Finding your channel is what spurred me to try Kratky cheap & easy! Started lettuce in late winter indoors (I live in frigid NY) with small gallon sized totes that were stashed away in my cupboards for 30 yrs using Masterblend. Started my outdoor garden plants from seed and when time came to plant outside in May, I took it to the next level by turning the 10 gal recycling blue bins the county gives away for free into big tomato containers. I had sheets of blue styrofoam insulation that I cut for lids, used empty cottage cheese containers that I burned holes into as net cups filled with cheap perlite to keep the starts upright. Followed up with eggplants in 4 gal buckets free from the local grocery chain bakery dept. Thursday I filled a wheelbarrow with the prunings off the tomatoes! They are doing GREAT and the eggplant are now bigger than the ones planted in soil 2 months ago! My total investment was the 5 lb Masterblend that will last me many seasons and a handful of perlite for each plant. God bless you Mike! I am going to be tomato rich this year because you showed me how to start cheap & easy!
I don't comment on your video I do watch to the end and watch some ads and in some ads I'll just do something like a cup of coffee etc and give thumbs up. I want you to know I love your garden and I learned to make spouts and I thank you for sharing. I also live in Florida and in this weather I'm afraid if I start my garden. Thank you and your wife for everything ❤
You are a wonderful human. We appreciate all your ideas and your efforts to help as many people as are willing to try. I brought some of the new master blend, it seems to be doing well too. As for giving away some, yes please! Do it in whatever way is easiest for you ❤
Great video Mike. Its great you remind everybody this is not the magic bullet and the start of the basics. Always someone out there trying to complain and want to make a point about what something doesnt do. Ever since i found your vids, you've stressed the point this great for beginners and great for leafy greens. Stay true to yourself, let others show how to grow the rest of the garden. Appreciate you.
Hi Mike, all I can say is, "Rock-n-Roll Brother", you have the best mind set so don't change anything! Keep on helping the world feed itself. My only question is, can I grow Yard Long beans in a 5 gal. bucket of Masterblend water? I guess the best answer to that question would be, "Try it!"
The stuff fermenting in all the jars kinda looks cool in my Steampunk lab, lol. Also, it's a great way to connect with what is going on instead of just tossing amendments onto the ground.
You are making a difference in many people's lives! Mine included! Thank you for that. I have always been a back to basics person.........using and doing inventive things with what I have...........I think that it definitely puts less of a footprint on this world of ours. I have just started with the Kratky hydroponics and would love a drawing for a chance to win some Masterblend. Thank you!
I appreciate that you are trying to standardize and simplify the things we can control. There are so many things that are out of our control and cause frustrations. What works for one person may not for the next because of a different environment or any other factors. I find comfort in the fact that I can mix up masterbland and put it in a container. That part doesn't change.
I love that your main goal is to always help people!!!! It's not about the money or the "Likes". God Bless you and your Family. Keep up the great work!!!!
Thank you for keeping it cheap and easy. I would lean to picking a random number from a video; some folks may not be able to make the live video for a variety of reasons.
A live is good, but honestly, anything that's easier for you. I have greens, and tomatoes. The first set of tomatoes seem to like the 20-20-20. I'm going back to the original Masterblend, until you report on more opinions of others reviews. Thank you so much!!
Thank you for all you do! Waiting on cooler weather to restart my hydroponics, but my in ground and containers plants are doing better than I expected! recycled and old totes. Self wicking containers from Gardening With Leon. I do not use his recommended fertilizers, whatever Organics I got on clearance, and the masterblend! I also do not use the fill tube, just water from the top. As far as a give away, I always seem to miss everyone's lives. I can watch M-F 8-5, while my husband is at work. Never seem to be any lives from any channel during that time, LOL. I would prefer a random giveaway.
Master Blend has been a great jump-off hydro nutrient solution that works! I thought of adding other blends, but why! Water evaporation in 9b is a greater challenge for me bc I replenish with rain water only in extreme heat.
