Sustainable urban agriculture hydroponic vegetable greenhouse.dv
This video shows the Urban Food Farm from urbanfoodfarms.com It’s a complete greenhouse kit system with hydroponics, irrigation, soil-less growing and a very efficient space layout to grow organic vegetables and herbs year round. The greenhouse floor plant is 8×12. Normally the greenhouse walls are clear polycarbonate but since it’s been raining they are covered in condensation. We tried to show the inside of the greenhouse design and closeup of all the vegetable plants. Compare to the other videos taken 2 weeks and 3 weeks prior, the vegetable and herb plants grow fast. This video is from 12 it’s hard to believe it’s December, the plants are growing as if it was March. This video shows a close look of the tomato plants, all the herb plants like chives, basil, cilantro, mint and a few others, there are also cucumber, zucchini, squash, lettuce, micro greens and strawberry plants. Some of the plants we planted from seed on week 2 of the project and others like the older tomato and cucumber plants were brought from an older version of this vegetable hydrofarm. All of the vegetables grown are organic from hybrid seed. The greenhouse layout plan in this 8×12 hobby greenhouse offers 144 foot of hydroponic soil-less growing all done in coco coir.The combination of the greenhouse plan, the coco and the clear plastic walls allows this hydrofarm to grow as much as 6x more than the same space planted in the ground. The amount of work is also considerably less thanks to automated …
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AND MAY I ADD THE WROCLOW NON-CIRCULATING HYDROPONIC SYSTEM DEVELOPED IN POLAND DURING THE COLD WAR. If terra-preta powdered charcoal or activated carbon combined with composite rock dusts powder mixtures is combined with these three hydroponic systems then yields will increase by 880% or more. An another idea is to use larger size activated carbon or charcoal pieces the size of fine gravel and impregnate them with rock dust powder dissolved and saturated water and using it to water this system.
darthvader5300
July 25, 2012 at 4:20 pm
The hydroponic movement seems to be deliberately IGNORING TWO IMPORTANT HYDROPONIC SYSTEMS WHICH IS THE MITTLEIDER METHOD AND THE BENGAL METHOD, BOTH OF WHICH ARE VERY SIMPLE AND CHEAP TO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN. MAYBE BECAUSE OF THEIR EXTREME SIMPLICITY, CHEAPNESS TO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN IS WHAT MAKING THE HYDROPONIC MOVEMENT SHUNNING THEM BECAUSE CHEAP EQUALS LOW PROFIT MARGINS!
darthvader5300
July 25, 2012 at 4:24 pm
I love vegetables and fruits but I don’t even know how to grow a tomato.
NeoMatudio
July 25, 2012 at 4:54 pm
I love it!
InvisiMan2006
July 25, 2012 at 5:05 pm
You could call it an Israeli invention because both myself and the guy I work with are Israelis. But we invented that system in CA USA using Israeli material. The gutter company did not want to sell us because their minimum order is 5km, they only sell to agriculture. No one sells this hydroponic growing solution in Israel, we are the only company that sells it.
ironyc2
July 25, 2012 at 5:17 pm
This is an Israeli invention
shinethelove1
July 25, 2012 at 5:23 pm
Love the desing! Thinking about building and using mine for ‘carnivorous plants’ / and some for like what you have, as to eat BETTER! Good job, & Great video!
acarnivorous
July 25, 2012 at 5:30 pm
Pollination depends on the plant. Some eggplants, melons and watermelons need to be put outside or manually pollinated.
ironyc2
July 25, 2012 at 5:40 pm
in the winter do you have to hand pollinate the flowers?
saberur66
July 25, 2012 at 6:28 pm
I’m in southern California (LA). The greenhouse has a vent that opens and closes automatically with the heat. It does not use electricity only heat activated hydraulic. I also have a 30w solar panel that powers a fan for air circulation and cooling.
How much space do you have? What climate are we talking about? Depending in where the system will be installed there may be very cheap ways to heat in the winter, very green too.
ironyc2
July 25, 2012 at 7:12 pm
what part of the US are you located in? Do you have any issues with climate control within the greenhouse? Could a greenhouse design like this work in a cold weather winter, or would it need supplemental heating? Also does this greenhouse have a system for exhausting hot air in the summer months?
atz123ify
July 25, 2012 at 7:59 pm
good for Nor Cal, wont need a permit cause its 144 sq.ft. and can build a second one. Nice job.
TheDesmosabie
July 25, 2012 at 8:16 pm
We use coco coir for all the plants. The fertilizer is fish emulsion, kelp extract and microbial booster. The coco and fertilizers are certified organic.
ironyc2
July 25, 2012 at 8:20 pm
What kind of medium do you have your zucchini in? Also what brand of fertilizer are you using?
777ech
July 25, 2012 at 9:04 pm
What an amazing hydroponics garden! I love how the zucchinis and the strawberry plants look. They are awesome! I wish I can get the same success. Sustainable gardening is really the great way to go. It’s amazing that there is a greenhouse kit available that has all tools and equipment that growers need.
growgarden
July 25, 2012 at 9:33 pm
Jerry93M we sell the complete system. Please check the website urbanfoodfarms
ironyc2
July 25, 2012 at 10:22 pm
wow man thats so cool were did you buy the greenhouse i like all the plant there so cool =) i have a video on my channel on how to grow popcorn =)
Jerry93M
July 25, 2012 at 11:20 pm