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- 3 different grow methods were used to regrow supermarket lettuce. Soil, plain water, and water with hydroponic nutrients. Which did best? I replicated the example with the same results. Thanks for watching!
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“I drank the coffee first.” Love it!
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You always crack me up, and you just do it without any effort..
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Wow. You must have been really, really hyper after 2 jars of coffee…..lol
That made me laugh out loud too!
this video reminds me of youtube early days. videos to the point. no pandering. no bull. awesome.
This was very helpful saves me so much time experimenting the same thing, finally someone shows a comparison of the three! I was shocked the soil one didn't grow as much, interesting! Thank you!
Finally a person I trust made this experiment. Thank you, Tikki! 🌷❤️
Thank you I appreciate that, it was fun to do. Good luck with the lock-down in Israel, hope it turns things around for the country!
Tikki O. Thank you , Tikki. Please take care as well. I pray it all will be over soon 🙏🙏🙏
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"I drank the coffee first"... I love your personality! Thx for sharing
Most seed starting mix is meant for germination and will contain a certain amount of inert material that inhibits mold growth. It doesn't usually contain nutrients which are usually added when they are transplanted to soil. Some people enrich the soil before transplanting. The hydroponics mix definitely had an advantage over both the soil and water because it was the only one that provided any nutrients.
I am sold! I am planning to get my lettuce going in a nutrient solution then trans plant to a container with soil. Thank you for your video, nicely done.
You are funny. I am sure you are a beloved teacher of all students.
Nice experiment and I also found some humor in here.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Yep, thank you for doing the experiment, just what I was hoping to see, thank you for your interest and helpful video.
CUTE WITH THE CLASSICAL MUSIC ABOUT THE GROWTH!
This was a GREAT experiment,gave me a very accurate idea of what the differences are,as I am new to the concept of hydroponics..👍👍
Thank you for doing these experiments for us and saving us time....your information is invaluable.
Your channel is a HUGE blessing to all of us who want to prep for our families so ty!♥️♥️♥️🇺🇸
I am new to hydroponic gardening. I truly appreciate your videos, showing the different grow methods and results for each - fascinating to see the actual results and the comparisons. Keep growing! Really like your content! Happily subscribed!
Great science experiment!! I would love to try this at home with my children.
Thanks for the effort and time.
👏👏Thanks for another great video! Awesome experiment! I can’t wait to try this as well. Never again will I toss lettuce stumps.
Who knew lettuce stumps could provide so much fun! Thanks for the comment!
I loved your experiment. I’m surprised the plain water lettuce did just as well as the one with the plant food. All in all great review. Good job 👏👍
I love doing experiments, well done.👍
Thank you Tikki. I have done the same with water and solution but not so controlled so there was rotting. It never made it to my salad bowl in the past 6 months doing it. The same was done with celery, cabbage and onions. Thanks again, I have seen many of your videos. They are enjoyable and educational.
They need to be in just a little water. Too much water causes the rot.
You're my new favourite. You're hilarious! 😂 You got a new subscriber here
You must be a teacher as your profession! Best channel out there on this!
This was an amazing experiment. Replication, variables, duplicates of each group. The only thing missing from the scientific method was the hypothesis. Thank you for this! I have been experiencing exactly the same results as your soil ones (thanks ChatGPT for bad advice) and everyone on youtube is doing the pure-water approach. Another thing ChatGPT failed me on is the notion of using rocks to loosen the dirt, which in every case caused root rot and maggots. BTW, I had 6 roots in the soil and none of them grew more than yours. Now we know.
You are a godsend! I can’t wait to throw back some coffee so I can try this!
I loved your methodology! You convinced me to keep at it. I loved the music and your light commentary. Some of these videos the people talk too much!!! Thank you.
Thanks Janice I appreciate your feedback!
I am a new gardener, but I have noticed that all my plants in the garden grow better and faster after rain than when I water them with tap water every day. The secret are the minerals in the water :)
Cool experiment
Thank you!
please make more videos, I really enjoy watching it very informative.
I plan to, thank you!
I look forward to seeing your videos. I always learn something new!
You and me both, thank you Stephanie, I appreciate it!
ThiS was an awesome experiment to behold!!!😃I have a lil Chive KiD growinG on my Window sill that I am moving to a new container thiS week and I came to your channel to see if I should do a hydroponic experiment soon and the answer iS YeSss!!!👍ThankS for your very detailed explanationS to assist humanity through these turbulent times!!!✌😇🌎🌹🌞🌹🐰🌹☕☕☕
Hahahahaha!!! I love this! I love you. You make me laugh. You are just natural! I am subscribing!!!
Great experiment, thank you for doing this.
Wow congrats on going viral! Your videos are always so thorough and smart. Thanks for sharing all your fun garden experiments.
