This is exactly how I immagined to grow hydroponic potato, and I know why it would be wrong. This is the great thing of sharing ideas. Not only the good ones, because failures are essential in the learning curve. Thank you indeed.
Rite of Spring! For those who didn't catch the "this music is a riot" reference- Stravinsky's Rite of Spring caused a riot at its premiere performance.
Not many people today will recognize Van Gogh's painting of "The Potato Eaters". Very fitting for the end of your Hydro-Nightmare of Ugly Potatoes. Great and interesting Vid, Jeff.
Luckily some of your viewers are Dutch and do know the painting. You are not wrong (simpler times), though I think you need to be Irish to really appreciate a potato! Love your experimental spirit and your courage to also show your failures. This challenge is not the boss of you!
@@JebGardener your video gave me an idea. What if you used a cheap dollar tree laundry basket as the “net cup” and put it down into something taller, like a rain barrel? You could use pine straw on top in place of clay pebbles? Think it would work? Edit: I just watched your video with the flowers in the trash can. That can looked big enough for the laundry basket to sit in. It could be an idea for another of your interesting videos. 👍
I Bulk order the mesh onion bags used for retailing onions and use those to grow potatoes inside my aquaculture setup. The roots reach down into the water but the bags support the weight of the potatoes. You can start out in a net cup but will need to take scissors and cut away the lower half of the cup when the taters start forming so they can dropdown. Your bags can be "stiched" to the net cup with reusable zip ties. If you can come up with a way to attach just the onion bags thru the hole to the top of your float that would be better and not waste a net cup. I'm still experimenting with that. I'm only having good luck with Kennebeck taters. They are about fist-sized on average and about 2 per plant with a lot of little half-dollar sized ones.
Just you're knowledge and jokes about Rite of Spring have earned a whole new level of admiration and respect. I loved the "riot" line; keep being great!
My guess is that the potatoes were placed a bit too high up and should have been sitting on the base of the net cup, maybe surrounded by medium (bigger cup?). There is a video - just a compliation of photos of root systems of hydroponically grown potatoes - which you might be able to glean something from. Some of the photos show the underside of the growing "container" - it actually looks like the plant just pokes through some thick polystyrene. There are only a couple at the beginning of the video, then you can jump to about 2:00 to see the other root systems. th-cam.com/video/PLICoXlV8yk/w-d-xo.html
Redbone ive been watching his videos non stop for 2 hours or so.... Its midnight and I need to work tomorrow..... Why cant I stop watching Jeb.... WHYYYYYYYYYYY!!!
"Let's think cheap,.. easy,.. and scalable." - Jeb Gardner great quote. This is why i love "Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere." - Albert Einstein
jeb, i dont garden and never thought gardening would be fun, you sir have changed my mind, from watching your videos it makes me want to try some of the stuff out and try to garden, your like my bill nye getting me into science and stuff, well gardening haha
*ROFL* Well done. Maybe support the seed potato by placing toothpicks in it so it doesn't fall through the hole. No net pot. No grow medium. Or maybe thin strips of foam as grow medium until the roots get down into the water.
firecloud77- Yeah, kinda like the ol' avocado trick, but maybe using chopsicks in place of toothpicks to help ofset the eventual weight issue. Of course it doesn't solve the problem of how to lower it into the water later, but then again it may not need to if its unconstricted by a net cup. What do ya think, Jeb?
For my second try I considered sticks but it would be a hassle because I need to drop the potato deeper in the container so they can spread out and not go green from sunlight.
Great Video. I was thinking maybe cut the sides off of the net pot around week 5-8; so it is just supported at two points, like a hammock, allowing the taters to fall out of the sides.
Love your Personality and the interesting way you choose to garden. Nice to think about when the soil becomes radioactive, how you gonna get your greens!? Hydroponic, that's how. Everything you would need at your local Post-Apocalypse Walmart, you might have to kill for the bottle waters though. Not too many geniuses going for the seeds and tubaware.
I love your videos and will try to pursue the possibilities your magical wizardry offers. I am not afraid to go in a clinch with the laws of nature by growing hydroponics
You're a mad man Jeb! Your experiments of growing plants without soil will doom us all! By the way love the channel might try this Kratky method myself. Keep it up!
