Donny Greens, great content! Excited to see your automated watering system. Maybe another video idea on microgreens grow light schedule and how allowing to rest the plants for few hours a day without light gives them taste and color.
I love that you knew to keep the dirty hose away and off the greens when watering. Those little details about keeping the plants clean are much appreciated!
Just got my first grow light and am currently growing my first couple of trays of mixed lettuce micro greens! Next will be peas and sunflower seeds. I’m really surprised at how well they are growing! Thanks for all of your videos!
Great video as always. I use Donny's exact method on one shelf unit for personal use. We juice wheat grass and lots of other stuff. One tray cost about as much as buying a head of lettuce, so this method is far superior to buying produce at the store. It is also a great replacement for humanity's disastrous grain-train. Growing microgreen seeds instead of f*ck-tons of grain would demonstrate mild intelligence.
Hi Donny I'm from South Africa. I watch your videos every day wanting so much to start growing micro greens. I bought a kit to start waiting to get feedback from you, you are such an inspiration. My name is Miscy can't wait to hear from you.
Hi Donny, great videos, learned a lot. I am in the process of a start up Micro Green business in Zanzibar, I will keep on watching and will keep you updated with news if you want to know how it is going. Sitting on the equator is going to be challenging I gather.
I love watching your videos, my family and I are getting into starting a family farm, and we are doing microgreens as another supplementary income/winter harvest! You give so much information and are very thorough. Salute to you!!!
Great video, lots of helpful information. I’m about to start a microgreens business but doing my homework first before starting. Also gonna do a small scale experiment before hand. I have a lot of experience in farming and gardening. Some techniques are similar in growing from seed but I want to learn the important details to avoid making big mistakes. Thanks
Hey Donny, We purchased a soft green coloured broom head that is only used to brush Sunflower works great, you can use a longer handle so you don't have to bend down. Give it a try.
Same, watering...only because I don't always get it right or consistent with it as I should be. IDK, it's a hit and miss for me sometimes. Love this content!
Yeah.. I have two questions: 1) How much spoilage do you have?... like every month say? you seem like the type that may know the actual monthly-average %? 2) I would expect you'd have set up an automatic watering system... though you have not. Is that due to the variation in water-needs per tray? Amazing channel man.
Least favorite farm chore? Doing microgreens myself and BY FAR my least favorite is washing trays. Love doing everything else but washing trays is that chore that's time consuming and wet and just makes my arms hurt by the time i've washed them all. :)
I am very new to this been watching your videos great fully appreciated for your expertise I am just starting with a couple of trays and I will see how that goes ,thankyou from New Zealand.
Haha im sure you are becoming more flexible so thats an added benefit lol!! Watering can be annoying as hell. Looking to automate my watering when I build out my next farm
Duuude i bought some radishes and peas as practice runs for my first time growing and im so excited to start this journey not only bc your videos are awesome but your enthusiasm sells it!! P.s. Add an entro😜
Haha awesome, thanks so much for this comment. Im now pumped that youre so pumped haha. Its a great journey, the beginning is so exciting 🌱💚 Entro? What you mean?
He meant intro. Great content, keep it coming! We are in our 4th week after purchasing an existing business that was shutting down. Our sales have more than doubled already and it is just getting better and better! Thanks to DonnyGreens and Curtis Stone for the best info out there!
Donny, awesome content, I do have a question , you said you would prefer to have your germination temp @ 68 degrees, how did you maintain that temp when you were using your parents basement ?
I definitely wasn't maintaining temp as much when i was in the basement. I was really just winging it and it worked. The temp was right around where i needed it anyway and it was still winter. I had a small space heater to keep up. once i moved, i have my own HVAC
at the beginning of the video you say that your microgreens business is able to pay for your house and expenses from your business. You sounded surprised. Most people's jobs pay for their house and living - that's kind of why we work. So I wondering if this is just a side gig for you and you have another job? Is that why it's so amazing that the greens job is paying for your living? Great content - keep it up..
