Can worms improve hydroponic microgreens?

Would this video exist if worm castings couldn't?
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The use of worm casting tea in this video was experimental. The product is intended to be used on established plants growing in media or soil.
Half gallon Pyrex storage dishes with "snap" lids were used to suspend a window screen over 4 pounds (1.8kg) tap water. Six containers were prepared:
Water Only
Water and 57g worm casting tea (added on day 1)
Water and 57g worm casting tea (added on day 4)
Water and 20g worm castings
Water and 20g worm castings and 57g worm casting tea (added on day 1)
Water and 20g worm castings and 57g worm casting tea (added on day 4)
For each container, 10g French Breakfast radish seeds were soaked for 1 minute in .3 percent hydrogen peroxide solution for one minute. The seeds were drained (not rinsed) and spread on the screen.
Light was excluded from the seeds until day 4.
The tea appears to inhibit germination (possibly from low PH).
Starting on day 4, the plants were grown under 6500k high output T5 fluorescent lights. A fan nearby circulated air. Temps were kept in the mid 70s to low 80s Fahrenheit. Humidity was kept between 25 and 40 percent.
Around day seven, a noticeable smell developed. The containers with tea had an ammonia smell and the containers with castings had more of an earthy smell. The water-only container had the least smell. It could be described as a mildly musky plant smell.
No mold was observed in any of the containers.
The water-only microgreens had a strong radish flavor and a slightly fibrous consistency. The worm casting microgreens had a lush texture, but were slightly milder, possibly due to the pink pigment developing less from the stems being shaded by from the thick leaf canopy.
Harvest Results
4g - Water and 57g worm casting tea (added on day 1)
16g - Water Only
19g - Water and 57g worm casting tea (added on day 4)
38g - Water and 20g worm castings and 57g worm casting tea (added on day 1)
46g - Water and 20g worm castings
51g - Water and 20g worm castings and 57g worm casting tea (added on day 4)
Adding worm casting tea on day one reduced yield by 17 to 75 percent
Adding worm casting tea on day four increased yield by 11 to 19 percent
Adding worm castings increased yield by 170 to 190 percent
Music is Vltava by Bedřich Smetana

[@MrMostlyMediocre]

Jeb, no clue what it is, but with the music, and the camera angles/cuts, and some of the voice over, your videos tend to have a beautiful slasher/serial killer aesthetic and I ADORE IT. You're like the Hannibal Lecter of Hydroponic Vegetation.

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@@VermisterraEarthwormCastings Intentional or not, the man is a genius.

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[@adamschneider5305]

He wants a special flower. One that he can "Do things" with the petals. What was it ? I know he dreams of one day waking up and never again have to hear that awful idea that worm castings are dumb. That there anything but wonderful. We are in at the ground floor of booming industry. Image how much greener and healthy all plant life will be. Make some worm tea and feed your lawn and plants with it. Amazing and profitable. So many many wonderful ideas.

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@@JebGardener hey jeb have you heard of a material called nylar or mylar (not sure which one) its like a plastic foil similar to how normal aluminium or tin foil would be used for light and heat reflections, its meant to be about 40-50% better in reflecting actual light. not sure on pricing but would be good to see you try it out instead if its a somewhat cheap solution. i found this out by growing other plants.

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Jeb, you should do a video on making a compost bin for hydroponics scraps and brew the best damn soil on this planet

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sounds interesting

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it's not like that with the AI

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@@JebGardener you should get you some azos, mykos, or kangaroots (beneficial bacteria and rhizo) will help give you more prolific growth and yields. The azos is a natural nitrogen fixing bacteria (pulls nutrients from the air). Rapid start from general hydroponics (willow bark) is amazing for root growth as well. With your worm castings I would mix in some kelp/sea weed. And I noticed you do not ph your water, if using distilled your 7.0 or so and tap water even higher, drop it to 5.5 to 6.3 and you will get much faster growth and higher mineral (brix sugar levels) in your plants.

