How to Mix Masterblend Nutrients for Hydroponics and Harvesting from my Indoor Garden!
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- Welcome to My Hydroponics Indoor Garden Harvest and in this video I will also show you how to mix Masterblend Nutrients properly using 5 gallons solution mix!
Here is the link to the Masterblend Calculator for any size containers as promised in the video!
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What an amazing video! Wow was that harvest amazing! You made my husband and I laugh so hard when you harvested the carrots and you laughed in your video! You’re way to funny Edward! It’s always a pleasure to watch every video you post, especially this one. We bought the masterblend formula from Geckogrow in Canada and we are so impressed with the production and you definitely clarified a few things on how to mix it up! 😁
Thank you Edward and keep sharing with us!
This is amazing Ed! Thanks for sharing.
When we move to the new house and update our basement, you need to help us build this.
I tried your mixing idea and forgot the warm water and it still mixed up SUPER FAST!!!! So I have done it that way ever sense and it’s sooooo easy!!! THANK YOU!!!
It’s great to hear! Thank you for enjoying and watching! Happy growing!
@@idealdirecthomeimprovement1639 thank you!!! Have you ever tried mixing this up in a concentrate? You mix 4-18-38 and epsom salt and keep that in one bottle and call it part a and then you mix calcium nitrate in a seperate bottle by itself and call that part b and then when you go to use them depending on the concentration you use it could be a teaspoon up to 1/2 cup. I’m trying to find more on it because that would make things much easier in the long run. It would be AMAZING if you could do a video for that ♥️♥️♥️
Great harvest! Such a cool grow room. Love the root veggies, the hardest hydro crop.
I love how much fun you have with this! Your tips are always welcomed.
I've harvested a couple of heads of Kratky Tom Thumb head lettuce with my existing setup. The first one I took the entire head, the second one I cut it off about 1" above the crown and it's growing again!! I've finally managed to locate a rack so I'm going to start a Hahms Gelbe Micro Dwarf tomato (a determinate yellow cherry) as my current setup doesn't have the lights or space for a bucket.
I notice something new every time I watch your videos. Today in your garden tour video around the 19:15 mark I spotted a bucket with 5 holes, one of which you had plugged with a clone collar - what a great idea! I've decided that I will put two holes in my tomato bucket and use one as a fill hole which will be easy to plug and unplug with the clone collar.
I also noticed that you seem to have extended the poles on your shelving racks. I'm probably going to have to look into that as well.
Thank you so much for taking time to do these videos.
Very impressive! You are well organized , doing it in a simple but productive way. I tried hydroponic gardening in my garage 7 years ago. I had problems with the high humidity level. How do you manage it and keep it under control? I was afraid to get mold on my dry wall so I stopped everything. As you have mentioned in one of your video, it is not easy to garden outside in Canada with our short summer. I have problems with squirrels, birds, rabbits, groundhogs, slugs and insects. I am very tempted to give hydroponic growing another try. I also have a small greenhouse wich is great for growing peppers and tomatoes but the last two summers were very cloudy and the harvests were disappointing. That could be very rewarding to do both.
Awesome and so down to earth. Love your videos. And you are real, even wearing socks! Love it. Looks like me.
Thanks for the video. I love your veggie set up at home.
Oh the carrots are great! Overall great video!
WOW! What a harvest! I'm enjoying your videos soooo much. I plan to try hydroponic lettuce this year!
I would love love love to see an update on your beautiful garden!
Have you watched this video?
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Great video! So we’ll explained! 👍🏻
Thanks so much Tom! I always appreciate your kind words and support! Hope your having a great week!
Nice grow! Fantastic results. Im using some commercial hydroponic fertilizer and have some amazing results, but looking to reduce cost by switching to masterblend.. its about 20% of the cost of the stuff im using now. The stuff i have (green planet) has inbuilt pH buffers so its always the perfect pH.. do you have to adjust when using master blend? Btw, all green peppers are red peppers when they are fully ripe (although sometimes yellow and purple as well). There isnt such a thing as a ripe green pepper. Green peppers are great if you like the herbacious flavors of an unripe pepper, but let them get ripe and enjoy the full fruity flavors and sweetness of the ripe pepper!. Cross pollination can occur and give you some interesting variations, but this effect will only be seen in the offspring grown from the seeds of the plants being crossed - it wont appear in the fruit in-season.
Very Informative video, cool garden!
Thank you very much Ben! I’m happy to hear you enjoyed it! Happy growing!
