I have a dish pan and just said, I’m growing my greens indoors because I have had my greens eaten up outside more times than I can count. This is my solution. Thank you.
I think you guys did an excellent job showing us step by step on how to do an indoor green harvest. You taught me a great deal. I’m going to try and do this this winter, never grew anything indoors before. Thanks for sharing.
A hot nail or soldering iron can be used to make the drainage holes and will prevent any "splitting issues" in your plastic bins as opposed to using a drill.
Thank you! Wonderful video. As a result of covid I have now been gardening regularly. Self-sufficiency! Another way to put drainage holes in dollar store tubs is to use heated skewer. I also use wine cork screws to separate top tub from bottom for drainage space. My sister laughs at me because I save everything but....😏 repurpose and recycle!
I am growing greens using the hydroponic method and loving it. Patience is key. Once you are able to harvest you will be able to reharvest every two to three days. It’s like magic. I love Butter-crunch lettuce.
I've been growing indoors under lights for a few years now and have tried different setups. I'm liking the 2 gallon pots from HD with a 50 cent kids plate from WM as the saucer. I can turn the pots as needed, space them as they grow and even stake them with bamboo stakes for continuous harvest. I have the shelf setup in one room but also 4 large windows + lights facing west setup in the main room. Drunken Woman Lettuce is my favorite.... and I get to joke around with my Mom about taking care of the Ladies....! Gotta eat your GREENS! ☀🥬🥗 I also grow Alabama Blue and Georgia Collards indoors. The leaf gets really large and can also be used for wraps. Love 'em so much!
Such a great idea to grow greens in winter! I have all the shoplights set up for garden seedlings and just never thought of using them to produce salad!
Thanks guys! I'm in northern Canada, I'm a vegetarian living in an apartment downtown, the one (expensive) grocery store down town is moving, and due to floods in the South, suddenly we had almost no produce in that grocery store. I don't have a green thumb, but I've been thinking about this for a long time and your video was exactly what I needed. Thank you!
We NEVER use potting soil always use 3&1 mix soil from start to finish! You can buy soil at home depot year WE have no problems growing year round & we grow mostly iceberg lettuce, romaine etc. Full and ready to eat about 2 to 3 weeks. We buy year round at home depot. Remember 3&1 mix
@@TheProvidentPrepper Sorry it took a while to get back to you, I've been busy working, studying and moving further north where affordable internet can be glitchy. Anyways, no, I don't know anyone in Ottawa, I'm further west.
I grow lettuce in 9 oz. plastic cups too, and have found that it grows more slowly than plants grown with twice that amount of soil (grown outside in winter with limited winter light in California). I experimented with 5 oz. plastic cups and the lettuce got over 1 foot tall, but needed more time, water and fertilizer. More soil and more light make a difference, but quantity is important with leafy greens, which are harvested one leaf at a time. I have about 50 lettuce plants from my cool weather crop started last year and recently started 100 lettuce seedlings in a 10"x20" tray and transplanted one seedling to each 9 oz. plastic cup, which seems to be the right amount of volume for lettuce to grow in a few months. Only one seedling per cup works great. I put a 1/16" wafer of swim noodle foam at the bottom of the cup and it regulates the water intake even if sitting in water. The water wicks up from the tray, which holds about 35 lettuce plants.
Very thorough!!! Everything looks so neat and tidy! I did this this spring and when I brought a bag of lettuce over to the neighbor she was shocked that I had lettuce ready to eat with snow on the ground 😂😂😂😂😂
We NEVER use potting soil always use 3&1 mix soil from start to finish! WE have no problems growing year round & we grow mostly iceberg lettuce, romaine etc.
Veery nice start to this..Ive been at it a few more years than these folks....I am using epoxy coated regency food grade shelves that are 24 inches deep, 56 inches long and 74 inches tall...I use 6 shelves on there but 5 of these shelves makes this rack equivalent to a 4x10 foot raised bed garden!!! In addition, I hang lights vertically from the ends of 2 racks spread a part a little and these provide amazing amounts of energy for tomaotes, cucumbers etc...I use t5 lights and some T8s....I do grow head lettuce and especially a lot of romaines red and greens....I also made jackets for these so i can put them outside earlier in the year and i use VESTA NOW to heat them a little when needed outside......works fabulously!!! Keep up the great work!!