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word salad

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@@futureoptimistic3808 I'm sorry that humor is hard and I hate having to explain jokes. Especially ones that don't hurt anyone. But if you go on jeb's channel and look for a video titled "gardener ignores the laws of nature" you might understand. See, in this video he talked about using fertilizers in his water and said about there being a more natural way. But the thing is he ignores the laws of nature anyway so its all a funny gag. If my use of "gods will" offended you I'm sorry but blasphemy is a victimless crime.

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2 videos in 2 days? Great!

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Thanks Alex. I've got another one ready as soon as the vendor resolves their supply issue.

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Spoiled and loving it

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this music! lol so epic for such little green things. and i had to look up what castings were. didnt realize it was poop.

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You got the scoop on the poop

[@JebGardener]

not including poop jokes was a real miss

[@BlackViperMWG]

On the beginning it's the Vltava from B. Smetana, amazing song, about river :)

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I wish people would just call poop... poop.... they always have to give it a funny name to prevent saying poop

[@malovatnutelu4827]

Vltava from Bedřich Smetana

[@TheWormeryLLC]

Job well done... great video, I produce on average about 40 gallons of castings per month and have been looking to use them in my small microgreens production, thank you

[@JebGardener]

you may need to age them longer if you have O2 issues

[@TheWormeryLLC]

@@JebGardener currently have about 100 gallons 1 month old aged castings .... that should work well, I'm also tinkering with the idea of hydroponics with worm tea as the primary nutrient. If you have any worm castings experiment down the road I will be happy to provide you some

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Great choice of piece Jeb, played it with my orchestra a few months ago. It was a challenge trying to recreate the sound of a river with a wooden box, but it was great fun. Oh, and fab hydroponics. Keep it up!

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Only gardener on KZbin that actually attracts people that don’t garden. Very entertaining. When I do get my own house, I know who to go to when I want to start a garden

[@edoardo2595]

There is a Brazilian channel called "Pomar e Horta em Vasos" that made an organic hydroponics system using expanded clay and water with fish waste, it is very interesting because it does not use chemicals and does not need direct care, except for feed the fishes

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Não sabia que tinham canais grandes de hidroponia no Brasil. Bom saber

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yes aquaponics is very interesting too

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[@JebGardener]

thanks jack

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that's awesome jedi

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Don't underestimate the power of worms jeb

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sound advice

[@C3Voyage]

I enjoyed this grow Jeb. :O)

[@JebGardener]

thanks brent. i thought for sure there would be O2 issues with the passive aeration and stuff decomposing in the water.

[@C3Voyage]

@@JebGardener Yeah, my thoughts with organics in non-aerated water. It can go anaerobic fairly quickly. I've not had much luck with it. I'll bet if you added air, and keep the seed from being submerged in the beginning, you'd have much better results even with organics.

[@JebGardener]

It surprisingly difficult to stretch a homemade screen over a frame. Yeah i tried to counter the drooping screen with the rigid metal screen, but that one had the reverse problem. The screen should probably rest on a rigid structure and the stuff could be grown in giant vats.

[@C3Voyage]

@@JebGardener I switched from vinyl screen to food-grade silicone mesh used as dehydrator sheets. It floats on water until it gets too heavy from plant weight. It might help, but it's flexible. A stiff dehydrator mesh might be just what you need in this case. Both would food grade. Personally, however, I'd go with hydro nutes over organics for consumption. Congrats on your channel. You're really entertaining.

[@bkells010688]

@@C3Voyage I have a tough time with the screen door in the front of the house coming loose even with its fancy-schmancy holding apparatus, I am amazed the screen stayed in place as long as it seemed to. I wonder if you could employ a hexagonal mesh of a water safe material that could be say....3d printed...as a rigid structure to place underneath the screen...I have a 3d printer coming in the mail by end of the month and have been waiting for microgreen seeds for over 2 months from West Coast seeds :( . I am curious about printing starter pots for the various propagation and other things I do with plants as an affordable option. wonder if this would be applicable here as well. Any ideas of sourcing microgreen blend seeds at a reasonable quantity/price?

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Easily the most interesting and satisfying plant videos on youtube, with an amazing selection of music. Keep up the good work, Jeb.

