WHAT Controller for Ebb & Gro Bucket System?

There is a lot of DIY controllers for an ebb & flow bucket system, as well as commercial controllers.


Which do you use?
What is best?
What is cheapest?

Save the money on plumbing, contacter relay (s), pumps, water usage and head aches from constant maintenance and upkeep. Get a fertigation doser setup for the same $ spent. 40% yeild increases,inl
ine, drain to waste ,single direction irrigation feeding precisely mixed nutrient and ph solution. Drip, low water consumption. No res no plumbing, no pumps or timers ....no maintenance.
Saves room and is EPA/ USDA approved and can be funded by local agricultural grants. SAVES WATER AND NUTRIENTS.

You have a thread to research on? Didn't find much but more confusing chit chat

|3E@Losetgreenz said:

Save the money on plumbing, contacter relay (s), pumps, water usage and head aches from constant maintenance and upkeep. Get a fertigation doser setup for the same $ spent. 40% yeild increases,inl
ine, drain to waste ,single direction irrigation feeding precisely mixed nutrient and ph solution. Drip, low water consumption. No res no plumbing, no pumps or timers ....no maintenance.
Saves room and is EPA/ USDA approved and can be funded by local agricultural grants. SAVES WATER AND NUTRIENTS.

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Basically speaking the price of the related equipment you are inquiring about that is needed for a grow bucket system is quite expensive for what it does and what purpose it serves in the room it's an outdated technology and recent times have shown better system applications and designs using a "fertigation" automatic nutrient and acid injection feeding system(s). SDI subsurface drip irrigation is the technical trade term coined and used quite often to refer to this method. dosatron is a good example of a simple small scale unit, for novice applications.

Stupidest thing I've heard stick to ebb n flo

Aquahub you have to put it together yourself i allways used a small trash can with a lid for the controller. But its allot cheaper then buying one ive made 3 of them from aquahub...

|3E@Losetgreenz said:

Basically speaking the price of the related equipment you are inquiring about that is needed for a grow bucket system is quite expensive for what it does and what purpose it serves in the room it's an outdated technology and recent times have shown better system applications and designs using a "fertigation" automatic nutrient and acid injection feeding system(s). SDI subsurface drip irrigation is the technical trade term coined and used quite often to refer to this method. dosatron is a good example of a simple small scale unit, for novice applications.

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Fertigation systems are potentially great, but I dont know of any that are workable for small scale, home growing. Plus, I seriously doubt anything like a 40% increase in yields. Its just a drip system you are talking about.

The smallest Dosatron for example has a minimum flow rate of .02 gallons per minute. Thats 28.8 gallons per day. Hardly practical for a small scale drain to waste system- - or even most large scale home setups. They are designed for continuous flow as far as I know, and dont work well scaled down to small flow rates.

Plus, they are not cheap, and you still need pumps, flow restrictors, pressure regulators, one way valves, timers, plumbing, filters, in-line PH meters, etc etc. AND you still need a rez full of concentrated nutes.

I dont see how its cheaper than a typical home bucket system or E/F setup using an aquarium pump and a cheap timer. Not even close to being in the same price range.