Four-foot hydroponics

Best Crops for a First Hydro Tub

Lettuce and basil finish. Tomatoes punish a first tub. That is the whole crop lesson.

Start short and fast

Leaf lettuce, basil, mint, chives. Weeks, not a season. They stay inside a four-foot footprint if you do not overcrowd the net pots.

First crops lettuce and basil; tomatoes later
Short crops first. Climbers later.

Not yet

Tomatoes want more light, more feed, and more time. Carrots want soil depth a tub does not have. Save them.

Light on the leaves

Twelve to fourteen hours on the canopy. A cheap LED aimed at the plants beats a bright lamp aimed at the wall.

LED aimed at the leaf canopy for 12 to 14 hours
Aim at the leaves. Count the hours.

No tub, and you have a yard:

Raised bed year one

A thin grocery week is stored food, not seedlings from yesterday:

Season and a thin grocery week

4-Foot Farm Blueprint — small indoor grow plan

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Keep a steady harvest coming

Picked your crops? The FlarePress Hydro Tub Logbook & Calculator turns the days-to-harvest from your seed packets into a succession sowing schedule – sow, transplant and harvest dates for up to 6 rounds – and logs every harvest by weight, count and store value. Includes printable net-pot labels and a harvest wall calendar.

See the Hydro Tub Logbook →

It's a planner and logbook, not a grow guide – for the build and setup, the 4 Foot Farm Blueprint covers it → 4 Foot Farm Blueprint

Moving some crops out to a garden bed too? The FlarePress Seed Starting Calculator turns your frost dates into sowing and transplant dates → Seed Starting Calculator. The 4 Foot Farm Blueprint stays the main offer on this page.

FAQ

How many plants?

Enough space that leaves do not pile on each other. Crowding is how a first tub fails.

What do you get with the blueprint?

A digital plan sold through ClickBank — not seeds in a box.

4-Foot Farm Blueprint — small indoor grow plan

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