My 1st 12 months of microgreens | Vlog | Thank u 2 u all for your support 🌱

[@naturallyroyalsoaps]

You are so inspirational. So much hard work to live your dream.

[@PepeFassos]

Thank you Debbie 😊🙏.. all the best from my farm to yours 🌱

[@PepeFassos]

If I can do it ------>You can too.. Thank you for all your support, great comments and for watching. Your awesome 👍😎

[@Mrsnufleupagus]

You speak of a great many things that are important to me. Seems we started opposite, as I did my first year with a market garden, then moved (moving) to micros. Can't tell you how much I appreciate your honest business talk. After going back over your vids, you have done incredibly well. Stay strong my friend:)

[@continuousharvest5822]

Your success is entirely due to your hard work.

[@PepeFassos]

Thank you so much kind sir ! I'm really glad your back posting vids again. I enjoy your channel. Thanks again 😎🌱

[@flashflash2266]

Thanks for sharing the info very valuable especially because allot of the American microgreen market information does not apply here.

[@CoreysCave]

Hey brother, I can’t even begin to tell you how much I loved this video. You have by far surpassed me as a grower and it really makes me so happy to see this. Congrats man, you are really doing it and doing it well!

[@PepeFassos]

My brother !! Thank you for such a humbling comment. As busy as I may seem please never EVER forget that You are the reason this ever evolved. I found your vids 1st and studied you like a hawk ..lol. Many people would agree and feel the same as me. I'm starting to save a little $$ again man. I'm itching for an American microgreens tour . We should hire a small bus and go on a journey together. Make some vids ! 😉 Anyway.. it all starts with a thought. Who knows- it just may happen in the near future. 🤞 Rock on ! Luv ya work ...

[@kerrynelze7953]

Pepe, fantastic video. I love your honesty, and your time and effort in sharing your advice.

[@PepeFassos]

Thanks so much Kerryn 😊.. viewers like yourself make it all worthwhile 🙏

[@C3Voyage]

Good to see you're still motivated and all is working so well for you mate. Happy 1 year anniversary!

[@PepeFassos]

Thank you mate 😎! I'm feeling nostalgic and really want u to know that I appreciate your friendship and support. You've been here a long time now... you rock brother 👍🙂🌱

[@juliabrumby66]

Hi Pepe I'm only a new subscriber but my mum and I are so looking forward to watching every video you've made as we love watching your journey into microgreens. we want to start eating microgreens and can't wait to start :) happy 1 ur anniversary! keep it up ! your doing great *LovefromLoganCentral,QLD,Australia*

[@PepeFassos]

Gday Julia.. 🙂 So honored to have more Australian people here. Thank you so much for writing. I can't stress enough its really easy to grow them .. and the flavour ! Wow ! ... to top it off they are extremely good for you too..🌱 Any questions or problems you may encounter growing please don't hesitate to ask . Your not far from me. .. We live in the best part of OZ ! 😎🌱

[@SMARTTOUCHMEDIA]

Great Stuff! Keeping it real. Love your channel!

[@PepeFassos]

Hey mate 🙂.. thank you for the awesome comment. Keeping it real is on my high priority list. Have a great week friend 👍🌱

[@mreightytwenty8709]

Yes thank you Jackie..............Love your honesty mate.....yes its not easy......but you know the old saying ...IF IT WAS EASY...Ever One WOULD BE DOING IT....

[@PepeFassos]

Yes.. my wife has snapped me out of many meltdowns mate. True story. This type of grind is a real test of mental and physical strength. Thank you for your wisdom Doc 👍

[@seorwulf1049]

Wow!! 12 months already - loved your journey you are truly an inspiration Pepe - glad to have been along for the ride!

[@PepeFassos]

Hey Andrew !! It's gone fast ... 12months since I put that hothouse up and begun seeding. Super grateful you wrote mate. Your a veteran to the channel. I know who has stuck it out. I hope all is well in NZ .. and your growing a tray or 2 or 20 !!! Thanks so much my friend 😎👍🌱

[@gimmetheacoountplix]

Great video and nice work!

