Making Organic Liquid Fertilizer from Alfalfa Pellets in a 3-Bucket Biofilter with Vortex.

This video is the first of a new series of instructional videos to setup and operate all the equipment needed for DIY organic hydroponics. I promise to step up my video and editing quality.
Grow beds, liquid fertilizer making and biomass materials will be shared here to help growers with no experience, as well as hydro bros wishing to transition from chemical fertilizers to more sustainable, and healthy, organic matter to achieve optimal plant growth with targeted NP and K values.
Using buckets and troughs plus a simple set of materials, I will show you how to build your own organic hydroponic system, aka bioponics or aquaponics, and grow plants like never before.
I have been involved in these systems since 2001, and I co-founded and managed Bioponica in 2010, a business that pioneered organic hydroponics for commercial growing. I had the pleasure to spend many hours studying sustainable farming methods and nutrient extraction from a variety of readily available plants and non-fecal biomasses. I successfully grew a high quality hemp in Oregon, using these techniques in a 3000 SF greenhouse.
I can be reached through my original website - bioponica.net.
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[@jonisolis9645]

Nice setup! Looking forward to a build video that show step by step how to build one. Thanks!

[@bioponics]

Coming soon!

[@bhoom2tika]

Hi David , thanks for this great sharing , eagerly waiting for a DIY biofilter with vortex video

[@bioponics]

Yes. Setup components and build for both coming soon.

[@jonisolis9645]

@@bioponics GREAT! I want to build one!

[@bhoom2tika]

@@bioponics thanks

[@samsaraarmada]

im assuming that the aerobic bacteria survive the anaerobic ferment and many of the anaerobic bacteria are removed in the vortex?

[@bioponics]

Yes that's true. Some aerobes form spores that survive anaerobic environment and recolonize after exposure to oxygen. Some are facultative, allowing them to grow in either environment. Others die off. Same happens to anaerobic in the presence of oxygen.

[@anonytuser711]

What do you keep your EC at with organic hydro?

[@bioponics]

Same as inorganic. Depends on plants. Anything more than 2.0 will dehydrate the plant. What makes this easier than chemical fertilizer is that organic minerals derived from plant biomass mimics needs of plants uptake. By avoiding mineral salts there is less chance of buildup of chloride and minerals. Water almost never has to be exchanged, unless of course, tap water is used, which can be high in chloride and alkalinity.