60 K for 10 hours per week is AWESOME!! That's equivalent to a $240K/year full time job...nothing to sneeze at! Love your content and aspiring to greater achievements for my microgreens too!
I got one rack NSF styled and I’m trying to scale in Atlanta Nawf / you should transition the farm to alkaline crops only and spread the truth about thr alkaline food vs industrial acidic food / thanks for the service keep it up / also do you plan growing outdoors in NYC during the summers or it’s not even worth it 💚
Darn I cant lift all those buckets of water sorry. It hurts my shoulder. Now I can see I wont be able to lift the trays with one hand either. Sorry this just isnt for me... but now I know. I guess Im aged out. Thanks for the education and may you have much continued success.
lml im like yeah watering, not that ive even made a sale yet or anything but its definitely what i hate about farming- but everything else is so great it balances right out.
Hi Donny, I live north of Charlotte, NC We are considering growing Micro Greens, We are thinking about putting in a greenhouse and have another building put in for growing micro greens, we own the lot next to use which is almost .3 acre I find this to be a very interesting business. I will sign up for your webinars as well.
Trying to figure out your system here. Looks like you're just germinating and pulling trays according to order totals for the week and setting them out on the racks anywhere you can. Is there any organization to knowing which trays are ready to harvest on which days or are you just doing it all by eye? seems like stuff would get mixed up. I noticed some people use color coding/stickers to separate trays based on harvest day. What do you think?
Thank you for this feedback, im getting that alot - I will definitely try to make longer videos like this now that i am a bit more comfortable on camera and editing. Much love 🌱💚
Im currently trying to start up ..i have well water with a water softener. Do u think that will be a issue.. thank you so much for your videos it is truly inspiring...im in NJ
Donny im aiming to start a micro greens business, can you please tell me if your trays are holed or solid? i'm having a hard time choosing which to get. i've been EXTREMELY motivated and informed by your videos ( currently on my 2nd hour of watching consequitive videos haha) please keep this amazing content going
Hi there, obviously not Donny here. The tray that holds the microgreens themselves have holes, and the bottom ones do not. Donny is doing bottom watering, which is why he lifts the top tray and sprays water in the bottom one. Hope this helps!
A true entrepreneur would want to work more to make more. But if settling for the minimum is your goal...I'm happy for you Brother! Nice video and thank you!
When do you start brushing off the microgreens? Is it the last few days or as soon as they start popping up? I guess what I’m trying to ask is is there a time in growth that is to soon and will damage your crop
I'm very interested in this business , I've owned my own pressure cleaning business / handyman business for 24 yrs and looking for a new business to get into and I think this is it I'm getting to old too do my existing business
do you seed the micromix into one tray? Like do you pre mix the different seeds and put it all in one tray? or do you plant 1 type of seed per tray and then after harvest you mix them?
I know it seems lame, but as a business owner, what did you do to actually set up your business? Growing is great and I am digging the advice so much, but what did you have to do to actually get to where you could sell them? Did you use a resource to check out legalities (like do I need a license to sell, if so how would I know?). Did you need an LLC or did you just start doing stuff and play company catchup later? Again, Loving the info on growing, SUPER helpful, but if you have time, the (non growing), part of the business might be useful so people are not trying to put the cart before the horse. Thanks!!!
Great feedback Troy, thanks so much for this. I will definitely have to make videos on some of the (not growing) aspects of the biz. You really can get started growing and selling without much. FLIP insurance is a good idea. Check with your local department of agriculture to see what they would require
great videos. just a question. The trays you use are the 1020 trays that are 21inch long. Do they overhang the 18 inch long epoxy racks or do you use deeper/longer racking?
Should wear a glove when you rough up the trays to get the hulls off. Or at least wash your hands before you do it and keep your hands clean while doing it, meaning don't touch anything (racks) while moving from rack to rack etc... Just good cleanliness
What is your LEAST FAVORITE farm task? What farm task do you HATE?!
Watering is mine lol
Donny Greens, great content!
Excited to see your automated watering system.