[@ltlbnsgarden]

I so admire your perseverance! You are following your dreams and your right it is meant to be! You are meant to succeed! If dreamers wouldn’t have followed their dreams we wouldn’t have planes, cars, computers, spaceships and so on. Like Dory the little fish “ just keep swimming “ 🤗

[@PepeFassos]

This is an amazing comment my friend.. thank you so much!! I literally blushed and had a reflective moment 🤗... It's so true what you said about dreamers etc.. these types of people have become so inspiring to many and have helped keep us creating and pursuing our best achievements. Thank you for making my day.. I really appreciate that and hope all is going well for you and your consideration of selling and moving house. Much luck to you LBG 🤞🌱🌱

[@verticalaart]

Well done brother. So pleased you are hear Pepe

[@PepeFassos]

Hey brother !! 😎. Great to hear from you. Thanks so much. Never a dull moment it seems. Hope your crushing it mate ! Have a great week 👍🙂🌱

[@sue540]

Well done. Keep up the great work... you're inspiring me to give it a try

[@PepeFassos]

Hi Sue !! Thanks so much 😊... Geez time is flying.. wont be long till I need to do a 2 year update. In saying - have a try , they are generally easy to grow and taste delicious 😎👍🌱🌱

[@sue540]

Thanks, @@PepeFassos, I live up at GC and was thinking it would be too hot to grow for my household but now I've seen your video, I will give it a try.... Love the idea of fresh & healthy produce for my family :)

[@PepeFassos]

We are practically neighbors 👍🌱🌱 We are heading into cooler times (thank goodness) ... That should help you get off to a good start... All the best with it !!

[@samquine4923]

Pepe! Its so good to see you making it through the 12 month gates mate. I have followed you since you started (talking about different options for pots i believe) you have come a long way in a short amount of time!! amazing work. Another option you may have is to pull cool air from under your house into the greenhouse/shade cloth over the roof. I use this method in mine and it works quite well. first hot summer will be the real test tho. best of luck to you : )

[@PepeFassos]

Gday Sam... 😎 I totally know and remember you mate. You in the first group of people that kept my chin up. Glad you wrote !! Thanks so much for sticking by me. I've really got to do something about this greenhouse. Basically been using it to stop frost burn on my home vege garden starts. A big space with 2 or 3 trays of seedlings..lol. All options are on the table. I will look into what you have mentioned. Hoping and wishing a prosperous life and garden mate 🙂👍🌱

[@RiverPlaid]

Awesome Pepe! So proud of your being such a good example of working on your dreams!!!!!

[@PepeFassos]

Thank you Denise 🙂🙏... I really can't imagine going back to the work for the man scenario.... keep on grinding! Much gratitude your way Friend 👍🌱🌱

[@KeepOnGrowin]

This vlog was awesome! I have been wondering about the cost vs profit with micros. I want to see 5 acres of Basil!! Good luck on the farm brother, thanks for the insights. Much love from the States. 😎🖒🌱🌱🌱

[@PepeFassos]

Thank you brother Mike 🤘.. I can and or will go deeper into the nitty gritty of profit margins. It's hard to compare with other countries but overall the math is the same.. This channel wouldn't be much at all without your support... what you have done for me is truly appreciated. I can't thank you enough. Much love and gratitude from down under 👍🌱🙏

[@KeepOnGrowin]

You are the one doing all the hard work and I am learning from what you do. We are all part of a community, people like Marty, Brent, Corey, Travis, Brad, etc, it is great that we can help each other out! Keep grinding and thank you for all you do!

[@PepeFassos]

High 5 man... well said ! It's a pleasure to be part of it all. This community is A+ . One day I truly wish we could all be in the same room. What a blast 👍.. Take care and grind on 🌱🌿

[@stewartthomas2642]

Love your stuff kick on love it

[@PepeFassos]

Comments like these keep the fire in my belly mate... thank you 😊

[@timjones1583]

great job,,,, keep going

[@PepeFassos]

Hey Tim ! 🙂 Thanks so much buddy... Thanks for watching . I will do my best 🤞🌱

[@restawhileyall1781]

Hey Pepe, if you're not in a flood zone area perhaps an 'underground greenhouse' might be an idea - worth a research?? And those sunflower seeds - give your kids a few corners around the land and a few handfuls of seeds and let them at it. It could be their baby to look after and then you'd get your own free homegrown seeds.. Years ago I planted one seed and ended up with hundreds of seeds off that beautiful one plant to feed our pet Galah. Just thinking out loud Pepe - love you brother. You've come a long way man .... and managed to have more kids in the process, hehe.