[@JebGardener]

thanks vend

[@gingermilsap7157]

These micro greens look incredible! The people that are not educated to these processes are beyond clueless. Very exciting information. Every time I have used worm castings or a tea from them it has made the soil a thousand fold full of nutrients for my plants/ food. Keep on posting videos; this information is very much needed. Your music is very appreciated!

[@-Rickster-]

Awesome! I’ve got a wormery at home and hoping to use the castings/tea to grow hydroponically. Still learning but wow is there more hope now.

[@JebGardener]

I believe these castings are aged 10 years so you might have different results if you still have material decomposing in your castings

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Getting more scientific, nice work.

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yeah keeps it interesting

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I seriously fucking love your edit style. its so dry and soothing and epic and mundane. I want to be you when i grow up

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Great video - only 1 minute in, and the music and 'what have we here' tone is already compelling. Well done!

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Awesome vid as usual my guy 👌👏

[@JebGardener]

thanks willow

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With this video this is starting to look more and more like my house with the equipment.

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cool

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I love the music, and your style, plus you always have a bunch of interesting comments that follow. Keep up the good work!

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glad you enjoyed it kate

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I usually have two videos going on at the same time just to keep myself entertained but I only need a single one of your videos to stay entertained, great job !

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awesome!

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I was hoping Jeb would shove a hand full of the greens into mouth to see the reaction on his face when he chews on it

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have to save something for the sequel

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You picked one of my favorite songs!

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I heard this one for the first time about a year ago. It's fun looking for recording material.

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This was a beautiful experiment!

[@Mike-uk2ut]

You finally made a video about my hydroponic worm castings suggestion I made a while ago. Thanks!

[@JebGardener]

good idea

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Hehe fancy light stand you got there. It beats my cardboard boxes

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I won't take this channel seriously until i see some jeb grown cannabis

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Thank you again Jeb... this video is a jewel!

[@lakshmanan]

Excellent experiment DIY at home. 😍😍😍 Thanks a ton for proving that organic microgreen is not only possible but also more productive than using plain water.

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You got 99 problems but how to grow ain't one. Thanks for the video, I always feel like I'm on a space odyssey!

[@JebGardener]

glad you liked it marie

[@SydamorHD]

I'm very impressed how you get such good results with an experiment like this. As an aerospace engineer I can say that you should build some rockets ;)

[@JebGardener]

sounds fun

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Quality video Jeb, glad you're back.

[@JebGardener]

thanks ari

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I love how you have controls & numerically analyze all your tests :)

[@JebGardener]

i try

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OMG love the music and your dogs there so cute

[@JebGardener]

he's a sweetie

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He really cute I used to have dogs like that but old age took them

[@The-Cat]

If only electricity was as cheap in Europe as it were in the US... i'd be having lamps on 24/7 on a hydroponic microgreen project of my own :(

[@JebGardener]

seems like the same setup could be used outdoors as long as temperatures are not too high

[@ProphetChumbles]

I love the role music plays in your videos. It really does take them to a different level.

[@Haxdoggy]

Whenever I feel sad or having a bad day I just go to Jebs channel. Who thought watching stuff grow in water combined with classical music was such a soothing thing?

[@JebGardener]

hope you feel better soon, douglas

[@ChocolateMilkyYummy]

I know this experiment was about finding an all natural way to do it and finding out if worm castings could be put in water to be used as some semblance of a hydroponic solution, but i have 2 things i wish you included: 1 i wish you talked a little about the price compared to hydroponic nutrients 2. i sort of wish you compared the growth to hydroponic nutrients. I guess hydro wouldve won? But right... i mean in theory, if the apocalypse happened, i could maybe figure out how to make worm castings. figuring out how to make hydroponic nutrients seems much harder. So yeah. and, like im sure many people have felt, its always been knocking around in the back of my head that in principle i should be able to just put some dirt/compost in water and the plant should be able to live on that, seeing as it can live in water or it can live in dirt, and you need to add nutrients to the water, but the dirt/compost already has the nutrients. So, in principle, why shouldnt i be able to just mix some dirt in to the water. And i do think it does do some things even in hydro, like i think putting a sprinkle of dirt in a container where the roots arent protected from the light, i think that prevents some amount of algae (like a really shitty low dose of hydroguard) but thats a lot of theories on my part. (edit: maybe in one of your videos you mentioned the sprinkle of dirt algae thing and i forgot? not sure. i heard it suggested somewhere though)

[@JebGardener]

you should make a video with those comparisons and share it with us all

[@MarkakaField]

I think you'd need a small pump or something to avoid putrefaction.