Maybe another video idea on microgreens grow light schedule and how allowing to rest the plants for few hours a day without light gives them taste and color.
Cleaning the area 😁😅
Cleaning trays
Cleaning trays
I love that you knew to keep the dirty hose away and off the greens when watering. Those little details about keeping the plants clean are much appreciated!
abbbbsolutely . glad you are picking up on this stuff margot
i had to rewind "... 10 hours a week..." and wow... this video, seeing EXACTLY what you do each day.... 100% sooooo great to see.
My dream as well I’m tired of working for other people 😂
Great video! If you spend 10 hours a week I was wondering how many hours a week your workers put in total?
Just got my first grow light and am currently growing my first couple of trays of mixed lettuce micro greens! Next will be peas and sunflower seeds. I’m really surprised at how well they are growing! Thanks for all of your videos!
Awesome!!! No problem, im so glad that you are having good luck and are off to a great start!
Great video as always. I use Donny's exact method on one shelf unit for personal use. We juice wheat grass and lots of other stuff. One tray cost about as much as buying a head of lettuce, so this method is far superior to buying produce at the store. It is also a great replacement for humanity's disastrous grain-train. Growing microgreen seeds instead of f*ck-tons of grain would demonstrate mild intelligence.
Love it Will, thanks so much for this comment, glad to hear you are saving money and getting healthy growing at home for personal use!
Would love to see a harvest day aswell! so awsome
Good idea, I can probably work on that!
Yes please!! That's the most interesting part for me!!
I enjoyed the content so much that I let the 2:something minute dental floss ad play! Thank you! Very generous information!
I'm watching this twice. Once for the general flow, twice for the note taking. :D
best video yet! this is what we need!
Thanks a lot - glad you liked it!
Donny, watering your plants and getting your exercise is a great combo. Can’t beat that! Exercise without a gym!!
Hi Donny I'm from South Africa. I watch your videos every day wanting so much to start growing micro greens. I bought a kit to start waiting to get feedback from you, you are such an inspiration. My name is Miscy can't wait to hear from you.
Working very hard for yourself. Good for you. The definition of success.
Thanks buddy.
I cant wait to get moved and strat growing.
Sweet video, thanx again and I gotta say, I am so glad I joined your FB page, a lot of great people, helping others, love it.
I’m starting micro greens on a smaller scale for our new farm. Thank you for making your videos. They are so hopeful for a noob.
Hi Donny, great videos, learned a lot. I am in the process of a start up Micro Green business in Zanzibar, I will keep on watching and will keep you updated with news if you want to know how it is going. Sitting on the equator is going to be challenging I gather.
I found it totally exciting how you washed your hands.
I love watching your videos, my family and I are getting into starting a family farm, and we are doing microgreens as another supplementary income/winter harvest! You give so much information and are very thorough. Salute to you!!!
Much love! Glad to hear that!
If watering is the biggest pain for the day, ay doing alright. amazing detail. Love it,.
New subscriber here,Filipino-American.From new york
Awesome thank you!! Welcome!!
Tuli, awesome to see you posting. Where are you posting from in NY?
Where are you from in the islands of paradise.
Be blessed.
Padre. . .a
Started 5/14/21 first day with the whole setup. Yes, the black racks are sexy. I am now "feeling" the water weight like a pro. 6/7/21.
Great video, lots of helpful information. I’m about to start a microgreens business but doing my homework first before starting. Also gonna do a small scale experiment before hand. I have a lot of experience in farming and gardening. Some techniques are similar in growing from seed but I want to learn the important details to avoid making big mistakes. Thanks
@johnnie Heard how'd it go? 1 year later? 😊
Hey Donny, We purchased a soft green coloured broom head that is only used to brush Sunflower works great, you can use a longer handle so you don't have to bend down. Give it a try.
Interesting, thanks for sharing! Thats a good idea 🌱
Absolutely amazing and I thank you it's a wonderful thing to see you work and do what it takes to make it happen. Be
Much love! 🌱💚
Same, watering...only because I don't always get it right or consistent with it as I should be. IDK, it's a hit and miss for me sometimes. Love this content!
much love!! you will get it down in time!
