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reading now, thanx wh!
SS....my solution of hookin the buckets together is dirt cheap... Picture this, you have one row, 3 buckets per row.....wit me ? Now in the first and second buckets you are going to drill two holes, one on each side (front and back) of bucket. Last bucket in the rear gets one hole..... Now, you put them gromlets (1.00 each) with some silicone goop on em in all the holes ya drilled.......Now, you stick hose through each gromlet. You can put a wire tie on each hose where the end sticks in the bucket to keep it from ever sliding out.
So you have one row of buckets, all hooked together, and one hose commin from the "front" bucket that you are going to T in to the other 2 lines commin from ya other row of buckets.
Hell, if ya dont have cash, sell few hundred bucks worth of ya stash to a few friends.
SS......here is a link to a bucket system that is almost exactly what I am proposing you do, minus the controller unit.
http://www.hydroponics.net/items/det....asp.....check out the .pdf on that and you will get mah drift.
I swear you will grow trees in 5 gallon buckets. 4 footers filled with bud should be a piece of cake for you to pull off with that 1000 watt light.
Have your mom, take clones, clones in veg when flower is mid way thru or so (strain dependent), and you chop one, move rooted clones into flower and a new crop is ready in 8-10 more weeks.........AND, you should be harvesting at least a pound per grow. If you are not over a pound per grow, you have issues.
pH/TDS tester is a must have item for hydro. I dont give a shit what anyone tells you. Wingin it aint the way to get there from here.
And, if money is really that tight, grab an air pump, toss some airstones in buckets, and change manually. I mean if cash strapped and cant afford to get equipment, then I am out of ideas. I am terrible at some type of ghetto rig design.
After my first grow I would have a second 1000 watter and move them buckets to a 6x8 footprint or so and grow even bigger trees.
hey bonger, i am getting a ph/tds, i just don't have it yet. i'll also be getting an industrial air pump.
the link didn't work, let me see if i follow you so far... the holes and gromets go at the bottom of the bucket? the hose connects three in a line, then you conect those lines to gether for one drain system?
sorry, but i just don't see it. if i can find a decent pic, i'll have it down, i just can't figure out how you circulate water and keep the water level even at the same time...
I know what he is saying.....someone else talked about the same thing I think on the DWC thread......again gravity plays a role in keep the water at an even height and spread evenly between the buckets. There are pros and cons to that as well however.....
Perhaps i can draw very crappy pic and send it to you Scarlet.....
Here is what I think Bonger was saying.....one line that goes in one side of bucket and out other to form a chain versus the "T" line setup (like I have) that fills and drains from only one hole then the T adapter hooks to the cental line
And yes, I suck at drawing. And if it really makes you scream with laughter please don't say so. :S2:
Read this! It will answer all your questions.
http://boards.cannabis.com/hydroponics/91976-water-farm-dwc-club.html
I quit growing so...In a few weeks or so. I will publish some awesome grow piks I have cached
p.s. right up to when I stopped...I use old fashioned individual bubblers, and grew Trees..well errr Very Big bushes. lol
Yeah, dats exactly what I am sayin, 'Hound. Holes at bottom of bucket, and they are daisy chained together. Drip in top, drains out bottom back to rez. I thought easiest and since SS dont have cash to be buying all the stuff to do controller for rez. Hydroton and them mega monster net pots on the buckets and big ole plants.
Rez change time comes, hook hose to pump, empty to shower, refill and mix. Simple as that!
SS, and once them plants get rockin you are not going to be able to go with changing one bucket on a 9 day cycle. You can forget that. They are going to drink a lot. You are going to be mixing and adding daily would be my guess to keep water level and nute strength where ya need it. Plus your pH will rise as sure as god made green apples (quickly) because of the small volume of water I would assume. And once your pH goes up to around 6.2 or so your plants lose ability to uptake P and K which they crave in flowering.
LW had what you want to do down to a science. Need him to toss some more ideas out. Wonder how he controlled pH.
b0nger
well, i have some very depressing news. we've been having a small financial problem of late, due to the diner keeping me out for three weeks... anyway, i went to get assistance with the power bill, and lo and behold, my power consumption is questionable.
so i have spent all of this day harvesting, killing, cleaning, disposing, packing, removing, hiding.....and then some :(
i'm shut down temporarily, i have only four moms now, one bonzai, one just reveged, one just topped yesterday, and one just rooted, not reveged. it's so sad... but i kept the winners (and i have one black dom to try and reveg... fingers crossed) these guys are either going outside, or to a friends until we get this sitch under control.
when i start again, i will be starting with dwc, no dirt (cept for the moms) but i may only do three or four individual buckets. i understand the downside, and if i can get a setup together and working properly, i may do a full run. regardless, this seems to be the perfect opportunity, a sign if you will.
we harvest over 11lbs of wet weight this morn, only four were close, to of those actually ready. depressing; i may have to trade the dealer...
late, that link didn't work for me, it said page not found. wh, thanks for the pic, i now understand the gravity drain... but i don't get how the buckets fill up without over filling or ... well, i just don't get that part...
anyway, gotta go for a few, i'll be back.
Holy shit.............if you are pulling 11 pounds from one 1000 watt HPS, you should be served breakfast in bed every morning and never need to work. Thats 5 grams a watt. And the plants were not even ready for harvest ???????????? People should wash your car, rub your back, clean your house, etc........
And you want to change your growing method, why???
In awe........
b0nger
Scarlet wtf does that mean about your power consumption questionable?
Are they going to come out to your house and look around or something?