Bye Beans! Pruning Tomato Clusters and Cleaning NFT Channels

It was time to pull the hydroponic beans and take them to the compost pile. I talk a bit about how we are going to reuse the growing medium from the beans. We also cleaned a bunch of NFT channels and got some tomato clusters pruned and hung on their supports. Outside I did a quick look at our garlic patch and the cows again. We got a new heifer calf this time.
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[@mjhornidge]

You do a great job with articulating as well as videography. You make it look easy.

[@bcooper7352]

Always nice to see your pretty face and hear the excitement in your voice. It is exciting to wat ch stuff grow. Cheers

[@ARNABOSS]

those beanstalks wanted to reach the clouds! 😂😂 amazing show, thx for sharing!!

[@hmichaelrobinson8292]

Really informative video.............Where did you purchase the tops for the bato buckets?

[@maheramer7523]

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[@JGsbackyardlettuceKagulay1]

Wow very nice.

[@zeinaldinalaraj6879]

Nice video, can you make a video How to start your project, I saw alot of systems before but yours nice and simple (not to much machines used)

[@homermtz]

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[@tterb777]

Great info but her personality and smile are the hits of these shows

[@twobears1224]

I agree!!

[@ordinarypete]

@Frederick Welsh quit with the weird pronouns. Can tell her parents are God fearing so safe to say SHE.

[@Emeraldwitch30]

@Frederick Welsh I know what you were saying Frederick. Sometimes Reading is fundamental lol. Not everyone had the good reading comprehensive teaching in school.

[@AR-cp5dz]

You mention composting a lot of the trimmings and waste from the plants, but do you ever give them to any of the farm animals? When we would garden, we tossed everything into the chicken run and let them have at it first. I would think they would love those little green tomatoes and lettuce leaves. :)

[@HomegrownPassion]

Yes we definitely do that. We get a kick out of watching the pigs eat the leftover tomatoes. And you are right that the chickens like the greens too, but there aren't any on the farm right now. I don't think we are going to raise pigs this year, and my oldest son took over the laying hen "business" so I have chickens at my place. Katy will probably get some meat chickens this summer and I'll have to show them eating trimmings.

[@canneux]

Hey there from Québec, Canada ! I discovered your video channel a few days ago and I like it a lot. Have you ever considired growing determinate early dwarf tomatoe plants ? Most produce huge amonunts of golf ball sized tomatoes in a very small foot print. Not a big risk to adjust your production for your market.

[@HomegrownPassion]

Hi thank you so much! We tried some determinate cherry tomatoes that did well in the greenhouse a few years ago. We'll have to look at some dwarf tomatoes. That would be something good for us to grow outside.

[@canneux]

@@HomegrownPassion Thanks for your reply, your family must be quite busy right now. I am just a home gardener in zone 4.5, growing in a sunny backyard, but i really got impressed by how productive those plants are. I averaged 60 golf sized tomatoes per plant after 60 days outside, for a 5 or 6 weeks cropping season after that. They dont need tutoring or maintenance or pollination ouside. Most urban markets retail a 8 or 10 inches hanging basket with 3, 60 days old plants in it for 25 $ CAD. My best production last year ouside was with a "vertical garden" made with 4 plastic milk crates staked on a 2 cinder blocks base. You plant them, water them and pick them. That's all. I like Maskotka variety for my northern climate, but may be if you test a few varieties outside this year you can find better ones for your climate. Just a link to Maskotka tomato pictures on Google. tinyurl.com/n8zwtfk5 It's an explosive production

[@reshardbelilam4269]

Great job i would like to send photos to you all on drip yo waste grow beds.

[@waynebusse6376]

I didn't catch why the cukes were wilted. I have seven poly tunnels in Indiana next to Cincinnati where I've been growing for 27 years. I grow Big Beef in the ground and never have the fruit cluster stems kink. Is it the variety or the hydro that that makes the cluster stems so long? Love watching you in the mornings before I get started in my tunnels, great inspiration. In hot weather, I wear a head light and work at night. Some nights, I'll loose track of time and the neighbors rooster will remind me that I need to quit and get a little sleep before before I get busy with customers stopping at our honor system farm stand. Thanks for spending all the extra time making the videos.