[@PepeFassos]

Dear Chris 😊... You are a wonderful asset to this channel! Certainly an ideas woman and it's a pleasure having your support. You know my story and it makes me smile . I'm going to do what you said with the sunflower. Another reason it would be great is the beneficial insects they would attract. The buyer prefers spray free and i will honor that. I am in a flood zone unfortunately. Otherwise I would build my whole house underground...lol. Gets so hot here in summer... I would love a hobbit style house ! Big flood comes every 10 or so years that would fill it up. Wish you and yours a beautiful day ! Love you sister !! Bless ! 🙏🌱🌱

[@patriciafisher1170]

Love your channel Pepe we are retired on a quarter acre but want to get going into micro greens You have been a great inspiration to us. You look and sound like my son-in-law who grew up at the Channen I wonder if you are cousins? Keep it up Pepe love watching your advice.

[@PepeFassos]

Hey Patricia..😎. Great to hear from you. Thank you for watching. I hope you get something out of the vids. Sounds like you are living in Australia.. that's great. I don't think we are cousins but I truly believe we have a twin somewhere on earth. Maybe I'm lucky enough to have mine not far from me...😉. The channon has a brilliant market. Beautiful village too. Have a great day friend. Happy growing! 🌱

[@havengrown7359]

Hey there Pepe, I am a market gardener going into my 3rd season so I know what you have been through! Keep it up, as you continue you will become more efficient. Thanks for your info on packaging I am now using I am eco stuff too. Love your work mate.

[@PepeFassos]

Hey mate 🙂! I'm really glad you shared your story. You gave me a burst of excitement! It's great to hear from farmers ahead and hear of their successes. I'm Looking forward to when an efficient system falls into place. Right now my head is spinning a bit from the new beds, planting schedule, etc. I'm glad the packing products are working. They really compliment the produce. Keep on grinding man. Awesome 👍😎🌱

[@akindofmagick]

So glad I found you!!

[@PepeFassos]

Very glad your here 😊🙏 Have a brilliant day 🌱🌱🌱🌱

[@SouthpawDavey]

First 12 months are the hardest. Looks like your right on it mate. Dont know if you have looked into it but earth pipes for heat control in the green house. You might have seen it basically your blowing air into pipes laid underground. The ground is a constant temp so in summer it will cool and in winter it will bring the temp up. bla bla bla. Nice one mate well done with the new orders and all the best, Dave.

[@PepeFassos]

Good evening mate.. OZ time 😉 Thank you. I now understand about the first 12 months hardship.. what a ride !! I'm considering moving the greenhouse to another location on property- next to my shadehouse. The piping etc could be done prior to the move which would be ideal. I had heard of it but its folks like yourself that remind me "there is always a way" ! I thank you for that mate 😎 Take care and heal well 👍

[@SouthpawDavey]

I thought you might have. I dont know the math on how much you need and all that but could be useful if you can do it. All the best with year two ;-)

[@PepeFassos]

It may cost upfront- but the overall crops saved would make it worthwhile and viable. Win win. Take care Davey 🙂

[@fabiuccio_artist7659]

Thank you 👍🏼

[@PepeFassos]

Your welcome 🙏🌱

[@patriciarono6457]

Hi mate really nice work there.

[@ethangallie5218]

Hey Pepe, another great video as always. I was looking at running some experiments on stacking vs not stacking and covering vs not covering. Just wondering when you are stacking about time frames. I was thinking along the lines of 2/3 days stacked then 3 more days covered then uncovered for a day or so ?

[@PepeFassos]

Hey Ethan 😎.. Thanks buddy. Thanks for watching too 👍 Sounds like a great experiment as I too have tried this. The stacking works good for large seed (peas and sunflower etc) but I've had good results not stacking smaller seeds. The trick was to cover your seed with a medium of some type to mimic weight and nature and just put a black out dome on. Otherwise yes - 2/3 days stack is good pending if germination has happened. If your going to stack you may as well wait until the seeds have started to grow.. some varieties take longer to germinate. Covering them after that will certainly get you some height before you uncover. I say try it !! No harm done this way. 🙂👍🌱

[@66bigbuds]

I make a frame of electrical conduit to hold shade cloth to put over the greenhouse in the hot season. But heating in the cold is a bugger.

[@PepeFassos]

Eventually the wood supports will fail and I will give the conduit a go 😎.. Cheers for the reminder. I love how the conduit is flexible also... bend it into shape ..lol. Thanks for watching 😊👍

[@DarkWingDabz]

OMGOSH AT THAT SEED COST! Wow!