I would suggest trying to use clay pots some of which are oblong if you so choose. I am not a fan of growing my food in plastic(often made in China) for fear of chemicals leaching into my food. If you need food though,use what you have.❤
Plants uptake water and minerals from the soil. They are not able to absorb large molecules , as those leached from plastic. Growing in plastic tubs is completely safe.
I think I'm gonna try that. Being off grid I don't have electricity yet but I'm gonna use 12 v solar lighting and run it off that. I'm single so I could do this and have my greens w/out a fridge. When I want some greens to eat I just go get what I want just enough for a meal or snack. Thanks!! U guys r great! Like you said in the video, I don't have to share it with the bugs
Gonna try this. I tried this sort of in my garage and ended up with soil gnats . The trick is to keep air moving, plus I got some of those sticky flowers to stick down in the dirt. Gonna try this again.
@@TheProvidentPrepper I love how positive you guys are. I feel empowered when I watch your channel. Most prepping channels leave me feeling hopeless. But you guys always have great ideas that anyone can use.
I'm in Colorado. In summer I plant lettuce on the north side hugging the outside of some planter boxes which are shaded until plants get fairly tall, and I get lettuce all summer. But here in Colorado night temperatures can be around 70 degrees virtually every night all summer which could be a part of that.
Fantastic video! Complete and compact with the all the beginner information needed! Answered a lot of my initial questions! Thanks for taking the time to putting it all together!
Just an update: I use the white basins underneath, but I cut a side off gallon milk jugs and lay two jugs in the basin. There’s a spacer between the jugs and the basin, and there are drain holes in the jugs.
What a timely video!!! I have been wondering how to get through the winter myself...and I t-h-i-n-k I live in the same county you live in along the Wasatch Front. I plan on starting a couple of large tubs this weekend of vegetables to take me through perhaps early December, and as long as I cover them when a frost is expected, I can "weather" that...pun intended. However...once the snows come, I wasn't sure how to deal with trying to keep some sort of greens in my diet, so this is a perfect solution. Herbert's announcement of extending the emergency orders in order to cash in on federal dollars today irked me to no end...particularly when there is not numbers to support his "emergency". We need to figure out a way to keep RINO 2.0 (Cox) out of the governor's seat come November, even if it means voting for the Democratic candidate. At least we'd know what we were getting and limit them to one term. It's just me, so I think I can manage some greens through the winter and early spring until I can get my small garden growing again.
Instead of using a drill to make the holes in the containers, maybe you could try using a hot nail instead if the plastic is too rigid and breaks with the drill.
I've never thought of using a dishpan. I technically have space for outdoor containers & intend to at least try it, but a dishpan container indoors seems to offer a good size for decent harvests without the concern of pests both animal & the neighbourhood children who seem to like hiding litter in bushes & plants.
I have very little growing space with living in an apartment, so I've been experimenting with what windowsill space I have (dwarf bush tomatoes, lettuce, spinach, herbs, pea shoots, mustard & cress, spring onions, sweet peppers and chillies). Unfortunately my sunniest and largest window isn't south facing (it's WSW) and I'm in the north UK so we get a lot of overcast days. Here's what I've found so far: - The toms (Red Robin) have been a bust, I have a small amount of fruit on one out of four plants. I think they haven't had enough sunlight (I will look into setting up grow lights somewhere in future though). A shame, but good to know, I can use that precious space for something else in future. - Pea shoots do incredibly well, and given how quickly they grow and how delicious and nutrient rich they are I think I'll be focusing on more of these. - Basil and mint thrived. I took cuttings to start new plants and harvested the first ones when they became massive. The cuttings are doing well too and the fresh pesto I made with the basil was LOVELY! - Lettuce was a disappointment, though I suspect it was because of the small containers I had them in. I didn't think I could mess up lettuce, but I did haha! I'm not sure if I'll continue to grow lettuce, I prefer pea shoots anyway. - Spinach didn't do well at all. I had a feeling it would fail. I intended to cut baby leaves...it didn't get to that stage, it got leggy and I think I over watered it too. Oops! - Mustard and cress shoots are hard to mess up anywhere, right? Great crops for a small space. - Spring onions did great and I have some frozen to throw in omlettes and stir fries. Not sure it's worth the space when I could buy them and freeze/dehydrate. - The chillies were the surprise to me, I really didn't expect them to grow well here. The jalepenos DID produce flowers, but my cat chewed them off (argggghhh!), my prairie fire has actual chillies on it already and the sweet peppers are looking strong. Again, I'm not sure it's worth the space to have chilli plants when I could buy a load and freeze and dehydrate them. When I decided to grow them I wasn't exactly thinking of space efficiency, just what I wanted to grow. Like I say, I'm going to look into setting up a rack with grow lights (possibly hydroponics) somewhere, but this is what I've found so far from my experiments with UK windowsill gardening without grow lights.
