HYDROPONICS GREENHOUSE: First Harvest, Follow-Up, and a Few Upgrades

[@dancingphoenixfarm4378]

Thank you for sharing your videos. I would LOVE to see a detailed video on the setup please! Thanks.

[@FormulaJake]

It's your lucky day! kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4SrgGuhfbR0iJo We also have a video doing a cost breakdown and a dutch bucket breakdown

[@wphillips7217]

Very inspiring video, I love what you have done. On the subject of the algae growing in the water, one possible way to stop that would be to cover the water reservoir in black plastic. The one thing algae has to have to grow is light and can not grow in the dark. This is the same principle as covering your swimming pool in the winter. Most people are told by the pool chemical sellers you have to shock the pool with a lot of chlorine before covering it for winter but if you’ll notice all covers are black on the water side. This keeps the sun light out .

[@epenzenstadler3895]

Yup, eggplants in hydroponics is magic. I have a bad eggplant addiction and my hydroponic garden kept me in eggplant. I have a garden on the deck. I am thinking about a HF greenhouse. I use an air stone in the sump tank, no algae.

[@Mark-m9z4q]

Very cool. Thank you and God Bless.

[@xopw9268]

Nice job!

[@crazyjd64]

I would love to see a video on how to build this system!!! I subbed and liked the video! And also a video on how to make the smart electrical system you have!

[@FormulaJake]

Thanks for the sub and comment! A detailed instructional video is in the works 👌🏼

[@robbiekenney440]

Looking forward to it! Love your vids!

[@FormulaJake]

The update is live! kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoiYindtntqZd9E

[@stacy3633]

Good job young dude🤙🤙😀

[@RebuildRex]

Cool setup!

[@89kaushik]

Please we would love to see how your Dutch bucket is built up. And also waiting for the video for the greenhouse setup please. Thanks a lot 😀

[@FormulaJake]

Update is live! kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoiYindtntqZd9E

[@robertmowatt4015]

Just looked @ your video. I'm very impressed. I would like to see a video on how to build with specifications - Thanks

[@jbroheretoday]

Thank you.

[@mexarrinha]

Very nice, has the fish will also help to grow the plants as well

[@jasonbartlett1234]

I'm just starting out on my hydroponic journey - why do you need to mist from the top when you have direct watering through the hydroponic system? Could you bypass misting (which feels like a inefficient use of water) by running the hydroponic system watering more frequently?

[@robertharris507]

What is your watering schedule for your plants? I have a similar set up and was trying to get an automatic schedule for my plants on a timer. Thanks, Rob

[@slizzardman]

Would definitely appreciate a video guide on how to replicate your success, awesome video!

[@FormulaJake]

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[@jlewjr]

This is AMAZING. It's one of my biggest goals for my first home. Please do the follow-up. I promise to share this with all my friends. Also, how much money would you say you've invested into this project?

[@FormulaJake]

Thanks for the kind words! We are currently working on a follow-up explanation 👌🏼 Between the greenhouse itself, all of the building materials, and all of the extra add-ons like the fan, vent openers, etc, we are at least $1500 into it by now.

[@jlewjr]

@@FormulaJake That seems reasonable. Thanks a lot for the reply!

[@FormulaJake]

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[@the94probeguy87]

Very impressive! To control the algae could you not add fish to the set up?

[@FormulaJake]

Yes! We ended up adding a pleco and he has done the job. We also could have covered it haha but the pleco cleaned it up very well

[@the94probeguy87]

@@FormulaJake I saw the set up that they use at Epcot and its pretty impressive! Plants keep the water clean and fish give the plants nutrients. It would be great to see if that was a path you ventured down.

[@walterhynson2898]

if you add heat and cooling along with some LED lights you can grow year round

[@angelgist9962]

How did your blueberries do? I am wanting to try them and can't find any videos!

[@rsgpandskilling]

Set up tutorial video please. :)

[@FormulaJake]

We will be working on it! 👌🏼

[@kyleclark2352]

Did you add your nutrients in the same tank you had your fish in or did you stop using the nutrients?

[@rubenb.molina6968]

Figured I'd look in the comments :-D - I was wondering the same.