What about trying to grow the plant till its mid or early stage of growth, then transfer them into a bigger box such as the one in the video without the netting thing? XD Just an idea - My family and I have started trying out hydroponic planting this year and haven't tried potatoes yet
This man deserves his subscribers. He's entertaining because he actually provides something that nobody else does.. Good editing and comedy on a gardening video. Not like that crappy comedy on a gaming video where they trick shot like every 10 year old kid.
Did you ever figure this out? I tried growing them in pool noodles in a milk crate suspended above the water medium. I cut the pool noodles into roughly 4 inch sections and dumped them in a milk crate. I burried two seed potatoes in that. Then I suspended the whole milk crate full of noodles and potatoes over a large storage bin. blocked off light at the sides of the bin and added an air stone and pump for good measure. They grew crazy on top, and they got roots but never produced potatoes. So I'm not sure if it was my nutrients. I used Master Blend.
Perhaps cut the cups at the bottom(making sure no sharp bits), so the potatoes can push out when they get big enough. And push the branch tips out the lid, to bring more sunlight energy down to the potatoes in the middle.
I used coco coir in a net bag...(a gallon paint strainer from home depot.) Hung the bag filled with coir into water. I used both a 5 gallon and a small trash container with a lid. I did it for carrots and potatoes and it worked well. the coir acted as dirt and the suspension into the nutrient solution fed the plants and allowed for them to grow to their maximum size. I absolutely love your videos. Keep em coming....
Jeb Gardener it holds plants in place for hydroponics _lh3.googleusercontent.com/MQxDUXc3Rp377NWd1JGPY2sz1kVqNkUnATvf8rnXynVUEsPE5rd-XjHI_baCeOK_f0NJFuNB5g_
Jeb, I've seen a lot of videos where they just use the net pot (cutting off most of the net and these collars to suspend the stem... especially with cloning where you have a good cutting to start with. www.amazon.com/pack-Net-Cloning-Collars-Inserts/dp/B01AAXA6Y6/ref=sr_1_2?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1492702866&sr=1-2&keywords=net+pot+collars
You're welcome. I've gotten pretty quick at it captioning. If I do it right after I finish editing, I practically have the lines memorized. It's kinda weird, I make up the lines as I go along. Then I end up memorizing them from running through all the edits.
Jeb, you are fantastic! Thanks for your time to do experiance like thet and you have some potatoes to eat. Good or less good results, I like your videos a lot.
I grew a few dwc plants and found squishy foam at my local hydro store.. Cut rings and slice the edge so you can slip the stem in. This almost needs a container in between the tub and the plant that the tubers can spread out into
cut the bottom out of the baskest and use a mesh drawstring bag to hold the medium. As the roots grow, feed more of the bag into the resivior, and if they grow too large for the bag to contain cut it strategically to release pressure. I haven't tried this myself; but I think it would solve the problem, and might even make harvesting super easy with all the potatoes already in a bag and whatnot.
Me: MOM!!! THIS GUY JUST MADE POTATOES IN WATER !!!!!! Mom: (ﾉ*ﾟｰﾟ)ﾉ oh dear glob..... he knows HE KNOWS!!!!!! Both: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH * running out of the house * Dad: oh god.... come back he's just a TH-camr
could you drill holes in the sides of the box to allow the tubers to come out of the box and allow them to grow bigger in a dryer box?, I would think the water they just sit in would kill out the tubers or stunt them, I could be wrong
Bro your video style is awesome. How do you not have 100k subs. Subbed! BTW I work at a home improvement superstore and our seed potatoes sit for 3 months before they are marked down. Buy early in the season and keep in a cool dry area in your own home. You care about them much more than most of the people working at the box store.
Thanks! Good idea on the seed potatoes. I probably can get my own perpetual seed going off my current setup now. I'll even keep a couple extra in case disease wipes out a crop.
Best video on how not to garden. Yes I loved it! Failures are great to learn. The only downside is that 1 can fail thousands of times; and only have a chances for success. 👍
your editing and narration is just so awesome lol
Thanks!
yeah I'm only 2 min in, this is hilarious/classic, haha, I love the music
after the guests came I had to favorite this shit this is glorious
nice bug sound effects
SOO FUNNY!