Thanks for sharing that .It looks like something just about anyone could do. If I had the space and money to experiment with I'd try using that method to grow tomatoes by angling the lights. I'd start the experiments with cherry tomatoes and see how that worked.
i have a couple small aero gardens that I just bought some blank pods for. I got some lettuce seeds from a local grower and I plan on starting some here soon. The cost of lettuce is so expensive these days that it seemed logical to me. When I get a new house with more space I plan to do a set up more like yours. :)
Thanks for the video. I live in South Texas would like to set this up in my house my question is do you have problems with gnats in your soil . We had this problem with house plants and eventually moved them out side . Keep the videos coming .
Fresh greens are nice, but they don't provide the calories to keep you alive in a famine. You need staples like potatoes, rice, beans, field corn, etc. In the long term, you will also need some sort of source of animal food. Also, your setup is toast as soon as the electricity goes out.
Isn't that quite expensive as far as running the lights? I see that you put wood in between two dishpans. What do you do, lift up the pan te water from the bottom or how do you know that your watering too much or not enough? Thanks
Just found this old video because I was gifted a set of grow lights! Did you ever do a video on battling bugs in your indoor plants? I’d love the link!
I used your video as a guide and setup a whole shelf for greens. Do you have any varieties of greens/lettuce that you feel do well indoors? My kale is doing well, but I feel like some lettuces might be better than others? Thank you so much!
@@jc.1191 JC we have to realize the media lies ALOT and things we were taught were not necessarily the truth. This is why we have to stop believing everything we are told and to follow the rabbit trail and to research. Iam a testament, I drink it, it brings oxygen to the cells. The gov doesn’t want natural cures known. This is why info is being silenced today.
How do you keep those little Nat bugs from your plants indoors every time I use potting soil or something to start flowers or something inside I always get these little nap bugs
I've tried 10 different things to fight fungus gnats, and they are really really hard to deal with. Best combination so far is to use Misquito Bits (look like chopped nuts) on top of the soil, then covered with 1/2 inch sand AND insert sticks in the soil with the sticky yellow paper traps....all three methods together. The Misquito Bits leach chemicals into the soil when you water, which kills the larvae, and the sand traps them in the soil so they can't propagate as gnats. It's a lot of work.
@@betsybarnicle8016 I have found both thise work best against fungal gnats too. The other thing I've tries with my indoor house plants that seems to work is putting an inch of Perlite in top of the soil in each pot. It helps keep the adults from breeding in the first inch or so of the soil. I also try to water from the bottom where I can, although that's not really possible for seedlings.
Will these lights also grow cucumbers and tomatoes? Lighting is so confusing! Everything I have read says fruiting plants need red light. Is this true?
I have heard that keeping the soil warm enough can be challenging. Using this setup, I wonder if it would be possible to create a greenhouse effect to keep soil temperature higher than the ambient temperature. Perhaps a humidifier next to it with a tent around it?
An old clear plastic piece of garbage like a cake container works as a mini greenhouse. Or cover with clear Saran wrap. It's reusable too. It's especially helpful during germination and sprouting phase, less watering and even temps.
You could use the warming mats under them. I have to as my house is too cold in winter to start seeds. Also saw where someone put aquarium heater in bucket of water to warm a greenhouse. I haven’t tried it. I have cats so i would have to enclose it all.
