5 Gallon DWC/DiY

[IRISH]

mine don't have specs either DJ. so yeah. this will accomodate 1 , 5 gallon bucket...

 

[DonJones]

IRISH,

Thanks. By "this will accommodate 1, 5 gallon bucket" are you referring to the 30-60 gallon tank size from WalMart or the 200 gallon pump I found at PETCO? I think you are talking about the WalMart one but want to be sure before I buy the PETCO one thinking it will run several buckets

 

[IRISH]

i'm talking about the walmart 30-60 Aqua Culture, or the Whisper that walmart stocks. sounds like i need to visit Petco DJ. ...

tip #25 , some walmart stores carry worm castings in 10lb. bags. if yours does'nt, i can dig up an order # you can present to thier mgr., and ask nicely if they will stock this organic product in thier gardening section. ...Irish...

 

[DonJones]

Irish,

Here is the url for petco's online listing for everything they carry that deals with air systems. www.petco.com/Shop/SearchResults.aspx?Nav=1&N=0&Ntt=air+pumps

I was talking to one of the fish specialists and he said that he would be glad to sell me the name brand pumps, but they use the house brand in all of their tanks and they have a lot of money in fish in some of those tanks, especially the salt water tanks, so they must be reliable pumps.

The house brand pumps are at the right end of the top row. The big one that I'm looking at is Model #9904, uses 5 watts of power, is for use in tanks 26-212 gallons, includes four air outputs, four air stones, four check valves and (4) 78" of plastic tubing. About the only question I have is how loud it is, but that won't make much difference because my grow rooms are shut off from the rest of the house and I have at least 3 fans that run 24/7 anyway.

Also none of the brand name pumps list coming with the accessories like the PETCO house brand does.

I might have missed it, but what medium do you recommend for the waterfarm combination drip/DWC buckets? I'm considering either the recycled glass grow stones, coco chips, hydroton or the higromite silica stones. Oh, our water here has NO silica in it so I'm kind of leaning towards the higromite silica stones. I'm not sure if the glass grow stones release silica into the solution or not.

My 5 gallon bucket system should be ready soon. I'll post pictures of it as I put it together and then try to keep a grow journal, but I'm not real good at keeping records so that may be a problem.

Good Smoking --

 

[DonJones]

I noticed there were a couple of questions about getting square buckets. You can buy cat litter in square buckets, so if you know someone who buys their litter that way, just ask them for their empties. I think I think they are a little under 5 gallons, probably closer to 3.5 gallons US. I have seen pet and horse feed in square buckets too.

I have read elsewhere of people growing 6' plus plants in 3 gallon round buckets, so that should be big enough to autos.

Another source of 5 gallon round buckets is paint contractors -- they are always throwing them away and if you ask nice they will usually give you the lids too, BUT BE CAREFUL TO ONLY GET THE WATER-BASED PAINTS BECAUSE THE OIL BASED PAINTSMAY LEAVE HARMFUL RESIDUESOAKED INTO THE PLASTIC. If you get them while the paint is fresh it is pretty easy to clean out the water-based paints. Just dispose of the paint you clean out responsibly.

Good smoking--

 

[meds4me]

i'm talking about the walmart 30-60 Aqua Culture, or the Whisper that walmart stocks. sounds like i need to visit Petco DJ. ...

tip #25 , some walmart stores carry worm castings in 10lb. bags. if yours does'nt, i can dig up an order # you can present to thier mgr., and ask nicely if they will stock this organic product in thier gardening section. ...Irish...

Okay I'll ask....Please get me a stock # prettty please ?

 

[IRISH]

Irish,

Here is the url for petco's online listing for everything they carry that deals with air systems. www.petco.com/Shop/SearchResults.aspx?Nav=1&N=0&Ntt=air+pumps

I was talking to one of the fish specialists and he said that he would be glad to sell me the name brand pumps, but they use the house brand in all of their tanks and they have a lot of money in fish in some of those tanks, especially the salt water tanks, so they must be reliable pumps.

The house brand pumps are at the right end of the top row. The big one that I'm looking at is Model #9904, uses 5 watts of power, is for use in tanks 26-212 gallons, includes four air outputs, four air stones, four check valves and (4) 78" of plastic tubing. About the only question I have is how loud it is, but that won't make much difference because my grow rooms are shut off from the rest of the house and I have at least 3 fans that run 24/7 anyway.

Also none of the brand name pumps list coming with the accessories like the PETCO house brand does.

I might have missed it, but what medium do you recommend for the waterfarm combination drip/DWC buckets? I'm considering either the recycled glass grow stones, coco chips, hydroton or the higromite silica stones. Oh, our water here has NO silica in it so I'm kind of leaning towards the higromite silica stones. I'm not sure if the glass grow stones release silica into the solution or not.

My 5 gallon bucket system should be ready soon. I'll post pictures of it as I put it together and then try to keep a grow journal, but I'm not real good at keeping records so that may be a problem.

Good Smoking --

sorry Don. got lost. lol... yeah that 4-way is the one you want. i tried that tetra and dont like it as well as the aqua culture from walmart. (by any means, i'm not pitching for wallmart). lol...

i've only ever used the hydroten, with not one issue, so i can vouch for that...

let me know on the pet co 4 way? u like?...

 

[IRISH]

I noticed there were a couple of questions about getting square buckets. You can buy cat litter in square buckets, so if you know someone who buys their litter that way, just ask them for their empties. I think I think they are a little under 5 gallons, probably closer to 3.5 gallons US. I have seen pet and horse feed in square buckets too.

I have read elsewhere of people growing 6' plus plants in 3 gallon round buckets, so that should be big enough to autos.

Another source of 5 gallon round buckets is paint contractors -- they are always throwing them away and if you ask nice they will usually give you the lids too, BUT BE CAREFUL TO ONLY GET THE WATER-BASED PAINTS BECAUSE THE OIL BASED PAINTSMAY LEAVE HARMFUL RESIDUESOAKED INTO THE PLASTIC. If you get them while the paint is fresh it is pretty easy to clean out the water-based paints. Just dispose of the paint you clean out responsibly.

Good smoking--

> so far, i now know i prefer the round 5 gallon buckets... the smaller ones are inadequate for what were doing here...

 

[DonJones]

IRISH,

I have 3 clones that have lots of new growth on them and they are about 6" tall still in perlite. Are they small enough to switch over to all three of them in one 4 gallon square bucket DWC for a while , until I get my main Waterfarms setups going?

If I put them in small net pots, then what do I do to move them into to bigger pots, can I just put the whole little net pot in to the medium in the bigger net pot of should I just leave them alone in the perlite until they show signs of getting root bound?

Also, with your style of DWC how near the lid do I start it until the roots get longer and hanging into the solution?

By the way when people talk about bubblers are they talking about your style DWC/Cloner or something else?

Thank you! Good growing.
By the way, I'm in the middle of my first real harvest with start to finish grow of non-hermie crap. It is what I was told was real MTF. It is listed under MTF Lives on the GJ section if your interested.