Thanks Susanne, it is fun, good healthy fun! Thank you for your beautiful words!
@@TikkiOOO I haven't decided whether your gardening skills are better or your video production skills..keep up the great work 💪
Tried this too! Thanks for your time!
Would you make a cup of that coffee for me please? I'm coming over to play plants with you! 😀 Seriously, took a look at my romaine tonight. Planting it tomorrow.
Thanks Tikki! 🎈
Hi Marty, I've started brewing "real" coffee, so I might run out of Folgers jars....the real stuff comes in bags :( Enjoy the lettuce fun!
I really like this experiment, I was told by someone that you have to cover the romaine stump up completely leaving only the very top out of the soil. I have just planted my stump and I hoping for good growth like your delicious lettuce. Thank you.
Did you get any growth yet?
I put 4 romaine stumps in water but only 2 really have any growth...just a little green with the other two...may I cut off too much lol..i also heard one person slice off just a little of the bottom to remove any residue left used to prevent sprouting...maybe I'll try that
@@kenpca hmmm, thank you, Ken. Maybe that's why my celery isn't doing anything!
Thank you, for sharing your experiences
Thats awesome experiment. I am buying those grow cups and the growing medium you added to the water.
I’m enjoying your videos so much. Keep it up with these experiments!
I know this is a long shot, but if you ever see this, I think it would be interesting to test a compost tea water as the simplest and cheapest solution. Water should be chlorine and other chemical free. Nice video...wish I saw it sooner.
Your experiments with hydrophonics are really very educative
Very enjoyable experiment and video! I like the way you think. Thank you for showing this experiment!
Seems to me like your window just gets better light on the right side that time of the year. In both experiments the right side did better. 😊
To me it just goes along with what I found out when taking Plant physiology. Plants need through the roots each of 18 basic element, like air to zinc. The potting soil had bacteria and fungus taking over the availability of these essential elements. Plants take in inorganic chemicals, not organic fertilizer. Water and plant base also had chemicals. Distilled water and seed is what we used!
I drank the coffee first! That made me laugh out loud!!
Nice job making an interesting video.
Excellent instructor👍❤️
Different experiment ,very good ☺️ I love 😘
Thanks for making an updated video. I love it when you do this particular experiment.
Awesome video. Thinking about growing my own lettuce and u gave me an idea to grow then in water vs soil and remind myself to keep the stumps. Fun experiment 4 me to try! Thanks
Great info!! Working on my stumps today👍🏾
Thank you Tikko for your consistency! Super cool!!
Thank YOU!!!
This makes sense. Without a root system to seek water and nutrients in the dirt, the pure liquid form of nutrients will penetrate into the plant fastest.
Great video!
"I put the bowel higher but I don't think that is the reason" 🤣🤣👍
I will go with plain water because it seems there is no difference except by a day or so.
Would I be correct in assuming that it would continue growing from the same root each time with this process?
Thank you for this
Love and light from South Africa 💚
I do the same thing with cabbage and use an NPK; some say use a 10-10-10 or masterblend, others say use a high nitrogen based NPK for leafy greens; for root vegetables, they would need high nitrogen and phosphorus….
I drank the coffee first 🤭
So cute!
Thank you
Always a treat to watch your videos. Do you think you can do a video on growing Esrog from seeds. I would love to see you focus your talents on that! 😊
How about Etrog liquer? I made some last year, still have it!
@@TikkiOOO that works too. 👍 😊
Great demonstration Tiki! Clearly the hydroponically regrown lettuce responded best. My question: have you done a “taste test” on all 3 yet? If so, I would be interested in knowing if you noted any difference in their taste or texture and if so, which was tastier.
I never got good results with the soil regrow, so I only tasted they hydro ones, and they taste good and fresh on the first regrow. Subsequent regrows start to turn the taste towards the bitter end, but the first regrow is good. Try it, and have fun experimenting. Thanks for the comment!
With hydroponic lettuce it's important to "flush" the plant before eating by letting it grow in plain water or low ppm solution. You let it grow for a week like that and it takes away the bitter taste.
But 2-3 harvests is the best you can expect from regrowing
@@zp944 Good to know. Vegetables are like lizards, they regenerate themselves. Same with the human liver.
I’m going to try this
Wow! And soil is so expensive relative to water!
The question that comes to mind for me is are any of them holding more vitamins than another? Is the one planted in the dirt healthier to eat or is there no difference?
I'm not an expert, but according to some studies, hydroponically grown is best if you add a nutrient solution. Plain water is worse, and dirt grown is reasonably nutritious.
If you want to try a diy nutrient solution, you can add a little bit of sugar, lemon juice and a tiny bit of bleach to the growing water. The sugar and lemon juice add nutrients, while the bleach controls the bacteria which might increase because of the sugar. Again I'm not an expert and I've never grown lettuce specifically, but it's something to try.
