I watch a lot of channels on TH-cam for gardening. I got to say when I hear Leon talk it's like hearing n the preacher talk. Clearly a commercial grower with decades of experience. Thanks again Leon
Mr Leon thank you very much for your videos. Now I know what I have been doing wrong all these years. I just found your video today. Sir thank you very much and Bless You.
Thank you Mr. Leon!!! I'm getting everything together to try this out!!! I found the fertilizer and growing instructions by searching Dr. Kratky's information!!!! Whooohooo!!! Thanks again!!!
hope you are feeling better Mr.Leon!! and out of the hospital!! very good information that you put out there, love cucumbers ALOT!! you take care sir!!!
I’m trying this. Had mine growing about 2-3 weeks. So far, so good....it growing down the side of the barrel and I have several tiny cucumbers starting.
Mr Leon Thank u thank u thank u You are my favorite and I watch You over and over You are a wonderful person To share your knowledge with Me and everyone like you do. May God bless you and Jesus Take care of you. If you just say his name on your Vidios it would be a great Witness.
I just found your TH-cam channel and I just love you you are the sweetest thing God bless you for what you're doing trying to show people how to grow their food you are a blessing I just love you
Leon, first, bless your heart. Thank you thank you thank you. Your time is so very much appreciated. Can you do this method outside in the garden? Like setting the barrels in the garden and proceed with everything else? I don’t have a greenhouse is why I’m wondering. God bless you!
I hope you feel better soon Mr, Leon, Houston and his daddy sent me over here, I pray your heart evens out quick. God bless. Oh yes I’m going to give your Barrel method a try next year, I can’t send to keep the pests away from things I plant in the ground. Not just the furry kind but my little two legged ones as well 🤣😂😉👍🏻
Hello Leon, saw you on Arms Family Homestead just now and thought i would check you out and i subscribed because i like what you are doing, i will show this to my grandson who would like to start gardening, he will love this.
Howdy from East Texas. Came to your channel from the Arms videos. Love you both! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Would like to bring my young Grandson up to see your Greenhouses!
HELLO MATE! GREAT WORK AND VIDEO! THANK YOU FOR SHARING AND SPENDING THE TIME WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGEABLE GARDENING TIPS! CHEERS ANDRE GEORGESCU OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA...🦊🦊🦊 KEEP WELL MY FRIEND.🤠
For those looking for the fertilizer recipe, here’s an actual paper from BA Kratky. It’s pretty clear what you need to do: www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/HG-44.pdf
Cheryl’s Organic Food Forest its easy I've been playing with it for about two years Now and im well stocked on my hydroponic fertilizer thats the most expensive thing if you gonna do it right you should try it i can point you in the right direction
Thank you, I have learned so much from watching your videos. I continue to learn. Can't wait to meet you at the meet and greet and learn some more. Bless you and you take care.
Leon I just wanna thank you for teaching me how to grow cucumbers and no another way I want to try your method of growing them in the barrel I found you through Arms family homestead
Visiting from Arm's family homestead. Would the same system work for tomatoes? Great video, I've plenty of room for barrel gardening. Thank you for this idea Leon. 😊
Dr. Kratky has grown tomatoes using this method. Check out his TH-cam channel or his research papers at the University of Hawaii. His TH-cam channel is dakineapproaches. Since tomatoes are a longer season crop than cucumbers, though, you will need to refill your water and fertilizer reservoir at some point or at several points.
Leon the only secret to growing this way is the fertilizer mix utilized. Can you expand on the ferts used. My original comment on this subject is now over a month old and most comments after are asking the same thing. PLEASE expand on the ferts.
I watched your video on hydroponic cucumbers and have been doing it ever since going on 3rd year. I tried to find a spot where I could send you a picture of my cuke leaves to see if you can tell me what was going on with them.
Love your containers of Red, White, & Blue... Tomatoes, and cucumbers ... I can't stand the waxy feel of store bought cucumbers, it cardboard taste of store bought tomatoes...