Yes I have 3 aero gardens I got off eBay cheap but u can make bigger tub hydroponics gardens . I do mostly herbs & lettuces but able to do tomatoes any time of year with grow lights. I do sprouting too , especially in winter as can do simple or electric sprouter that I use. Sprouts should b in your Prepper videos . Can eat sprouted watermelon seeds too
I'm growing spinach in these exact tubs (thank you) and they have about 4 leaves and are bolting already! Why? I have the lights 6 inches above the plants. It's no warmer than 74 degrees. I have 36 plants and they are all bolting. I pinches the buds off but will it just continue to bolt?
Thank you so much for sharing this information! I have a question regarding the lights for indoor gardening. If you have a power outage, would those lights be able to work via an emergency battery? Or does it use too many volts? In the event, you do not have an electrical source, are there any other hacks that would provide light to the plant?
Maggie, my cats do this also. I put mine on wheels and put chicken wire around the shelf. I'm not as worried about them eating some, but I don't want my cats to think it's a new litterbox!
I have my 12V grow lights to solar panels directly without a battery. Sun up, lights on. Cheapnez.
That sounds great. where do you get 12 volt grow lights and what size are the solar panels you use ? Thank you
Ebay 12v DC grow lights. Just regular 12v panels in parallel.
Great 👌
Thank you for mentioning the 12v grow lights. I'll shop for some.
@@JAYWAY1982 cool! Do you have a link to one that works well ? Thanks !
I have a dish pan and just said, I’m growing my greens indoors because I have had my greens eaten up outside more times than I can count. This is my solution. Thank you.
@@TheProvidentPrepper Thank you.
I think you guys did an excellent job showing us step by step on how to do an indoor green harvest. You taught me a great deal. I’m going to try and do this this winter, never grew anything indoors before. Thanks for sharing.
A hot nail or soldering iron can be used to make the drainage holes and will prevent any "splitting issues" in your plastic bins as opposed to using a drill.
I am a fan of growing lettuce hydroponically. I grow inside because it bolts super fast in south.
Thank you! Wonderful video. As a result of covid I have now been gardening regularly. Self-sufficiency!
Another way to put drainage holes in dollar store tubs is to use heated skewer. I also use wine cork screws to separate top tub from bottom for drainage space. My sister laughs at me because I save everything but....😏 repurpose and recycle!
Great information. Thank for sharing
Fantastic video! Short and FULL of great information! Thank you, Patriots! ❤️
I am growing greens using the hydroponic method and loving it. Patience is key. Once you are able to harvest you will be able to reharvest every two to three days. It’s like magic. I love Butter-crunch lettuce.
Can you reharvest spinach every few days or just lettuce?
I've been growing indoors under lights for a few years now and have tried different setups. I'm liking the 2 gallon pots from HD with a 50 cent kids plate from WM as the saucer. I can turn the pots as needed, space them as they grow and even stake them with bamboo stakes for continuous harvest. I have the shelf setup in one room but also 4 large windows + lights facing west setup in the main room. Drunken Woman Lettuce is my favorite.... and I get to joke around with my Mom about taking care of the Ladies....! Gotta eat your GREENS! ☀🥬🥗 I also grow Alabama Blue and Georgia Collards indoors. The leaf gets really large and can also be used for wraps. Love 'em so much!
Great comment ❤ John 3,16 ❤
Very good info, thanks!
Such a great idea to grow greens in winter! I have all the shoplights set up for garden seedlings and just never thought of using them to produce salad!
I love using dishpans as containers for lettuces and spinach. They’re so perfect!
Thanks guys! I'm in northern Canada, I'm a vegetarian living in an apartment downtown, the one (expensive) grocery store down town is moving, and due to floods in the South, suddenly we had almost no produce in that grocery store. I don't have a green thumb, but I've been thinking about this for a long time and your video was exactly what I needed. Thank you!
Do it! Do it! Do it! 😄
We NEVER use potting soil always use 3&1 mix soil from start to finish! You can buy soil at home depot year WE have no problems growing year round & we grow mostly iceberg lettuce, romaine etc. Full and ready to eat about 2 to 3 weeks. We buy year round at home depot. Remember 3&1 mix
@@TheProvidentPrepper Sorry it took a while to get back to you, I've been busy working, studying and moving further north where affordable internet can be glitchy. Anyways, no, I don't know anyone in Ottawa, I'm further west.
How'd it go??
