Hi Andrea 🙂 oh yeah 100% it would work. I know the ones you are talking about. Thanks so much for watching, I do appreciate it ! 🙂

Thanks Steve👍 I need to get out and do an update video on those things they are getting big ! and there are lots on the vines. Sorry for the late reply ! I haven't been on the channel in some time.

Hi TrustTheThorn 🙂 Thanks so much for watching ! good luck with your maters !!

Thanks Steve !! I hope I didn't plant them too early ! We shall see ! Happy Saturday to ya ! 🙂

Morning Steve ! 🙂 Thanks for watching. I love cucumbers, they ARE the easiest thing to grow. Even if you try just one plant, it's the one to try. Happy Saturday to ya !

Hi Steve ! yup pretty amazing ! btw, I just checked those plants and they are looking very happy this morning ! 👍 by that I mean they are now really pushing out of the soil, so things are looking good. I plan on keeping better notes than last year, I guess that means more photos for myself and more videos. LOL Thanks so much for watching ! 😊

Good morning ! Believe it or not, about 11 pm last night just before I went to bed, I took a flashlight and shined it / shone it on another little baggie of the same seeds, and I could see 1 of the seeds that had germinated ! ---- and these were started off the night before.... so about 26 hours or so before...... insane LOL. I had started off those hybrid seeds as a little test, and then was looking at notes and I thought to myself, I think I should start off some more seeds as in 2 weeks from now our weather is going to be much nicer than it is now..... so got those going. Yeah those seeds are great. P.S. they do not need pollination from bees, - so they produce like crazy ! So this means every single flower you see starting up will produce a cucumber. Anyway sorry for the long reply Steve ! Thanks so much for watching ! 😊

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Good morning Steve ! Yeah that's a good question.... I don't know..... they doing "ok" so I may just leave them in the mason jars, but - I will take them outside when our weather is finally good enough. In my area, you're talking June 1st, anything before that and you risk frost....

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You're welcome Steve !

Is there anything special in that water ???

Hi Joe ! I've added in nutrients to it for hydroponics. There are so many out there on the market to choose from, and you only add a tiny bit into a gallon of water. ( 1 teaspoon per gallon ) I'm having really amazing growth with all my plants with it. So all the hydroponics stuff I'm doing uses this water / nutrient, but also I'm adding it to my plants every other day that I water ( the ones in the soil ) I can't wait to all of these outside, because they are taking up so much room now in my house.

Geez, I replied to this and my reply didn't get posted argh :-( I had thanked you for the info, I never knew this before, thanks for giving me that info.

@GrowLikeAPro I didn't know it existed either. I guess it is like the dino-kale and tree collars. Those tyoe of marigold aren't for sale in my area. I would love some seeds for a marigold tree. It's impressive in the vegetative stage, I know those blossoms will be huge.

Good morning ! Yeah I'm getting used to doing this now, sometimes you just forget, but wow, you can save a lot of $ buying plants if you do this. I have never had a problem with this method not working. Thanks so much for watching !!

Hi fazz4444, thanks so much for watching ! I'm loving hydroponics ! 🙂

Thanks ! 🙂 Yeah they seem to be working out well. That plant has gone crazy ! I'm impressed with the growth ! Thanks for watching !

@@GrowLikeAPro the two week growth is insane. Definitely will have a bounty of flowers.

I made a few containers using kcups, they are 2 inches wide like the net cups. It has a pretty good size reservoir. Also recycled tide laundry bottle to hold net cups. Growing out pepper plants, tomato, and basil to try in them.

yeah it's pretty crazy !! I hope I get some nice flowers !

Ohhhh !! I used to have one of those machines ! yeah ! that's a great idea for those net cups !! That's awesome !! and d the laundry bottle caps, you are right those would work well too. Great ideas !

Thanks! I hope you had great Easter too !

Hi Troy ! 🙂 I'm no expert, but I'm having really good success with my plants like this ! Thanks so much for watching ! I just switched over my lettuce plants last night to a container exactly like this one, I may shoot a video today showing it. Anyway, thanks for watching !!

Hi Michel, try this out for fun. This method is proven, it's all over KZbin with people doing it, and there's no need for that extra equipment. Honestly, I just don't want to get into a more elaborate method that needs me tossing more money at it, and a lot more time. I have so many things going with this method ( The Kratky method ) and all plants are really growing so well ! It's exciting ! Thanks so much for watching ! 😊

@@GrowLikeAPro I figured it out after commenting, thanks for the video and reply.

