Hydroponic Strawberries - Off to a Good Start

This is our biggest hydroponic strawberry crop yet. There are lots of Katy's growing tips in this video. We have tried them in the NFT system, but found they are much easier in buckets. We talk about what it was like growing them in the main greenhouse. Then I got a couple things done in there before heading out to the high tunnel. Doug was also outside working on the strawberry support system. We have 100 buckets and 500 plants. The extra strawberry plants went into hanging baskets.

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[geraldcroft]

I drove from little Rock down to tutwiler Mississippi back in 73 to meet my gramps brother. It was the only time I saw him. He told me that grampa grew clover and saved seed from any plant having a 4 leaf! He was trying to create a new stain, at least to him in 1905.!!! That's where my love of gardening came from. Thanks grampa Meyer.

[littleglasshouse]

your camera work and editing is perfect. What a great operation you and your family have.

[adr]

i love that you all work as a team, each with their own skill sets. much love!

[nitramdmij]

I have been growing various kinds of vegetables hydroponically for about 3 years now. I started with peppers, tomatoes, and lettuce. They all tasted great, full of flavor. I have since grown spinach, basil, stevia and green beans. I have even just started trying to grow zucchini (I just got some flowers in the last week so nothing has set yet). I think when people say hydroponic vegetables taste bland, they may be referring to things they are buying in the grocery store. Foods that were still picked green and only ripened up in the back of a truck several hundreds or more miles from the grocery store. Love your channel, thanks for all the great information!

[farmerdre]

You're gonna enjoy the Albion, I have 600 planted in the High tunnel, We just started harvesting super good and delicious

[kevinf]

I think the reason why people think that hydroponic grown produce is flavorless, is because hydroponic tomatoes for instance, when I see them in the store, most of the time they are trucked in from afar: like from Canada (I live in South West Missouri). So the tomatoes are picked green so they will survive the journey, which causes them not to have the taste as a tomato that is picked at maturity.

[HomegrownPassion]

The strawberries are Albion and Seascape from Johnny's Seed. The white rail buckets were special order from CropKing. They do not have them listed on their site yet, and I was unable to find them any where online. I will update when I can get a link for them. The rail system is Doug's design.

[wesbrown]

Thanks for sharing your experiences. I find your commentary to be very thoughtful. It is inspiring that your family has been so successful in this enterprise. I hope you continue to learn and fine tune your farming.

[WineGiftBoxMaker]

Thank for always adding nuggets of practical application (and reasons why and why not)

[andrewislas]

I saw one video and just kept watch your guys next video. You guys are such inspiring folks. Super kool!

[mydanishgarden]

I really enjoy your channel, its very informative and I love the whole family thing. Please can you keep the information and progress of the strawberries growing. I've had a few hydroponic ideas flowing to grow strawberries where I live in Denmark, our problem is temperature and the shortness of the summer. Keep the channel going it's a wealth of valuable information.

[Hospitality]

You and your family do a great work. Love family work together. Like your explanation that nutrition is the key for high qualified strawberries as ones grown in the soil. It’s informative, thanks. Keep going.

[PhilippinesFarmLife]

Thank you for publishing this video. It was very helpful giving me ideas I can use on my farm. Watching from the Philippines and sharing with everyone I know.

[CreatureCribs]

I love your mum she’s so effin cool !!!

[geraldcroft]

Make a dibber for you strawberry transplants. An old shovel handle cut and shaped like a pencil. Charles Dowding uses the dibber to plant everything. I use them too and also for transplanting from 72 cell to 4" pots. Good vid. I learned I can pollinate my strawberries with wind!!! Just like maters

[tiffanytaylor]

I work in a hydroponic store and cant wait to start growing stuff

[darrenmurray]

I really have positive envy for you. Whilst I do not think that life is in any way easy with what you do, your family definitely made the right decision to go with hydro farming.

I only wish that I could afford land in the UK to do something similar. Regardless, I have a small setup in my garage that keeps me busy when not at work.

Keep up the good work.

[summerbreezefarm]

Devon, really enjoyed this video! My dear husband is now wondering how to make hydroponic buckets for strawberries. The US border is still closed for travel and shipping would be killer for us to order from Crop King!
Instead of flowers we also planted strawberries in our hanging baskets...LOL!
Our NFT system has exploded with growth! We enjoy every morsel from it.
Look forward to seeing how much strawberries you get this year. Cheers!

[Bigelowbrook]

We grow the majority of our strawberries in DWC beds so they are all bare root. We use to have them in media and haven't noticed any difference with the production. This year we're building out more troughs that can be overhead. Where did you get the Beto buckets? They can be crazy expensive!

[alexrossouw]

I'm glad you mentioned the limitation of NFT: the plant size. Not many gorwers show their problems