A Visit to Swank Hydroponic Farm Growing Vertically and Naturally 

I would love to have a farm. look at all the vegetables you can grow. WOW!!!!! If I had the bee's I would make honey. honey never goes bad.

Farming honey is a great idea. Most of the natural bees in the wild are disappearing due to global warming. We use to see a lot of bees in our yard back in the 1980's. Today, if we're lucky, we find some bees pollinating our garden. I have n't seen the ladybugs either. Have you?

This is a really important hydroponic video because it's not using a greenhouse. Too many people assume you have to have a greenhouse for hydroponics. In moderate climates like the lower part of the US you mostly don't need them for cold. Where you do need cold protection, a passively heated greenhouse like the Chinese versions or walipinis are a better solution.

I think this is one of the best videos this year. I would love to have a hydroponic garden set up like that. I am inspired. How about using compost tea as a means of giving the plants the nutrients they need? Do you think that would provide enough nutrition for the plants? I truly believe hydroponics is the farming of the future. More yield per acre.

Hey John, Have you thought about a aquaponics set up? You can also grow your own fish as well as you own greens.

@OS253 I live in a colder area so we do still see bees and lots of ladybugs. Every year I have lady bugs covering my back of my house. My dogs eat them as crunchy snacks. The bees we do see are huge as big or a little bigger then cherry tomatoes but we see more hornets. Both are very aggressive.

Good video John, I have to check it out

What a great video! John, even though some of these guys have dream setups, you are doing OUTSTANDING work by bringing all this information to us. I can't have a garden right now but I'm studying all your videos and I totally intend to make use of this great knowledge. Thank you so much!

Very nice, now my family in Cambodia just want to try like you guy. Thank you for sharing.

I have thought of it and have seen it, but want to wait until I see more examples of those systems before I install one.

amazing place. Hope to visit someday

@growingyourgreens man your the best! great work! thank you!

well done! excellent focus on genetic diversity. I always plant several types of each veggie in my garden so that I can cope with the freakish new england weather and climate change

I love the idea of farming honey while gardening too. Double wammy :)

They do use compost tea. There was soo much footage that didnt make the cut, due to the 10 minute youtube time limit.

do u think u could use butterflys instead of bees?

Wow. Very impressive! Did you happen to ask how many pounds of produce they produce a year on average?

Hey, I grow lettuces and other green leafy on my small hydroponics farm here at Lake MacDonald, Queensland, Australia and unknowing I am doing almost exactly the same as you. We are open to the elements, not in a greenhouse, but this is so awesome to see

guy on the right needs a better mic. The video would have been much better. nice operations and information though.

Wow, that is really impressive. Very beautiful operation. What do you do when you are hit with a hurricane?

Nice set up! I have been thinking of operating an NFT system similar to this commercially in VA. Where did you purchase the rail system, or what brand is it? Also wondering if you use the same nutrient solution for all the different plants, or do you have separate systems different banks of rails? Thanks and glad to see you have done well for you self here!

Didn't ask. But alot. Many are micro greens, so they don't weigh alot

Also, what makes this "natural" as opposed to other hydroponic operations? (I am very interested in the topic)

There is no legal defninition of "natural". Just because your hydroponic doesn't meant you dont use pesticides. Normal hydroponic growers may use pesticides, fungicides, etc.

What does he do when a storm comes with high winds, looks like he is in Florida where Im located. I have the room for something like this. I have 6 acres but worry about high winds with a structure like this. I guess he doesn't do much in the winter.

To have a hydroponic production cerfied organic where I live, one has to use non-inert substrates. Maybe that's why they aren't certified ?

I own 55 acres sitting on Arizona's largest water table. Look for investors to help develop it. It use to be Alfalfa fields.

Can not hear what the farmer is saying!