Creating an optimum environment tailored to your target plant will result in fast growth and high productivity for example peppers ideal grow temps are between 20-26 degrees celcius, 14-16 hours per day of full sun, the optimum relative humidity is no lower than 50% and no higher than 70% and it requires deep loose soil which is well drained and rich in organic matter. I tried a grow tent and was absolutely amazed at the speed of growth and productivity. Want to try a green house next.
Found your channel from Arms Family Homestead. Thank you for sharing all your gardening knowledge. Do you just fertilize when you set up the barrel or throughout the season?
For cucumbers, the water and fertilizer in the barrel will last for the whole growing season. For other vegetables and other sized containers, you may need to refill your reservoir.
Wild shot that you will answer but help needed. Cucumber vines in hydroponic solution are having splitting vines that kill the plant. Some say cold weather but we haven’t had any cold weather. Our lows are in the 70s. Any ideas.
All I heard in the video about fertiliser is that he put it in at the beginning and said it would last the whole season. Other comments say stir in year or two year old dry horse manure. I suspect you could put some comfrey tea in a mild dilution rate and maybe have to add some more mid season. Comfrey tea can be a bit rich and burn some roots if not diluted according to what I have learned over last four years.
@@robertl.fallin7062 A shovel full or two to a 55 gal. barrel. Or you can side dress your plants (those planted in the ground) and hoe it in the soil..
For those looking for the fertilizer recipe, here’s an actual paper from BA Kratky. It’s pretty clear what you need to do: www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/HG-44.pdf
Hi leon what would be a good picking cucumber to grow hydroponically. I live in alabama and my kids love me making pickles. Thank you for your advice and your showes.
I just have two questions. Do any of the plastics used in this system leach any toxins into the soil and then into the food? Has the research been done to find out?
Amazing. I tried lettuce in a ball jar and only had a little success. I love cukes so this looks like a great idea. Just have to know where to get a barrel like you got, what additives and amount, and do you ever add water. THANKD LEON!!! Woops!!! just noticed it's a 3 year old video. Probably won't get a reply.
Oh gosh, I see that you have been sick for a while. I am hoping you are back soon. Best WOW look at the roots on that Cuc plant! haha. question for you Leon. Do you use any little friendly buggies in your garden? Any ladybugs, any fliers? I was always taught by my Father that the plants need the contact from other forms of life. In the sense of pollinating, but also for various little known or understood reasons. Just wondering what your thoughts are on that.
Can this method be used with pickling cucumbers such as Kirby? If grown in a greenhouse, I imagine each one of the flowers would have to be hand pollinated as bees cannot gain access. Would you be so kind as to address this issue in a future video? Thank you.
Sir, with the plant starts being from a 6-pack I'm assuming its the smaller size to where the dirt doesn't fill the whole 4" pot.. If these were grown outdoors in this way especially or even in a tunnel, would the fertilizer act to kill mosquito larvae or is there something else that could be done to prevent mosquitos? Thank you :)
There is a natural mosquito deterant that you put in watering troughs for animals. They are called mosquito dunks. I saw someone using the granulated variety in the soil of her plants to kill fungus gnats. I bet you could flot 1-2 in each barrel. They are non toxic!!!
Watched the self wicking video on planting. My question is when do you put water in the milk containers. They were put in the bottom of the blue container then the soil was put in then the plants. When do you put water in the milk containers so it will self wick? Before the dirt or with the OFC pipe or when? Still a little confused.
The problem is if light get through the barrel, it will case algae growth. You want to make sure that the reservoir and root zone stay relatively dark. Another problem would be that the sun hitting the barrel will heat the water and cook the roots. If you can keep the barrel out of the direct sunlight, it would work well outdoors.
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I watch a lot of channels on TH-cam for gardening. I got to say when I hear Leon talk it's like hearing n the preacher talk. Clearly a commercial grower with decades of experience. Thanks again Leon
Watched this 5 years ago 😀 been doing this ever since 😊 thank you 😊
Leon, You're a Rock Star to us novice! Thank You sooo much
Thank you for sharing your gift of knowledge, Leon. What a blessing.
I’ve had great success with Kratky growing and Masterblend fertilizer. Thanks great video. I have a bunch of those barrels too.🤔
Mr Leon thank you very much for your videos. Now I know what I have been doing wrong all these years. I just found your video today. Sir thank you very much and Bless You.