I grow lettuce in 9 oz. plastic cups too, and have found that it grows more slowly than plants grown with twice that amount of soil (grown outside in winter with limited winter light in California). I experimented with 5 oz. plastic cups and the lettuce got over 1 foot tall, but needed more time, water and fertilizer. More soil and more light make a difference, but quantity is important with leafy greens, which are harvested one leaf at a time. I have about 50 lettuce plants from my cool weather crop started last year and recently started 100 lettuce seedlings in a 10"x20" tray and transplanted one seedling to each 9 oz. plastic cup, which seems to be the right amount of volume for lettuce to grow in a few months. Only one seedling per cup works great. I put a 1/16" wafer of swim noodle foam at the bottom of the cup and it regulates the water intake even if sitting in water. The water wicks up from the tray, which holds about 35 lettuce plants.
Very thorough!!! Everything looks so neat and tidy! I did this this spring and when I brought a bag of lettuce over to the neighbor she was shocked that I had lettuce ready to eat with snow on the ground 😂😂😂😂😂
“Thanks for being part of the solution“. Thank you both for showing us the way.....#NationalTreasure
I love this too. Thank you for sharing! I was just thinking about growing greens in the house yesterday.
Awesome! Thanks for the step-by-step instructions. 😀
I love this and I did this because of you. I am in heaven but really did notice my energy bill go up. So we will try LEDs soon.
I love this channel! Thank you again for great tips and ideas. Keep moving forward!💖
@@TheProvidentPrepper0q
Thank you
We NEVER use potting soil always use 3&1 mix soil from start to finish! WE have no problems growing year round & we grow mostly iceberg lettuce, romaine etc.
"Attack of the teenager" part is hilarious 😂
Veery nice start to this..Ive been at it a few more years than these folks....I am using epoxy coated regency food grade shelves that are 24 inches deep, 56 inches long and 74 inches tall...I use 6 shelves on there but 5 of these shelves makes this rack equivalent to a 4x10 foot raised bed garden!!! In addition, I hang lights vertically from the ends of 2 racks spread a part a little and these provide amazing amounts of energy for tomaotes, cucumbers etc...I use t5 lights and some T8s....I do grow head lettuce and especially a lot of romaines red and greens....I also made jackets for these so i can put them outside earlier in the year and i use VESTA NOW to heat them a little when needed outside......works fabulously!!! Keep up the great work!!
I would suggest trying to use clay pots some of which are oblong if you so choose.
I am not a fan of growing my food in plastic(often made in China) for fear of chemicals leaching into my food. If you need food though,use what you have.❤
Plants uptake water and minerals from the soil. They are not able to absorb large molecules , as those leached from plastic. Growing in plastic tubs is completely safe.
Plastic plant-pots propagators etc have been used for growing food for a good few generations...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowerpot
Be careful of clay if its glazed, you could be eating lead
I was going to agree with you please use pastic food grade
What about the felt bags for growing?
I think I'm gonna try that. Being off grid I don't have electricity yet but I'm gonna use 12 v solar lighting and run it off that. I'm single so I could do this and have my greens w/out a fridge. When I want some greens to eat I just go get what I want just enough for a meal or snack. Thanks!! U guys r great! Like you said in the video, I don't have to share it with the bugs
Gonna try this. I tried this sort of in my garage and ended up with soil gnats . The trick is to keep air moving, plus I got some of those sticky flowers to stick down in the dirt. Gonna try this again.
I just love this channel! Thanks for the great idea. I'm starting mine today.
@@TheProvidentPrepper I love how positive you guys are. I feel empowered when I watch your channel. Most prepping channels leave me feeling hopeless. But you guys always have great ideas that anyone can use.
I'm in Colorado. In summer I plant lettuce on the north side hugging the outside of some planter boxes which are shaded until plants get fairly tall, and I get lettuce all summer. But here in Colorado night temperatures can be around 70 degrees virtually every night all summer which could be a part of that.
Fantastic video! Complete and compact with the all the beginner information needed! Answered a lot of my initial questions! Thanks for taking the time to putting it all together!
This video really inspired me! I now have my own set up indoors and my green beans are going crazy! Thank you!
can you share how you are growing your green beans? Are they bush beans or climbers?
