The Dutch Multi-Bucket Experiments
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Hoocho showcases the Dutch Multi Bucket configuration of the Hooch Multi Bucket
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Thanks for doing the round pipe. I had been thinking about the concept and youve done the hard work for me 😊
Thanks for another great experiment, Hoocho! You mentioned the dutch bucket might be available for sale in the US – would that be on the Hydroland website or elsewhere? Can’t wait to give this a shot here in the Colorado Rocky Mountains!
Keeping the roots out of the gutter with the multibucket adapter seems like a killer feature for maintenance. Would love to see the anti-root feature maybe make its way back to the grow spike?
Hello Hoocho,
Did you consider using a 70mm round pipe ?
I like your Hooch buckets but would like to see a wick version.
Cut bottom out of net cup for wicks
Use root mat in bucket over wicks to stop or hinder roots in pipe.
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Give that some thought.
Cheers & keep on Hydroponicing !
I think for scaling up, containing the roots greatly reduces maintenance and clogging issues. Final decision depends on the yield, I guess! 🙂
I would be constantly worried that roots traveling down the run off pipe would block that pipe, I recently had a bato do this, and within a couple of days it emptied a 1000 litre res, Either way your results are fantastic, Hooch lets chat about me installing 200 of them in my new greenhouse, Robs Hydro…..
Can’t wait to see the multibuckets avaliable to the US.
I assume the net cups produce slightly more, but the Dutch buckets look so easy to clean/swap. Convenience is a major motivator for me.
Have you considered using something like Home Assistant and some cheap water sensors to get notifications when reservoir go dry?
very interesting…for fungal issues, make a water with ash….in one liter of water place about half of cup of ash…let sit for 24 hours and use 2 ounces per gallon of water…apply early or late during the day…start with 2 ounces and see what works…if no change pump 3 ounces and go from there. also remove a lot of the foliage….that helps a lot. I was having issues with early blite…and i was able to save the tomatoes…
One problem, the roots will grow into the drain eventually causing the bucket to over-flow. Continuous flow always plug drains. The printed Dutch bucket adaptor seemed to work the best. Did the plant do well in that one, It definitely grew roots.
Hoochos <3 LOVE IT ~ wish I was in Queensland. VIC is too cold for growing some of these things
Thank you for this idea
Interested to see productivity with this system
There might be an easier way to do the pipe adjustment without the heat gun by cutting out a (squared) saddle profile for the bucket to sit over.
Amazing! I’m buying more multi buckets. I love them. I have broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage growing in them currently and they are huge. Keep the videos coming, Hoocho. Much love, Michelle.
Sometimes I wish I lived in QLD. All my tomatoes just died as I live in Melbourne. : ( Do any of you guys have any luck with the “winter tomatoes” do you think I can grow these in Melbourne. I would be keen to get these Hooch Multi-buckets growing on my roof top over winter.
I had good success with my 14 bucket dutch bucket system this last growing season. I grew tomatoes that just come up from last year so they were kinda like a large tommy toe.Also some cucumbers and mini capsicum and chilies in between I made the same mistake of putting them too close together. Even though i started with 4 tomato plants more came up ended up with 8 tomato plants. It was a bit of a mess. Ran the pump nearly dry a few times because I think the tomatoes on those really hot days just drink it all. I thought I had a leak. although there was one bucket was clogged which may have caused an overflow To regulate the flow i used lots of those tiny taps on each bucket worked well. I need to find some cheaper nutrient if im going to keep going. Using general hydroponics powdered. Might give it a break next year, but well see what happens in spring. Looking forward to what crazy experiments you come up with next!
Gotta say, without seeing how well both options produced fruit, it’s hard see which is superior. The dutch bucket ones looked realy pot-bound, siggesting that the buckets are really not big enough for tomatoes. The ones that had their roots running down the pipe clearly had more root area available, but raise that question of whether indeterminate tomatoes are really suited to NFT.