Thank you Mr. Leon!!! I'm getting everything together to try this out!!! I found the fertilizer and growing instructions by searching Dr. Kratky's information!!!! Whooohooo!!! Thanks again!!!
hope you are feeling better Mr.Leon!! and out of the hospital!! very good information that you put out there, love cucumbers ALOT!! you take care sir!!!
Daniel and Houston said you were visiting the hospital....Sorry to hear that, get well soon.
I’m trying this. Had mine growing about 2-3 weeks. So far, so good....it growing down the side of the barrel and I have several tiny cucumbers starting.
Mr Leon
Thank u thank u thank u
You are my favorite and I watch
You over and over
You are a wonderful person
To share your knowledge with
Me and everyone like you do.
May God bless you and Jesus
Take care of you.
If you just say his name on your
Vidios it would be a great Witness.
You’re a great man! Thank you so much for sharing your experiences and knowledge!
I just found your TH-cam channel and I just love you you are the sweetest thing God bless you for what you're doing trying to show people how to grow their food you are a blessing I just love you
Getting rid of the raised beds and going thjs route. This is genius! Thank you sir.
I tryed it with a ec of 40 but i think it was too strong because all the small fruit fell off ive now dropped it to a ec of 20 and its looking better
This is an amazing method. I can’t wait to experiment with this next season
Leon, first, bless your heart. Thank you thank you thank you. Your time is so very much appreciated. Can you do this method outside in the garden? Like setting the barrels in the garden and proceed with everything else? I don’t have a greenhouse is why I’m wondering. God bless you!
I hope you feel better soon Mr, Leon, Houston and his daddy sent me over here, I pray your heart evens out quick. God bless. Oh yes I’m going to give your Barrel method a try next year, I can’t send to keep the pests away from things I plant in the ground. Not just the furry kind but my little two legged ones as well 🤣😂😉👍🏻
Hello Leon, saw you on Arms Family Homestead just now and thought i would check you out and i subscribed because i like what you are doing, i will show this to my grandson who would like to start gardening, he will love this.
Patric B
Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos to share your knowledge
Thank you for this very interesting method. Came over from Arms and home you are released from hospital by now.
Howdy from East Texas. Came to your channel from the Arms videos. Love you both! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Would like to bring my young Grandson up to see your Greenhouses!
This is incredible,Great job. Thanks for sharing.
This is awesome. Thank you so much for you amazing videos and lessons.
HELLO MATE!
GREAT WORK AND VIDEO! THANK YOU FOR SHARING AND SPENDING THE TIME WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGEABLE GARDENING TIPS!
CHEERS ANDRE GEORGESCU OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA...🦊🦊🦊
KEEP WELL MY FRIEND.🤠
Sure makes a difference thanks for the schooling Leon..
enjoy all you videos enjoy learning
Love learn from you! May God richly bless you!!!!
Love your videos Leon. Came from Daniel Arms
For those looking for the fertilizer recipe, here’s an actual paper from BA Kratky. It’s pretty clear what you need to do:
www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/HG-44.pdf
Thank you very much!
Thank you or sharing! 👍👍👍😀🌱🌱🌱
🎉
Hi Leon. Hope you are doing well. I also have come over from Arm’s family Homestead
Houston Arms sent me over to your site. He was very concerned about your hospitalization and hoping you got well soon. Decided to subscribe.
Interesting. I’m been thinking about growing this way. Thanks for sharing.
Cheryl’s Organic Food Forest its easy I've been playing with it for about two years Now and im well stocked on my hydroponic fertilizer thats the most expensive thing if you gonna do it right you should try it i can point you in the right direction
Thank you Leon.
This is amazing. Thanks for the knowledge.
Thank you for sharing I look forward to trying this as soon as I can!!
Thank you, I have learned so much from watching your videos. I continue to learn.
Can't wait to meet you at the meet and greet and learn some more. Bless you and you take care.
So glad I found your channel. Houston sent me. Hope you are feeling better.
Absolutely 💯 % awesome!! Thank you very much!
Outstanding! Cannot wait to try this method.
