Aerogarden Bounty Elite vs Bounty Basic | Tomato | Blossom-end rot | Cal Mag | Hydroponics

[@fruitfulvine222]

With nightshades I put Cal-Mag in with every feeding as soon as the fruits form. That way I avoid blossom end rot entirely.

[@whycamucwatuwant]

@@fruitfulvine222 once a week isn't enough?

[@fruitfulvine222]

@@whycamucwatuwant I feed every 2 weeks, as Aerogarden advises, and I make sure to use the correct amound of Cal-Mag for the volume of water in the tank.

[@whycamucwatuwant]

@@fruitfulvine222 i had peppers that tooked 180 days to pop..... feeding on a 2 week schedule isn't an option... it's a problem...

[@whycamucwatuwant]

Try weekly and press to activate the pump and reset the nutrient alarm you'll be hqppier faster;)

[@fruitfulvine222]

@@whycamucwatuwant I suppose it makes sense that a larger plant would use more nutes than a smaller one, and that setting and ripening fruit would require more nutrients than the phase of building stems and leaves. Aerogarden wanted to make hydroponics very easy; the kiddie pool of hydroponics. As we get more skilled though, we can add more complexity.

[@georgiafl8285]

I love your channel and the quality of your experiments! Thank you

[@marygrott8095]

I appreciate your doing these experiments and comparisons!

[@whycamucwatuwant]

This is needed of course..judging by how I am the only one interested in plants around me. Literraly can't think about another type of fodd shortage without theses knoledges. This isn't supposed to be a life treahtening chaĺenge but it is... we've been taught to long grocery exist. They almost shut down at one moment. We couldn't buy more than 2 items....

[@tronovan3d]

I love this experiment since the lights are so different.

[@MattGarver]

Nice to see your comparison between models.

[@janavigilante5280]

Did you continue to use 12 ml of AeroGarden nutrients though the whole experiment? I've never bumped it up for anything, but that seems so logical. Our tomatoes have always taken at least 100 days, maybe more, before any are ready to harvest. I wonder whether an Elite would help, or more nutrition. I would love to see an experiment comparing MaxiGro only vs MaxiBloom with some tomatoes! By the way - if you haven't tried Ghevici micro dwarf tomatoes, you might love their bright yellow color and citrusy flavor. So good! Mine are at most 5" high, but they spread out and with tightly packed foliage and loads of tomatoes.

[@Trackhoe075]

Another question but off topic How is your electric composter Doing? Do you still use it ? I would think that if you also had a compost tumbler( there pretty cheap) and throw this partially broken down waste would be a win win

[@aerogardenexperiments]

It is taking up a lot of electricity and I am using it less often these days. If you have a traditional (and real) composter, it's better to use that. I have been composting in a traditional way this whole summer. Now that I am entering winter season, I won't be motivated to do traditional composting so I may end up using my electric composter again every now and then. I am hesitant to say the electric one as composter because it is not really composting the material. It will only make the material compost ready. However, it will just make the large volumes of food waste into a small volume and also dry up the food so that I don't see any rodents or bugs digging my garden beds for food. So, I really like it in this perspective. I am saving a lot of land fill.

[@angeredsmile2]

Love your channel, thank you for your videos!

[@Holy.Moly.Coley.]

You are the Aerogarden King! 🫅🏽

[@whycamucwatuwant]

2000 ppm range and your set for fun.

[@whycamucwatuwant]

Never rise more than twice existing ppm and no damage should be done if done slowly over 2 weeks let say(plants renew their dna each 11 days if I'm not wrong.

[@whycamucwatuwant]

Flysh that water and boost your ppm friend.

[@bickie603]

Thank you very much

[@erikap.3857]

Does the bounty elite get light from the window it is near? Could that effect its growth?

[@aerogardenexperiments]

No, it doesn't get any light from window. I keep the blinds closed all the time. Even if it gets light, it's indirect light and doesn't help tomato plants.

[@abelin8307]

Ideally you would want to do the experiment with the window covered since that may have effected the growth of the tomatoes as well

[@unmeaninglessly143]

What are the light cycles? If it can be set manually, have you tried with longer light on cycles? I want to see a comparison during seedling & fruiting stages of it.