Ok you two are making me hungry looking at your greens LOL, great video thanks
For the prepper- types looking for alot for cheap. Buy a bag of birdseed. Cheap easy sprouts.
Thank you for sharing.
Be well and be safe.
Peace
This is a great tutorial! Thank you! I will try this.
That is so amazing! 🥬🥒🥦
Bolting is fantastic, collect seeds.
Great video. I have had so many indoor green fails this month. I will try again. Shalom and Blessings.
Just an update: I use the white basins underneath, but I cut a side off gallon milk jugs and lay two jugs in the basin. There’s a spacer between the jugs and the basin, and there are drain holes in the jugs.
I’ve often wondered about this subject. Thanks. Great information.
After watching your video, I feel so inspired. Question: Can I grow some vegetables and herbs on a sunny windowsill?
What a timely video!!! I have been wondering how to get through the winter myself...and I t-h-i-n-k I live in the same county you live in along the Wasatch Front. I plan on starting a couple of large tubs this weekend of vegetables to take me through perhaps early December, and as long as I cover them when a frost is expected, I can "weather" that...pun intended. However...once the snows come, I wasn't sure how to deal with trying to keep some sort of greens in my diet, so this is a perfect solution.
Herbert's announcement of extending the emergency orders in order to cash in on federal dollars today irked me to no end...particularly when there is not numbers to support his "emergency". We need to figure out a way to keep RINO 2.0 (Cox) out of the governor's seat come November, even if it means voting for the Democratic candidate. At least we'd know what we were getting and limit them to one term.
It's just me, so I think I can manage some greens through the winter and early spring until I can get my small garden growing again.
Wow another amazing super great video info and analysis from absolutely the best channel on utube thank you and keep up the good work
❤ John 3,16 ❤
Instead of using a drill to make the holes in the containers, maybe you could try using a hot nail instead if the plastic is too rigid and breaks with the drill.
Use a soldering iron to create drain holes. I will be using this idea when I retire next year
You may introduce lead contamination, and burnt plastics aren't good on your tips. Use a sharp object, or Dremel instead.
@@jc.1191 Since I've never used it for soldering and paid less than $5 at Harbor Freight, I'm not worried so much about that.
I've never thought of using a dishpan.
I technically have space for outdoor containers & intend to at least try it, but a dishpan container indoors seems to offer a good size for decent harvests without the concern of pests both animal & the neighbourhood children who seem to like hiding litter in bushes & plants.
This was perfect. Thanks so much!
I have very little growing space with living in an apartment, so I've been experimenting with what windowsill space I have (dwarf bush tomatoes, lettuce, spinach, herbs, pea shoots, mustard & cress, spring onions, sweet peppers and chillies). Unfortunately my sunniest and largest window isn't south facing (it's WSW) and I'm in the north UK so we get a lot of overcast days. Here's what I've found so far:
- The toms (Red Robin) have been a bust, I have a small amount of fruit on one out of four plants. I think they haven't had enough sunlight (I will look into setting up grow lights somewhere in future though). A shame, but good to know, I can use that precious space for something else in future.
- Pea shoots do incredibly well, and given how quickly they grow and how delicious and nutrient rich they are I think I'll be focusing on more of these.
- Basil and mint thrived. I took cuttings to start new plants and harvested the first ones when they became massive. The cuttings are doing well too and the fresh pesto I made with the basil was LOVELY!
- Lettuce was a disappointment, though I suspect it was because of the small containers I had them in. I didn't think I could mess up lettuce, but I did haha! I'm not sure if I'll continue to grow lettuce, I prefer pea shoots anyway.
- Spinach didn't do well at all. I had a feeling it would fail. I intended to cut baby leaves...it didn't get to that stage, it got leggy and I think I over watered it too. Oops!
- Mustard and cress shoots are hard to mess up anywhere, right? Great crops for a small space.
- Spring onions did great and I have some frozen to throw in omlettes and stir fries. Not sure it's worth the space when I could buy them and freeze/dehydrate.
- The chillies were the surprise to me, I really didn't expect them to grow well here. The jalepenos DID produce flowers, but my cat chewed them off (argggghhh!), my prairie fire has actual chillies on it already and the sweet peppers are looking strong. Again, I'm not sure it's worth the space to have chilli plants when I could buy a load and freeze and dehydrate them. When I decided to grow them I wasn't exactly thinking of space efficiency, just what I wanted to grow.
