Outdoor Hydroponic Peppers

In this video I go over the setup I used to grow hydroponic peppers outdoors using coconut coir. The plants are grown in 5-gallon buckets using Masterblend Hydroponic nutrients.

Components of my outdoor hydroponic system:

Blog post about this system can be found here:

Best seed starting trays:

Best seed starting soil mix:

Best grow lights for seed starting:

Best grow tents:

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[mishachevalier]

Excellent vid!! Great explanation of everything. Beautiful looking plants!! Love your setup!!

[nickwalchli]

dude your pepper garden is beyond any i've seen before.. i aspire to one day have something even comparable, kudos.

[DrewVerdin]

I'm a fellow pepper grower, and I love what you've got going on here. Great job 👍 Happy gardening

[raydawes]

I so much appreciate your video. Your peppers rocked! Between the information in your video, and the effort you put into the comments, no question i can build this. Hope for half as good of results as yours!

[ktulu]

Thank you for the video! I have been looking forward to this video. Clear explanation on the loop to keep even pressure on the drips. Amazing setup and beautiful peppers! I agree, the planter box to house the buckets looks much better than the alternative and is certainly worth the effort!

[lucifurtuna]

Hi man! I’m watching your video from România! Thank you FOR sharing

[endthefed_]

Hey, thank you for taking the time to share your setup! I found numerous tips and techniques in your video!

[TonySlug]

Fantastic setup ! Very nice. That reaper plant looks incredible.

[guysmiley]

Nice tip on the looped tubing for even pressure.

[MichaelJohnson-jtcu]

With your peppers planted in buckets you could always bring them inside prior to winter and keep the plants growing under some grow lights.

[rustyandrews]

Great job with you video. You're probably aware but some will like knowing that pepper plants are perennials. I live in Alabama but even this far south, peppers are one of the first plants to be bitten by frost. And when they do, they're toast. However, if brought in at fall, and kept above freezing only minimal water during this dormat period. But when spring arrives, they produce immediately. Egg plants also. Same thing.

[Ренато.де.Луна]

Excellent video. Thanks. Will be implementing your multiple barrel reservoir system next season to resolve my low reservoir capacity issues. I've spaces issues and my single 45g reservoir just isnt cutting it. This helped alot.

[gennykelley]

Great detailed video...I believe DWC stands for "Deep Water Culture". I have never heard it called Direct Water Column.

[PachariAdventures]

Wow those plants look amazing! Thanks for sharing your system... looking to do something similar this year. Would love to hear more detail about your nutrient mix/recipe and any changes you made throughout the season. Cheers!

[roberthodges]

Great video and information....THANK YOU!!!

[anthonycamacho]

Thank you for sharing your setup. I am into aquaponics, but 3d printed my first hydroponic tower. What kind of solution are you using.

[milescabia]

I'm impressed with your hydrophonic system. I'm doing the kratky method. But I'm having trouble with root rot because of the hot weather here in L.A.. Do you have any other video explaining details of your system?

[NickMart]

Great video. Thank you. I am curious about your thoughts on water temperature for someone in the desert. I need to figure out how to cool the water from the nutrient reservoir.

[edstoica]

thank you for that very informative video. You gave me a lot of useful information about hydro outdoor. Your coco+hydro+(rain)drain setup makes really sense!
One question about your buckets: Why do you insert these drainpipes in the bucket? Wouldnt it be sufficient to just drill the hole in the bucket, without the tubings?
... also I am curious about what NPK ratio you use in your nutrient tank and what ppm?

[Debt]

Plants look great my question is i have been using master blend for years for tomatoes hydroponic and it works great this year i am growing peppers in soil using master blend and the pepper plants look great but no flowers yet its still early here in northern California plants are about 10 inches is there any thing i need to do or just wait i water with master blend about twice a week beside regular water three times a week, my tomatoes plants in the Dutch buckets are hugest l lots of tomatoes a 27 gallon tote of master blend being pump threw the lines, next year i will be doing your method