Thanks God bless you good morning Namaste
I really love watching you...your garden so amazing.. I enjoyed watching because i am on setting up my own indoor garden too 😅.. im intrested to try carrots just like yours.
Thank you so much! You made my day! Stay tuned for more videos and happy growing!
Awesome!
Very nice videos and plants
What is the NFT you make, or how did you make............love this site
The nft is from crop king in the USA. They come in 10 foot lengths and I just cut them down. Hope that helps you!
But the dft system that I made was just from parts from Home Depot, I’m working on a video on that to share with everyone.
Thank you for enjoying my videos I hope you support us by subscribing, happy growing!
Great videos and very very informative.i have on question ❓ Is this farmulas sutable for NFT and drip irrigation. Or need any changes
Thanks for watching, the formulas are the same for any type of hydrophobic growing.
great info , like our grow room , what size Nursery Growing Bags are you using ? , i use 2 & 3 inch net cups , would like to try the grow bags , thanks for the in detail videos
Thank you! There is a link to the nursery bags in my radish video. I have links to everything I use in the description. Thanks for watching! Happy growing!
Monster carrots! I think I'd like to try that method and grow some beets inddors. Would you be able to set that up without using the net pots and just use the nursery bags? 🤔
They came out nice and were absolutely delicious! You can definitely try beets, they will do well. I was trying out different ways, but the nursery bags work out the best for me, if you follow the radish video, you will have great success!
Thank you very much for watching, and i really enjoy hearing from you! If you have any questions, I’m always here to help! Happy growing!
great video! have you tried the Master Bloom products for peppers when fruiting?
Thank you! I have not, to be honest.
great video!!! do you change any amount of nutrient during or close to a flowering cycle or same all the way thru? Thank you
Great videos very informative I'm gonna start with the master blend but was wondering about the mixture for leafy greens and tomatoes and peppers are they the same or different ratios? Thanks for your hard work Great Job
Thank you Charles! You can use the same masterblend for all veggies the ratio for leafy greens that I use is 10 grams of mb tomatoe formula 5 grams of magnesium sulphate and 10 grams of calcium nitrate per 5 gallons.
For peppers and tomatoes I use a slightly stronger concentration 24g -10-24 per 5 gallons, everyone does it differently but I have learned throughout the years peppers and tomatoes like a higher concentration to produce well (EC) , you can certainly try the regular concentration on tomatoes and peppers of 12-6-12 and the higher on two different plants as an experiment to see how they do. Don’t be afraid to experiment! I also keep the ph at 6.5 all around it has been working for me.
Hope this helps and thanks for watching!
Thanks it helps a lot
Just got around to watching this, and of course it did not disappoint! ;) Based on how you mixed your nutrients, I've been doing it wrong (not using warm water), which may be why my veggies don't look at beautiful as yours! Question for you: How do you warm up your water? Or would room temp also work?
Hello and thanks for watching! Mixing properly does help, I’m sure your veggies look great!
Great question, I use water from the tap.😉
Once I mix like I showed with very warm water, and it’s dissolved, I let it sit overnight and ph the nutrient mix.
@@idealdirecthomeimprovement1639 I usually fill up a bunch of 1-gallon milk jugs with filtered tap water and let them sit for at least a day or two (I don't always use 5 gal buckets, so the 1-gallon jugs help lol) and then use that to mix my nutrients into, but I'll start dissolving them first in warm water... I'm going to be starting some new veggies and will follow this formula to see if it makes a difference :) thanks for sharing your knowledge!
@@carolynwilhelm depending o how may plants you have, 5 gallons is good to have on hand for intermittent feedings, as long as the nutrient mix is in a dark bucket, it can sit for at least a week without going bad. Carolyn, I just use regular tap water. I used to let it sit and de-chlorinate, but it didn’t help any at all. To be honest I think it’s a myth. My tap water is around 7.9 ph and has an EC of .3. So, it works out great for me. The only reason I let it sit now is , so it cools down after the mix was done, the temperature affects the ph. So, it cools down overnight and then I ph it. ( it gets to room temperature or about 18 degrees Celsius which is perfect for the plants.
Hope I helped and thank you for watching, it’s always a pleasure hearing from you!
@@idealdirecthomeimprovement1639 I may have asked you this before, but I can't remember... do you measure PPM? or just pH? I have a bunch of pepper plants (jalapeno, cupid, and King crimson red) that are growing in my basement. I checked PPM the other day and they were all low, so how do I increase PPM? Do I add more nutrients? I didn't measure pH so I should probably do that before I do anything else. lol Thanks again for your help!