Very well stated Mike, and i would like to add that for my first venture into Tomato container planting I bought Aerogarden liquid plantfood to put into 8 6 gallon kratky setups. The fertilizer contents equal 1000 mil and 4-5mil per gallon is recommended. Amazon for 27 bucks and I was kind of ok, but still too costly. Seeded tomatoes and started the potting around around March 29th. April came along and my local Walmart had the same Aerogarden plant food for 5 bucks ea. Bought all 20 of them. My IG has the plants at 9ft high and filled with fruit. Thanks for the help Mike..😊
I would prefer a random giveaway ❤ Thanks for reminding everyone to keep it simple and that there is no magic bullet! Your way of growing microgreens is the best
I appreciate your channel so much. Keep on doing what you're doing! I started small after watching your videos. I have great success with lettuce and microgreens grown indoors using kratky method and grow lights. I have huge basil growing in outdoor tower. I look forward to continuing to learn from your channel and sharing in your mission and good vibes. I wish you well.
I use Masterblend for my hydroponics and Miracle grow for my soil plants, seems to work that way for me. Really have not figured out why, but it works for me😊 I shop for my Crocks on their site, great prices and Coupons!
Thanks for your videos, I've learled a lot! I have just started using the 5-gallon bucket (tower) method, as of yesterday, so I'll see how it does! No aeration or pump in the buckets! As for the drawing, I like the Live Stream idea, though you do not need to give a better chance to those who show up. I'd use a random name picker or something myself, to pick the name(s) for the winner(s).
Whatever is easiest for you mate. You and your channel have been and are continuing to inspire people. My hardest journey transitioning into this way of life is finding business that sell bulk nutrient, well atleast 20kg/44lb bags. But what I have started is blowing my mind and I can’t believe how easy. Mike I thank you for your videos, your time and most of all your inspiration to help others. Thank you very much mate🍺🍺
Comments on a video! Larger pool, potentially, and beneficial to your channel overall. I'm working on an analog/electricless rain-gutter wicking build for wasabi currently.
I've been doing lettuce all year indoors plus starting all my garden seeds indoor on a wire rack with just 5000 lumen LED linkable shop lights, most from Harbor Freight when they put them on sale. Never paid more than $17 for a 4 ft light and they work great!
Hi again. Since you are testing organic nutrients, I can't help recalling my old American neighbor that had in her patio lots of plants and herbs. She used to get some of her dog's poop and leave it on some water for couple of weeks. Later she would scoop some of that water and fertilize her plants. Have you seen this? Or is it safe for us to use similar technique for our Kratky system? Thanks for your help.
I wouldn't, dogs are carnivores and can have some nasty things in their digestive system. In soil, over time microbes would break it down. Not that way in Kratky.
Cheers Mike... Yeah im curious of the 20 20 20 but i got so much orginal masterblend and it works great i havnt got any, I'm thinking it works the same but maybe a bit lighter than orignal for tomatoes
im in a conundrum here, i have highly chlorinated city water. is there a way to harvest rainwater and clean it? ive heard you cant use it bc of parasites and bacteria. gallons of water get pricey! any suggestions?
Everything you see on my channel for the past 6 yrs is with chlorinated city water. We have a filter on the kitchen faucet, smells like a swimming pool. The outside tap for the plants is not filtered. Straight city water. You can always let it sit open for a day or so, chlorine dissipates.
i am a information hound and yep cheap , but not into major complications of ph etc. don't have time for it. been using wicking tubs for years outside and have played with hydro some in my shop . im still looking a cheap way to make my solution for my wicking tub tanks . once i can afford to climate control my shop i want to go hydro all year round. but health issues have hurt let alone the economy. if i can just figure out how to make and substitute my nature's source fertilizer . cost about 65 bucks a season in my wicking tubs but when you pick a gallon of husky cherries every 2 days kinda hard to leave that method. have so much food out of 12 tubs its hard to get rid of the extra. but the people i give cherry tomatoes too are going crazy over the flavor and ping pong ball sized fruit. going to do more greens when i can afford to buy the stuff . i keep everything and repurpose it . thanks for the information you give and soon i will probably go full hydro year round . insects are my major issue stink bugs and worms. hate to spray and always find them to late.
