rise is better quality. I have posted a very lengthy trust pilot review on Rise Garden where I compare it to Gardyn and if you go there you will be able to read in detail why I prefer Rise over Gardyn.
I'm very glad the video was helpful!
really detailed, amazing help - dealt with Thrips manytimes :-(
Thanks for your feedback. I appreciate hearing that it was helpful!
You dont have trouble with the lettuce and tomatoes/cumbers requiring differnt npk/pH during their lifecycles? Im trying to decide if i should buy a smaller garden to start with and dedicate it to greens.
I found that all plants were able to grow reasonably well however I did purchase a second garden because I loved the first one and wanted to grow even more. Now that I have 2 gardens my plants are separated into fruiting and non-fruiting plants to be able to provide different nutrients to each as you described. I suppose it depends on how much you want to grow. In my greens garden I have 2 full levels dedicated to a lettuce rotation so that I can have a continuous supply (and that's just for 2 people). I posted a video tour of my garden (Sept 2024) today that you might be interested in.
@@TheBestGroceries thank you!
I wrapped my rise garden in light reflective panda paper and it grows like a monster! I also have the paper on the surface of each level with squares cut out for each plant space. Highly recommend this 😊
I'm sure the plants love that!
@@TheBestGroceries It's way overkill, but fun 😄
Excellent thought process! Very creative and thank you for sharing! I am impressed with how your plants can utilize the full height of the system and go all the way to the top. Sounds like you are still having issues with pests? Did you find a solution since then?
Thanks for your feedback. I noticed how my outdoor cucumbers used a full 4 foot trellis and wanted to provide the same opportunity for my indoor cucs.
Genius!
I used rare earth magnets from Amazon to attach my trellis which works great for the garden
I considered all sorts of ways to attach the trellis, there are many options that would work. In the end I chose the hooks because I already had them.
Have you been enjoying this system? Torn between it and a gardyn!
I have not tried any other system however I absolutely LOVE this one... so much that I got a second one after seeing how well the first one worked.
@@TheBestGroceries I got one a few weeks ago used -- great system!
Very creative. Thank you for sharing.
I'm glad you enjoyed it. You're welcome!
Thank you, I learn so much from you. Can you provide an update on the pest infestation?
Thank you. I appreciate hearing this! I will be making a follow up on this soon.
Wow, thank you for putting all of this valuable knowledge in this video. I have a gardyn and consider moving to rise gardens and this is very useful to see what I can do with it!
Thanks for your kind words. I've never tried a Gardyn but I love my RISE Gardens and would highly recommend them!
@@TheBestGroceries i have since purchased a Rise Garden and a Rise Roma. Incredible systems and I like them a lot more than Gardyn!
@@adgdashaef I'm so glad to hear that you like it! It's good to know how it compares to other systems.
I have the same question as to what seedless pods do you use? Great video! I have a personal rise, so will modify but do a similar technique. I will have 3 - 4 heads per week. I will keep them in the 8 hole tray, since that is the least amount of holes tray. in a personal;
Very helpful video
I am having a difficult time finding your videos. When I put in The Best Groceries or TheBestGroceries I still can't find you.
If you search TH-cam for @thebestgroceries it will come up. Also, if you subscribe to the channel then you'll have it listed on your "subscriptions" list in TH-cam.
I'm so excited to get your information for the chiller! My water is too warm at 83 degrees. Which chiller did you buy?
Hi Claudia, I'm now 16 days into the experiment and I can say that it appears to be working! I bought a cheap aquarium chiller from Wal-Mart. It's doesn't have a high enough capacity to keep the temperature at the level I set (it still creeps up during the day) but it's keeping it lower than previous. I'll share the details and pros and cons of it in my follow up video in another 2-3 weeks.
@@TheBestGroceries Thank you for the update! I think I'll get the Ice Probe chiller as I need my room temperature fairly high and it drives the garden temperature up from the ambient air temperature too much. My garden is struggling with wilting, yellowing, curling, and brown edges..and leaves twisting. It seems to do well for the first two week after cleaning. I have some solids in the water too. Some roots are white and some are cream. Anxiously awaiting your report!
I actually ended up buying a 42 gallon chiller. It is working well!
Hi Shanna. I would like to get some 3D net cup covers. Would you be willing to print me some or tell me where I can buy some or how to get the instructions for printing them? My grandson has a 3D printer. I bought some off of Etsy, but they weren't small enough to fit in the nurseries and now they don't sell them anymore. Also what type of nozzle to use for food grade. TIA
Here is a link to the 3D print model for the net cup covers. The link is for the original design and there are also 2 other versions that I made that you can see under the remixes tab. www.printables.com/model/354671-rise-garden-net-cup-lid I printed these using food grade PETG that I purchased on Amazon. Food Grade PETD Filament for 2D Printing (USA) - www.amazon.com/dp/B0BBBGNDCY/ref=twister_B0D2KYDBJN?_encoding=UTF8&th=1Food Grade PETD Filament for 2D Printing (Canada) - www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0BBBH7R82/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1 I don't remember the print nozzle size but it was the original one that came with the printer, nothing special.
This is awesome! I am so nervous to start this. Where do you buy pods. Can I ask why you don’t use the Rise pods.
Does all the information you need come with this system? We just ordered a two tier system
Assembly instructions come with the garden. There is a "Rise" app that tracks all your plants and gives instructions on tasks you need to do and how to do them (such as thinning, pruning, and adding nutrients).
Where do you get your plants. Do you order all from Rise?
Some are ordered from Rise and I use empty pods with seeds from elsewhere for others.
Awesome info, nice indoor garden keep up the good work. 🌿🌿🌱🌱🪴🪴👍👍 have a beautiful week
Thanks so much for your feedback. You have a great week as well!
Nice plants
Thanks for sharing. New subscriber.
Thanks @Randyb4ut!