@@carolynwilhelm I used to measure EC on every mix and tailor to every plant according to those charts everyone passes around on internet. I stopped doing that, all I do now is make certain mix concentrations depending on the type of plant and stage of growth all using and starting with masterblend, so for leafy greens I do 10-5-10 grams of the formula, (MB-Epsom-Calcuim Nitrate) per 5 gallons. For tomatoes and peppers I start with the basic formula 12-6-12 ad then when they start to flower and fruit I change the concentration to 24-10-24 Grams per 5 gallons and so far it works for me. Having premixed solutions is great because as they drink up the solution I just feed them with a fresh mix slowly or daily. I don’t ph the actual reservoir anymore, unless there is a sign that something is wrong with the plant. Ph definitely should be a priority because if the ph is off, the plants will miss out on nutrients in the mix. I make sure my mixes are all ph at 6.0 and so far this has worked for me. Carolyn keep in mind this is what works for me and I’m trying to keep it very simple. I used to listen to everyone on forums and I don’t anymore because I want to keep it simple. What works for me, may not work for you. Happy growing!
Do you ever need to add Cal-Mag to any of your MasterBlend concentrations?
Some of my plants are showing leaf deficiency maybe??? Do you ever have that problem?
Also I’m growing things like cantaloupe, eggplant, tomato, green peppers, squash, cucumber etc so on all of these things when they start to flower do you double the 3 part MB mix or just keep it at the 12-6-12? And do you add anything else at all to any of them?
Thank you so much, I have learned more from you than anyone!!!!! 🙏
Great questions!
I don’t add cal mag to anything.some people say to add it, but I never have because we add both in the masterblend formula. I don’t think a supplement is necessary.
Some of my plants show a deficiency sometimes, growing indoors in hydroponics is not a perfect science for us do it yourselfers. I just trim the bad leaves off. Most of the time it’s ph that throws off something and then we get a few leaves saying something is off. So start with simple things like ph.
Once the plant starts to flower that’s when I switch to the higher concentration of masterblend. 24-10-24 grams per 5 gallons. (Mb tomato formula-Epsom salts-calcium nitrate)
My plants flourish with this. They need the higher Ec to produce.
Remember growing isn’t perfect, we just try our best even plants grown outside aren’t perfect, it’s only that we notice more growing indoors because we constantly monitor and watch them grow closely.
I hope that helps, and thank you so much for your kind words!
@@idealdirecthomeimprovement1639 thank you!!! You answered all my questions and just completely simplified things for me, I’ve been going crazy for a while trying to figure this out, I think I will just make up some new mixtures some of my plants based on what you said, I’m sure I can save them since it’s just a few leaves and I’m catching it early :)
Keep pumping out these AWESOME videos!!! I’m about to try some carrots and beets thanks to you!!!
If you use calcium nitrate 15.5.0 and epsom salt you not need cal mag
Hey Edward! Hope all is well! Aaron Bennett here from the FB groups...Im curious. With your Tomatoes, do you ever adjust the 12/6/12 Mix during bloom, or other times? Was just curious if you remain at that level t/o the process? Or if you adjust with Potassium, etc., as they start to bloom or produce?
Hello Aaron,
I don’t adjust the formula except by raising the Ec and giving the tomatoes a stronger mix , 24-10-24 once they start to bloom. That’s it , oh and make sure that the ph and Ec is good at least once a week. If the Ec raises more than the amount that the mix was originally done I make sure I refresh the reservoir with a new batch of nutrient mix. Sometimes the Ec shoots way up because the plant already has enough nutrients and is drinking water.
I don’t add anything like more potassium. The masterblend formula is good all the way through a grow for tomatoes and peppers.
Hope this helps!
Happy growing!
@idealdirecthomeimprovement1639 - Thanks so much bud! Any idea of target EC after bumping up?
@@Exfog I can’t remember lol. My pleasure Aaron!
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Great info! Stumbled across your video after watching another Canadian grower. I use MB in my garden (dirt) and in my kratky. Would like to graduate NFT and have subscribed to watch more of your videos! How have the probes lasted for you on that Blue Lab equipment? Also, I have only been doing kratky lettuce and want to try peppers and tomatoes. Do you use an air stone with your peppers and tomatoes? Thanks so much!
Thank you moonwalker!
Nice to hear, I love Kratky! When I first started off I was using airstones and then I wanted to see if it made a difference, so I did experiments and the results were exactly the same. I don’t use airstones anywhere for a couple years now. My go to is Kratky and nft. Nft is actually really amazing to be honest it’s probably the fastest and easiest way to grow any greens! From lettuce, book choy, arugula, Swiss chards and the list goes on and on! When I say nft, I mean a true nft system.
