HYDROPONIC FARMING AT HOME - KRATKY TOMATO PLANTS STARTING LARGER
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Tomato plant shown is a micro dwarf Golden Harvest tomato plant, using a 14 gallon food safe drum. Kratky Method hydroponics technique for fill and forget, or fill once and forget, were the grow method. Cloning or growing from cuttings will reduce time to harvest. It is amazing how many plants can be cloned. The Kratky method of non-circulating hydroponics will save you from the associated expense of aeration or water pumps, but recirculating hydroponics has an advantage too.
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Nice looking plant. Good info Mr. Matt. Stay safe!!
Thanks! She's a beauty, thick, bushy, and loaded with tasty tomatoes. Nice results for 50 watts of light also. Hope you are doing well. Season is winding down, and maybe time for some indoor lettuce? Enjoy your week.
I grow lettuce year round indoors. Just quit doing videos on it as its the same thing over and over each year that gets little to no views. Going to put out one more video showing the final tomato weight then I will be done for the year on doing videos. If you noticed we broke our all time record on the last video and it took a month to get a mer 300 views. We will see how the 1000 lb record one does coming out soon. Wishing you the best of luck on this YT game! Stay safe!
@@CBsGreenhouseandGarden If no one else watches or comments, accept my congratulations for breaking the 1,000 lb record. You work hard and are getting a great result from growing. Much to learn from your videos.
@@MattGarver just discovered them through you!..so many great people doing hydroponic gardening!
Gorgeous plant!!
Very sweet of you to comment. You are a master gardener, and I enjoy your posts. Thanks!
WOW! Looks great!🤩
Appreciate your comment!
Love golden harvest!..so tasty!...I made pasta sauce primarily with heirloom red cherry and orange hat tomatoes..was delicious!
Me as well, I tried red heirloom but like the flavor of golden harvest better. Always appreciate hearing from you.
Beautiful plant! Thanks for sharing!
You bet! Happy to share and Thank You!
Great info like always Matt 🤩
Thanks this was an interesting grow. My current video talks about clone age and container sizes for optimizing your yields. Have a good weekend.
@@MattGarver It’s crazy how changing those things around effects every little thing, gardening is definitely all about being a mad scientist and experimenting with every way possible, good thing it’s fun to do 😂
Where do I get that deep pot for the full once method?
DIY using sugar transport plastic drum, and spray paint
I’m wondering if I could keep my Aerogarden Golden Harvest tomato plant producing much longer if I were to use the 5 gallon bucket with the Kratky method but continuously top off nutrients to the level that’s just below the air roots. It would no longer be the passive Kratky system but do you think this would work to keep the tomato plant alive and healthy?
First off, yes it is still a passive hydroponics setup with no aeration or water pumps. Second, you are correct that it will not be Kratky since B.A. Kratky did not officially publish any materials on this adaptation. Can it be done? Yes. I have used a five gallon bucket with a rocoto pepper plant. The disadvantage is that every time you top off, if you overfill then you kill a few of the gas exchange roots. That can be minor, and the plant has to overcome that setback each time, or major and you lose the entire plant.
Are you prooning regularly ?
No, it's a micro dwarf variety and stays smaller.
@@MattGarver oh, never seen or grown yet have to see if I get in India :)
@@RajmahendraR what are some common tomato varieties available to you? I am curious whether those are available for me to try growing.
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