Yeah.. I have two questions:
1) How much spoilage do you have?... like every month say? you seem like the type that may know the actual monthly-average %?
2) I would expect you'd have set up an automatic watering system... though you have not. Is that due to the variation in water-needs per tray?
Amazing channel man.
Least favorite farm chore? Doing microgreens myself and BY FAR my least favorite is washing trays. Love doing everything else but washing trays is that chore that's time consuming and wet and just makes my arms hurt by the time i've washed them all. :)
Cleaning Trays by far, but refining and creating a workflow to make it quick. Great Video ☘️🙏🏽💚
Yep thats an annoying one, thanks a lot! I just handed that task off to a worker 🌱🌱
Awesome video series Donny. I learned a lot and will be applying your method. Thank you from Gatineau, Que.
You work smarter not harder great deal in my view
Cool sign in your home office
Thank you so much for sharing so much information! love your videos. Hope sometime soon i can start my own microgreens
No problem! So glad they are helping. You can start now! Just start growing to start learning! No pressure!
Thanks man. You are doing a real service sharing all this valuable info... I will let you know how it goes next year
Much love!
I am very new to this been watching your videos great fully appreciated for your expertise I am just starting with a couple of trays and I will see how that goes ,thankyou from New Zealand.
Thank you so much for your vids appreciate your time 😁
Least favourite? Weeding. Always weeding. lol. Watering is a godsend in comparison (until it's mid-summer and you have to water the hot houses...)
hahaha i feel you!!!
Watering also for me... And a certain time in my farm I have to literally crawl threw due to space... But it gets done like a ninja. Hahaha
Haha im sure you are becoming more flexible so thats an added benefit lol!! Watering can be annoying as hell. Looking to automate my watering when I build out my next farm
Great video sir! Like to see more day to day versus edited videos. Like the content and sure using alot of your ideas...
Thanks a lot, glad my stuff is helping! I'll see what I can do about the day to day. Make sure to follow me on instagram as well
Least fav farm task? Harvesting. Def the first task I’d like to bring in labor to do
Yeah thats a long one and totally necessary. That was the 1st thing I hired out. Get it done bro!!!
For harvesting, I line the trays up end to end on a table and use that drill powered Quick-cut greens harvester. Takes about 10 seconds per tray.
Duuude i bought some radishes and peas as practice runs for my first time growing and im so excited to start this journey not only bc your videos are awesome but your enthusiasm sells it!! P.s. Add an entro😜
Haha awesome, thanks so much for this comment. Im now pumped that youre so pumped haha. Its a great journey, the beginning is so exciting 🌱💚 Entro? What you mean?
You edit the videos so well there's room for a logo introduction before you start the actual video.
He meant intro. Great content, keep it coming! We are in our 4th week after purchasing an existing business that was shutting down. Our sales have more than doubled already and it is just getting better and better! Thanks to DonnyGreens and Curtis Stone for the best info out there!
♥️♥️ love it. amazing content.
Thanks so much 🌱💚
My least favorite thing is Accounting followed by ordering.
Great video. Thank you for such an awesome presentation.
thanks!! i use square for billing and quick books for accounting
Cleaning trays....
How long do you run the fans per day?
Thx....best Video so far
I have a video on cleaning trays! I run the fans from like 6pm - 7am
Outstanding content. Thanks!!
Thank YOU for your lovely comment 🌱💚
Very nice
Great video, Donny. Read your book, great content there as well. Thanks!
Thanks so much!! So glad you are loving my content and hopefully it's helping!
thanks
Awesome 👍
Thanks for your comment!!
Thanks for sharing 👍 🌱
You are very welcome, thanks for your comment!
10:46 definitely cleaning trays🙃
haha i feel your pain!! Boring and tedious. Be sure to check out my video on tray sanitizing, I have a very efficient process I think you will like :)
LOOKS GREAT!
Thanks a lot!
Thank you so much for this video and all the informative videos you create!