This is exactly how I immagined to grow hydroponic potato, and I know why it would be wrong. This is the great thing of sharing ideas. Not only the good ones, because failures are essential in the learning curve. Thank you indeed.
Best channel on TH-cam?!
Thanks!
Rite of Spring! For those who didn't catch the "this music is a riot" reference- Stravinsky's Rite of Spring caused a riot at its premiere performance.
Nice tuba!
The music didn't cause the riot, it was the dancing that accompanied it.
Informative!
Interesting!
Glad to know it wasn't the only one who caught that haha
Not many people today will recognize Van Gogh's painting of "The Potato Eaters". Very fitting for the end of your Hydro-Nightmare of Ugly Potatoes. Great and interesting Vid, Jeff.
Yeah I just saw it on Wikipedia and thought it was fitting. I think the people in the painting are simple and wholesome, much like the potato I seek.
Luckily some of your viewers are Dutch and do know the painting. You are not wrong (simpler times), though I think you need to be Irish to really appreciate a potato!
Love your experimental spirit and your courage to also show your failures.
This challenge is not the boss of you!
You're a genius, total brilliance in editing, I don't think you know just what you have here, more than just TH-cam videos, its all up to you.
You are a little crazy Jeb! But that is why we love you!
Yeah I just watched the video to check for issues and realized it looks like a total crazy person made it.
Lorenzo Armas we all are crazy in so many ways. Love your video, bro. ;-)
Lorenzo Armas the best people are
Yeah
As a classical musician who enjoys gardening, I cannot adequately express how much I love your videos
That’s great Jessica
2017 a Gardening Odyssey.
I love 2001. My rat video has music that was used in it!
Jeb Gardener yey i like that too
But your rat video made me sad. We have three amazing rat pets here that get free roam around the house.
this really is my fav channel to watch while stoned. educational and that dry fucking humor man i love it
Jeb... All I can say is, that was interesting... Cheers :)
Yeah I might have pushed the envelope a little too hard on this one. Fun though!
LMAO
Are all TH-cam gardeners friends? Lol good to see you here Marky mark.
@@JebGardener your video gave me an idea. What if you used a cheap dollar tree laundry basket as the “net cup” and put it down into something taller, like a rain barrel? You could use pine straw on top in place of clay pebbles? Think it would work?
Edit: I just watched your video with the flowers in the trash can. That can looked big enough for the laundry basket to sit in. It could be an idea for another of your interesting videos. 👍
Dear Jeb,
I just wanted to tell you that your combination of awesome gardening, editing, music and commentary is just delightful!
Thanks, Russ.
on a scale of 1 to high, how 10 are you?
I dunno,I feel,pretty good right now.
William Kiley
5'6"
He probably grows his own hemp w/o soil too
OMG!!!! That one is so good...Thats the first I've heard that one.
no you are wrong its "High how are you?"
Imagine being incredibly baked watching this video. Mind Blown.
This is the most entertaining video about veggietals ever
You are a category on your own... you are the artist of tomorrow... the best video I have ever seen about growing plants... far beyond...
Honestly one of my new favorite channels!
Thanks for not lying!
This channel is wild. The narration brought me to tears. OF LAUGHTER?
Awesome! maybe next time try using a net as bag instead of a plastic cup. That way you can untie the bag to make more space in it...
That could work. I would need a cheap and effective way to suspend it though.
look at NEOPRENE like from an ez cloner.
Jeb Gardener zip ties?
You are by far the best narrator I've ever heard. Just watching your videos and hearing you makes me want to grow stuff. lol
Thank you.
THIS IS THE BEST NARRATIVE OF ANYTHING EVER!!
thank you
You are very welcome!!