[@ilovefunnyamv2nd]

In the event of an apocalypse, please stop growing microgreensnl and grow your plants to maturity, every seed is worth many times its weight in gold! But sure, you can figure out the rest with some experimenting

[@burnttoast546]

The thing is the nutrients in the soil are far more dispersed than adding them concentrated to the water. What makes hydroponics so efficient is that plants don’t have to expend energy building vast root networks to find nutrients and have it easily accessible in abundance allowing for easier and more fruitful growth.

[@Jadinandrews]

If you are going to sprinkle dirt in a container of water, why not just grow in dirt and sprinkle with water instead?

[@cocojinx9193]

The music is Má Vlast by Bedřich Smetana Its amazing

[@JebGardener]

yeah i've been wanting to use it for a while now

[@cocojinx9193]

Great video as usual :)

[@KeepOnGrowin]

Dang, I glued my screen on, lol. that was a whole lot easier, doh! Good job Jeb, I get a lot of people asking about something natural and organic but I can never do it without it getting really smelly. May have to try these. Thanks.

[@JebGardener]

it has some smell. i think at indoor temps its ok

[@rodmancrump9265]

One of the best videos Ive seen yet. Thank you!

[@JebGardener]

thanks rodman

[@Sastraka]

Very interesting channel. What do you think about aquaponics system?

[@JebGardener]

i like it

[@stevehealt9046]

This might be a dumb question, but what are micro greens used for? Salad? I've never had them before.

[@JebGardener]

juicing, salads, fancy restaurant garnishes

[@Junzar56]

Salad, stir fry, soups...I even put them in ground beef when I make hamburgers

[@beaconsfieldfarmsmi6790]

They are food, eat them how you like. We put them in soups, toss them in with rice or quinoa. Best eaten uncooked.

[@reginaarnold2963]

I like to add them to my breakfast smoothies, or just eat them by themselves. My favorite are pea sprouts they taste just like a sugar snap pea!

[@ExtremeSlaveFetish]

Easy food for me mainly. Sprouts are super easy to grow, I usually buy the seeds in bulk, and throw a ton of them on soil once every two days...haven't run out of food since, and still have half a bag. Broccoli, mustard, spinach, etc. Try it some time, it's a smidge more expensive then letting the plants grow out full, bit still cheaper then a super market lol.

[@giovannisquadrito6855]

I fully appreciate your videos! I'm a fan of home grown produce and your submissions really help with simplifying how easy it can be to grow in your home even without space for soil, so many people like myself who have lived in apartments for years often feel that they are unable to follow thier heart in trying it out becuase of lack of space or lack of understanding water parameters and technical know how on light exposure and what you illustrate is that sometime experimentation is all youneed to figure out what works. Thank you!!

[@JebGardener]

This helps busy folks because you don’t have to water it

[@tbur4087]

I'm a soil gardener. But I love your videos. I am learning from them. I love love your music!!

[@Shep01]

failed micro green crops? I doubt the chickens think it was a fail.

[@JebGardener]

they didnt get too excited about the radish greens

[@StabbyMcStabwood]

I still say you should start a Vermicompost bin for recycling your kitchen scraps and hydroponics harvest waste at least.

[@JebGardener]

everything takes time

[@StabbyMcStabwood]

@@JebGardener never a better time to start than now. Only takes 2 worms to get things going. Could reuse some of your old hydroponic totes, some air holes and a bit of moisture, natures little wigglers will do the rest of the work for you. Someday I'll have you embracing organics Jeb haha. I do a little show every Thursday night with some grower friends on a channel called Embracing Organics actually, come join the conversation. East coast host, starts the show around 9pm eastern.