[@HomegrownPassion]

Thank you so much. That variety of cukes gets wilty leaves when it's really sunny and hot, but they always go back to normal when it cools back down. I think the stems on the tomatoes bend because of the variety. We grow other kinds and put the hangers on them too, but they don't seem to need them like the Rebelskis do. That's awesome and sounds like you have a big set up. I've been over that way through Indiana a few times. I lived by Dayton for a couple years during college. I like your idea about night time working. We've had to do that a few times, but never thought to wear a head light. Hope your spring season is off to a good start! -Devon

[@jonl.garton4616]

You folks do a great job with your videos!

[@HomegrownPassion]

Thank you very much!

[@KansasGardenGuy]

A couple of videos back you were using a sealer machine on the Japanese or English Cucumbers. What kind or where do I order one? Love the videos and content thank you all for the everyday perspective.

[@HomegrownPassion]

Hi sorry for getting back to you so late. I asked Doug and it's all from Uline. Here's the link. Have a great weekend! www.uline.com/Grp_50/Shrink-Tools-and-Equipment

[@KansasGardenGuy]

@@HomegrownPassion that's OK I understand your very busy. Going to look into it for our market here. Thanks!

[@budiajchannel]

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[@jefferybarron929]

0:37 absolutely beautiful entrance!!!! 👍👍

[@daddywand5813]

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[@summerbreezefarm]

Hi Devon! Thanks for sharing your day with us! I started my outside seeds way to early! I can't wait for the last frost to be over so I can plant the tomatoes outside. Have an awesome Easter weekend! 🌼🌻🥀🌷🌺🌸🐰🐇 The Easter bunny will have a smorgasbord of greens when he stops by.

[@oby-1607]

It looked pretty hot in there by the time you were taking off your gloves. Too bad we have to sleep, as night time would be ideal for this job under lights. Keep them coming.

[@joehomer4421]

Why not use cotton strings for beans? Then compost vines and strings together saving labor and lessening risk of contamination.

[@kennethpruitt7799]

I started watching this because of the commercial greenhouse

[@denipar69]

Beautiful huge bean plants! Wow!! What kind of bean? I’d love to grow those this year in my new greenhouse (that we haven’t built yet because there is still snow!)

[@SlayerNL1982]

Beautifull Farm! Love your video's! Thank you

[@alaefarmestatesllc]

How are your nursery trays set up? Flood and drain or is there a constant level of water?

[@HomegrownPassion]

Constant level of water. They get 4 emitters fed into them with the nutrient solution.

[@alaefarmestatesllc]

@@HomegrownPassion thanks

[@joecochran9976]

Hi Devon, all your videos are very well done. What a beautiful place you guys have. All your efforts show. Stay safe.

[@goldenages7089]

Beautiful is the only way to describe this video from start to finish. Another good reason to not save your own seeds is that you can buy F1 seeds relatively cheap and the seeds you would have saved will not be nearly as productive as genuine F1's. I just subscribed and am looking forward to more great and informative videos.

[@HomegrownPassion]

Thank you and you make an excellent point!

[@bekircamc5570]

finish... until next time devon..😊

[@timesoffarming]

Hii I am from I India I watching your KZbin videos how much production in daily

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Mum salade of the day💯❤️

[@tsmiller2636]

Another question... We do have some bees, butterflies, etc, but if a bee doesn't find our tomato blossoms, will a wind that shakes the plant do it? We pretty much have a constant breeze here. Thx!!

[@HomegrownPassion]

Sure! The wind can definitely pollinate tomatoes. We just hand pollinate because of no bees, but also because the fans don't move the plants much.