Like I say, I'm going to look into setting up a rack with grow lights (possibly hydroponics) somewhere, but this is what I've found so far from my experiments with UK windowsill gardening without grow lights.
Thank you this is awesome and so simple! I'm going to get to work ;)
Thanks for sharing that .It looks like something just about anyone could do. If I had the space and money to experiment with I'd try using that method to grow tomatoes by angling the lights. I'd start the experiments with cherry tomatoes and see how that worked.
Thanks for sharing this!
This is going to be my next prep!
Thanks for the inspiration.
Do your lettuces self-sow overwinter as a semi-perrenial?
i have a couple small aero gardens that I just bought some blank pods for. I got some lettuce seeds from a local grower and I plan on starting some here soon. The cost of lettuce is so expensive these days that it seemed logical to me. When I get a new house with more space I plan to do a set up more like yours. :)
Sounds like a great idea!
Great video, & good information! I started Microgreens & Sprouts today! Looking forward to some good eating by Christmas!!
I just bought a a grow tent and a grow light
here in Québec, Canada the price of the lettuce is around $10.-$15. a pound. All the urban farmer do big money one LETTUCE.
Thanks for the video. I live in South Texas would like to set this up in my house my question is do you have problems with gnats in your soil . We had this problem with house plants and eventually moved them out side . Keep the videos coming .
Thank you!!!
About these things because I have a one year old cat likes to eat my play it really love a spider plant in a green Bing
Hi P.P.
You should try the kratky hydroponic solution buckets I've had good outcomes in winter w my greens.
Best regards,
Jarrod
Fresh greens are nice, but they don't provide the calories to keep you alive in a famine. You need staples like potatoes, rice, beans, field corn, etc. In the long term, you will also need some sort of source of animal food. Also, your setup is toast as soon as the electricity goes out.
How long does soil last indoors? How often do you have to change it? Is there are way to reenergize potting mix?
Isn't that quite expensive as far as running the lights? I see that you put wood in between two dishpans. What do you do, lift up the pan te water from the bottom or how do you know that your watering too much or not enough? Thanks
Absolutely love the setup! Thinking about doing this soon... what type of light cycle do you give your plants? Thanks for the great video!
That’s what I was thinking! Just wanted to check... thanks for the reply and thanks for your Chanel!
Just found this old video because I was gifted a set of grow lights! Did you ever do a video on battling bugs in your indoor plants? I’d love the link!
I used your video as a guide and setup a whole shelf for greens. Do you have any varieties of greens/lettuce that you feel do well indoors? My kale is doing well, but I feel like some lettuces might be better than others? Thank you so much!
@@TheProvidentPrepper yes! Thank you!
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Great setup.
H202 diluted is great to give plants a boost!
@@jc.1191 Its oxygen!...I drink it!
@@jc.1191 JC we have to realize the media lies ALOT and things we were taught were not necessarily the truth. This is why we have to stop believing everything we are told and to follow the rabbit trail and to research. Iam a testament, I drink it, it brings oxygen to the cells. The gov doesn’t want natural cures known. This is why info is being silenced today.
Great video 😊 what vegetable can I growi in home now. Can I keep them in house until spring without planting outside
Thank you can I grow collard greens chard kale and beets indoors until spring
Uhm duh Sweetheart. Its called farming. ❤️💖💋❤️🥰🥰🥰 Fish grow bigger in a bigger pond too. ❤️🥰❤️🥰❤️🥰❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
How do you keep those little Nat bugs from your plants indoors every time I use potting soil or something to start flowers or something inside I always get these little nap bugs
I've tried 10 different things to fight fungus gnats, and they are really really hard to deal with. Best combination so far is to use Misquito Bits (look like chopped nuts) on top of the soil, then covered with 1/2 inch sand AND insert sticks in the soil with the sticky yellow paper traps....all three methods together. The Misquito Bits leach chemicals into the soil when you water, which kills the larvae, and the sand traps them in the soil so they can't propagate as gnats. It's a lot of work.
@@betsybarnicle8016 I have found both thise work best against fungal gnats too. The other thing I've tries with my indoor house plants that seems to work is putting an inch of Perlite in top of the soil in each pot. It helps keep the adults from breeding in the first inch or so of the soil. I also try to water from the bottom where I can, although that's not really possible for seedlings.
