Hydroponic Setup

littlepuppet2002

littlepuppet2002

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Now I've heard that once in a while you should let the res. level drop below the roots a couple of inches for a short period of time. This is called something that I can't remeber at this point. Then fill back up to 1 inch past net pots. What would you guys reccommend as a good starting resvr. I like your idea Omega with the storage bin. I don't want to buy too big a resvr and have wasted nutes/water that aren't getting to the roots. So maybe like a 18gal rsvr. with 2, 5.5inch net pots.? Or should I setup for four plants in 1 resvr?
 
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echohype

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Hey guys. Would this plan for hydroponic be a good one to follow? 11 Plant Start

My friend and I found it and are thinking of putting it together. Would thatbe considered "deep water" like youhave been mentioning?
 
potroast

potroast

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I would say no. I didn't want to sit thru the slide show just to find out how they irrigated, but it looks like they flood the bottles from the bottom, and then drain out. That would be "flood and drain," or so-called ebb&flow.

Maybe they use hoses to drip from above, and drain out, that would be called "drip."

Both of those ways are active hydro systems. The deep water culture is a passive system, the roots just dangle in the nute solution.

HTH :mrgreen:
 
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echohype

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potroast said:
I would say no. I didn't want to sit thru the slide show just to find out how they irrigated, but it looks like they flood the bottles from the bottom, and then drain out. That would be "flood and drain," or so-called ebb&flow.

Maybe they use hoses to drip from above, and drain out, that would be called "drip."

Both of those ways are active hydro systems. The deep water culture is a passive system, the roots just dangle in the nute solution.

HTH :mrgreen:
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ah awesome, thanks for clarifying :) Sorry if this next question is somewhat dumb but I'm curious/stumped. I've read that the plants are moved to larger pots(5 gal?) at a certain point, from their smaller containers.

If I use this ebb & flow system, and use the little black plastic basket things, do I still transfer the plants to larger buckets at some point, or do they stay there, in that hydroponic system, for the remainder of their life?

Sorry if that doesn't make sense or is quite dumb haha.
 
potroast

potroast

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Hydro plants are not typically transplanted. The step-up in pot size is done with soil grows, so you don't have to have many small plants in big containers. With hydro, you grow the plants in smaller containers anyway.

HTH :mrgreen:
 
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