[@raedaaalqasim6967]

I have very Good Production in faba bean, pea & bean but I do not grow them comnercially

[@rudrarishi2523]

Thank you for the video, I am knowing the truth. Most important, you show the truth. 🙏🙏

[@HomegrownPassion]

You are very welcome

[@davidbutton8497]

Damm these bugs 🐜 have a brain 🧠 bigger than there body the effort they go to beyond any human and the little fellas can carry 50,times there wait Damm with this in mind you won’t need a 🚜 tractor any more later farm people 💕🎧💕

[@bs4638]

Use the discarded unripe tomatoes for green salsas instead of putting them in the compost! 😁

[@HomegrownPassion]

That's a good idea! I also like fried green tomatoes, but these are too small and dense. Need ones closer to turning red.

[@blueneptune5860]

Awesome again you ever think of raising KOI in that pond big money if you specialize in one type.

[@HomegrownPassion]

never thought about that but it would be nice to make some money off the pond if we could. Will look into it. Thank you!

[@randoff32]

I know someone who was arrested, next day he was in his garden sitting on a haystack. He’d been let out on bale.

[@royrunyon8119]

Do you prune your beans?

[@raedaaalqasim6967]

I have very high Production of beans

[@Emeraldwitch30]

Are the bato bobbins refillable? I saw that you pulled the vine off or did you have to cut your twine? I was looking at them and I might break down and get some as it's a wonderful little contraption. I did buy several packs of the clips at the dollar store for goodness sakes. Sure I probably spent more on them than commercial bulk buying but I'm excited to not have tons of twine/string/raffia all over holding my tomatoes to the trellis

[@Emeraldwitch30]

One little question. I must be a horribly clumsy cleaner but how do you keep from bleaching spots into all clothing? I have a special set of "bleach/paint/oil" clothing in cold weather and hot lol.

[@HomegrownPassion]

Yes they are pretty much a plastic spindle with a hook. After we use up the string, we sanitize them and wrap more string around them. They do keep things nice and neat. I know what you mean, I’ve used twist ties and old stakes in my garden. We can usually get a couple seasons out of the vine clips too. About the bleach - I ruined one of my Bradwood Farm shirts. Katy has special cleaning clothes too.

[@AM-dn4lk]

I really appreciate you making these videos and sharing them. I learn quite a bit from you. You remind me of Dutchess Kate Middleton.

[@michaelpye5972]

Maybe you should try fermenting garlic as it is very popular with foodies

[@HomegrownPassion]

I’d love to try that. We will probably have a bunch extra so thanks for the idea.

[@michaelpye5972]

@@HomegrownPassion My brother does that here. I can send you his short video link if you like

[@valeriesanchez3074]

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[@nabilpapu739]

I love here She is so beautiful

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Nice farm👌

[@rsnake95]

Awesome ❤️🥀

[@yaseensultan1732]

Hi What are the negatives of hydroponics, especially the taste of the fruits, and does it harm people at some point? Can a person who has nothing to do with agriculture learn and master hydroponics, or is there a great difficulty?☺☺☺

[@HomegrownPassion]

If plants are grown in the rihgt conditions with the correct nutrients, they will have a good taste. Hydroponic plants will not harm people as long as they aren't sprayed with chemicals. A negative to growing hydroponically is more effort needs to be made to keep the greenhouse and growing channels clean, but it is worth it to us because then we have a really clean product.

[@bruceb2913]

I have not seen this set up before. Really nice video What are those tomato ties you were using Enjoyed your presentation

[@er.8695]

Good Hi 😘

[@howardtheduck377]

Your 2 pc trays..what are they or were you get them please

[@HomegrownPassion]

Howard, what do you mean PC trays? Sorry

[@shkupjani4ever]

01:25 Could you explain why and what is he doing with teeth brush?

[@HomegrownPassion]

Yes we use that to pollinate the tomatoes. We don’t have much wind or bees in the greenhouse so the vibration from the toothbrush does the job.

[@shkupjani4ever]

@@HomegrownPassion Thanks!