Do you use PH balanced water?
You are very welcome! No, I do not do anything with pH
Great video.thank u donny,iam in kerala .🙏🙏
Donny, awesome content, I do have a question , you said you would prefer to have your germination temp @ 68 degrees, how did you maintain that temp when you were using your parents basement ?
I definitely wasn't maintaining temp as much when i was in the basement. I was really just winging it and it worked. The temp was right around where i needed it anyway and it was still winter. I had a small space heater to keep up. once i moved, i have my own HVAC
at the beginning of the video you say that your microgreens business is able to pay for your house and expenses from your business. You sounded surprised. Most people's jobs pay for their house and living - that's kind of why we work. So I wondering if this is just a side gig for you and you have another job? Is that why it's so amazing that the greens job is paying for your living? Great content - keep it up..
thanks a lot!! i make money in a few different ways. its amazing that growing microgreens can support me
Absolutely amazing suprb video
One the best video
I am from India
Chandrapur district
Superb video
Thanks so much, hope you are safe - I know how bad COVID is over there right now 🌱💚
Great tips man! Thanks!
Thanks a lot!
I am thinking on doing this and I have a question, after the harvest what do you do with the soil? toss it? do they grown back?
60 K for 10 hours per week is AWESOME!! That's equivalent to a $240K/year full time job...nothing to sneeze at! Love your content and aspiring to greater achievements for my microgreens too!
Thanks so much! You will get there in time if you work hard 🌱👍🏻 you got it
I got one rack NSF styled and I’m trying to scale in Atlanta Nawf / you should transition the farm to alkaline crops only and spread the truth about thr alkaline food vs industrial acidic food / thanks for the service keep it up / also do you plan growing outdoors in NYC during the summers or it’s not even worth it 💚
all my crops are alkaline! I prefer to grow indoors to control everything better
Do you use any special water ? filtered ? distilled ? mixed with hydrogen peroxide ?
Darn I cant lift all those buckets of water sorry. It hurts my shoulder. Now I can see I wont be able to lift the trays with one hand either. Sorry this just isnt for me... but now I know. I guess Im aged out. Thanks for the education and may you have much continued success.
lml im like yeah watering, not that ive even made a sale yet or anything but its definitely what i hate about farming- but everything else is so great it balances right out.
Washing trays is the worst for me , no doupt ! Great video !
yeah thats a pain haha, thanks for responding 🌱💚 Glad you liked the video
Thank you! 😊
You are very welcome!
Hi Donny, I live north of Charlotte, NC We are considering growing Micro Greens, We are thinking about putting in a greenhouse and have another building put in for growing micro greens, we own the lot next to use which is almost .3 acre I find this to be a very interesting business. I will sign up for your webinars as well.
How do you sign up for webinar?
Trying to figure out your system here. Looks like you're just germinating and pulling trays according to order totals for the week and setting them out on the racks anywhere you can. Is there any organization to knowing which trays are ready to harvest on which days or are you just doing it all by eye? seems like stuff would get mixed up. I noticed some people use color coding/stickers to separate trays based on harvest day. What do you think?
Hey Donny, the link to your Microgreens MARKETING Course isn't working. Do you have a course on just the marketing? If so where the link? Thanks!
Thanks for letting me know - its fixed now 🌱👍🏻
Do the UV lights use a lot of electricity? What is your average utility bill for the amount of trays you have?
Thanks for making videos
Go for full big video s like 2-3hours
Thanks so much!! Haha oh my! I don't know if I could ever make something that long haha!
id love to start something like this in my area here in florida
Do it up!! Join my challenge to help you get started growing onetrayaway.com/
longer vids are the best !!!!!!
Thank you for this feedback, im getting that alot - I will definitely try to make longer videos like this now that i am a bit more comfortable on camera and editing. Much love 🌱💚
@@DonnyGreens we love you anyway, so dont be shy to be who you be and pls continue making amazing videos😎
I am new to this and have just found you... you have probably already answered this a gazillion times :-) which grow light are you using?
