Video on Weed Free Outdoor Hydroponic Gardening

by erica on November 10, 2007

This video is on “Weed-Free Outdoor Hydroponic Gardening”. This video starts out really slow and there is a lot of dead time in the video. The quality of the video is a bit rough and fuzzy in places. The narrator (who presents the video behind the camera the whole time) has probably not made a lot of videos. However, he does bring out some good points about hydroponic gardening. If you are looking to learn something about the subject matter, then you should definitely take the time to watch this video.

According to the narrator, hydroponic gardening is the better way to garden. There is very little labor involved. You don’t have to do any weeding or watering. All you have to do is trellis fruit and then pick it. With hydroponic gardening, production is great and labor is low.

A lot of video time is spent with the narrator discussing what he has grown using hydroponic gardening. He talks about Carmella tomatoes, giant tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, rosemary, hot peppers, pumpkins, watermelons, basil, and all of the basics.

Here is how it works. You need a basic hookup with a spigot on the house. One side controls the water hose and the other side has a ¼” line which is buried underground. A float valve keeps the water level where it needs to be so it never runs dry. When it’s working, a timer will kick the pump on and nutrient solution will run through the tubing into trays. For half an hour, nutrient solution is delivered to the plants. The timer then shuts the pump off and everything drains back down. As the water is draining back down, it pulls fresh oxygen into the roots. This is what keeps the roots healthy and why hydroponic gardening is so successful.

Nice wide rows make it easy to find fruit. You will have a lot less bugs and weeds if you use hydroponic gardening. There are several different hydroponic systems to use depending on what you want and what works for you.

This video is recommended for those of you who need basic introductory knowledge of hydroponic gardening. You will most likely need to seek additional resources after watching this if you wish to embark on hydroponic gardening, as this video is not incredibly specific.

{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }

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Geotge Gurrola 04.19.08 at 2:50 pm

No indication of where to buy materials. Just says “store”

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Gardening Video Guy 04.19.08 at 3:30 pm

Here are a couple of places to get hydroponic planters that are ready made:

http://www.cleanairgardening.com/hydroponic.html

http://www.cleanairgardening.com/hydroponics.html

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