[@kyleclark2352]

@@rubenb.molina6968 ya still no reply unfortunately

[@FormulaJake]

Sorry man, I didn't see your original comment! We did add the nutrients in the same tank, with the pump running to immediately run the nutrients through the system. I don't know if they are bad for the fish, but our pleco is huge! He is easily 9 inches long

[@kyleclark2352]

@@FormulaJake Hey thanks for the reply back. Sounds good, what nutrient solution did you use?

[@anitacurnutt7641]

Yes...if u haven't already done it...please make the how to video.

[@shansiddiqui4741]

Where di you research any link or books you recommend?

[@notyourbuddy_guy]

Nice, have you thought about going without any growing medium? Unless you have a good hookup, I would imagine the perlite would get expensive.

[@brucehayes5111]

Nice setup 👍. Did you feed all of your plants from one tank and dump back in the same tank?

[@FormulaJake]

Thanks! Yup, it's a very simple system 👌🏼

[@shansiddiqui4741]

Hello, I am new to the greenhouse community, I would like to build one with a sturdy frame and keep some warmth in. What would you recommend?

[@FormulaJake]

Welcome! In my opinion, the Harbor Freight greenhouse is pretty flimsy. I don't have a lot of wind, so it is not a problem. As far as heat, I have not looked into heaters, except for the heating element that I use in our water bin during the winter. Best of luck!

[@shansiddiqui4741]

@@FormulaJake The water bin won't freeze in the winter?

[@FormulaJake]

Winters don't get too cold here, around 32°F or 0°C at the very coldest. It's not cold enough outside to freeze the water, but we use a heating element to keep the fish warm.

[@Dr1Paul]

Are you using the greenhouse year round or if not when are your start/stop months?

[@FormulaJake]

We usually plant in the spring and depending on what we grow, we might run it continuously through the fall. Our eggplants grew later/longer than expected. But our tomatoes didn't die off like we expected! So they are run continuously.

[@Dr1Paul]

@@FormulaJake Thanks, and awesome set of videos keep it up 👍

[@FormulaJake]

Thanks for the support! 😄

[@Biergeliebter]

How did the cucumber get pollinated inside a greenhouse?

[@FormulaJake]

Good question... I suppose that a bee might have made its way in through the vents in the top of the greenhouse during hot weather

[@Biergeliebter]

@@FormulaJake Ok, thanks. I haven't been that lucky. We have a cucumber vine in a pot inside the screen around the pool and I even tried hand pollinating but we haven't gotten a single cucumber yet.

[@baddogcustoms7496]

That’s an awful lot of browning considering this is a greenhouse hydroponic setup. Love the video & how you’re figuring things out but I’ve never had so much browning in ground or container gardens. Definitely like the setup tho. Trying to figure out if I want to try something similar tbh. I have absolutely no experience in hydroponics, but I have rooted & cloned thousands of plants in buckets of water at the Crystal Coast. Usually have a dozen or so to sell trade or giveaway at any given time.

[@brentonfender2081]

Do you know the cost of your whole setup?

[@FormulaJake]

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[@letycampos9609]

Please please please teach us how to do this, I am desperately trying to get off the grid and grow my own food, learning how you did this step by step would be a big step in that direction, you would be helping a lot of people, thanks so much.

[@FormulaJake]

That's a great idea for a video! I will look into doing something like that later this summer 👌🏼

[@josiahbaker7811]

I wonder if you gave your fish a space to get away from the pumps it might be happier. And also a dark place to hide in.

[@JulietKiss]

Ur fish needs a friend and some fish toys

[@marlonjareck7367]

cool setup, weak harvest

[@baddogcustoms7496]

Yields are supposed to be larger with hydroponics so how many peppers are you getting from one plant? And why so many different varieties of the same sweet bell peppers? Fact green peppers have hardly any nutrients red peppers are just a Ripened pepper that has 10x the nutrients & flavor.. 🤷🏻‍♂️ just like sweet banana peppers. For example, people pick them when they’re yellow, well that’s ignorant because you want them bright orange or bright red so they have all the nutrients & flavor that’s the whole reason why we grow our own food. Picking green/unripe peppers just makes them bitter in comparison & nutrients lacking. Yes, I’m a pepper guy and I’ve done extensive amounts of research but this should be pretty much common knowledge to anyone who’s growing their own food. My peppers that are in containers all have normally 40 to 50 peppers on them at one time. That being said what in the hell do you do with so many Carolina reapers I have not figured it out yet lol. Can’t even give them away really they’re too hot. 🥵 😂