Properly doing a DWC bucket?
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nitro harley
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Hello..
I Try to maintain the same water level at all times...Using a water level control bucket with an adjustable float shut off...I change nutrient once a week.....I hope it all goes well...nitro..
smokinafatty
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I used to empty the buckets and wash them out, then refill with fresh nutrients. But now I just top it off by pouring in another bucket of water with fresh nutrients. I don't actually pour it, I use a water pump to pump the water from the freshly filled bucket into the tubs. Either way works. If you have any water problems, like if it stinks, it would be a good idea to dump the water, wash out the res, and refill with fresh water and nutrients.
superstoner1
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I start with 5gal and when plant has sucked it down to 1 to 1-1/2 gal I start over.
fair enough, that is what I have been doing-just suddenly I was scared of my method, I mean being that water is our medium should the roots not be submerged at all times? Verse the open air?
superstoner1
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Actually they act like a wick and with the bubbles bursting they stay wet from top down. Just makes it much easier than topping off constantly
tip top toker
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everyone seems to have their own way. If i had space, i would opt for a system as nitro harley describes, would make things very easy, but as it was, every single DWC plant i grew, i just let it drink the tubs empty and then re-fill them once there was about an inch of water left in the bottom. Plants always did just great. Only issue with that was that it can go from 1 inch of water to empty very quickly so there is a slightly larger margin for issues, but it still worked for me 90% of the time 
don't do this method if you are lazy, like me
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