Can you give us some information on microgreens. I here you can harvest in weeks.
The link to Tom's videos you mentioned is a dead link
Will these lights also grow cucumbers and tomatoes? Lighting is so confusing! Everything I have read says fruiting plants need red light. Is this true?
I have heard that keeping the soil warm enough can be challenging. Using this setup, I wonder if it would be possible to create a greenhouse effect to keep soil temperature higher than the ambient temperature. Perhaps a humidifier next to it with a tent around it?
Would you be able to harvest often enough to have a daily supply of greens for a family of two?
An old clear plastic piece of garbage like a cake container works as a mini greenhouse. Or cover with clear Saran wrap. It's reusable too. It's especially helpful during germination and sprouting phase, less watering and even temps.
I though about putting clear sheet vinyl around 3 sides to keep warmer from my cold winter windows.
You could use the warming mats under them. I have to as my house is too cold in winter to start seeds. Also saw where someone put aquarium heater in bucket of water to warm a greenhouse. I haven’t tried it. I have cats so i would have to enclose it all.
I have aero gardens
Yes I have 3 aero gardens I got off eBay cheap but u can make bigger tub hydroponics gardens . I do mostly herbs & lettuces but able to do tomatoes any time of year with grow lights. I do sprouting too , especially in winter as can do simple or electric sprouter that I use. Sprouts should b in your Prepper videos . Can eat sprouted watermelon seeds too
Me to. Do you Kratky also? My basil is in a kratky jar it was taking over the aerogarden.
@@jenallen5202 wow u just taught me about these. Never seen before. I just cut my basil often so it’s not taking over areo garden. Thx🐾💕
how do you determine light/heat strength for your plants?
After all that, you get a high light bill. I know.
Is it only greens that you can grow like that?
I also grow radishes this way!
I'm growing spinach in these exact tubs (thank you) and they have about 4 leaves and are bolting already! Why? I have the lights 6 inches above the plants. It's no warmer than 74 degrees. I have 36 plants and they are all bolting. I pinches the buds off but will it just continue to bolt?
How many plants are In each tub?
The only space I have is in my basement. Is there a minimum ambient temperature required for good production?
Can i use this method to start any fruit or vegetable plant whether i'm growing indoors or outdoors?
Thank you so much for sharing this information! I have a question regarding the lights for indoor gardening. If you have a power outage, would those lights be able to work via an emergency battery? Or does it use too many volts? In the event, you do not have an electrical source, are there any other hacks that would provide light to the plant?
@@TheProvidentPrepper YAAYYY! Looking forward to it!
what kind of light did you use? and how many watts?
Thank you for this video. I have a question. I am in zone 10. Can I grow greens outside (in containers) year round?
It looks like you are using fluorescent tubes. Wouldn't LED lights take less electricity, last longer, and run quieter?
Nice video but you didn’t tell us application of nutrients in the soil
So you grew your greens from seed? Is there a seed company you could recommend?
@@TheProvidentPrepper Thanks so much!
Great video! How much did it raise your electricity bill every month?
@@TheProvidentPrepper no I was talking about with the grow lights in the indoor setup but I found a video later where you explained it nice videos!
How much is "a little bit of electricity"?
You need to make sure the plastic is food safe or you’ll have chemicals in your food that aren’t good for you.
Where do you get your seeds for lettuce? Or any seeds you use?
What do you use for soil inside?
Hello..Where dod u originally purchase seeds for the lettuce and greens?
@@TheProvidentPrepper okay thank you I’ll look them up now
Which soil?
My cats eat every plant I have. It is good for them, bad for me. So frustrating. I would love to do this. Maybe I will give it another try.
Use an old cage for protection or a make shift tend from sticks and till or other netting
@@ludicrousone8706 thank you, very helpful.
Maggie, my cats do this also. I put mine on wheels and put chicken wire around the shelf. I'm not as worried about them eating some, but I don't want my cats to think it's a new litterbox!
@@silviacarver7054 chicken wire..?I can see that working.
@@micajahsmom That's why I have mine on wheels. I put chicken wire on three sides and push the free side up against the wall.