[@aerogardenexperiments]

For tomatoes, I go with 16 hours lighting. I prefer to keep it at the max of 16 hours for any plant variety since that is how the nature is in general. And, I don't prefer to reduce the lighting at different stages. As soon as they started producing leaves, they are leverage the light very well. By the way, I try to keep the lights off during the germination process. Once the seedlings showed up, no more changes.

[@missg2665]

Do you use ph stick or EC stick? If so, what do you use to up ph or lower ph? And how do you use the indicator sticks and how often? And how do you use product for ph up or lower ph?

[@aerogardenexperiments]

No, I don't measure pH or EC. Aerogarden nutrients comes with pH buffer. I just change the water once in a while which reset any imbalances.

[@farmlifewood7292]

Love the videos I'm hooked lol

[@erikap.3857]

Can you share what your water cycles are on through the plant cycles?

[@aerogardenexperiments]

In all of my Bounty models, I set the pump running for 10 mins and resting for 5 mins. It is not really making any difference compared to the standard cycle of 5 min on and 25 min off. However, I just set to 10&5 a while ago and just continuing with it.

[@Trackhoe075]

My understanding is aero garden had their mega cherry tomatoes which I think are slightly bigger than the others ! Perhaps they would do better in bounty basic and cause they are from aero garden there may not be a need for cal/ mag or perhaps not as much It would be interesting to see how they would perform in basic Great video as always

[@aerogardenexperiments]

Yeah, I recently ordered some mega cherry pods from Aerogarden. I have yet to start the experiment and compare it with 42-day variety.

[@Trackhoe075]

@@aerogardenexperimentsI will be anxiously awaiting your results I just got my second bounty basic I have 2 of the earlier bounty elite with the square message area it has the 45 watt led

[@pianoetudes4755]

Add small fan for air circulation

[@jasonliu6086]

I see aerogarden suggest 24 hours lighting for tomatos when they are yong. Wondering if you want to do this experiment in the future?

[@ivorykeys1566]

🤔 I've never read that... where did you find that info please friend if you don't mind sharing. Thanks kindly.

[@cherib6309]

Someone told me to start adding cal mag as soon as you see tomato blossoms. Sorry you lost so many before catching the blossom end rot.

[@aerogardenexperiments]

Adding cal-mag at blossom doesn't hurt at all but I don't see it necessary at that stage. But, they surely need additional cal-mag once the baby tomatoes show up. Of course, it doesn't take any longer from blossoms to baby tomatoes.

[@candec735]

To prevent the rotting leaves, I'd try spraying them with water mixed neem oil

[@ivorykeys1566]

I purchased Neem oil for my plants because a friend who has a huge garden tower recommended it, but after reading on the back how toxic it is, EVEN the vapors, I don't want to use it!! That would be the same as some harsh chemical to me... since I want to grow clean hydroponically. However I do recall Paul Harvey, who used to be a famous commentator years ago(🙈), said a good substitute was to take a spray bottle & mix in water, baking soda & a lil dish detergent(not much at all(Shake it up well) spray on your plants to keep clean of pests, & I believe diseases. I'm sure there are home remedies that will be on you tube that will work just fine.

[@whycamucwatuwant]

Milk! Milk! Neem oil is so bad it blocks your plants.

[@whycamucwatuwant]

​@@ivorykeys1566dish detergent will also kills you by making antibiotics useless for you.😊

[@whycamucwatuwant]

Give them more sugars next grow.🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@teenermeener971]

Do you pollenate?

[@aerogardenexperiments]

Manual pollination is not required for this variety.

[@SamsungLe-vz2uy]

your leaves on tomato plants curling leaves ,this is either too much heat or nurtient or ph problem ,it is not as healthy as it can get ,maybe add a air pump

[@aerogardenexperiments]

I always see the leaves of 42-day tomato variety curling and looking weak, even when I was growing in soil, and even when the plants are young. I think, that's how they generally are. Anyways, thanks for the suggestions. I will try them.

[@SamsungLe-vz2uy]

I used general hydroponic nutrients and lucky never have any of these issues, especially the tomatoes rotting, but be this variety

[@DCdalabel_40]

Nice flowers

[@whycamucwatuwant]

The tomatoes grown with aerogarden nutrients tastes horrible:(

[@MilliPSN]

Older vid but much prefer your real voice for what its worth!

[@aerogardenexperiments]

Thank you for the feedback.