My end cap is leaking with the Mb 20 20 20. What kind of caulk is best with this blend? Plain water was leak free for 3 weeks. 2 down spouts both leak now. Please advise. Thanks
@@KeepOnGrowin great, thanks ! I was kinda bummed I lost all my baby plants when the spouts leaked and the temperature was crazy hot. Can the plants live in the spout if the water in it is kinda warm?
Finding your channel is what spurred me to try Kratky cheap & easy! Started lettuce in late winter indoors (I live in frigid NY) with small gallon sized totes that were stashed away in my cupboards for 30 yrs using Masterblend. Started my outdoor garden plants from seed and when time came to plant outside in May, I took it to the next level by turning the 10 gal recycling blue bins the county gives away for free into big tomato containers. I had sheets of blue styrofoam insulation that I cut for lids, used empty cottage cheese containers that I burned holes into as net cups filled with cheap perlite to keep the starts upright. Followed up with eggplants in 4 gal buckets free from the local grocery chain bakery dept. Thursday I filled a wheelbarrow with the prunings off the tomatoes! They are doing GREAT and the eggplant are now bigger than the ones planted in soil 2 months ago! My total investment was the 5 lb Masterblend that will last me many seasons and a handful of perlite for each plant. God bless you Mike! I am going to be tomato rich this year because you showed me how to start cheap & easy!
Awesome! I love it!
I don't comment on your video I do watch to the end and watch some ads and in some ads I'll just do something like a cup of coffee etc and give thumbs up. I want you to know I love your garden and I learned to make spouts and I thank you for sharing. I also live in Florida and in this weather I'm afraid if I start my garden. Thank you and your wife for everything ❤
You are a wonderful human. We appreciate all your ideas and your efforts to help as many people as are willing to try. I brought some of the new master blend, it seems to be doing well too. As for giving away some, yes please! Do it in whatever way is easiest for you ❤
Thank you! I appreciate you greatly.
Great video Mike. Its great you remind everybody this is not the magic bullet and the start of the basics. Always someone out there trying to complain and want to make a point about what something doesnt do. Ever since i found your vids, you've stressed the point this great for beginners and great for leafy greens. Stay true to yourself, let others show how to grow the rest of the garden. Appreciate you.
Very well spoken thank you for all your wisdom ❤
Hi Mike, all I can say is, "Rock-n-Roll Brother", you have the best mind set so don't change anything! Keep on helping the world feed itself.
My only question is, can I grow Yard Long beans in a 5 gal. bucket of Masterblend water? I guess the best answer to that question would be, "Try it!"
Right on! Give it a try!
Thanks for all the videos. kNF is a rabbit hole for real. I'm giving it a try. I like free.
The stuff fermenting in all the jars kinda looks cool in my Steampunk lab, lol. Also, it's a great way to connect with what is going on instead of just tossing amendments onto the ground.
You are making a difference in many people's lives! Mine included! Thank you for that. I have always been a back to basics person.........using and doing inventive things with what I have...........I think that it definitely puts less of a footprint on this world of ours. I have just started with the Kratky hydroponics and would love a drawing for a chance to win some Masterblend. Thank you!
I appreciate that you are trying to standardize and simplify the things we can control. There are so many things that are out of our control and cause frustrations. What works for one person may not for the next because of a different environment or any other factors. I find comfort in the fact that I can mix up masterbland and put it in a container. That part doesn't change.
I love that your main goal is to always help people!!!! It's not about the money or the "Likes". God Bless you and your Family. Keep up the great work!!!!