Leon I just wanna thank you for teaching me how to grow cucumbers and no another way I want to try your method of growing them in the barrel I found you through Arms family homestead
Thanks for the video. It answered my long time question of how many cucumbers one plant can produce. Guess i can work with 8 to 10.
Thanks so much for sharing this with me 💖 from texas. I will be trying what you got. It's so awesome. God bless you Sir
Thank you for making your videos! I enjoy everyone them!
Aloha from Hawaii! Gonna check out that UH resource you mentioned.
What is the fertilizer combination do you use ?
Thanks for the video. Well done.
Kratky on large scale. Awesome.
Visiting from Arm's family homestead. Would the same system work for tomatoes? Great video, I've plenty of room for barrel gardening. Thank you for this idea Leon. 😊
Dr. Kratky has grown tomatoes using this method. Check out his TH-cam channel or his research papers at the University of Hawaii. His TH-cam channel is dakineapproaches. Since tomatoes are a longer season crop than cucumbers, though, you will need to refill your water and fertilizer reservoir at some point or at several points.
@Brian Smith thank you very much. I had that question also!
Get better soon,we all miss you
Leon Deserves more subscribes he so wholesome
Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge!
Leon the only secret to growing this way is the fertilizer mix utilized. Can you expand on the ferts used. My original comment on this subject is now over a month old and most comments after are asking the same thing. PLEASE expand on the ferts.
Check out episode 86. He's mentioned it in a few other videos as well. Hope that helps 🙂
Awesome Leon
Disregard my earlier comment. I did some quick research and found more detail. I will be giving this a try!! Thanks!
I watched your video on hydroponic cucumbers and have been doing it ever since going on 3rd year. I tried to find a spot where I could send you a picture of my cuke leaves to see if you can tell me what was going on with them.
I’ve only ever done the Kratky method in mason jars. I may have to buy a couple of barrels and try some cucs.
Thank you for sharing this method.
Thanks Leon
I like this idea
Love your containers of Red, White, & Blue... Tomatoes, and cucumbers ... I can't stand the waxy feel of store bought cucumbers, it cardboard taste of store bought tomatoes...
Thank you, I live in Canada where the growing season is short if there is any way to help grow fast and productive I am looking for it.
O. K
Hydroponics is the way to go.
Creating an optimum environment tailored to your target plant will result in fast growth and high productivity for example peppers ideal grow temps are between 20-26 degrees celcius, 14-16 hours per day of full sun, the optimum relative humidity is no lower than 50% and no higher than 70% and it requires deep loose soil which is well drained and rich in organic matter. I tried a grow tent and was absolutely amazed at the speed of growth and productivity. Want to try a green house next.
Thank you for sharing us your project, i have a question, why my water became green??? It's normal, or i miss mixing my nutritions
Found your channel from Arms Family Homestead. Thank you for sharing all your gardening knowledge. Do you just fertilize when you set up the barrel or throughout the season?
For cucumbers, the water and fertilizer in the barrel will last for the whole growing season. For other vegetables and other sized containers, you may need to refill your reservoir.
Thumbs up Sir! Thank you.
Wild shot that you will answer but help needed. Cucumber vines in hydroponic solution are having splitting vines that kill the plant. Some say cold weather but we haven’t had any cold weather. Our lows are in the 70s. Any ideas.
what is the mix for the fert for 50 gal drums for cucumbers
My grandpa says Hi-why-ya the exact same way as Leon.
Great job 👍👍👍
How to fertilize, amounts and when? Thanks in advanced
All I heard in the video about fertiliser is that he put it in at the beginning and said it would last the whole season.
Other comments say stir in year or two year old dry horse manure.
I suspect you could put some comfrey tea in a mild dilution rate and maybe have to add some more mid season. Comfrey tea can be a bit rich and burn some roots if not diluted according to what I have learned over last four years.
Thanks leon for all you do, when you put the pot in the barrel do you make the holes bigger in the pot,also what's the fertilizer recipe?
How to you clean the drum of roots after growing season is over, if it has a 4" hole only at the top ?
what was the fertilizer you mixed into the water in the barrel?
