How to grow Hydroponics, year 5, week 1, plus Fred The Crow

Hey everybody! Welcome to the 5th year of growing in my hydroponic greenhouse. Lots of peppers this year, including my favorite, the peach ghost pepper, as well as new additions, the pineapple ghost and aji lemon drop which I purchased from a Facebook pepper group I’m in, Pacific Northwest Pepper Lovers. Thanks to Jackson at https://www.pdxpeppers.com for the quick service, and providing me a few extra peppers to try out, much appreciated!

Nice to see Fred The Crow stop by this morning for a cracker. Haven’t seen him in quite a while.

I made this greenhouse 7 years ago while recovering from chemo. Converted it to a hydroponic system 5 years ago, incorporating Dutch Buckets, for the larger items(peppers, tomatoes, beans and cucumbers. Smaller items go in the three white tubes or “rails” which works as an NFT (Nutrient Film Technique).

I also have some of the simple Kratky buckets, which is just nutrients a water in a bucket feeding the roots. Both buckets use Netcups filled with hydroton clay balls to stabilize the plants.

I’ve used the General Hydroponics Flora series nutrients since I started. Usually around $65 CDN for the 3 bottles. I generally use a shot glass of each in my 64 litre tank.

When not on my greenhouse, I like to spend my time drawing shirt designs using the Procreate app. Shirts, stickers, mugs, hoodies, pillows and other items available here: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/dave...

Other places to find me are here: https://www.linktr.ee/davedanchuk

Please let me know if there are any details of my greenhouse or hydroponic set up you’d like to know more about, and I’ll try to answer here, or show it in one of my next videos.

Happy growing!