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If anyone wants to rebuild this, the part you where missing is a "4 way tree", not a very common part, you might need to order it online. Alternatively you could use a "3 way elbow" for one of the corners to have the line up there.
Curtis loved your mad max comment. i think alot of people need that kind of wake up
What size is the oval collection tank?
Hey Curtis, Thanks for the vid. I have a question concerning the washing area during the cold winter season, just wondering how you manage and protect your material during a freezing period ? I eventually found a place at my home to put my washing station, just need to put a roof or a simple but robust canopy on it, I have a clean concrete soil and need to put a water pipe. A little worried about how to cope with harsh freeze… I am in the north part of France, it can be mild but it can be pretty cold as well, a climate like yours in Kelowna but much less dry
roughly how many gallons is that tub and how many lbs of lettuce can you wash before needing to change the water….thank you much!
Hey Curtis do you use an electric pressure washer? Do you find it sufficient enough power for your needs? I want to avoid gas wherever i can but i want something that will get the job done. Im assuming you only really need it in the one area of your farm so you dont need an enormous cable length. Thanks for all your inspiring vids man. Im starting up in Metchosin on Vancouver Island and plan be be selling by May.
Built this with an old electric leaf blower for air, works great for my size setup
did you have to connect the wires of the waterway blower to an extension cord?
Points given for ingenuity, points removed for maintenance. More recent posts on your channel are hyper critical on DIY approaches and apparently those folks are not longterm fans like myself. Bubblers are interesting but I think it is an extra step. I may think that because I'm still a tray farmer. I'm going to resist in ground row farming as long as I can – waste of 3D space.
Disinfecting has got to be a problem, as is always true for permanent open air approaches. I appreciate your point on recycling the water but disagree. I think your experiences then were based on the volume of water this approach wastes. It's not "mad max" thinking to keep your eco self enclosed. Eight liters of water per 5lbs of microgreens is easily used to water mix management farms which mix in multiuse trees that produce fruit, pods, and bark residuals. "Waste" water from cleaning greens is actually rich nutrient water for the next tier.
I'm fully aware we have different priorities. I'm building something my special needs son (now only 15) can run for several generations. I appreciate you, and Diego has bought in as well, is year by year for your shorter term targets. I don't think either approach is wrong – it's a matter of horizon. I have kids 30, 16, and 15. You have a toddler. I'm building a sustainable farm for them no matter what the future can throw at us, you're making immediate money. I assume you plan to cash out in a decade at most. I'm skeptical farming without specialization will last more than a decade without becoming more and more a Chinese or South American dependency. I'm skeptical rising fuel costs and climate change will allow row farming to last long. I'm especially skeptical that fresh water will be as affordable long term as you assume.
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Busy Bee! All I can say is wow! And thank you for sharing enjoyed it very much
I'll add another idea to the suggestions for efficient removal of greens from your bubbler, particularly since you're no longer using the laundry bags in your latest updates: pick up a couple of big plastic leaf rakes from the hardware store, remove the pole handles and use them the same as you would salad serving claws to get your greens out of the water in one scoop. Here's some salad serving claws on amazon so you get the idea… http://www.amazon.com/dp/B072F2R651
Curtis, if you didn't have a power washer, would you use the greens bubbler for root vegetables as well?
Is the wash tub, PVC and PVC adhesive all food safe? Just curious.
Just put your greens in a net bag and dip in toilet, flush a couple times. Good to go.
I got an inline fan that I used to push hot air out of a greenhouse. Do you think that it would generate enough pressure to do the same job as a jacuzzi pump?
How long do you typically have to bubble the green to get all the stuff off. Slugs are stubborn
Any idea how much liters of air you want flowering through your bin per minute to get the greens nice and clean? So far I can get pumps that do about 80 liters per minute, they do cost about 200 dollars though.
hey, this is so cool! and how this one remove the insect and dirtys? do have some filter?
Ok what about health and safety. What's the regulations about washing greens.
A big thank you Curtis! I'm creating my first market garden here in Sweden, your help is MUCH appreciated! On my way to pick up an old jacuzzi right now for free – gonna have a blast making a bubbler thanks to you! Cheers //Martin
Howdy Curtis, how did you convert this to a three prong plug?
A big step-up than mine.I used a 20 gallon tote and a shop vac same pvc setup. It brused the lettuce and still had dirt and aphids on my greens. Still had hand wash.. How clean dose your larger system get the lettuce? Good video…
I see on store salad mixes they say "triple washed". Should we be washing three times?
This is very smart!
This was really useful, thanks. What airpump are you using?
you really save my life, i 've stucked in this problem for weeks :(( Thank you so much!!
Hi Curtis,
The bubbler is better with the dead end, there would be a backflow of air if you would connect the endpipe….nice work m8!!!! greets from Belgium!