How To: DWC

Good advice man, btw in a power outtage just take your plants out of water and let them air out.. hand water through top feeding until the power comes back on. I've had to do it =p

And for the frozen bottles: I'm doing them externally, going to update the tutorial rite now.

nice and simple just the way all growing should be!

virulient said:

Nice thread man, I needed something simple, yet accurate to send people who have the more beginners questions. +rep, thanks!

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Hey what's the +rep about? I've heard people talking all about giving and getting +rep. What is it and how does one give or receive it?

I also run two stones in each resevoir so to correct this I decided to run each res off of two pumps, meaning each stone gets air from a different pump. This gives me redundancy now so if one of my pumps goes out at least one stone is still pumping in oxygen. Now, I know in a power outage your still SOL but I hope this helps because these pumps do fail and if it goes unnoticed too long well you know...

Also anyone that experiences high reservoir temps in DWC I recommend trying a cooler as a reservoir and if your still too high then add the frozen water bottles. Using the cooler also helps making trips to the freezer less frequent.
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Thanks you guys this is a great thread. I believe this answers a question I have on my thread. Air is pretty much like light. The more you can give'em the better. Is that so? Or is there negatives to having too much?

If I knew how to give you rep I would. Still not sure what the hell that is.

Any do's and dont's regarding pumps? What's best and how many res's per pump?

Personally IMO with a good commercial pump (like the sunleaves 18w Durapump) you can run up to 6 (I run 5 gallon sport coolers) reservoirs with the 6 inch air stones. I added another stone to each reservoir from another pump for redundancy and of course for more air. These types of air pumps have an advantage to me because I can direct cool air at the inlet which helps to keep my res's cooler. Also to answer your question, yes you can have too much air, if your water looks like it's lightly boiling that's enough. On the other hand if your water is so turbulent that your roots are breaking or are being air pruned, that's too much. IMO it is pretty hard to have too much air, conversely if you can place your hand a few inches above your water level and can't feel water being "pooped" on your hand that is definitely not enough.

Oh and the little star icon by the bottom of that persons post is for +rep, it just sort of adds to someones online reputation. Really just saying that their comment is more than appreciated and from experience.
KnB

NWMED said:

Hey what's the +rep about? I've heard people talking all about giving and getting +rep. What is it and how does one give or receive it?

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The little badge (star) next to "Journal this post" under someone's avatar lets you give rep. It increases those little boxes under your title.

NWMED said:

I also run two stones in each resevoir so to correct this I decided to run each res off of two pumps, meaning each stone gets air from a different pump. This gives me redundancy now so if one of my pumps goes out at least one stone is still pumping in oxygen. Now, I know in a power outage your still SOL but I hope this helps because these pumps do fail and if it goes unnoticed too long well you know...

Also anyone that experiences high reservoir temps in DWC I recommend trying a cooler as a reservoir and if your still too high then add the frozen water bottles. Using the cooler also helps making trips to the freezer less frequent.
KnB

Thanks you guys this is a great thread. I believe this answers a question I have on my thread. Air is pretty much like light. The more you can give'em the better. Is that so? Or is there negatives to having too much?

If I knew how to give you rep I would. Still not sure what the hell that is.

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Pretty much the more air the better.. you just don't want it blowing big bubbles too fast that push your roots up. Add more diffusion if you add more air.. gives you better DO (dialed oxygen) levels anyway.

Thanks guys! Great thread. You both got rep from me now! I just returned from the local grow store. Just comparing prices compared to pet store for the air set up. Pet store was about 50% cheaper on everything but stones. For some reason they were higher on stones but did have a much better selection. Keep up the good work.

My Video Tutorial - How to build a DWC Hydroponic System
Peace and Happy Growing !!

[video=youtube;atXhURnUc7Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atXhURnUc7Y[/video]

marijuananation said:

My Video Tutorial - How to build a DWC Hydroponic System
Peace and Happy Growing !!

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I think I just watched your grafting how to lol..

Most likely ! LOL

NWMED said:

Any do's and dont's regarding pumps? What's best and how many res's per pump?

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Water pumps are there to pump water to your plants roots from the reservoir. There are pumps that are located in the baskets and there are pumps that top feed your plants. The DO's AND DON'TS are: DO use top feed water pumps, but DON'T leave the pump on 24/7, and DON'T pump water during the dark period. If you pump water on the top near the stems you could get stem rot, and when there is no light the water doesn't dry fast enough and can mold. I set mine on a timer to run 30 minutes out of every hour that the lights are on, and when the roots grow down into the reservoir you can set the timer back to 15 minutes out of every hour since it is feeding primarily from the bottom. And just set the timer for the water to not come on during the dark period.
Also, take one of your wife or girlfriends pantyhose and use it to cover your pump under the water because eventually it will get stopped up with rez gunk and this will prolong it's life.

Ah man now you're just spoiling me! Lol. I think I have all my stuff laying on my garage floor just like that. This site is unreal! People are gonna get annoyed from my saying that over and over but I just can't get over it. I'll hit you with more praise and rep after watching it I'm sure.

So if I put 12 girls of say Granddaddy Purp. In these buckets just how you show me. Put them under 3 400watt HPS 4 girls per light. In my 8x8 room. If all goes well what would you say the per plant yield would be? Give me a low-high ballpark if you could. I'm limited to 15 plants and trying to get an idea how much meds I will have between harvests.

ATL HYDRO said:

Water pumps are there to pump water to your plants roots from the reservoir. There are pumps that are located in the baskets and there are pumps that top feed your plants. The DO's AND DON'TS are: DO use top feed water pumps, but DON'T leave the pump on 24/7, and DON'T pump water during the dark period. If you pump water on the top near the stems you could get stem rot, and when there is no light the water doesn't dry fast enough and can mold. I set mine on a timer to run 30 minutes out of every hour that the lights are on, and when the roots grow down into the reservoir you can set the timer back to 15 minutes out of every hour since it is feeding primarily from the bottom. And just set the timer for the water to not come on during the dark period.
Also, take one of your wife or girlfriends pantyhose and use it to cover your pump under the water because eventually it will get stopped up with rez gunk and this will prolong it's life.

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thank you. I will use that when I set up my system. That answered a couple questions I hadn't even asked yet. Is that with a DWC?

Although that will be added to my arsenal. The pumps I was asking about were the air pumps for bubble buckets. I guess I shoulda specified lol. But hey no harm you just answered the next question before I could ask.

Depends on how long you veg/what kind of light you're using.. Those are the two biggest factors in yield.

VoidObject said:

Depends on how long you veg/what kind of light you're using.. Those are the two biggest factors in yield.

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3 400w HPS. One for every 4 plants. Plus multiple cfls to side light and get light deeper into the canopy. The strain will be Granddaddy Purp. Is that enough detail to get a low ballpark per plant?

2 oz per plant may be 4 all depends on how well the grow it done temp,water, light,ect.......

is done sorry