[@YoSultan]

I always share your videos. Simply put, they are the most thrilling plant growing videos on the internet. Good work Jeb, I love your channel.

[@YoSultan]

I am also very curious if you have dabbled much with aeroponics ? vs hydro? Would be really interested to see the difference on yield. Currently working with potato experiments of staggered sowing and harvesting to gauge how many 25gal pots i need to fill for enough to live off.

[@JebGardener]

No but I find it interesting. Potatoes should probably be grown with passive aeration

[@YoSultan]

@@JebGardener I found one guy who was like I am restricted for space to grow. He was running like 10 x 25 gal pots and harvesting 3-9kg per tub with virtually no effort, just leaving an organic soil and rain to do its thing. Though he is also UK based, so there is no shortage of rain lol. I am developing a massive interest for hydro thanks to your channel though. Would you have any recommendations on growing berries using hydro?

[@Owaaan]

Jeb, You made me begin hydroponic growing.. I thoroughly enjoy your classical music montage and somehow cliffhanging monotone dialogue. Thank you for inspiring me to begin this journey.

[@JebGardener]

thats awesome

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Genial!!

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does that do something?

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Jeb Gardener its what the cool kids say these days

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thanks smh

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Thank you Jeb for this informative video. Also great music 😁

[@Daily93]

I didn't even realise this was a promotional video til the end - very subtle, and still enjoyable! Great video Jeb!

[@JebGardener]

yeah i always disclose that near the description links. i think it's distracting to announce on screen

[@shahnish21296]

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[@JebGardener]

that's great

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[@trishaferrand1395]

Just discovered Jeb today. Love the music! Such elegantly curated pieces, the dramatic highs and lows, the mournful and the joyful passages are LOL hilarious. And required so much extra treadmill time , was forced to double my session today. Jeb, I live with my husband on a 33ft sailboat in San Diego, and I might have to try this with a 5 gallon bucket in the cockpit, or contrive a small enough floating dock.

[@JebGardener]

on a boat using some kind of growth media makes a lot of sense. sounds fun

[@Vibemagnet]

You are truly a fantastic and interesting fellow, and you've single handedly inspired me to perform the art of gardening without soil; plus many others I'm sure. Keep up the magical work Jeb!

[@JebGardener]

That’s great. Are you growing microgreens too?

[@Vibemagnet]

@@JebGardener Mostly Tomato and Basil, but I have some Radish microgreens!

[@broadenandbuild-bab7332]

I love this fckin channel

[@JebGardener]

thats great

[@Generalz151]

Can you keep regrowing those plants or is it a one time thing?

[@JebGardener]

mostly one time. seems like the grasslike plants and the lettuces would regrow if you let them grow larger before chopping them down.

[@Generalz151]

@@JebGardener oh, I see. Is it possible for hydroponics to more than a single grow from one plant?

[@pfaffdaddy169]

Love watching this guy , gets even better when high, the music is synced perfectly

[@samanthabletchly3241]

I just stumbled across your making a salad in one container thing and I loved it. I love your humour and how interesting this is!!!

[@JebGardener]

thanks samantha

[@u1pocoloco]

You should work for nasa

[@JebGardener]

that would be fun. can i still make gardening videos?

[@ilovefunnyamv2nd]

NASA has the coolest garden! But they dont post as many garden videos as they need to. Jeb can fix that!!

[@JebGardener]

tell them to hire me lol

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[@thekbshouse]

I find this microgreens thing unsustainable unless you are producing hundreds and hundreds of seeds yourself. Even a simple google search shows how big of a market selling "microgreens" seeds is and I suspect that is the racket behind this whole thing. For a price of a green salad you can buy a seed packet to grow your microgreen salad over few days. Then it's back off to the seed shop to refill your stocks.

[@VermisterraEarthwormCastings]

That's a good point, but there are also people living in snowy/ east coast/ cold weather locations where they must truck in produce from warmer states so a salad costs a bit more. Plus micro greens are supposed to be a lot more nutrient dense than regular greens.