I’m working on a bunch of videos coming soon! Thank you for subscribing I really appreciate it and it’s always nice to hear from people and their experiences !
Peppers and tomatoes are one of the easiest plants to grow and I grow them Kratky style! No air needed!
Hope your having a great weekend!
Oh almost forgot my blue lab ph tools have been going strong for almost 3 years!
It costs a little upfront but well worth the investment, I wasted a lot of money on the lower end tools and looking back, it was just a thing I had to accept. With the blue lab stuff, you never have to second guess a tool or anything! You can find sales here and there, I did!
Hope this helps
@@idealdirecthomeimprovement1639 thanks so much for the quick reply! I just watched your tour and transplant video. That video answered a lot of my questions. And WOW! What a marvelous setup you have! You have a a lot packed in and growing in your grow room!! Nice that it’s part of the house too. I have never ever seen or heard of those clone cubes before. I have lots of clay pebbles unfortunately. I did get an idea from another TH-cam grower TikiO where I use a strip if paper towel that hangs out the bottom of the net cup and sits on top of clay pebbles that are filled about 1/3 the way up the net cup. I put the seed on top of that bit sitting on top of the clay pebbles and it sits in 1020 tray with water sitting in it and the 1020 is on a heat mat. The seeds germinate very well. As the greens get larger I fill with more pebbles to support the plant. Gets a little tricky to keep the paper towel moist but not too moist as the greens grow. Use a little spray bottle sometimes. This reduced transplanting and simplified the process. But I really like the idea of the jiffy discs and clone cube things. Also was surprised those Costco led shop lights were enough for your greens…..that has to save a lot of money rather than using the costly grow lights! Thanks so much for sharing and responding!
question on mixing the masterblend 3 part nutrients. can you mix up enough for a 12 gallon container in a one gallon bucket? I realize they want you to dissolve each one separately as opposed to just dumping all 3 in at once. so in this instance - I'd have 3 1 gallon buckets and put in each - the amount needed for 12 gallons or whatever amount my large container is - then add them in the order given?
Should work, I usually just do 5 gallon mixes only because I make different mixes and I mix every two or three days.
If you are going to mix more than 5 gallons, I would message Masterblend,
What formula of master blend do you use for your leafy greens? Do you ever use Master blend for hydroponic strawberries?
They actually have different formulas specifically for leafy greens and for strawberries.
But if you only have the mb tomato formula 4-18-38
You can mix it a little different for leafy greens and strawberries, the ratio I use is 10 gram of mb tomato 5 grams of magnesium sulphate and 10 grams of calcium nitrate per 5 gallons and ph at 6 to 6.3
Hope the helps , thanks for watching and happy growing!
you take 5g water divided in 3 part and each you mix separately and at the end you have full 5g of solution right ?
Yes as long as they are completely diluted before adding all the solutions together.
What type of tomatoes and peppers are those?
They are beefsteak tomatoes and just your average bell peppers that I buy seeds from any big box store, nothing fancy
Do you know if I could mix 5 gallons of this blend and store it for 2 weeks in 1 gallon jugs?
Good question, I have stored a 5 gallon mix for almost 2 weeks in a completely blacked out bucket. If you only need a massage mix for a week just do half of everything. I haven’t heard that storing a mix for two weeks has been an issue, yet. Hopefully other viewers will add their experiences with us.
Hope your well and happy growing Dawn!
@@idealdirecthomeimprovement1639 Oh wow I didn't even think of that! Thank you so much! I'm doing great. Just now branching out to test the water on dwarf micro tomatoes and different flowers for indoor beauty with my other hydroponics.
NY native?
Canadian born and raised
5 gallons is 20 liter ?
5 us gallons. I’m sure google can help you do the conversion
If the ph is off, what do you do to adjust it?
Good question! If you need to adjust the ph, there are kits you can buy from a hydroponics store or Amazon. When you are adjusting the ph after you have your nutrient solution mixed, and if you have to lower the ph (in most cases, bringing the ph down) be careful by not adding to many drops, start with one or two drops at a time. When I ph my solutions I dilute 2 millilitres per 1/4 cup of water to dilute before I pour it into my nutrients solution and mix then test again. So to get the hang of it, only use a few drops at a time.
Here is the product links from Amazon, I hope this helps and please feel free to ask me questions
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I am not doing that. I am using the same nutrient that you have. I just mix the nutrient ti a big bucket and that ' s it.