[@richardrogers156]

Built couple of these in my younger days we'll worth it.leave the chemicals out

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Good Good

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[@beeristadhirta6655]

Great

[@kennethpruitt7799]

Where did the whole family go???

[@HomegrownPassion]

what do you mean.... we are here

[@zayzplazyt8196]

How hot does it get in your greenhouse?

[@HomegrownPassion]

In the middle of a sunny day it gets up to 80-85°F. We are getting ready to get the cooling system going soon.

[@bigfootbubba1425]

I subbed and hit your thumb up

[@HomegrownPassion]

Yes!!! Thank you very much!

[@elkinarturomunozperez3013]

Hello could you tell me about the temperature for the hydroponic please

[@randallgoguen3463]

What is the bleach to water ratio?

[@HomegrownPassion]

We follow the label but i think its around 2 oz to gal of water

[@akhydroponics]

Enzymes would really be a good idea to add between crops to help break down the roots and turns them into availanle nutirents within the life cycle of your next crop for example between beens and cucumbers and so on. Love your channel and thanks for your amazing content

[@HomegrownPassion]

We were just talking about this, and Katy looked at the label on the Hypogrow we use to keep our system clean. There are directions for mixing it with used growing medium to get it ready for the next crop. I'll have to mention enzymes to her, but we try to reuse as much as we can. Thank you!

[@stormytuesday9902]

Thank you for all the great information! My starter NFT kit from Crop King has about 3 weeks to maybe 4 weeks until the first harvest :0) I am excited. :0) I am buying some more stuff from Crop King. They have been really helpful!

[@HomegrownPassion]

Yes!!! Getting close and that is good to hear. We've always had good experiences working with them.

[@wranther]

Your little operation cleans up so nicely tho. What kind of trout are you raising in your aerated pond? Hope you have an enjoyable Easter Weekend! -Bob...

[@HomegrownPassion]

Thanks Bob! We had a great Easter. Good weather and a nice day to relax with family. We have large mouth bass, bluegill, perch and crappie. I saw some pretty decent bass swimming around the other day. Hope you had a nice Easter and a great week! - Devon

[@retiredlogman]

I enjoy all of the camera angles you use in the greenhouse. It must take a lot of time just setting some of those up. Thank you for sharing.

[@BradGryphonn]

It's great to see some real hands-on commercial hydroponics.

[@Nanaslegacy]

I just stumbled upon your channel, I’m curious what state you are in still cold where I am!

[@HomegrownPassion]

Hi we are in Ohio. We've had a warm and sunny spring. I'm not complaining 😃

[@TheRoon4660]

I wish we were getting your weather here in Montreal.

[@HomegrownPassion]

We had a beautiful and sunny March, but it snowed yesterday. Hope warm weather comes your way soon.

[@davidbutton8497]

It’s raining 🌧 here Thursday island had 300mm in the last two hours cyclone 🌬 season it time to go the boat 🚣‍♀️

[@nonutuisamoa1358]

Aloha from the Polynesia. Love watching your videos, and thank you for sharing your experience. Request if you can share how you mix your nutrient solution, I mean what is the water to nutrient ratio? Thank you.

[@HomegrownPassion]

Thank you very much and we all appreciate that. I have a video on our tomato nutrients that shows the measurements. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jaLFY5iPhpikmLc I have a video on the lettuce nutrients too, but it just shows the types of nutrients because we had a water test done to help figure out how much we should use.

[@nonutuisamoa1358]

@@HomegrownPassion Thank you for responding gals. Yeah it's good to know too what your mix for tomatoes is. Stay safe.

[@thickwenis]

2 questions which state do you do this in? and do you offer walk throughs?

[@HomegrownPassion]

We are in Ohio between Cleveland and Columbus. We don't do walk throughs at this time.

[@MrSatukali]

I wish you had stayed longer with your dad and let him tell us some of his secrets. Anyway, great idea chopping off the little tomatoes. Now lets talk dirty. What do you do with the bull/cow dung?