Hi MegaTombs ! 🙂 Thanks for the help. For now I do have it all wrapped in aluminum foil.

Thanks for the tips ! - Geez you are 100% right with all you said ! I touched the soil just yesterday, and it's wet ! exactly like you said ! and it's more than wet, it's really wet. OK, I'm going to look at the plants today and see if I can make a change. I'm not sure if I have perlite, ( I may have used it all up last summer ) but I do have the clay pellets, but they won't hold the plants in place as well as perlite I'm guessing. Thanks for watching and thanks for the very excellent suggestions !! It's much appreciated ! 🙂

@GrowLikeAPro the clay should work. Thread the roots through the bottom. Hold the plant centered and fill it with the pellets all around, like when you up pot seedlings in soil. Your water touches the net cup perfectly, the roots will be in contact with the water and get adjusted. The stem can them dry off.

Thank you for the additional help. I just by the way ordered some perlite off of Amazon. I checked in my garage and had a huge bag of vermiculite that I don't even remember buying, anyway, I did a Google and watched 2 videos on it vs perlite, and decided not to try using it. Turns out vermiculite really holds the water much more than perlite so that would really keep those stems way too wet. Perlite arrives Thursday, so I'll either try out your method Thurs or probably Friday. If I do I'll do a fast video on it and post it. Thanks again for your help !

@GrowLikeAPro are the clay pellets that you have like the aquaponic hydroton?

Oh geez, I have no clue. I just copy and pasted the info from the Amazon description here: Grow!T GMC10L Horticultural Clay Pebbles . Part of the description says this: ---> Hydroponics/hydroculture - used widely in hydroponic growing, they are ideal for flood and drain, deep water culture and drip feed systems Aquaponics - are also ideal to be used in aquaponic systems

Hi Steve ! 🙂 Glad the video was of use to you. If you have a Home Depot in your area, try and find those containers. If not, I bet the dollar store has tons like that too. Glad you found the net cups ! Thanks for watching !

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I think there's a point where it doesn't matter anymore. For basil, I don't think it matters, because these plants won't get too large, but yes, for something like pumpkins, those roots are insanely large, and need something really big. My pumpkin tests are just tests, I won't be keeping those plants in t hose mason jars, they would go into the ground, but the first one I started off where I show those monster root system, I doubt that will make it to June.... I still have snow on the ground here, and freezing temps overnight, and also chilly in the day. If you have the room for larger net cups, there is nothing wrong with going with the larger size I think. Plant roots do like a room "house" haha.

Yes ! getting big and faster than I expected ! Thanks for watching ! 🙂

Hello ! Thanks for watching, I'm glad the video was a bit of help for you. Yes ! hydroponics are indeed cool ! I'm new to this stuff, so I have a lot to learn, but so far I am having a lot of fun !

I did a quick video showing those pods off, the next time I put a rooted seed into one of them I'll film it, but here they are close up 👉👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2mmonZroK9keposi=QpMYS1JWMDHRIUy8

Hi Steve ! I did not show putting the new pumpkin seeds into those little pods, but I do have a few videos showing that nutrient that I used in this video, and all my plants right now. I got it on Amazon, it's made by Miracle Glo. If you want, I can do a fast video showing it. This is the nutrient here: --> tinyurl.com/y8fprkcp ( This is a very long Amazon Canada link ) if it doesn't work, just type in AeroGarden Liquid Nutrients ( into Amazon and you'll find it ) If you are in the States, it will be much cheaper than here in Canada ( pricing up here is $39.99 )

🚨 ⚠️ Here is a new video showing the AeroGarden hydroponics nutrient I use: 👉👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hX3bhaFsnd95jJYsi=Q4_6CV7zMyHPcPYx

Hi Steve ! Thanks for watching !

Thanks for watching Steve ! 🙂

Salut Alexandre ! I'm new to the Kraky method, but wow !!! Je suis très impressionné par cette méthode ! Pas besoin de pompe à eau pour la circulation, c'est vraiment génial ! Merci beaucoup d'avoir regardé ma vidéo !

@@GrowLikeAPro I would say the limiting factor would be the light. To get proper result, I put regular 60w bulb (I think it's 6W or 9W LED inside the bulb?) I put the bulb very close to the plants and I put about 1 bulb per square feet (around 6" to 12" above). I also display mirror around the plants to optimise the light, temperature and humidity.

