Secrets to Mixing Nutrients for Healthy Vine Crops

Learn the secrets to mastering the art of nutrient mixing for vibrant vine crops like tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers in this informative video. Follow along as we carefully weigh out macronutrients and micronutrients, calibrate dosatrons, and ensure optimal plant growth. Subscribe for more tips on keeping your vine crops healthy and thriving!
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[@scottkinder7728]

Love your channel! The pronunciation of Chelated Iron is: Key-lated. I'm using Masterblend tomato formula for my tomatoes. First time hydroponics was last year and had a huge yield from 6 plants that took over my 10 x 12 ft. plastic greenhouse in Zone 6b. I've learned so much about pruning and pollinating from your videos. Thank you!!!

[@HomegrownPassion]

You're welcome! Thanks for supporting my channel.

[@francoisasselin4614]

Hi, suggestion for the nutriments mixing, it's made for house paint mixing with à Electric drill , I use it to mixte compost and water then water the outdoor cucumber , I work real good and cucumber are smiling , thanks for your vid😁

[@HomegrownPassion]

ok thanks for the tip

[@qmoonwalker3847]

Always like seeing your dose-tron setup. What a great way to run your greenhouses!

[@freighter1097]

Dosatron, not dose-tron.

[@qmoonwalker3847]

@@freighter1097Thanks! That will help me next week at the national spelling bee.

[@freighter1097]

@@qmoonwalker3847 You're very welcome. I'll be cheering you on from here at my motel in IL.

[@KellyEScott]

THANK YOU FOR SHARING , LOVE YOUR ENERGY AND THE CHANNEL

[@HomegrownPassion]

You are so welcome

[@lonnieatk9120]

I use a submersible pump to mix my nutrients. I rinse it well after using. Works nice and easy plus I can put it in and do other things. Come back later to complete mixed nutrients. You might try one to see if you like it. Then get a couple others, one for each bucket.

[@HomegrownPassion]

That's a great idea! Thank you

[@luckeychuckey70]

Love the educational videos Thanks.

[@HomegrownPassion]

Thanks for watching!

[@francoisasselin4614]

Also use aquarium air pump and air Stone in my 5 gallons hydroponic tank, water stay very clear and no débris at the bottom. For your scal, I would look at 4 inch air pads instead of air Stone.

[@HomegrownPassion]

ok thanks

[@JGsbackyardlettuceKagulay1]

That was nice!

[@HomegrownPassion]

Thank you

[@CajonLiving]

In my hydroponics, I tried round 2"x2" air stones to mix my 55-gallon tanks, but it didn't work for me, so I switched to a EcoPlus ECO-264 submersible pump. You can lay the pump on its side or use 90 fittings make one out or you can make multiple outputs to get the mixing action you want.

[@HomegrownPassion]

Sounds good thank you for comment

[@retiredlogman]

I use an air-stone in my nutrient solution tank, which is a batch tank containing all nutrients. I do not use separate tanks with injection as any adjustments needed are easily done in a few minutes each week. We grow roses in an ebb and flow system. The nutrient solution is filtered and returned to the tank. I use the air stone to provide a constant mixing and also to provide oxygen so any bacteria is aerobic. I will take a few photos and forward them to your Bradwood Farm email. Thank you for sharing. Email sent.

[@HomegrownPassion]

Got your email. Thank you... that is a heck of a system. Ok will look into your tip. thanks!!

[@kitakitzFarm]

I enjoy the cleaning of drums, pots, buckets, etc.. Thanks for this video and the expert tips & knowledge from years of experience . I appreciate it when show your mistakes and success.

[@HomegrownPassion]

Thanks for watching!

[@RanaureliFarm]

Nice nutrients mixing & distribution system you have. I do a kind of a similar system and feed it to the drip irrigation system for my plants

[@HomegrownPassion]

Nice. It does work well. I use drip with the same system for my strawberries

[@RanaureliFarm]

@@HomegrownPassion Awesome. I would love to grow some strawberries, but I'm on the tropical side of the world and will have to do some serious cooling in the greenhouse as temperatures are always mid 30c +. By the way what's the video creating app you use?

