$10 Hydroponic Tower Garden Cheap & Easy
This Video is from the Youtube channel: “Keep on Growin’ with Mike VanDuzee”.
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Living in the cold Canadian climate, I was so pleased to learn from you this winter. Greens have been outrageously expensive this year. Thanks to you, I have had an ongoing supply of lettuce and bok choi all winter. Your channel is awesome. Thanks again.
Thank you! This makes me extremely happy.
fellow Canuck here – good to see people taking the time to reap a harvest in their own homes, as it’s absolutely do-able with consistent care! greetings from MB
Love it!!!!!!!!
@Keep on Growin’ with Mike VanDuzee what are the yellow plugs the roots are growing out of. Did I miss a video?
@Keep on Growin’ with Mike VanDuzee Ok but all of my Herbs are small potted plants in dirt that I bought at Lowe’s. I see your are only roots and no dirt at all
. So do I not use any dirt at all in these buckets? Do I have to remove and wash all of the dirt off the roots before I can put them in the holes of the bicket
Was researching vertical garden towers and was freaking out about the $700 and up price tag
(and that’s usd) then I stumbled upon your channel. This stuff resonates with me, to reuse, recycle and eliminate waste. I love it. I’m growing seeds using the wet paper towel method and in the meantime collecting all the components I need, for free or at a bargain. Atm I’ve only paid for the hydroponic nutrient, pool noodle and seeds. Love love loving this, regards from Sydney Australia
Kindred spirits!
Yes! Agree ! Fantastic!
as a fellow sydneysider, super excited to follow this with some good ol’ handy pails as every other tutorial i’ve seen uses PVC piping which is SUPER expensive here right now – we’re in this together!!
A gardener’s best friend, teaching us to keep it simple, cheap and easy. Thank you.
I tried those containers from the 1.25 store and it got brittle and broke. I hope it works 4 you. I have been doing hydro for 30 years. As a single mother it helped the grochery bills. Now my 20 year old does it. Love your channel. Thanks for the insperation. I’m trying to show my apartment dweler feiends that a padio works too, but now the apartments are revolting on what you can put on your padio. So, I used a beach mat to make the buckets look a bit like “nice planters”. Where there is a will theres a way!! Thanks!!
Awesome! Keep up the great work!
Thank YOU for sharing this post…
“YOU GO GIRL”… So Proud of YOU
You could also paint designs on them, if you have the time and inclination
it could be expensive but vinyl could be attached to the buckets to color them.
@jetah
Or Paint them with Walmart EXTERIOR Latex Paint? Make sure to Clean the Buckets with Vinegar first …
Or Spray Paint would work… (Expensive)…
I’d cut the buckets in half and use the bottom half as you do, then cover with the lid. Index each bucket in the stack so holes are alternating. Doubles food density. Will alter the possible thermal mass of having two-ish instead of four-ish gallons of water.
Do it and show me.
Nice to have options! Clever idea, I like this one and also the individual jugs. The jugs allow a complete harvest and replant as needed for continual production. The towers are perfect for outdoors in tight spaces.
I’ve started using the Polyethylene Pipe Insulation tubes since I had a half dozen left over from a job around the house. I looked it up and everything I read said it’s safe around food. So, I began using them in my Kratky downspouts. I use a pair of scissors to cut 3/4″ long pieces of the insulation foam tube made for 1/2″ pvc pipe. Cheap and easy, like pool noodles. I prefer using 1″ holes in my downspouts as it gives a better seal and less chance for the foam to get knocked out. I use the pool noodles on things that are gonna get large diameter before harvest. Works great on the smallest jars, tupperware, leftover containers, and even the plastic tubs that lettuce and spinach and such comes in from the store (note… must cut the holes daintily! LOL).
For other potential places to get cheap buckets I would recommend reaching out to your local bakeries. They go through a ton of 4-5 gallon buckets for frosting and pie filling.
Also, donut shops
Greek restaurants, yoghurt buckets
Pepsi and coke, have 50 gal plastic containers they can be used for rain water or plants.
OK thanks I’ll look into that!
I get 3-4 gallon buckets from the bakery department of my local grocery store for free. I’ve been using them to collect sap for maple syrup. Looks like I’ve got a new project!
I think what would be good to do is merge the two ideas, do 3 of the firehouse buckets, and then a 4th one with the mesh basket on top! Then you can use all the space while also being able to stack them still. Just started following you recently and can’t wait to start my garden soon, I basically grew up with my grandmas garden and love having gardens
brings me home
Finally someone who is spreading some good karma without doing so for profit or reward. Thank you! Very informative.
I got my dirty little paws on an AeroGarden last year (my in laws bought it, used it for a year then put it in the garage where I liberated it) and I am SOLD on hydro! Seeing you do this makes me wonder what else I can do! I’ve been a gardner most of my life – started young with the “garden” (it was a small farm is what it was) when we were kids in Texas – and I’ve been wanting to expand into hydro outside as well so I can grow my greens inside and the flowering plants outside since it gets too warm to be able to grow greens outside.
THIS? This is something I can do without having to deal with huge beds or tilling or trying to figure out how to deal with giant pots! I now have ideas on how to get my maters out from the front yard and into a side yard or on the back porch so I can plant flowers and stuff in the front.
THANK YOU so much, Mike. This was the first video I’ve seen of yours and you’ve gained a follower!
The only question I have is how do you keep the water from getting too hot in the summer sun? Tennessee can get SUPER hot and I don’t want to boil my plant’s roots.
Man this is awesome, I can’t wait to try it! Here in Hawaii, a lot of the soil is sapped of nutrients from decades of mass monocrop farming, so this is a promising solution to supplement sustainable local agriculture efforts on the islands! Thanks for the great video
This is great! I live in NYC but I love gardening and food is expensive so this gives me loads of options for indoor gardening. Thanks. And gardening should be taught in schools
I LOVE your Analogy of starting with the easy math before the higher level math! Totally speaks to me! Ive been wanting to plant things for years and this video was actually something i felt i could do.! I am definitely going to do this. Thank you.
This was an ingenious idea you are super talented. I went to both my local Firehouse subs and bought out other buckets and made myself three towers three buckets high and they perform well and now my grandpa has one that three buckets high and all my friends built three towers three buckets high because of how easy it is you are amazing thank you for teaching me this!!
Cool! Wait till you see the tomatoes!
You could drill a 1/4” hole at the level you want your water to stop at and it will run out if overfilled. Much like a GroBucket system is designed. Really cool ideas. I’m going to try some similar this year. Thank you.
So smart!
Absolute game changer method of growing plants. The option to grow vertically off-grid is absolutely insane.
7:16 $1.25 store
I say the same thing! I greatly appreciate you sharing these economical hands-off kratky ideas, it helps families like mine to eat healthy but we are verypoor, so this helps tremendously & is very appreciated!
I believe what you’re doing is a word changing experience. It’s not rocket science and when we share our experiences we can literally feed the world.
Start by feeding your family and friends and grow from here. I’m sure plenty of supermarkets would buy good produce thus paying for everything that you need. I’m definitely going to start a farm using this system and baring in mind climate change and it’s effects on food availability and costs. It’s a very exciting time for those people who are prepared to do some work or hire someone to help. Good luck everyone
I like this. I’m definitely going to try doing this.
As you said at the end of the video, this method makes hydroponics very accessible to starters. like me
Awesome! One of the easiest ways to get into hydroponics.