Farmers market update, working on Bato tomatoes and cutting ash on the Woodmizer.

[@jnm.624]

Both Katy's & Doug's voices are always smiling in addition to your faces in videos! Listen 🎶 and you can hear the happiness in their words. How is it possible you two can work so hard and be so joyful?! It's contagious...love your videos. ❤ Learn so much from you both. Thank you

[@HomegrownPassion]

You are so kind hope to see you soon my friend!

[@andreamorse6064]

It was largely your operation that encourage me to buy a hydroponic system. Moreover you’ve encouraged me to work on growing in soil outdoors as well. It would be so cool if I could come and spend a couple days with you and pick your brains. Please keep up the good work, the great videos… Truly appreciate what you’re doing.

[@leannekenyoung]

Wouldn’t that be an incredible experience!!! To see their operation in person and to be able to pick their brains!! I guess we will have to settle for KZbin videos to learn as much as we can. I’d love to be able to do what they do!🥰❤️🇨🇦

[@retiredlogman]

Thank you for sharing. A great shot of the fox. The aerial view of the farm looks nice with the foliage on the trees now.

[@leannekenyoung]

I absolutely love seeing all your veggies and strawberries growing and doing soooo amazing! I have a little hydroponic DIY system that I set up in our apartment, it’s small but you’d be amazed at the amount of veggies that can be grown in a small space. I have cherry tomatoes that are the size of roma almost and they are super sweet and it’s an indeterminate and just keeps on growing and growing despite all the cutting back that I’ve done. I grow cucumbers inside and butternut squash and I’m trying black Diamond watermelons for the first time. I also have a roma tomato plant which has given me pounds and pounds of tomatoes. I have an NFT system that sits on a shelving rack with 52 heads of lettuce and has two pvc pipes together on three shelves that I have all connected and pumps from a reservoir that holds 70 litres of nutrient rich water and it drains back into the same storage totes and just keeps recirculating and I just add to it when needed. I have Moneris T5 LED warm white grow lights above each pvc pipe and the lettuce is jamming! I also grow herbs and white stem tatsoi and basil and all sorts of leafy greens I have so many different kinds of lettuce. I never knew there were so many!! My latest addition is strawberries which I’ve put into three different methods of growing. I’d love to have green houses and high tunnels like you have and all the fun experiments that you get to do with everything, pretty amazing! You sure inspire me to keep on growing and having food to eat that I’ve grown myself is pretty amazing too! 🥰❤️🇨🇦

[@HomegrownPassion]

that is so great you are growing the way you do. You should be very proud of what you are doing. Thank you so much for watching our channel and your comment. Send us some pics we would love to highlight your operation on a video!

[@bigdaadio.K2WW]

Doug, good to see you in Video!!! Sorry for late comment, but somehow, you guys stopped popping up on my feed! Happy New 🎉Year!!

[@HomegrownPassion]

Happy new year! Glad you found us again!!!

[@tanydamely702]

nice job Guys! congrats

[@TheRoon4660]

You should build some guest cottages and run classes. This way you could get people to pay to do your work for you. That's called a win/win. I'm guessing that many people would like to spend some time with you hands on before taking the plunge into their own endeavour.

[@HomegrownPassion]

thats a great idea... couple tree houses in the woods decked out would be cool.

[@TheRoon4660]

@@HomegrownPassion With a sawmill and all the tools and experience you can sure do it cheaper than most people. Are you thinking of doing our own market or is access to your property a problem?

[@Emeraldwitch30]

I feel bad as I don't use any fancy formula for my hydroponics. I just use the maxigrow as its economical for me and my cucumbers/tomatoes/ lettuce/ greens and eggplants and peppers all seem to do well on it lol with my water I found I bought the ph up/down kit and tester and when I put the nutrients in the ph settles right where it needs to be. But it was a learning experience I'm 👍 lol. I'm sure if I got the blooming nutrients to tweak it I might get more but for right now we are pretty happy. Once again great video. Have a great week you guys! 🥰

[@HomegrownPassion]

If it works for you then you are doing great. Don't feel bad you are successful! Thats a good thing and you are growing produce!!!

[@LifeIsMessyImLearningAsIGrow]

🌼🌻🐝☀️🌺👨‍🌾 I can see you put a lot of work and love into growing! All the hard work it worth it to me to get to see the new growth everyday brings me so much joy! It’s the start of my 3 year gardening but there is still so much to learn and I appreciate your tips, tricks and advice! I look forward to learning more from each other as we grow! Tomatoes are my favorite thing to grow and eat! Yay tomato sandwiches! 🌼🌻🐝☀️🌺👨‍🌾

[@alyssarossnagelschear6555]

Have you tried doing cuttings for basil? I keep one bushy plant. Take a cutting and drop it in oasis or rockwool. Maybe too much work but it’s super fast.

[@Emeraldwitch30]

I usually make cuttings from my best basil. Its usually just a little faster but im not growing hundreds lol. I'm just growing for myself and both children's family and my mom.

[@HomegrownPassion]

We have but it easier for us to just use seed and start new

[@tannenbaumgirl3100]

Doug, can you remind us what your tomato nutrient formula is? Thanks, and Hi to Katie!

[@HomegrownPassion]

our recipe is customized for our water source i would be happy to share but not sure it will work with your water source let me know

[@spousenhouses4460]

Any chance you can have Doug feed us engineering types with more stats on EC, PH, parts and pieces(for irrigation) being used? I see some drippers on the floor and wondering if that is all rainbird stuff.