[@smokerzchoise]

I use airstones in my nutrient tank, but it is on a lot smaller scale. I just use a regular fish-tank airstone attached to a airpump. For your setup, maybe look into a venturi nozzle and attach it to the water pump, to keep the water airyated ?

[@HomegrownPassion]

Good idea thank you

[@fletcher6565]

Fantastic info, have you looked at the shelving behind you as they might need a support post in the middle. It looks like they are bowing down a smidge.

[@HomegrownPassion]

LOL nice you caught that. So there is at least 8 full cow leather hides on the top shelf which is too heavy. A middle support is needed for sure. Thank you

[@davidward1259]

Katie, I don't know about air stones. I would worry about the air injection causing the nutrient mix to oxidize or change, but I would say get a small pond pump and stick it on the bottom of the barrel. It will suck water in the front or bottom and expel it out a top fitting upwards which should give the circulation you want. Even if you just laid it in there on it's side, it would still circulate the water 24/7. A small inexpensive one from Amazon should work ($20-30). One for each tank.

[@HomegrownPassion]

I think that sounds like a good idea. Thank you

[@gardnep]

Quite often the residue in the bottom of the tank is not nutrients but the remains of silicates that are used in making prilled compounds, that is, they use silica as the foundation for nutrients, very similar to how raindrops form on dust particles. The residue 9n phosphate solutions is calcium sulfate (gypsum) that is formed when phosphate rock is treated with sulphuric acid to produce phosphate fertilizer. Incidently, in soils, phosphate molecule is tightly adsorbed onto soil and rarely moves more than 2 inches, the residue people see on the ground that people say is wasting phosphate again is calcium sulphate, all the phosphate is gone, ditto for those of us who add calcium phosphate to our hydroponic mixtures, the residue in the bottom is gypsum. Another great video and well shot, thanks Katie and videographer, well cut and polished.

[@HomegrownPassion]

Wow well that explains it great I didn't know. Thank you so much for the comment I might use your information in my videos if that's ok.

[@Lydeeee]

Whats the EC and pH? also to help me mix i use a little cement mixer drill attachment on my nutrients. Happy growing!

[@HomegrownPassion]

Ec 1-8 to 2.0 and ph 5.8 to 6.0

[@nazimmohammed5880]

I am from Trinidad in the Caribbean. I do enjoy your videos. Do you get salt build up in the buckets or do you prevent it ? . How do you manage that ? I am interested in the EC and pH values for these plants . Thank you.

[@HomegrownPassion]

It can build up so we run plan water through our buckets every couple of weeks. Not sure if it works but seems too. PH is 5.8 and ec is 1.8

[@talalalhasni413]

Nice job. Can you tell us the fهormula of the nutrients?

[@HomegrownPassion]

SO, my formula was designed for my source water and won't work for another greenhouse. The best thing you can do is get your source water analyzed then pay a horticulturist to design a formula or you can try and build on with some forms that are on the net. I think it cost me $200 and think it was really worth it.

[@bartendersunny1]

Hey also, consider just using a small pump dropped in the bottom to keep things mixing. Instead of an air stone, just a thought.

[@HomegrownPassion]

I think that's the idea I am leaning to thank you!!

[@bartendersunny1]

Thanks for sharing! Can you explain the fertrollers system please? Would 1 fertroller dose for different crops? Or do you need more than 1 if they differ vastly?

[@HomegrownPassion]

I use 3 fertrollers to mix out part a - b and ph since I am using bulk nutrients.

[@JoeDavidson-gc7zo]

Hey, it’s Joe from Springfield Missouri. Just watched your video about how to mix the ingredients but when it comes to your vermiculite and your pearlite, how often do you have to change them in your Dutch buckets and how long does it last a year two years?

[@HomegrownPassion]

I try and get a couple of growth rotations per bucket. On cucumbers 2-3 depending on the root mass. Tomatoes just once

[@suave47]

Thanks for the video. I have a small basement system at home for my lettuce but wanna try tomatoes and cucs in my small basement greenhouse. It's not big enough to constitute 3 separate holding tanks. Is there any major concerns with mixing the macro and micro nutrients together in a single holding tank. I typically just monitor my ph manually since I'm never constantly adding more water. Also, is there any major concerns when it comes to alge forming in the system or on the planting medium cubes (I use a rockwool cube and have notice a considerable amount growing on top of cube)

[@HomegrownPassion]

Keep your growing medium covered as long as you can when sprouting. The only thing I know about mixing all the nutrients together is get a salt built up. Not sure about the science but something to look up.

