A Cheap Alternative Kratky Hydroponic Method!

Hoocho demonstrates Cheap Alternative Kratky Hydroponic Method!

Hoochos explores the worlds of Hydroponics, Aquaponics, Permaculture, Homesteading, Fermentation, Technology and DIY Builds to look at the world through a larger lens that can incorporate the best of everything into a rich and rewarding lifestyle.
Through self sufficiency we can reduce consumption and increase our hyperlocal household production.

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High Quality Combo PH & EC Meter:
HI9813-6 Portable pH / EC /TDS /Temperature Meter-

EC Meters:
Bluelab Truncheon EC Meter-

PH Meters:
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3D Printer:
Creality Ender-3 Pro-

Wyze Cams for Plant Time-lapsing:
Wyze Cam V3-
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Physical Rain Gutter Grow System Ends:

Float Valves for RGGS:

Cheap Printer Filament AUS-
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If you have personal queries about hydroponics or other matters please join me on Patreon for limited individual support or post in the Hoocho Reddit community or on the Hoocho’s facebook group and there are a lot of friendly helpful likeminded people that may have answers for you.

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Happy Hydroponicing!

[Hoocho]

For those who are upset that I mistook the colloquial term for 'cooler' as 'chilly bin' (I'm looking at you USA)

The people 'across the puddle' I was referring to are the New Zealanders
Who refer to, what we in 'straya call 'eskies'; 

...as 'chilly bins'...

Which is a ridiculous term.
And we should all give them grief for.

That and their inappropriate treatment of sheep.

[jonp]

Huge respect for anyone who can admit they were wrong and change their mind. Good on you mate.

[AniBAretz]

One of the best things in the video is seeing what happens when things are not done perfectly right, and learning why and how to fix it.

[vikusfikus]

My dad is gonna give me all his empty protein containers 🤣 I have just checked how close they are to getting completely empty and now I almost have THREE in different sizes. Cool! More greens

[praisethesun]

As someone who has grown aquatic aquarium plants for many years, your PH issues are likely due to using PH up/down. These products are temporary fixes used for emergencies in the aquarium hobby and often lead to disaster because once they wear off the PH jumps drastically. What you should use are PH buffers. Buffers change the water chemistry and will maintain a steady PH level. For my planted aquariums I use SeaChem's Alkaline buffer and/or Acid buffer.

[Mr.FuzzyDingo]

You should try to match the container to the root zone dimensions ie. small roots = shallow container / long roots = deep container.
This allows the use of all the nute solution without having to fill the container with an excessive amount of nutes just to reach the roots.

[Rizaus]

I love Kratky primarily for introducing people to hydroponics because they don't have much to lose. It's also nice to just have a couple of jars sitting in windows that you top off from time to time.

[superkillr]

I did an experiment this year with a cloned tomato plant, not expecting much. Kratky in a 5 gal bucket. That thing was great. Took plenty of abuse, produced some great cherry tomatoes. Huge. Roots NEVER rotted even though it was blazing hot out. All I did was top it off now and then with the hose. I eventually added some more nutrients, never checking the ph or EC in the bucket.

[MR-riqp]

It's the Ronco of the Hydroponic world! For those of you who aren't familiar with Ronco or its founder Ron Popeil, he was famous for gadgets and small appliances where his catchphrase was "Just set it and forget it"

[duhhhh]

Love this .Thank you for taking time to share your knowledge . We're so blessed to have the opportunity to learn from your timely experimentation.

[MyPeacefulGarden]

This video gave me so much hope ❤️. Keep giving us newbies these great videos. I love the time lapse. You are a blessing.

[dmac]

I grew a head of lettuce on a scrap of fabric suspended over an old used 1 gallon pickle jar. I used a twist tie to hold the fabric with just about a 1/4 inch dip in the center of the opening. As you said, lettuce takes about 3-6 liters, so a 1 gallon jar is almost perfect for smaller growing varieties when directly seeded. . I placed the seeds right on the fabric, with the water level just touching the fabric. No net cup is needed at all, and I only used about 2 tablespoons of fine coco.perlite mix over the seeds to keep them moist while they sprouted. And I don't think the soil was needed. So my total cost for the seed and the nutrients was about 5 cents- US. I grew radishes the same way, and grew basil in a bottle with a 1 inch opening with a scrap of old fabric shoved in the opening to support the seed. For true low cost, eliminating the net cup, and the tote, and using old scraps of cloth and 'recycled' containers leaves only seeds and nutrients to buy. I only tried it to see if it was feasible, and it definitely is. The radishes grew especially well, with 4 planted in the7-8 cm bottle opening. The radishes din't even use a full gallon.

[aamccaffrey]

Great video❣️ I LOVE your learning process and honesty. It keeps me inspired to try new things.

[thefutureofgardening]

Hoocho, this is fantastic. This is great for people in warm climates. It will help to mitigate the water from heating up so much. Brilliant!!

[LesssIsMore]

Another great video by Hoocho's!!! I really liked your Kratky comments at the end and acknowledgement of your bias. The special part is how we can feed the world with very little.

[MyPeacefulGarden]

Omg. Glad I found you! I'll be watching many more of your videos. I've been yelling it from the roof tops lately to get people into trying kratky n such, especially now! Glad I found you thank you!!!

[Junzar]

Can’t wait for you to show how you did that! I enjoy growing with the Kratky method- have never had roots like that.

[john_blues]

Thanks for the video, it's very detailed and I like that you show different container methods. . For the average or new Kratky grower I recommend using a pre-mixed liquid nutrient solution. It's just much easier to work with and is already balanced. I've taught classes for beginners and one of the big takeaways is that a good pre-mix liquid gives them an easier entry point into growing for themselves. The one for the Aerogarden is pretty good. There's also the one for TowerGardean as well as a few easy A+B solutions you can buy online or at your local hydro store. It's more expensive to do it that was, but unless you're doing large scale I think it is worth it. I've been growing successfully with several different hydroponic and aquaponic methods for aver a decade.

[Shanngella]

I'm glad we will see more kratky ! It's what I do because I have a small place. I even did cucumber and peppers in kratky past 2 years!

[cher-amirose]

I am having so much fun with the Kratky method. I have to share my produce. And herbs. With the herbs I cut it all back, stuck them in a food processor, added oil, (lemon juice for basil and sage. And lime juice for the cilantro), the poured into ice cube trays and froze them. I just pop one or two out for salad dressing, pesto, or add to sauces. I still need to practice with tomatoes and peppers in larger containers. Thanks again for another great video!