Hydroponic Herb Garden Guide

[@nickynorka]

How often do I need to dump the water and replace with new water/nutrients?

[@Gollammeister]

I purchase a pre grown rosemary herb plant washed off majority of soil and popped it in my dwc my ppm is about 743 pH 5.7 so far so good

[@neiltulloh358]

Rosemary grows like hedges where I live

[@Tramarind]

Hi Kevin! Hope you’re able to see this comment despite it being 4 years old. By any chance, would you do an update on hydroponics for vegetable gardening?

[@larmondoflairallen4705]

Where is the shopping list with the links (as shown in the video)?

[@moscoljr96]

Great video! Thanks for the explanation!

[@marialagarin801]

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[@enlightenedhealthcareguru2575]

I've been watching your container gardening videos for awhile- you're channel is one of my faves! but anyways.. as of today- I've decided I want to get into hydroponic growing- I immediately thought of you and this is the first ever hydro video tutorial I've watched and, to no surprise, extremely helpful! Is that blog post you mention still available to everyone? Thanks #plantdaddy 😜🥰

[@keithlane7558]

hi just a little tip that may work better and cheaper than spraying the tote is to secure a black sheet of plastic or bin liner to the outside of the tote. Rolls of plastic is very cost effective solution if you have lots of totes Keith (Thailand )

[@epicgardening]

Good tip - I opted to spray for portability sake...less moving parts or things that can fall off, but your method works great too :)

[@joestevenson5568]

Ugly though

[@TravisBuhler]

This is fantastic! Thank you! I’m new to hydroponics but is it safe to assume this setup would work well growing lettuce and leafy greens instead of herbs?

[@ChristopherRodriguez-bm8rw]

Am I able to use a container that is not a clear container? Like one that is a color?

[@AubreyAndRoger]

Might have to try it this winter. Thanks for all the info!

[@epicgardening]

You're very welcome!

[@landrew3847]

Apical meristem right?

[@toshirowada8351]

How much did you space the herbs?

[@happytales10]

After how many days leaves are coming out...( After 2 leaves ). My tomoto's stem getting long with flase leaves only..why so ?

[@TheRoseluv33]

Can you mix plants with the herbs, like strawberries? Will they all get the same nutrients they need?

[@epicgardening]

I try not to mix fruiting plants and plants I grow for their vegetation due to diff nutrient requirements over life span

[@clydog1]

Hi Kevin, do you have to flush the plants before harvesting?

[@epicgardening]

clydog1 I typically don't and don't notice any issues...the way I figure is I don't flush anything I grow in soil (because it's impossible), so if I have the right amount of nutrients in the system why would I have to flush?

[@HeliosZA]

Well - am I not experienced with Hydroponics; but I have grown using soilless mediums (therefore using nutrients to feed) and the reason you have to flush is because you want to get rid of the nutrients in the medium. The reason you don't do this with soil isn't because it is 'impossible' - you can theoretically flush soil if you keep it in pots and have good enough drainage - but it is because with soil you do not put nutrients (other than maybe some supplementary feeding) and therefore the nutrients are in the soil from the beginning of the grow. This means that by the end of the grow, there are very little nutrients left in the soil - because the plant should have consumed them all. With hydroponics / soilless: you are permanently adding nutrients, because there are no nutrients in the medium itself. Therefore, by the end of the grow there is nutrient buildup in your medium and you would thus want to flush it. The reason for flushing, is so that your plant can use up all the excess nutrients it has already in its storage, in an attempt to minimise the 'harsh' aspect that comes from having high levels of nutrients still in your plant at time of harvest.

[@davidvysin7967]

Hi there, nice tutorial. Just one thing about your water level topping from a premade reservoir of water with nutrient. The water shouldn't be still for a long time so you don't develop any algae. Be careful about that, otherwise, thanks!

[@epicgardening]

Yup, good call! Old video, I've changed my ways since then :)

[@travelandtech2185]

great work. wondering why many Americans say '' ERBS'' instread of ''HHHerds'' with an H?

[@femlatin79]

James Hodge 🙋🏽‍♀️

[@jcrocks6698]

Because pronouncing the h is the British variation of the word. Which I find odd because many Brits drop their h's.

[@nicolaspage739]

I don't say herDs when talking about plants ;)

[@travelandtech2185]

@@jcrocks6698 Brits speak the mother lauguage. They have it right. Maybe the Scotts do miss letters from word's😀

[@ermisp]

Hey great video! I noticed you only suggest using FloraGro. Does this mean that the FloraMicro is not necessary?

[@epicgardening]

Ah, I meant the Flora series. This is my preferred 'starter' nutrient option: amzn.to/2bcZ2jM

[@femlatin79]

Hello new sub here, question are all 3 from the flora series needed when only doing herbs?

[@AshtynJadeProduction]

You are... freakin’ awesome.

[@Revitalsan]

Do I need grow lights?

[@epicgardening]

Revital Aharon For this system, you don't - just make sure it's in a sunny area!

[@mahahlial7239]

why do we need the reservoir to be opaque?!

[@epicgardening]

You don't want algae growth, which light would help accelerate :)

[@Udayanverma]

does the motor has to run 24/7?

[@epicgardening]

Yes I keep the air pump on 24/7

[@Udayanverma]

Epic Gardening thanks, how much power it consumes in a month?

[@epicgardening]

Not sure off the top of my head, but VERY little overall.

[@1WildDragon]

Can you eat plants with nutrients? Aren't nutrient solutions inedible?

[@epicgardening]

You wouldn't want to drink the nutrient solution, that's for sure. But all plants have nutrients within them, growing hydroponically is just a different way of getting those nutrients to your plants' roots!

[@jcrocks6698]

Is this just a guy reading us a website? Wtf

[@epicgardening]

It's my own website