That is awesome! Si vous commencez à faire des vidéos de votre laitue, revenez me le faire savoir pour que je puisse les regarder ! Merci beaucoup d'avoir regardé, et j'adore Montréal !

@@GrowLikeAPro I don't plan to video my lettuces! lol that's funny. Ok, so far, 3 variety and 4 seeds/variety = 12 prospects. Variety A : 4 germinate/4 Variety B : 3 germinate/4 Variety C : was too old: 0/4 So, I now have 7 lettuces sprouting in the first lap! 🏳

Welcome aboard Steve ! I appreciate that and thanks for following me on my food channel !! 🙂

Wow ! Now that is an excellent idea !!! Thanks so much for that ! I'm going to pull some plastic containers out of my recycling bin ! Thanks for the tip !

@GrowLikeAPro no, thank you for sharing. I recycle as much as I can and this project is perfect for recycling. The laundry detergent bottles would make a unique looking kratky system. It might could use a 3 or 4 inch net cup.

This is the most simple method called the Kracky method. It requires NO airation ( via an electric pump ) There are many videos that will go into depth on this, but I've had super success with my plants so far. I have not changed the water, but am replenishing it almost daily. The plants are very thirsty at this point in time. I have a pumpkin plant which is getting out of control at this point and is drinking a lot of water.... and I have NO place to put it, as we are still in winter up here in Canada, as I type this, it's minus 19 degrees C. ( that's minus 2.2 degrees Fahrenheit ) and we have about 3 feet of snow out there. My planting time is the first week of June, so this plant will prob end up too big eventually and I'll just have to let it die.

Hi there, no I didn't. I have pretty good luck with these, but they do sit in the window all day long. These are the easiest things to root. Once they start they really start pushing roots very quickly. Thanks for watching

Hello, whatever area of your house gets the most sun ( window ) this is the best place to put your plants. Plants enjoy lots of sunlight and so sunny places are best for your plants.

Thanks for watching ForkFully 🙂 I'm NOT a professional as you can tell, but I enjoy gardening and it's so relaxing. Thanks for passing by ! I appreciate it !

Good morning Moe ! Yeah !! I'm happy about that ! It's crazy how fast some seeds start ! I am sad about my basil seeds though, they didn't start ( I did a video on those too ) I had harvested the seeds last fall and they were kept nice and dry, so they should have worked in theory, but out of a lot of them, not one has germinated. I'm going to whip over to Home Depot this week, I want to start some cucumbers, and realized I don't have any seeds left. P.S. woke up to about 2 more inches of snow this morning, crazy ! and it's minus 2 degrees C which is 28.4 degrees F. I still have over a foot of snow on my lawn and where I had done snow blowing those piles are still a good 3 feet high LOL. Have a good morning ! 🙂

Hi Moe ! ohhh fancy seeing you here hehehehehe ! They are easy to grow, but take up a lot of space ! .. if you keep an eye on the "arms" that come of the plant and put them where you want them to go, they will go that way, but yeah, you gotta start them off early. Last year I started some off --- way too late and didn't have success, well it was because deer going through my property decided to stop and have a feast LOL. After that, they continued to grow a little bit but then just died off... the deer ate 80% of the plants, and I had a lot of them too, and all of them were munched on. In some of my vids from last summer, you see I built a little fenced in enclosure, had to do it because the deer didn't even have to bend down... just walk right up to the buffet table and start munching LOL. Well you live and learn !

Hi Cheryl 🙂 No, it's not. This is regular soil I had purchased last summer to use as top soil on my grass, there are no added fertilizers added. I've been using the same soil in all my videos over the past years as I always order the same soil and from the same company. I always seem to have great success for some reason. Thanks so much for watching ! 😊

@@GrowLikeAPro I have tried the same method as yourself with cantaloupe seeds. After I planted the seedlings, I experienced a strange outcome. I had an extremely large number of male blooms but no female blooms. The plants grew beautifully. I had the same occur with cucumber-all male blooms, a massive amount and no female blooms. Have a great day!

I'm not expert, but my neighbour is, and told me this is why bees are so important. We have a lot of bees in our area, but still he will go out with a Q-Tip and do the pollinating by hand, as he wants to have the largest harvest possible. Without bees, many things will grow but yield very low fruit / veg.

@@GrowLikeAPro I would have used the small tip painting brush if female blooms were present on the plants. The bees were present in the male blooms.