He's videos are like watching a suspend movie about potatoes!! Love this guy
I Bulk order the mesh onion bags used for retailing onions and use those to grow potatoes inside my aquaculture setup. The roots reach down into the water but the bags support the weight of the potatoes. You can start out in a net cup but will need to take scissors and cut away the lower half of the cup when the taters start forming so they can dropdown. Your bags can be "stiched" to the net cup with reusable zip ties. If you can come up with a way to attach just the onion bags thru the hole to the top of your float that would be better and not waste a net cup. I'm still experimenting with that. I'm only having good luck with Kennebeck taters. They are about fist-sized on average and about 2 per plant with a lot of little half-dollar sized ones.
Try Yukon gold. Kratky had luck with those!
Just you're knowledge and jokes about Rite of Spring have earned a whole new level of admiration and respect. I loved the "riot" line; keep being great!
Thanks!
You are so funny. I love your videos!
What do mean? This is serious business! j/k
Funny how?
Your kid is really cute. You are the master of gardening, and I bet he will grow up to be the next generation of mad scientists.
My guess is that the potatoes were placed a bit too high up and should have been sitting on the base of the net cup, maybe surrounded by medium (bigger cup?). There is a video - just a compliation of photos of root systems of hydroponically grown potatoes - which you might be able to glean something from. Some of the photos show the underside of the growing "container" - it actually looks like the plant just pokes through some thick polystyrene. There are only a couple at the beginning of the video, then you can jump to about 2:00 to see the other root systems. th-cam.com/video/PLICoXlV8yk/w-d-xo.html
Loved it! The music is a refreshing departure from the tired old tracks most people are using now days. Great job!
thank long john
Started watching the salad one now I'm binge watching his vid
And still wtf
You're in for a treat!
Redbone ive been watching his videos non stop for 2 hours or so.... Its midnight and I need to work tomorrow..... Why cant I stop watching Jeb.... WHYYYYYYYYYYY!!!
Same, Lol. This is great
me too
I don't know why this appeared in my recommended, but I am very glad it did. Great video, pleasure to watch!
honestly this is my second video I've watches of his and I'm still in the wtf stage
Kitty Jordan same
Kitty Jordan Same
Kitty Jordan do not question pure genius
same
Same x4
One option might be to suspend the seed potato using some sort of skewers without completely surrounding them in a net cup.
"Let's think cheap,.. easy,.. and scalable." - Jeb Gardner great quote. This is why i love "Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere." - Albert Einstein
thank you
It is incredible your character I really liked your story and your edition in video and mainly about the sound
It's nice to watch your videos
Thanks
"Nothing taste better than a potatoe.... When you're hungry". -Jeb.
Those words are spot on, just ask the French.
jeb, i dont garden and never thought gardening would be fun, you sir have changed my mind, from watching your videos it makes me want to try some of the stuff out and try to garden, your like my bill nye getting me into science and stuff, well gardening haha
Awesome!
*ROFL*
Well done.
Maybe support the seed potato by placing toothpicks in it so it doesn't fall through the hole. No net pot. No grow medium. Or maybe thin strips of foam as grow medium until the roots get down into the water.
firecloud77- Yeah, kinda like the ol' avocado trick, but maybe using chopsicks in place of toothpicks to help ofset the eventual weight issue. Of course it doesn't solve the problem of how to lower it into the water later, but then again it may not need to if its unconstricted by a net cup. What do ya think, Jeb?
For my second try I considered sticks but it would be a hassle because I need to drop the potato deeper in the container so they can spread out and not go green from sunlight.
You could try grape bags or screen door mesh that can expand as the tubers grow
NEOPRENE like from an EZ cloner. they have larger ones at my grow store. easy cheap done.
Great Video. I was thinking maybe cut the sides off of the net pot around week 5-8; so it is just supported at two points, like a hammock, allowing the taters to fall out of the sides.
You can tell Jeb is having fun in his videos its good! :D
I Love Jeb! He's Helped Me Alot With Hydroponics And Gave Me A Few Laughs!
Ahhhhh...
yeah Man Thanks! I Grow Hydroponic Peppers Start I Tomorrow!
I fully enjoy the dramatic music with each subject!
omg this vocal rite part is amazing
My household's favourite episode thus far! Keep going mate!
Oh good. Carrot video may impress you.
