DWC bucket refilling question

[snickers2771]

i am going to be using a homemade dwc bucket inside of a rubbermaid growbox. to refill the bucket with nutes and h2o do i just pour them through hydroton and use fill tube to no when to stop?

 

[TheDarkDefender]

I would just pop the lid a little and pour it in.

 

[Niko Bellick]

Well, figure out how many gallons or whatever it takes to bring the level two inches from the bottom of your net pot so theres no guessing about how much to put in. Once you know that then go mix up your nutes accordingly and just push the lid to the side abit and pour in. simple.

 

[snickers2771]

thanks for the responses.

 

[Phillip J Fry]

put an extra bucket in the system with no plant and use it as a control bucket.

 

[HSA]

Snickers2771: the extra bucket is important. Phillip J Fry is right because it makes changing nutes a whole lot easier. I have a bad back so I have to be very careful lifting. Are you considering cleaning your tub as well as refilling it with new nutes? I was taught that was just as necessary. I use a home brewing siphon to empty my tub into a more manageable bucket. From there the old nutes can be recycled into your dirt garden if you have one.

I keep an extra tub handy with about three gallons of new nutes to keep my lady's roots wet while I transfer them to the extra tub which becomes their new growing tub. When I get it back into place and I top it off it then I can clean out the former grow tub. I think you'll be surprised how much yuck you'll get out of the former grow tub, especially if you're growing in Hydroton pellets. I hope this helps. HSA

 

[ak.fortyseven]

I use the extra bucket too. You can use a small if you want to empty the water, makes it super easy, I use the pump to recirc the water some too daily.

 

[stuckonsticky]

Does the plant and roots just go to the other bucket? Then you get the original bucket ready? Sorry if that sounds dumb. I actualy.have a five gal dwc set up never used though cuz i dint know how. .But id like to try it side by side with soiless so i can see the difference

 

[VoidObject]

Hahahah no if you use two buckets one is just for controlling water/ppm/ph levels.

 

[snickers2771]

Snickers2771: the extra bucket is important. Phillip J Fry is right because it makes changing nutes a whole lot easier. I have a bad back so I have to be very careful lifting. Are you considering cleaning your tub as well as refilling it with new nutes? I was taught that was just as necessary. I use a home brewing siphon to empty my tub into a more manageable bucket. From there the old nutes can be recycled into your dirt garden if you have one.

I keep an extra tub handy with about three gallons of new nutes to keep my lady's roots wet while I transfer them to the extra tub which becomes their new growing tub. When I get it back into place and I top it off it then I can clean out the former grow tub. I think you'll be surprised how much yuck you'll get out of the former grow tub, especially if you're growing in Hydroton pellets. I hope this helps. HSA

im sorry im a lil confused. so in all you have 3 containers? the original one, the one you put the plant in during transfer and then the container your moving the plant to?

 

[VoidObject]

You need just one extra container per crop. Move the plant into the new container. Change the water/nutes and put it back. No need for that extra bucket you're thinking about.

 

[ak.fortyseven]

I prefer to tie a resivoir only bucket to the plant containing bucket, use 2 water farm gromets, 2 - 1/2" barbed connectors, a pice of 1/2 tubing and connect them as close to the bottom of the bucket as possible. This way you can remove the lid of the resivoir bucket and pump the water out, afteral who wants to lift a 3 foot tall plant out weekly for the duration of flowering.....

 

[snickers2771]

I prefer to tie a resivoir only bucket to the plant containing bucket, use 2 water farm gromets, 2 - 1/2" barbed connectors, a pice of 1/2 tubing and connect them as close to the bottom of the bucket as possible. This way you can remove the lid of the resivoir bucket and pump the water out, afteral who wants to lift a 3 foot tall plant out weekly for the duration of flowering.....

doesnt the bucket the plant is in need to be cleaned anyway though or is that not necessary when usin the reservoir?

 

[ak.fortyseven]

doesnt the bucket the plant is in need to be cleaned anyway though or is that not necessary when usin the reservoir?

I use a pump to recirc the water down thru my 6" net pot lid over the hydroton. Honestly there is know way I could think of to lift a plant out of the bucket without destroying it once it gets very big, let alone if you Scrog, impossible. If you keep everything light tight and proper nutrient mix ect. there is no need to "clean" your bucket, taking the plant out will do more harm than good. Its not hard to add a res. bucket and makes everything so much easier imo. I recirc daily when i am doin ph tsting, ect.

 

[ak.fortyseven]

If you're DWC is running good, youll have such a root mass that you would harm the root system taking the plant in and out, which would reduce growth and yield.

 

[ak.fortyseven]

Another plus of the extra bucket it that it doubles the amount of water to the plant, to me 2-3 gallons just doesnt cut it. Gives you a lil freedom if you need to be away for an evening. More water = more buffer too.

 

[stelthy]

I empty my DIY DWC tubs with a syphon pump from a boat store then I flush with just PH balanced water,, then immediantly empty again with the hand pump.. and then finally add my new Res Solution.. it takes a while, but nothing a beer,doob n some tunes wont fix and I get 99% flawless results - STELTHY

 

[ak.fortyseven]

I empty my DIY DWC tubs with a syphon pump from a boat store then I flush with just PH balanced water,, then immediantly empty again with the hand pump.. and then finally add my new Res Solution.. it takes a while, but nothing a beer,doob n some tunes wont fix and I get 99% flawless results - STELTHY

I think a tub would be well suited for that. Buckets are tight to begin with. How many gallons of water do your tub/s hold?

 

[stelthy]

I empty my DIY DWC tubs with a syphon pump from a boat store then I flush with just PH balanced water,, then immediantly empty again with the hand pump.. and then finally add my new Res Solution.. it takes a while, but nothing a beer,doob n some tunes wont fix and I get 99% flawless results - STELTHY

I think a tub would be well suited for that. Buckets are tight to begin with. How many gallons of water do your tub/s hold?

Each res tub is a 10L pet food storage container.. I only fill them to 9L though as I am in a recycling DWC pot/s - STELTHY