[@HomegrownPassion]

Thank you and yes he is really good at caring for the tomatoes. I will have to show how he uses his stilts to lean and lower the tomatoes soon. The cows are on grass pastures, so any manure just gets washed back into the soil when it rains and gives the grass nutrition.

[@MrSatukali]

@@HomegrownPassion Ok thnx, will keep watching for more tips.

[@TheRoon4660]

I know your family is very aware of all types of hydroponics and your father being a general contractor as was I (I think Freud referred to us as anal) . If you had a vertical setup as many do for growing your greens would it produce more or less and what are the considerations that you made in doing this system?

[@HomegrownPassion]

They did a lot of research on the types of systems. Vertical steps can produce more, but Katy wanted something that she could use for a long time that didn't require a lot of bending and lifting. The Dutch buckets require moving around, but the NFT system can be done at counter height for every stage.

[@TheRoon4660]

@@HomegrownPassion Thanks so much for the reply. I can really see where you are coming from, It seems you made a good choice.

[@jeanlaikan8400]

Showing the maintenanance side of gardening is both interesting & useful. I would like to know if it is possible to stop the pump of a NFT system temporarily to clean some channels while keeping the plants on the rest.

[@HomegrownPassion]

Yes we can turn off sections to clean and we turn off the whole system to clean the reservoir tank. We do this in the morning or evening when it’s not hot.

[@jeanlaikan8400]

@@HomegrownPassion Glad to know this as I will be getting only one NFT unit. I was concerned I have to remove all plants for the cleaning. Thanks a lot.

[@tsmiller2636]

It seems like y'all enjoy it which makes it fun. I got vine clips & have been putting them to use. I will be using them for several things. What are the hangers called that you used for the tomato clusters? I need some of those.

[@HomegrownPassion]

We sure do and that's awesome. I need to use those in my garden instead of twist ties. I'll post of link of the hangers we use. www.cropking.com/catalog/bato-growing-accessories/small-35-bato-truss-hook

[@tsmiller2636]

@@HomegrownPassion thank you!!

[@geeward1550]

Very informative! Where do you get the hangers for the tomato plants?

[@HomegrownPassion]

Thanks they are from CropKing. Here's the link www.cropking.com/catalog/bato-growing-accessories/small-35-bato-truss-hook

[@albertaggieri4997]

how often do you water the bato buckets and for how long i have the same media in the buckets ?

[@HomegrownPassion]

40 seconds on, 40 minutes off to start and adjust as they grow. We keep an eye on the tomatoes and if the tips start looking droopy, we set them to come on more often.

[@albertaggieri4997]

@@HomegrownPassion is that per day ? only 40 seconds of watering that doesn't seem very long ?

[@albertaggieri4997]

@@HomegrownPassion 40. Seconds is that a day that doesn’t seem much water

[@deadpresident78]

there are so many woman showing off in tight close on you tube i cannot tell if that is what this channel is about or if it is a real channel about gardening????

[@Larry-yh7xz]

ThAnks for sharing

[@9701jamieb]

Great video

[@galengrippo6922]

Subbed

[@HomegrownPassion]

Thank you!

[@galengrippo6922]

Super excited to learn about this have you guys thought or would you guys ever add cannibis to your list of plants for production? Im a cannibis grower that is trying to learn traditional agricultural practices thanks for the response 😁

[@galengrippo6922]

What state is this never seen this before?

[@HomegrownPassion]

We're in Ohio about half way between Cleveland and Columbus.

[@MrDerekCrager]

Hi! What is your source for buckets, trays, gutters, etc?

[@HomegrownPassion]

We get most of our stuff from CropKing. They have almost all of the supplies we need, and they are also close enough that we can pick up our orders rather than pay for shipping.

[@MrDerekCrager]

@@HomegrownPassion awesome. Thank you!

[@muhammadabdulmalick8895]

You ladies have a good talent, and making good money.

[@joshuaennis3799]

So beautiful, nice plants also.

[@jojomojo2011]

You are amazing😊