Love your Personality and the interesting way you choose to garden. Nice to think about when the soil becomes radioactive, how you gonna get your greens!? Hydroponic, that's how. Everything you would need at your local Post-Apocalypse Walmart, you might have to kill for the bottle waters though. Not too many geniuses going for the seeds and tubaware.
I cant believe im subbing to this. Your narration is gold.
Great idea!
Cool video, love the Van Gough at the end, it just makes the point.
Thanks! The two paintings happen to be the two shared on Wikipedia. Coincidence?
I love your videos and will try to pursue the possibilities your magical wizardry offers. I am not afraid to go in a clinch with the laws of nature by growing hydroponics
Jeb your a mad man!
This is officially the best channel on TH-cam!
Wow thanks!
You're a mad man Jeb! Your experiments of growing plants without soil will doom us all!
By the way love the channel might try this Kratky method myself. Keep it up!
I used to hate rockwool have worked in construction. This made me love it haha. Good video and very cool channel overall
What about trying to grow the plant till its mid or early stage of growth, then transfer them into a bigger box such as the one in the video without the netting thing? XD Just an idea - My family and I have started trying out hydroponic planting this year and haven't tried potatoes yet
This man deserves his subscribers. He's entertaining because he actually provides something that nobody else does.. Good editing and comedy on a gardening video. Not like that crappy comedy on a gaming video where they trick shot like every 10 year old kid.
Thank you. Yeah it's hard to fake things when you're gardening.
Can you repurpose all of that potato root? They would have to be nutrient rich, right?
Totally went in the compost bin.
Another AMAZING work of art! and that sound track!! I bow to you master non-soil gardener
Did you ever figure this out? I tried growing them in pool noodles in a milk crate suspended above the water medium. I cut the pool noodles into roughly 4 inch sections and dumped them in a milk crate. I burried two seed potatoes in that. Then I suspended the whole milk crate full of noodles and potatoes over a large storage bin. blocked off light at the sides of the bin and added an air stone and pump for good measure. They grew crazy on top, and they got roots but never produced potatoes. So I'm not sure if it was my nutrients. I used Master Blend.
Awww! I love your Weiner Dogs! I have one of my own. Love them.
Perhaps cut the cups at the bottom(making sure no sharp bits), so the potatoes can push out when they get big enough. And push the branch tips out the lid, to bring more sunlight energy down to the potatoes in the middle.
I'm doing a grow with thin rope now . The stems found their way through the hole without a problem. Sunlight on the tubers is bad mojo though.
if you cut out the bottom everything in the cup will fall through.
look at NEOPRENE from an ez cloner. will work perfect.
Not the entire bottom, just enough that it would spring out under pressure.
I used coco coir in a net bag...(a gallon paint strainer from home depot.) Hung the bag filled with coir into water. I used both a 5 gallon and a small trash container with a lid. I did it for carrots and potatoes and it worked well. the coir acted as dirt and the suspension into the nutrient solution fed the plants and allowed for them to grow to their maximum size. I absolutely love your videos. Keep em coming....
thanks patt
you should used neopreme collars( i totally misspelled it but watever) insted of the net pot
I know what neoprene is, but i actually don't know what a neoprene collar is. Is it flexible with slots for roots?
Jeb Gardener it holds plants in place for hydroponics
_lh3.googleusercontent.com/MQxDUXc3Rp377NWd1JGPY2sz1kVqNkUnATvf8rnXynVUEsPE5rd-XjHI_baCeOK_f0NJFuNB5g_
Jeb, I've seen a lot of videos where they just use the net pot (cutting off most of the net and these collars to suspend the stem... especially with cloning where you have a good cutting to start with.
www.amazon.com/pack-Net-Cloning-Collars-Inserts/dp/B01AAXA6Y6/ref=sr_1_2?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1492702866&sr=1-2&keywords=net+pot+collars
rapid rooter plugs basically
Interesting! Ive been thinking about this for a while.... Nice to see your results, thanks for sharing
did anyone else notice the two dachshunds omg
Music selection is priceless, well done
Best way to solve any possible copy write strike.
Busted!!!
Yr dry humour effeminate cracks me up PMSL giddy from down under 🇦🇺 u rock buddy
Is this pure genius, or pure insanity? The lines are so masterfully blurred
Hydroponic potatoes? Over the top trial in my book! Subscribed because you made me laugh and that is good medicine ;)
that's great!
