Stealth Hydro

[old blue]

always have spare buckets.i just started myself in dwc.yes i changed mine out this morning.every 7-9 days,thats how i'm doing it.just have another bucket ready to go.ph'd and tds'd.all you have to do then is change the net pot over to the new bucket.i am going to veg mine until about 10-12 inches and then flower.i've had head space room problems before,growing in soil.so i want to try keep them around 3-3.5 feet tall.if your using lst,just change the lid out,if you are tying to the lid.

Cool, thanks for the input. Since i'll be doing lst, i'll be using the 6" net aero lids, that fit directly on the 5 gal buckets, so i can just drill some holes in the edges of the lids and use pipe cleaners to tie em down to the lid, to ease transferring to other buckets.

 

[andy52]

that sounds good to me.i did some serious studying before doing this dwc.and for once i had everything i needed to begin with.just remember to sterilize your buckets

 

[bigweedo]

Would you guys keep the water pump pumping nutrients 24/7 into the pots or give it a little break? I heard a guy saying if you turn the pump off for periods of time the roots will grow faster.

 

[andy52]

i keep mine going 24-7 i never heard that 1.unless its ebb and flow.

 

[The Hemp Goddess]

A 30 gallon rubbermaid is a lot bigger container. More volume plus more surface on top. I have an 18 gallon right now (24x16) on top, while a 30 gallon is (32x19). Think this would help? A 5 gallon bucket has a 12 radius. So, 4 plants in 5 gallon buckets would take up 4 square feet, while this rubbermaid would take up around 3 square feet with 10 more gallons

Am i going down the right path here? Suggestions would be great!
Thanks,
BW

I like individual buckets. If you only have 4 plants or so, it is not a big deal to change out the buckets. I do like Andy does--I have spare buckets and just swap them out. One of the things that about having just 1 reservoir is that if you screw something up (like nutes), you can kill all your plants at once almost instantly. A 30 gal container will be impossible to move with water in it. And a 32x19 container takes up 4.22 sq ft, 4 5 gal buckets take up 4 sq ft.

What is the height of your space?

 

[The Hemp Goddess]

Would you guys keep the water pump pumping nutrients 24/7 into the pots or give it a little break? I heard a guy saying if you turn the pump off for periods of time the roots will grow faster.

Water pump? What type of hydro are you planning on doing? Why not just do DWC? It is soooooooooo easy.

 

[bigweedo]

Well, it essentially is dwc. I'm going to run the pump until the roots hit the nutrient solution. When the roots are submerged I'm going to take the pump out and just run the oxygen pump. The question is, if I have a 35 gallon resevoir with 5.5 inch pots, how much solution do I fill up each time? Do I change the res. every 7-10 days?
Thanks,
BW

 

[The Hemp Goddess]

Well, it essentially is dwc. I'm going to run the pump until the roots hit the nutrient solution. When the roots are submerged I'm going to take the pump out and just run the oxygen pump. The question is, if I have a 35 gallon resevoir with 5.5 inch pots, how much solution do I fill up each time? Do I change the res. every 7-10 days?
Thanks,
BW

When I first got my reservoirs, I filled them with 5 gals of water at a time and made marks at different water levels so that I would know how much water I was using--you have a 5 gal mark, a 10 gal mark, a 15 gal mark, etc, etc. I keep the reservoir at different levels based on how large the roots are. As the plant roots grow, I lower the water level so that the roots are not entirely submerged.

I personally like to change out the water/nutes in my res every 7-10 days. This is one of those questions that you will get differing answers on. Some never change their res out, but just add nutes when the water level gets low.

 

[HydroManiac]

BG to answer your question since no seems they dont want to experiment hydro plants grow less roots because of the fact nutes and water are prestine conditions for the plants to grow lst and topping should do you fine if you want to grow 6 plants in your bubbleponics kit

P.S. Id run the pump the whole time unless you wanna conserve energy :hubba:

 

[bigweedo]

So, if I'm going to do bubblepoincs (with a pump pumping directly to pots)with 5.5 inch pots in a 35 gallon rubbermaid, how much nutrient solution should I fill the container up with each time? 10-15 gallons?