Thank you for keeping it cheap and easy.
I would lean to picking a random number from a video; some folks may not be able to make the live video for a variety of reasons.
Hi Mike. Cool, A drawing would be good.
A live is good, but honestly, anything that's easier for you. I have greens, and tomatoes. The first set of tomatoes seem to like the 20-20-20. I'm going back to the original Masterblend, until you report on more opinions of others reviews.
Thank you so much!!
Yeahi got the orignal too and wondered about the 20-20-20. Cool yours doing fine
Thank you for all you do! Waiting on cooler weather to restart my hydroponics, but my in ground and containers plants are doing better than I expected! recycled and old totes. Self wicking containers from Gardening With Leon. I do not use his recommended fertilizers, whatever Organics I got on clearance, and the masterblend! I also do not use the fill tube, just water from the top. As far as a give away, I always seem to miss everyone's lives. I can watch M-F 8-5, while my husband is at work. Never seem to be any lives from any channel during that time, LOL. I would prefer a random giveaway.
Thank you and keep up the great work!
Master Blend has been a great jump-off hydro nutrient solution that works! I thought of adding other blends, but why!
Water evaporation in 9b is a greater challenge for me bc I replenish with rain water only in extreme heat.
“The more good we put out, the better.” YES MY MAN!
Very well stated Mike, and i would like to add that for my first venture into Tomato container planting I bought Aerogarden liquid plantfood to put into 8 6 gallon kratky setups. The fertilizer contents equal 1000 mil and 4-5mil per gallon is recommended. Amazon for 27 bucks and I was kind of ok, but still too costly. Seeded tomatoes and started the potting around around March 29th. April came along and my local Walmart had the same Aerogarden plant food for 5 bucks ea. Bought all 20 of them. My IG has the plants at 9ft high and filled with fruit. Thanks for the help Mike..😊
That's awesome!! I am always checking the clearance aisle at the stores too. Great score!
I would prefer a random giveaway ❤ Thanks for reminding everyone to keep it simple and that there is no magic bullet! Your way of growing microgreens is the best
Love it Mike. Keep it simple. Help as many as possible.
Thank you so much for your fantastic videos I own. Big CNC i been using 51/2 in wide x 1 in making end caps very cheep to make
My garden shoes are just as bad. Thanks for all that you do.
I appreciate your channel so much. Keep on doing what you're doing! I started small after watching your videos. I have great success with lettuce and microgreens grown indoors using kratky method and grow lights. I have huge basil growing in outdoor tower. I look forward to continuing to learn from your channel and sharing in your mission and good vibes. I wish you well.
Thank you! I am so happy for you!
You have inspired me to start trying hydroponics!
There will always be prospective hares, who want to run before they walk. I'm happy being a (hibernating for a season) 🐢!
Thank you.
I use Masterblend for my hydroponics and Miracle grow for my soil plants, seems to work that way for me. Really have not figured out why, but it works for me😊
I shop for my Crocks on their site, great prices and Coupons!
Thanks for your videos, I've learled a lot! I have just started using the 5-gallon bucket (tower) method, as of yesterday, so I'll see how it does! No aeration or pump in the buckets!
As for the drawing, I like the Live Stream idea, though you do not need to give a better chance to those who show up. I'd use a random name picker or something myself, to pick the name(s) for the winner(s).
No micro Greens ok 😂 love your work the Yummos lakes Macquarie NSW MATE
Whatever is easiest for you mate. You and your channel have been and are continuing to inspire people.
My hardest journey transitioning into this way of life is finding business that sell bulk nutrient, well atleast 20kg/44lb bags.
But what I have started is blowing my mind and I can’t believe how easy.
Mike I thank you for your videos, your time and most of all your inspiration to help others. Thank you very much mate🍺🍺
Thank you too. This kind of stuff makes it worthwhile. I am glad you found it useful. Have an awesome weekend!
you are a good man. also a very very cool man
Cheap and easy! YEA! Run with it and teach us!
