r/kratky

I'd like to try growing lettuce, kale, cherry tomatoes, regular tomatoes, basil, raspberries, peppers, and mint.

From what I've ready, it seems like all of these should be doable, but tomatoes may require a bigger reservoir. When I harvest what I want to eat that day/week (particularly with lettuce), do I have to start from scratch after and plant a new seed? Or can I just pluck what I want and have a continuous supply?

I'm not eating tons of veggies at a time but would like to up my intake too. Appreciate any advice. Haven't started my supply yet but plan to go all out next week and plant all at once in mason jars! (Though I am also contemplating using 1-2 square PVC pipes with multiple veggies in each).

Just wondering the best way to go about it!

New to Kratky and want to get up and running asap. Seems like the buy in cost isn't too bad, so I'm wondering if I could have all the veggies I want in 1-2 pvc pipes. Would this be okay or should I stick with mason jars and socks?

Benefit of PVC pipe is I can utilize space better and only have 1-2 reservoirs to fill as needed. It will also look cooler and more sleek/professional.

Downside could be cleaning and maybe more prone to spillage.

The veggies I want to grow (for now):

• basil
• mint
• cherry tomatoes
• regular tomatoes
• lettuce
• kale
• radishes
• raspberries (if possible)
• pepper (some sort, not sure which kind yet but not hot ones)

Any suggestions on jars vs pvc? Are all these or most doable with either?

I want to do some kratky growing outdoors (mostly in buckets) but when it rains, how do you prevent the rain from entering the buckets and interfering with the nutes/rations/etc???