I've been playing with hydroponics for the past three years outside. It became my lockdown project. [0] I tried four different methods: not-exactly nutrient fil

I've been playing with hydroponics for the past three years outside. It became my lockdown project. [0] I tried four different methods: not-exactly nutrient film, kratky buckets, ebb and flow, and areoponics. I personally, couldn't get the buckets to work, but most people do. Probably just mistakes on my part. This year it's been strawberries, eggplants, cucumbers, and kale. It's not hard. just check the water every day and top it off it if you need to. (You'll lose water due to transpiration during the hottest months.) Change the water ever couple of weeks. I know I'm not being the most efficient with it. Like I should check the pH levels, and electroconductivity, but I don't. I did the first year, but I haven't checked this year at all, and it works fine. If I was doing this for a job, or was a bit larger scale, I would, but it's not really worth it, especially since what I'd really want is a mass spectrometer or something to identify specifically which nutrients need added, instead of just when to chuck the whole water supply and start again. My main advice is make holders for small plants (i.e. Things in 3 inch net cups) if you're using ebb and flow, or simply keep the biggest plants in those. Otherwise, they'll flip, and you'll lose the plants. (This becomes obvious after an hour or so., so it's not really that useful.) [0] https://twitter.com/jonathankoren/status/1265181119508439040?s=20&t=XhqOPBARRYagWRzq-uakhQ https://twitter.com/jonathankoren/status/1265181119508439040...