Big fan of your work, but I kind of zoned out on this video. Was the moral of the story to keep it simple and stick with the old formula?
Comments on a video! Larger pool, potentially, and beneficial to your channel overall. I'm working on an analog/electricless rain-gutter wicking build for wasabi currently.
Thanks, I don't care about it helping my channel, just want to give back. I would like to hear more about the wasabi experiment.
I've been growing my indoor lettuce all this year woohoo
I'm wanting to grow in my basement thus winter waiting on grow lights yo come down a bit.😊
I've been doing lettuce all year indoors plus starting all my garden seeds indoor on a wire rack with just 5000 lumen LED linkable shop lights, most from Harbor Freight when they put them on sale. Never paid more than $17 for a 4 ft light and they work great!
Hi again. Since you are testing organic nutrients, I can't help recalling my old American neighbor that had in her patio lots of plants and herbs. She used to get some of her dog's poop and leave it on some water for couple of weeks. Later she would scoop some of that water and fertilize her plants. Have you seen this? Or is it safe for us to use similar technique for our Kratky system? Thanks for your help.
I wouldn't, dogs are carnivores and can have some nasty things in their digestive system. In soil, over time microbes would break it down. Not that way in Kratky.
Cheers Mike... Yeah im curious of the 20 20 20 but i got so much orginal masterblend and it works great i havnt got any, I'm thinking it works the same but maybe a bit lighter than orignal for tomatoes
Hey mike.droppin by saying hello.🎉
My kind of gardener
Crocs are Vegan and my favourite (only) 'shoes' now.
I love your videos!
Thank you!
im in a conundrum here, i have highly chlorinated city water. is there a way to harvest rainwater and clean it? ive heard you cant use it bc of parasites and bacteria. gallons of water get pricey! any suggestions?
Everything you see on my channel for the past 6 yrs is with chlorinated city water. We have a filter on the kitchen faucet, smells like a swimming pool. The outside tap for the plants is not filtered. Straight city water. You can always let it sit open for a day or so, chlorine dissipates.
You seem to be frustrated and distracted by the naysayers. Ignore them . . . and keep on growin'!
Thanks, not frustrated at all. Part of the process.
Keep on Growin'!!
grow more fertilizer is good but it is pricey
i am a information hound and yep cheap , but not into major complications of ph etc. don't have time for it. been using wicking tubs for years outside and have played with hydro some in my shop . im still looking a cheap way to make my solution for my wicking tub tanks . once i can afford to climate control my shop i want to go hydro all year round. but health issues have hurt let alone the economy. if i can just figure out how to make and substitute my nature's source fertilizer . cost about 65 bucks a season in my wicking tubs but when you pick a gallon of husky cherries every 2 days kinda hard to leave that method. have so much food out of 12 tubs its hard to get rid of the extra. but the people i give cherry tomatoes too are going crazy over the flavor and ping pong ball sized fruit. going to do more greens when i can afford to buy the stuff . i keep everything and repurpose it . thanks for the information you give and soon i will probably go full hydro year round . insects are my major issue stink bugs and worms. hate to spray and always find them to late.
That's awesome! Keep up the great work! If you got tomatoes down pat, greens will be no problem.
There is no magic bullet to gardening
👍👍👍
My end cap is leaking with the Mb 20 20 20. What kind of caulk is best with this blend? Plain water was leak free for 3 weeks. 2 down spouts both leak now. Please advise. Thanks
100% silicone, not caulk.
@@KeepOnGrowin should it be aquarium type?
@@CaMT888 Just outdoor silicone
@@KeepOnGrowin great, thanks ! I was kinda bummed I lost all my baby plants when the spouts leaked and the temperature was crazy hot. Can the plants live in the spout if the water in it is kinda warm?
Live limits too many people, IMHO.
First
No live video you tube is unsubscribing people from channels