[@PepeFassos]

Yes mate.. terrible isn't it. Australia needs more seed farms. Tired of paying import and shipping taxes from aussie seed suppliers... 😓🌱

[@zacpackman9186]

just had a thougt mate . have you looked into a geothermal greenhosue. it may help reduce some costs in running a greenhouse. may not be sutable for your location tho.

[@PepeFassos]

Good thought mate 👍🙂.. nice. I got to do something- what a waste otherwise. Will look into it as I want to move it Closer to other shadehouse. Maybe pipes etc Could be installed prior to move. Thanks for the inspiration on this. Keep on growing 🌱

[@zacpackman9186]

good work mate grats on getting to 12 months. and grats on gettting the basil deal.have you considerd a subscription model?

[@PepeFassos]

Thanks mate ! 😎... 12 months done, phew ! Hope alls going well with you and your venture.? That's a good idea. Someone I know does this with vegetable boxes . I'm going to look into this- it kind of guarantees produce for customers. It may even give me a chance to skip the market grind now and then... 👍

[@zacpackman9186]

dont have a venture yet. but maybe in future. if i do ill try and do vids like u mate .

[@zacpackman9186]

thats the gole mate more woking on ur product and less time at markets

[@PepeFassos]

Heck yes !! .. make vids mate ! When your ready of course. I'll be watching 😎.. Rock on Zac 👍

[@Your.girly.Chloeee]

you can collect alot of the seeds youre self if you grow them in youre outside garden

[@kidryu9]

love your videos pepe! i was wondering if you could link or tell me about the shade cloth technique you use for your trays?

[@PepeFassos]

Hey John 🙂... Thank you !! I'm glad your here ! ... Shade cloth technique is one of my own tricks. I purchased about 120 of those large trays second hand. Problem with them was the size of the drain holes -- massive !! I cut shade cloth to fit bottom of tray so can use them for growing sunflowers. Stops soil falling through. Shade cloth is reusable and it works excellent. Enjoy your weekend mate 😎👍🌱

[@sharonreum3134]

To reuse the shade cloth do you need to wash it off and disinfect it, or do you simply Shake It off and reuse? I live in the states and I'm so inspired by watching your videos that I just may give this a try myself. I live near the Villages in Florida. I probably would have started already but I can't decide if I want to grow hydroponically in Coco coir mats like City Hydro does. or use your method. Thank you again and congratulations on your success.

[@OldManAsh73]

Hi Pepe I've done the research and buy my seeds from Seedmart Australia they are significantly cheaper than 4 Seasons. Cheers Ash

[@PepeFassos]

Try MKS seeds... Try Fairbanks seeds Try Australian Wheatgrass seeds ... Try Kings Seeds in NZ There are many that are cheaper mate.. 4 seasons are close to me and very convenient.. Cheers .. Pepe..

[@mreightytwenty8709]

Love to know the hours you have put in over the last 12 months and the $$$$$$ you have made ......PROFIT after all expenses........I dont think your bank manger would be happy....LOL Love to know the hours you have put in over the last 12 months and the $$$ you have made after all expenses !!!!! As I have said in the past there is not alot of money doing this.......a job...not a business. Love to see you are diversifying into other money producing products.....which you have to do. Great mate keep up the good work.....I to know how many hours you have worked, not many people are prepared to do this.......unfortunately...

[@PepeFassos]

It's very comforting that you understand this aspect of business and "microgreens". Especially here in Oz!!! My tax return has been sent to the accountant for assessment on 6th of September. It will be interesting like you say. I'm happy to show you... it's going to be exactly what you said..😉.. unfortunately!! But I see growth in SLOWLY expanding.. the safe road. And yes.. I'm tired too..lol. But I couldn't imagine doing anything else now. Onwards and Upwards 🤞

[@CoachChi24]

Wonderful videos, new subb here :) , I am a farming enthusiast here in Victoria, any chance you can direct me to any resources related to getting into microgreens such as licensing and registration, keep up the great work and much appreciated.

[@PepeFassos]

Hey there 😊.. Thank you for supporting the channel 🙏.. Your best and easiest way is to visit your local councils food safety standards officer. They are the ones that will approve you to sell etc ... Don't bother ringing around.. it's different info everywhere.. Head on down to your area council 😎 All the best 🌱🌱

[@CoachChi24]

@@PepeFassos thanks so much man, nice and traight to the point. Gonna go down there this Friday