[@brandtnicholson4532]

A salad is like 3-5 dollars for a bag of 2-3 servings. How many seeds could you get for 3-5 dollars?

[@thekbshouse]

@@brandtnicholson4532 IIRC one seed pack was 2,5$. You can probably grow around two portions with those seeds. Now if you buy some salad seeds and grow them for a month how much more food you recon you have VS eating the first two leafs that sprout? You could even eat some of the leaves and leave the rest of it to flower and produce seeds for the next year. But if you keep eating what sprouts out of the seeds after every few days you are essentially hatching eggs to eat the chicks and then going back to the store to buy more eggs to hatch so you can fill your plates with that sweet chicken dinner. It only makes sense if you are running a seed store or making way more seeds than what you need to grow more seeds.

[@thekbshouse]

​@@VermisterraEarthwormCastings I live in Finland and based my argument around that, so yeah I'm very aware of the snowy livings here. Couple of full grown salads cost slightly more than a seed pack here.

[@brandtnicholson4532]

@@thekbshouse hmm that is definitely food for thought! I am about to grow salad or micro greens for my family and will consider what you have said!

[@paigerydoodle3496]

These videos always brighten my day!

[@JebGardener]

that's great. thanks.

[@Ed-fr2mx]

2 videos in 2 days! thanks Jeb!

[@JebGardener]

thanks ed

[@koruki]

I’m just starting out and this is the first thing I thought off. Been googling to see if it’s viable and suddenly this video pops up! Thanks love your work

[@JebGardener]

thanks koruki and google

[@No_Sleep789]

Your videos relax me. Keep them coming. 👍

[@ludravic11]

great experiment Jeb !

[@JebGardener]

Thanks!

[@Phoenix38m]

not only do I love these vids..but you brought back a memory from 1988...this musical piece was the same one used when we performed "Hedda Gabler" at the Belmont Little Theatre....I haven't heard this in decades

[@JebGardener]

memories are great

[@NameName-mz3qx]

this is still one of the best channels on youtube!

[@JebGardener]

thanks hans

[@dianamramirez7345]

Thank you! Exactly what I was looking for.

[@oneilc818]

Never seen a single video of yours before today. It took me all of 5 seconds to know I needed to subscribe.

[@JebGardener]

good idea

[@norlasuk6717]

Fascinatingly great video Mr G:) love those delicious greens!

[@JebGardener]

thanks nor

[@haydengrows]

Finding your channel about a year ago is the reason I got interested in growing with hydroponics, I am now a one-third partner in a startup hydroponic based urban farm. You rock jeb

[@JebGardener]

oh neat, u got a website or something?

[@haydengrows]

@@JebGardener no not yet but we might start a youtube channel & facebook page

[@JebGardener]

let me know when you get it up

[@haydengrows]

@@JebGardener will do! have some videos on my channel from 2 summers ago when I tried growing a giant green squash for the first time. It ended up at 512.5 lbs

[@SecretsofPlants]

You're just a genius, Jeb!

[@JebGardener]

thank you

[@hiddenmanafantasy3791]

Good job, Jeb. You do the lords work.

[@JebGardener]

thanks mana

[@anns3661]

YES! You did the slow knife flick thing!!! haha great video as always.

[@JebGardener]

sometimes i capture the moment

[@outlaw5253]

I always love your content. Cheers jeb.

[@MrWjunk]

Superb as ever, Jeb

[@JebGardener]

glad you liked it

[@tommyleahy6574]

Great study and clear explanation of results, thank you

[@brettmansfield3136]

I've always felt that giving your plants worm castings or vermicompost is like giving employees coffee.

[@Ronon805]

Thanks for the share Jeb!

[@JebGardener]

thanks joat

[@joiion913]

Damn I’m inspired, you’re the best Jeb!

[@JebGardener]

awesome

[@simitdesai]

Rather watch these videos than movies ..literally worth every minute. Perfect amount of entertainment along with every detail needed for us growers...love it... u shud b making commercials lol...

[@AverageCitizen333]

i love the music choice. classical goes with gardening so well

[@JebGardener]

thanks wulf