[@antoniosanford4675]

Great video. Do you use well or city water? Do you ever think about rainwater harvesting? Also, is your system drain to waste or recirculating?

[@HomegrownPassion]

We have city water. We do harvest rainwater for the high tunnel. Bato buckets are drain to waste and nft is recirculating.

[@Juana4ev]

@@HomegrownPassion Hi, So you use direct tap water from the City or does you filter first in a whole home/greenhouse system?

[@desiredjidonou7357]

Great job as always. What acid do you use for the pH adjustment? Where do you get your micronutrients fertilizers? Thank!

[@HomegrownPassion]

Sulfuric acid... But just drops. be careful and micro were purchased from CropKing. They are about 30 minutes from me so it's easy for me to get all my greenhouse stuff from them and I don't have to pay shipping.

[@desiredjidonou7357]

@@HomegrownPassion Thank. But in the video, you mentioned that tanks A and B are set to 0.5% and the acid 1.2%. This looks like more acid is being pulled than the stock A and B. Is the acid pulled together with the A and B every time?

[@HomegrownPassion]

Yes but the concentration of the tanks is different. We don’t use a strong ph balance. We could make that tank more acidic and lower the percentage injected we just didn’t. It’s just where everything is at the right values on the monitor system. That’s what good. We can adjust on the fly.

[@NourishIndoorFarm]

Hi! With tomatoes, we use nutrient A (vine crop) and nutri B as well as potassium nitrate. All from Crop King. Can you suggest a ratio on the potassium nitrate. We current do a 1:1:1/2

[@HomegrownPassion]

Sounds right I just add it after the 2nd cluster to promote more fruit.

[@chd261ndla]

Hi there, what can you recommend to a fellow hydroponics grower for a hydroponics tomato plants that produces a lot of flowers but no fruits, grown in a tropical area with 95F temp, EC 4.0, pH 6.8 and humidity of 85%?

[@tombryant4518]

You need to pollinate the flowers.

[@HomegrownPassion]

Ec needs to be around 2.0 and ph is 5.8 I think that will help

[@hugocnx]

Hi, is there a way to get the complete formula? You gave away only some weights, though I understand why. I live in Thailand and things like Masterblend are not available here. All the other ingredients to mix up yourself are available though. I have an idea about the formula, but it is always best to get it straight from the pro. Great job girls. Guys too.

[@HomegrownPassion]

SO, my formula was designed for my source water and won't work for another greenhouse. The best thing you can do is get your source water analyzed then pay a horticulturist to design a formula or you can try and build on with some forms that are on the net. I think it cost me $200 and think it was really worth it.

[@hugocnx]

Thank you.@@HomegrownPassion

[@CriticoolHit]

I had to replace my microgram scale a few weeks back and now amazon won't stop giving me adverts for drug paraphernalia.

[@HomegrownPassion]

OMG that happened to me also.

[@sridharreddy7346]

Could share that recipe catalog book

[@HomegrownPassion]

So, my nutrient recipe will not work for you because it is based on my source water. You need to get your source water tested and then have a horticulturist make up a bulk nutrient recipe for you.

[@sridharreddy7346]

@@HomegrownPassion really thank you for you’re concern , videos and responses really great kind heart women

[@jimmyp371]

“Nutrients for just three weeks” - I didn’t know this! I have issues with the slime at the bottom of my trays

[@HomegrownPassion]

Yes, we just try and make enough for three weeks. Seems to help with the slim

[@tombryant4518]

Don’t use air stones, they’ll just plug off on you and become another consumable thing to keep buying. Use a venturi system instead. It will it keep everything well mixed and oxygenated, and sludge buildup to a minimum.

[@HomegrownPassion]

OK thanks. I will look into that

[@tombryant4518]

@@HomegrownPassionNo worries, you can even put it on a timer if you’re pH starts going off, or the reservoir starts to get warm.

[@LarryDickman1]

Love your ambition but too much like work for me. lol

[@HomegrownPassion]

Larry it's not work it's fun!!!