Im currently trying to start up ..i have well water with a water softener. Do u think that will be a issue.. thank you so much for your videos it is truly inspiring...im in NJ
Thanks for the videos they help alot. Do you use organic seeds and fertilizer or does it even matter?
Donny im aiming to start a micro greens business, can you please tell me if your trays are holed or solid? i'm having a hard time choosing which to get.
i've been EXTREMELY motivated and informed by your videos ( currently on my 2nd hour of watching consequitive videos haha) please keep this amazing content going
Hi there, obviously not Donny here. The tray that holds the microgreens themselves have holes, and the bottom ones do not. Donny is doing bottom watering, which is why he lifts the top tray and sprays water in the bottom one. Hope this helps!
its both, watch my video on this topic "holes or no holes"
A true entrepreneur would want to work more to make more. But if settling for the minimum is your goal...I'm happy for you Brother! Nice video and thank you!
Keep going making this type of video s
Will do. Im definitely getting more comfortable making them and I like this style, a little looser and a little longer
When do you start brushing off the microgreens? Is it the last few days or as soon as they start popping up? I guess what I’m trying to ask is is there a time in growth that is to soon and will damage your crop
Have you ever measured how much water you give to each tray?
I'm very interested in this business , I've owned my own pressure cleaning business / handyman business for 24 yrs and looking for a new business to get into and I think this is it I'm getting to old too do my existing business
awesome vid, thanks man! curious about your water controller-timer thingy...What is it?
I have a video on just that! Check it out on my channel here on TH-cam
definitely washing trays like most people are saying
yeah washing trays are DEFINITELY the worst task in my opinion too haha
"Run itself" LOL
Employees 😁
Just a random question! Do you sanitize your sunflowers through out germination? If so, how often and with what (h2o2, vinegar,...)
Dude... no.... you need to watch my sunflower video
marketing and selling I Love all growing chores only Love
Haha love the positive attitude!
do you seed the micromix into one tray? Like do you pre mix the different seeds and put it all in one tray? or do you plant 1 type of seed per tray and then after harvest you mix them?
its the salad mix from true leaf
Im confused with how the trays work. Do you put them in a hole tray first then place the hole tray in a non hole tray later?
Thanks for the videos I noticed one thing you didn’t specify what kind of water you use for your plants is RO water or is it tapwater?
I know it seems lame, but as a business owner, what did you do to actually set up your business? Growing is great and I am digging the advice so much, but what did you have to do to actually get to where you could sell them? Did you use a resource to check out legalities (like do I need a license to sell, if so how would I know?). Did you need an LLC or did you just start doing stuff and play company catchup later? Again, Loving the info on growing, SUPER helpful, but if you have time, the (non growing), part of the business might be useful so people are not trying to put the cart before the horse. Thanks!!!
Great feedback Troy, thanks so much for this. I will definitely have to make videos on some of the (not growing) aspects of the biz. You really can get started growing and selling without much. FLIP insurance is a good idea. Check with your local department of agriculture to see what they would require
Donny, great vídeo! are your lights water resistant?
Great stuff ibspired from South Africa. Kindly confirm what screen did you look at on 5:16?? Is that hand written or digital??
Hey @Donnygreens does it matter if those Holls(?) get in another tray?
Hulls* and yes its not ideal. It can cause mold. Thats why i put all my sunnies on the bottom shelf!
Do you not do blackout time? And why or why not??
I HATE marketing. I LOVE watering.
@Donny Greens Have you tried setting up an automatic drip system for you sprouts?
great videos. just a question. The trays you use are the 1020 trays that are 21inch long. Do they overhang the 18 inch long epoxy racks or do you use deeper/longer racking?
yes they hang over. perfectly space efficient
Should wear a glove when you rough up the trays to get the hulls off. Or at least wash your hands before you do it and keep your hands clean while doing it, meaning don't touch anything (racks) while moving from rack to rack etc... Just good cleanliness
Do you have to buy 2 seperate tray's for each flat, one with holes and one without for your setup?