Many minerals can only be provided by growing in soil. Selenium and Chromium being two I learned about. Magnetic pumps in DWC and hydro lock out many essential minerals such as Calcium.
Very interesting/ I am trying celery only 2 days but I see growth. I will use the Hydroponic water and see if it works on celery. I see your lettuce is Cos or Romaine... My favorite I have some in the ridge.. I also love experimenting... Thank you.
thank you..
Love experiments, good job repeating it with pairs
Your channel is underrated.
Great video
This video came just in time. I just bought a 4 pack of little gem romaine lettuce. I'm definitely trying this!
Very interesting! Thank you!
I must try this experiment you are great 💓🌹
Thank you 🙏🏼
Wow, awesome video!
Thanks Debra, I appreciate it!
Very cool ! I'm doing the similar experiments at home with bok choy, which will grow back just like lettuce. Also made a mini DIY aquaponics system growing hot peppers in a tray placed atop a little fish tank that has live shrimp in it. The shrimp are called Amano shrimp (Japonica) which are kind of bottomfeeders and will eat algae, but they do appreciate a tasty snack once in a while. A few kernels of cooked rice or vegetables, they will devour anything, even a piece of cooked shrimp (little cannibals they are). My DIY system has no fancy bell syphons or valves. I cannibalized a very small (8 euro) aquarium filter that pumps the water up, like a mini pump rather than a filter, with a timer on 30 mins on, 30 mins off intervals. That way the plant roots get a lot of oxygen. Gravity does the rest. After poking a bunch of holes in the tray the water rains back into the aquarium. It would seem foolproof, w/o chance of flooding because the water simply has nowhere else to go but down and drip back into the mini fish tank. Sofar (A few weeks into the experiment) the peppers are doing remarkably well. Much better than the ones growing in soil on my balcony outdoors ! I hope to pick some fruits off these peppers in a month or two. The light source is just cheapo LED light fixtures from budget places here in Holland that would be comparable to Home Deput in the US. It seems to work with a cool white/warm white combo. You could theoretically grow food or plants on any bookshelf, anywhere.
I dug this. Thank You
Instant subscribe. Great video!
Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much!
awesome video, thanks so much
Awesome!! Thank you for sharing
Great video, thanks. Would be interesting to compare the growth of one in water and one in water under a grow light.
Interesting suggestion, thanks Sir!
Thats great Thanks forthe experiment
I love your videos. You explain things well for me.
Thank you J!
Great video and thanks for doing it a 2nd time to confirm your findings. However, I wished you had shown us after Day 6 if there were any roots growing! Also, between Day 12 and Day 21 it looks like it's already beginning to bolt as it is getting long/tall & skinny. Your grow light may be 6500K Daylight temperature, but it's awful high. It also matters the amount of lumen (something greater than 2000" lumen would be nice) it puts out and also the power in watts (20+ watts) that it produces. Try lowering the grow light and treat the scraps like seedlings.
I disagree, her plant grow very well and did not show any directional growth. So lighting was plenty. And keeping it closer may dry such leaves.
I love your videos and experiments!
Thank you Athena, I appreciate it!
Very interesting Tikki. As you already know, one can regrow a variety of supermarket vegetables. Eg. once a year i buy green shallots (green onions in the U.S.?) and plant the cut off bottoms in soil, harvesting them as needed.
Thanks Sandy! I find that I can jump start the regrowing in water before transplanting it to the soil. It is very rewarding to regrow, and fun to see. Thanks for the comment!
love your videos. You make growing stuff exciting
Thanks for doing the experiements, the soil finding was particularly interesting. Hopefully my lettuce will grow so well :)
I have just recently tried to grow lettuce from one I got from the store and well.. it did grow similar to the ones in the video and I just the other day placed it into the soil and I noticed a flower growing on it, and well... I have grown lettuce from seeds before, but I have never seen a flower bloom from it.
Does anyone know what happens in relation to the nutrients? Does the one that grows in the soil have more nutrients than the one in the pure water?
I’m doing this right now
What a cool video thank you so much. Lov
That was cool thanks. 😎
Thanks! I wonder if using unfiltered water in the second one would give it more minerals and make a difference.
Good question. I change the water out every 2 days. I may use my filtered water next change.
Im trying this for the first time im doing the water for 2 weeks and then transfering it into soil at least thats what i saw from another vid so i hope it works
Nice Thanks. This is exactly what I was looking for!
Is it necessary to plant it in soil after some time in water or can I continue growing them in water?
You can grow in water indefinitely. Soil is required, they just need to be able to get to the water and the nutrients in the water which is easier than getting them from soil.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for this experiment.
Merci, c'est très clair.