Horse manure would work well if you have it and want to go organic, make sure it'[s older and dry however, and stir it in.
@@dukeman7595 horse manure in the water?
@@rebeccacampbell585 Yes just mix it in the water and stir it up. Horse manure don't have a fouls odor like other types do..
@@dukeman7595 A pinch, or a shovel full.?
@@robertl.fallin7062 A shovel full or two to a 55 gal. barrel. Or you can side dress your plants (those planted in the ground) and hoe it in the soil..
Outstanding! Thank you!
Wow I didn't know you could grow cukes like that!!!!!
I would guess this would work good for pumpkins, squash, and melons?
So I think my I’ll try this with squash and just maybe Pumpkins
Oh my we’ve got to try that system and those cucumbers! What kind of fertilizer do you mix in it
For those looking for the fertilizer recipe, here’s an actual paper from BA Kratky. It’s pretty clear what you need to do:
www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/HG-44.pdf
Hello I hope you get better soon
Hi leon what would be a good picking cucumber to grow hydroponically. I live in alabama and my kids love me making pickles. Thank you for your advice and your showes.
WOW, Thank you.
Do you need to have your barrel under some visquenn or some type of cover to keep it from overheating
I just have two questions. Do any of the plastics used in this system leach any toxins into the soil and then into the food? Has the research been done to find out?
Very Great question 👍
Amazing. I tried lettuce in a ball jar and only had a little success. I love cukes so this looks like a great idea. Just have to know where to get a barrel like you got, what additives and amount, and do you ever add water. THANKD LEON!!! Woops!!! just noticed it's a 3 year old video. Probably won't get a reply.
Look on Craigslist list. 55 gal food grade barrels.
Oh gosh, I see that you have been sick for a while. I am hoping you are back soon. Best WOW look at the roots on that Cuc plant! haha. question for you Leon. Do you use any little friendly buggies in your garden? Any ladybugs, any fliers? I was always taught by my Father that the plants need the contact from other forms of life. In the sense of pollinating, but also for various little known or understood reasons. Just wondering what your thoughts are on that.
WOW! Thanks!
Would be great to know your fertilizer recipe per barrel
did you ever find out his fertilizer type and amount per barrel?
No but it would be great to know.
pelvabill If you watch his video on Wiccan it tells the recipe
cindy sawyer what is wiccan??
www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/HG-44.pdf
Can this method be used with pickling cucumbers such as Kirby? If grown in a greenhouse, I imagine each one of the flowers would have to be hand pollinated as bees cannot gain access. Would you be so kind as to address this issue in a future video? Thank you.
Awesome, thank you!!!
thank you
Sir, with the plant starts being from a 6-pack I'm assuming its the smaller size to where the dirt doesn't fill the whole 4" pot.. If these were grown outdoors in this way especially or even in a tunnel, would the fertilizer act to kill mosquito larvae or is there something else that could be done to prevent mosquitos? Thank you :)
There is a natural mosquito deterant that you put in watering troughs for animals. They are called mosquito dunks. I saw someone using the granulated variety in the soil of her plants to kill fungus gnats. I bet you could flot 1-2 in each barrel. They are non toxic!!!
what is the ph of the water?
how many ppm tds or ec?
Watched the self wicking video on planting. My question is when do you put water in the milk containers. They were put in the bottom of the blue container then the soil was put in then the plants. When do you put water in the milk containers so it will self wick? Before the dirt or with the OFC pipe or when? Still a little confused.
Can you grow anything else besides cucumber? Like tomatoes or peppers. Thank you for the info.
Intresting growing method
😘Thank You❣😘
Does it have to be in a barrel that big? What about a 5 gallon bucket sitting up high so the vines can hang down?
Praying for you
I am wondering if you can use this method in full sun?
The problem is if light get through the barrel, it will case algae growth. You want to make sure that the reservoir and root zone stay relatively dark. Another problem would be that the sun hitting the barrel will heat the water and cook the roots. If you can keep the barrel out of the direct sunlight, it would work well outdoors.
Awesome!
What and how much fertilizer do you add to the barrel?
can you grow water melons like that .you are the plant man.
Yes you can I've got lemon drop growing in this system