Managing a Hydroponic Herb Farm: The Water Gardens Tour
This Video is from the Youtube channel: “Hoocho”.
Hoocho Visits the Water Gardens and we explore the processes behind operating a hydroponic herb farm.
Time Stamps
00:00 – Intro
02:20 – Nutrient Film Technique System Design
08:40 – How the Business Works
09:57 – What and How to Grow
19:04 – Propagation Techniques and Information
27:35 – How to Plant and Germinate Seeds
34:54 – Pumps, System Controllers, System Cooling
44:00 – Fertiliser/Nutrients
58:20 – Water Source/Treatment
58:55 – Final Discussion and Things You Should Know
I gotta say this is one of my favorite videos on your channel! I am definitely looking forward to seeing more of Troy, either at his farm or at your place xD
What a wealth of knowledge techniques and ideas the difference between home grower and small time commercial grower appreciate how in depth you went with it cheers mate scored alot of ideas from this one definitely a keeper I’ll be sure to chuck a big fat like for this one 👍
Thanks so much for showing a large (to me) operation! I must have missed it, but is he using 100% vermiculite as his growing medium? Or is he mixing it with something? PS – Thanks so much for your channel, last Winter I started my first indoor hydro lettuce operation, and it was so great to have fresh salads all Winter long!
Just vermiculite
So inspiring, educational and showing what you can achieve in two years. One of your best videos.
Super video, great to see you visit a ” hobbyist” farm. Thank you Hoocho and Troy from Water Gardens sharing his knowledge.
Cheers Brian!
quite possibly my favorite video on your channel. I’m quite impressed with the entire channel but this setup (slightly smaller to make my wife happy) is my dream!
what an awesome video. the microhpnes volumes, shot angles, plant info, variety of methods and tips, tone of voice, literally eveything in this video is very well done. im not into hydro famring but watched the whole thing. might start after seeing this.
Excellent, informative video. I would also like to say very heart warming as well. To hear what that couple overcame personally and make a go at farming at their scale is an inspiration. Huge thumbs up!
That’s a great system… Much cleaner, and more efficient. I have my own mini hydroponics setup, but yours, is beautiful! 👌
This is an incredible video, even more so doing it in that weather! Troy has quite the operation going, wouldn’t call it halfway through to industrial. Would have been nice to get an idea also of the business side of things, regarding profit and where to invest it scaling up – I don’t imagine one would go industrial overnight.
Great stuff, Troy! From IT professional to “hobby” farmer is quite the switch! Well done!!
Great video. Not sure if it was covered or not but do you know how much water a system like this would consume daily for summer/winter?
Hey Hoocho Great show. This tip may help your friend for his farm. He could use pool noodles to lay over the water hoses to keep cool. Really cheap and all you have to do is slice it down the centre and place over it.
Loved this video!! I have to say the split in the middle is genius!!! That’s my dream to be able to have a setup like that!!! Wow!! What an incredible blessing!! Seeing all the difficulties with the external factors I couldn’t help but wonder if a lot could be resolved by an indoor grow area instead of outside?? I was thinking it would dramatically reduce things from clogging the tubing like leaves falling etc., plus the temp control if done inside could control not only the ambient temps but also the water temps., also with the advancement in water filtration I would think that a much smaller inline filter system would work much easier and likely much less expensive then the ten tones of sand? Although I’m sure it was a fantastic and extremely innovative idea 25 Yrs ago when the farm first began there is definitely something to be considered when upgrading or changing. I could definitely envision the entire system indoors. Would there be any disadvantages to indoor growing on a scale this size? I sure can’t think of any except for maybe flooding but appropriate drain holes would have to be installed into the building. And a sub pump of sorts. Just a thought as to how to mitigate some of the obvious current problems. Certainly a bricks and mortar building capital expense would be a significant outlay of $$ I think it would pay for itself in no time. I’d love to see an update on this farm in the near future and I pray he and his wife are healthy and doing well after two extremely serious health issues. To be able to persevere despite all obstacles in their way. May God bless them both and keep them healthy & happy🥰❤️🇨🇦🙏🏻🌈🌱.
Guys, you’ve created a RESOURCE! So many thanks for such an insightful and honest look at the operations. This is new favorite to return to again and again!
With some small coding and some relatively inexpensive parts, you could actually use a small waterwheel type device connected to sensors to detect if it is rotating at the end of each pipe to automatically warn you when no water is coming out of the pipe.
While we may not be cooking for looks. In my time in restaurants, I was taught that we eat with our eyes first. This is such an incredibly informative video. Can’t wait to try applying some of these techniques on an herb garden now that I finally have a yard.
I love this video! I’ve watched it 3 times over the past year. Not even just to learn, but it’s peaceful and and enjoyable. Good job guys.
What an awesome set up! Love the plant starts area especially. Very informative which I appreciate 👍🏻
Absolutely phenomenal video and info guys 👏
Thank you 🎉