[@HomegrownPassion]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/h325iWikg6uDoaM kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnmanZd-p7V2qJo should help you out. we did a bunch of videos on this but if you need help, just send over a question and we will do our best to get it answered

[@স্বপ্নবাজভিশন]

how to make water preparation and make solution

[@mjhornidge]

Good video. Is Devon taking a break from the screen for a little while?

[@HomegrownPassion]

im here just helping out in the background

[@marc-antoinefournier7034]

Amazing video. How do you guys like the new light system?

[@HomegrownPassion]

Works great. We have dialed it down, so it is just on in the early morning to extend our day

[@johnnyjet3384]

Would you be willing to do a list of Summertime/heat tolerant Lettuces

[@HomegrownPassion]

Yes will do it for you on the next video

[@johnnyjet3384]

@@HomegrownPassion Thank You

[@pierreshasta1480]

I don't understand, last time the EC for tomatoes was 3.4 (which already seems very high to me), and today you say that the EC was too low! I use the Masterblend formula for tomatoes but also for strawberry plants. I am very satisfied with it.

[@HomegrownPassion]

Where did you see 3.4? we found out that after correcting the ph the ec for the system was 1.0 the PH adjustment brough the EC back into line I will film the update this weekend for you

[@pierreshasta1480]

@@HomegrownPassion Maybe I misunderstood. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5eTZ6BoasR8ebs It will be very interesting to see the update. 👍

[@scottthompson3116]

I'm sure you probably did a video on it ,but, would it be possible to get one on how you take care of your tomatoes when the vines reach the top of your line but are still growing, what do you do? Thank you in advance.

[@Emeraldwitch30]

You mean if they use all the line on those spindle lines? That's a great question 🤔

[@scottthompson3116]

Yes!!

[@HomegrownPassion]

Yes I can we will do a video for it but here is one we did a year ago. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoumkmqffdR9bZY

[@modestobacktoneck]

I'm interested to know where to find the strawberry containers that are hanging off the rails. Thanks in advance

[@HomegrownPassion]

Hello!!! So those hanging strawberry bato buckets were purchased from CropKing. Let them know we sent you and they will take great care of you. Hope they still have some in stock for you. If you need any help on how we built the stands or anything else let me know, also check out this video from our friends down in TN the have a have a nice high tunnel all strawberries using the same Bato buckets. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5LGnp2La9aDZ6s

[@crazy88bmbr]

Where can the long grow bags for the strawberries be purchased?

[@HomegrownPassion]

Still trying to find a source for you. The company we bought them from does not have them any long Hold tight I will get them for you asap

[@antandshell]

What is your EC level for 🍅?

[@HomegrownPassion]

2.3

[@qmoonwalker3847]

Good to know the crops you run on the same nutrient mix Doug. What did your EC and PH drift to and what is your target for both? Thanks Doug.

[@HomegrownPassion]

the drifted to PH 7.1 and EC went down to 1.1 but target is PH 6.0 and EC 2.3

[@qmoonwalker3847]

@@HomegrownPassion thanks and have a great memorial weekend!

[@danglaus2248]

What does it mean when I give you a thumbs up after your videos does that mean money for you?

[@Emeraldwitch30]

Watching the ad gives them money. But by liking the videos it will put the video out to more people in the algorithms. I'm sure its more complicated 🙃 but that's kinda the down and dirty of it. Lol

[@HomegrownPassion]

think it help with the algorithms like Emerald said. Being a sub helps and turning on the notification bell keeps you updates. If you like the video hit the like !!!

[@danglaus2248]

So it helps her out if it hit it

[@danglaus2248]

Oh my goodness,?

[@chuckabell7456]

CSA program?

[@HomegrownPassion]

Community shared agriculture

[@mattmiller-iv9qz]

why dont you mix the tomatos isnt the sauce kind of thick

[@HomegrownPassion]

thick is best

[@mattmiller-iv9qz]

i use the tomato sauce /juice for every

[@gardnep]

Just because they are “vine” crops does not mean they are treated the same. Tomatoes and peppers belong to family solonacea, along with chilli, beans are leguminacea and cucumbers are cucurbitacea. Plants in the same family can be treated the same. I keep the pH of the tomatoes well above 7.0 to discourage blossom end rot that happens when calcium is less available at low pH. EC at 2.3 is great for tomatoes but strawberry should be much lower at about 1.2.

[@HomegrownPassion]

ok thank you for the comment

[@jeanettenancyscott2743]

I have several time but still can’t figure how you raise and lower also can you let us see your booth at the farmers market and how a weekend goes

[@Emeraldwitch30]

The string is on a bobbin/spool at the top. He just unwinds a bit of string from the spool and gently lowers the tomatoes to lean sideways as the vine grows longer

[@HomegrownPassion]

yes we will for sure and here is a video we made last year on lean and lower. If you need any help just ask and i will do my best get it answered. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoumkmqffdR9bZY

[@jeanettenancyscott2743]

@@HomegrownPassion thank you

[@hippop9443]

I don't get it ..your theme was tomato but you talk less about it ..r u fooling us

[@rawbsworld6604]

Naw it’s cool 😎 hip pop they don’t fool 😲 .. theme? You mean cuz tomato was in the vid title ? But so was market update & so was woodmizer aka making board ! 😂

[@HomegrownPassion]

Here is a link to video we made last year on tomatoes. Sorry if we didn't talk about it enough. Will do another video on tomatoes. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoumkmqffdR9bZY

[@urbanvegsa1928]

Doug: is it possible to drop you an email?

[@HomegrownPassion]

yes of course! his email is [e-mail]