Do not let your baby carrots watch this.
So dramatic i love it makes it so much more intersting. :) Sweet glad i stumbled upon this. Subscribed :)
You should give potato seeds a try instead of seed potatoes
The captions are great! Thanks for putting in the time and writing them.
You're welcome. I've gotten pretty quick at it captioning. If I do it right after I finish editing, I practically have the lines memorized. It's kinda weird, I make up the lines as I go along. Then I end up memorizing them from running through all the edits.
Don't you harvest your potatoes too early? you can harvest when your plant is dead.
Your potatoes will be bigger.
Yeah I was cutting this grow short. My second try might come in before the heat ends it.
Jeb, you are fantastic! Thanks for your time to do experiance like thet and you have some potatoes to eat. Good or less good results, I like your videos a lot.
find "dangerous plant grows without soil"
My (sniff) my friends (sniff sniff )
Waaaaaaahhhhhhh They didn't make it Continues to cry
They made it, they are just messed up
Bob the Potato NO BOB, YOU WILL SURVIVE. MEOW
I didn't know a video about potatoes could be so intense, and epic, good work
Song at 4:00, who's the artist? :D
2:35 is better
I think this is so amazing!!! I can’t wait to see how you perfect it!
Instead of a cup maybe try an expandable mesh bag.
I grew a few dwc plants and found squishy foam at my local hydro store.. Cut rings and slice the edge so you can slip the stem in. This almost needs a container in between the tub and the plant that the tubers can spread out into
Watching your channel has inspired me to start my own hydroponic farm! Keep up the amazing work!
Let us know how it goes!
"This music is a riot." Ha, I get it.
Yeah couldn't resist.
It's hydroponic gardening, but it emulates hammer-horror movies with the music and timings. Love this video man, only just started watching.
I'm Scared. For the Potato.
this guy is very underrated
thanks vendor
The music :D Jesus christ
Awesome editing Mr.Jeb...
I couldn't stop myself clicking "Bell"...
cool!
MY NAMEA JEB
This belongs in a museum, i think you can grow a few there.
Blasphemy !
Against the soil? or Stravinsky?
Gisapaz. Lusamud.
Your a-capella rendition of The Rite of Spring was inspiring.
glad you enjoyed it
Meh names jeff
no
lol
cut the bottom out of the baskest and use a mesh drawstring bag to hold the medium. As the roots grow, feed more of the bag into the resivior, and if they grow too large for the bag to contain cut it strategically to release pressure. I haven't tried this myself; but I think it would solve the problem, and might even make harvesting super easy with all the potatoes already in a bag and whatnot.
Me: MOM!!! THIS GUY JUST MADE POTATOES IN WATER !!!!!!
Mom: (ﾉ*ﾟｰﾟ)ﾉ oh dear glob..... he knows HE KNOWS!!!!!!
Both: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
* running out of the house *
Dad: oh god.... come back he's just a TH-camr
Love S. you.....tuber.....potato
Bro you got me into gardening in literally 2 videos. Subbed.
could you drill holes in the sides of the box to allow the tubers to come out of the box and allow them to grow bigger in a dryer box?, I would think the water they just sit in would kill out the tubers or stunt them, I could be wrong
I'm actually craving potatoes now
Sweet job on the music around the 4:00 mark! Loved it!!
Thanks Shannon
I can totally see a reoccurring theme with his garden videos haha.
I'm so glad I medicated before watching this.
Bro your video style is awesome. How do you not have 100k subs. Subbed!
BTW I work at a home improvement superstore and our seed potatoes sit for 3 months before they are marked down. Buy early in the season and keep in a cool dry area in your own home. You care about them much more than most of the people working at the box store.
Thanks! Good idea on the seed potatoes. I probably can get my own perpetual seed going off my current setup now. I'll even keep a couple extra in case disease wipes out a crop.
how could this masterpiece didn't win oscar for best documentary
Best video on how not to garden. Yes I loved it! Failures are great to learn. The only downside is that 1 can fail thousands of times; and only have a chances for success. 👍