GH WATERFARM USERS: SIMPLE RECIRCULATING SYSTEM

[Weedhound]

Yes, he said that he would change out the weenie pump and use the Eco three in the central rez. A half inch stop valve placed on the insdie of the rez (which then connects to the pumping column) will help you to make the airflow as strong or as weak as you want it by simply adjusting the stop valve this way or that way.

[greenthumbdanny]

Hey there Weedhound, I wanted to thank you for taking time out to help me with my questions about my grow. Be safe.. GTD

[Thuwadpumper]

I'm using four wf's separate everything and what a PITA! IT's alot of work. I want to increase my units but I can't get my head around the res/controller/upgrade kit. I'd love to see a step by step or sketch kinda thing. GH has an install pdf on their site but I must be fried! It seems like it could prob. be made out of rubbermaid tubs and stuff but I'd be willing to get the kit from them just not feeling confident on getting it installed. Anyone willing to help please let me know with message or something. Thanks to all for the efforts, sorry some of us seem so dense! LOL.

[Weedhound]

Are you using a central rez for the four of them or just doing each one individually?

[Thuwadpumper]

Right now I'm doing four wf's separate without the res or controller and what alot of work. Don't get me wrong I've used the wf's for awhile and have had great success but it's alot of work and yes in the end it's usually worth it but I am def. interested in switching over to the controller/res recirculating deal. I've been reading and reading and like I said I just can't get my head around how to set it up and I'm usually not very dumb when it comes to this stuff. I sent GH an email and have asked them to post a video or some sort of tutorial. Even their pdf's aren't the greatest but hey they do have them so it's better than nothing. Thanks to all who are helping.

[Weedhound]

yes, you'll need a central res. Let me see if I can find a pic of the systm connected; i'll look through my photos If you buy their kit it has everything you need except the actual drill. Even has the correct sized drill bits in the kit. It also cost about $70 when I bought it.....and I know it can be put together for less because I made a second one myself and stil use the recirculating system even for just one plant because it REALLY seems to help growth and DEFINITELY keeps the ph more stable in all your buckets.

[Thuwadpumper]

I really appreciate your help and willingness to assist me with this. Pictures are great, like i said i'm usually pretty good with this stuff, I even made my own aeroponics cloner so as long as pictures are good i'm usually pretty visual. Maybe if others send GH an email they'll put out a little how to video and spare you guys the headache! Thanks again!

[Thuwadpumper]

hey there, just checking in with you to see if you've been able to dig anything up. I hate to be a pest but I was going to add my buckets soon so I'd like to get this thing going. I kinda get that I put another hole on the other side of my buckets and they're all linked together and then the multi port pump just uses the skinny tubing to the drip ring like usual. What I don't really get is the whole res/controller thing and that just putting one of the tubes with a pump into the res is going to circulate the nutes through the entire system of buckets constantly so they're all still on the drip? Thanks for your time, appreciate it!

[Weedhound]

You're not a pest or I would have sprayed you with Dont Bug Me by Fox Farms.
I've looked through all my photos and unfortunately last month I went through and deletted a BUNCH of older photos......including the ones I took when making the waterfarms recirculating..

Did you buy your waterfarms individually or as a set of 8 w/controller? You say you run them all seperately.....do you have a cenral res? If not you can buy a rubbermaid tub that will work fine as a central rez.

I have a pretty detailed diagram on the back of the instructions that came with the upgrade. I will try for a photo of this if you would like. but it is most likely the same thing GH has on its website. I can't really think of how else to explain it.......but I sure love the fact that GH thought it up!

[Weedhound]

hey there, just checking in with you to see if you've been able to dig anything up. I hate to be a pest but I was going to add my buckets soon so I'd like to get this thing going. I kinda get that I put another hole on the other side of my buckets and they're all linked together and then the multi port pump just uses the skinny tubing to the drip ring like usual. What I don't really get is the whole res/controller thing and that just putting one of the tubes with a pump into the res is going to circulate the nutes through the entire system of buckets constantly so they're all still on the drip? Thanks for your time, appreciate it!

Yes, keep them all on drip. You will need a seperate airpump (get a single imo) and to daisy chain your buckets together. Your central res will have two holes as well.......one for the water to be pulled in (the exact same way it does in your drip ring in each bucket) with the pump; the other the lets water back to the first waterfarm. The waterfarms work on gravity right?
I think perhaps it seems confusing because yours all all seperate. Once connected together; what happens is basically this. The drip ring in the res pulls water from the first w/f. So what happens? the first one pulls it from the next one (because of gravity the water will want to stay level in all the buckets) and on and on around the circle. The last w/f pulls water from another outlet in the central rez......where guess what???? The water is there because it pulled from the first w/f. Then it all repeats.

Think gravity and leveling water.