GH WATERFARM USERS: SIMPLE RECIRCULATING SYSTEM

[Weedhound]

by putting it on the insde of your res and putting it between the pump line and the first water line and opening and closing it to fit your water flow needs.

[Weedhound]

Yes, when all w/f modules come in at around the same ph. Not perfect.....but pretty close.

[Thuwadpumper]

OK, I get it, so you're using the bigger air pump on the column tubing at full force but then you're regulating/controlling the flow of the water using the 1/2" stop valve on the res. so that's how you're controlling the flow of water through each wf module? right? I need to buy you a beer...or 20!

[GoldenBoy812]

Hi GB....Love your blue dobie. Isn't 356 gpm a water pump or am I mistaken?

I am looking at creating a "contraption" that would use 1 air pump to circulate from one recepticle to another, effectivly flooding it to its drain height (which is close to the top).

Then, you develop a time frame (how long to fill) in order to achieve your feeding needs in regards to pump settings. Isn't too much exposure to nutes/water a bad thing

[Weedhound]

Well, no not really. You just want to make sure that there is enough aeration.....When you use a DWC system the lower parts of the roots sit in the waterr 24/7. /without airstones and air pump the roots would drown. The more aeration the better. I'm not a huge fan of ebb and flow......I like the constant drip action. The recirculating part is to keep all the ph's in the buckets more stable.

[Weedhound]

OK, I get it, so you're using the bigger air pump on the column tubing at full force but then you're regulating/controlling the flow of the water using the 1/2" stop valve on the res. so that's how you're controlling the flow of water through each wf module? right? I need to buy you a beer...or 20!

Sounds like you got it to me......yes to control/regulate the water flow. Love to say I thought of it myself; but it was really my hydro guy.

Happy growing!

[Weedhound]

I am looking at creating a "contraption" that would use 1 air pump to circulate from one recepticle to another, effectivly flooding it to its drain height (which is close to the top).

Then, you develop a time frame (how long to fill) in order to achieve your feeding needs in regards to pump settings. Isn't too much exposure to nutes/water a bad thing

So are you saying you have no central rez......just different buckets? Are they attached to each other or stand alone? Or are we still in the planning phase? If so I have thoughts that you may like better yet not be as much work (dwc for example)

[GoldenBoy812]

So are you saying you have no central rez......just different buckets? Are they attached to each other or stand alone? Or are we still in the planning phase? If so I have thoughts that you may like better yet not be as much work (dwc for example)

"In my design", there is a central res, with two receptacles with 6 small net pots each (designed for ruderalis hybrids). The goal in a dwc would be to keep roots saturated, but with 12 individual sets of roots dependent on the same pool, would it need a greater instance of recirculation?

Like... should you have a pump recirculate once an hour for 5 min or so, depending on pump size (which is why i asked if 350 was a bit much)?

[Weedhound]

You can put them all in the same res but it had better be a large one and all females. Trying to seperate males down the road from the same res is NOT a good plan. . Reciruculatng is fine; but you will still need seprate air pumps and airstones and/or a drip feed. (also run by air pump.)

[GoldenBoy812]

You can put them all in the same res but it had better be a large one and all females. Trying to seperate males down the road from the same res is NOT a good plan. . Reciruculatng is fine; but you will still need seprate air pumps and airstones and/or a drip feed. (also run by air pump.)

Obtaining "autoflowering" genetics is a pain in the ass, so "my design" is made to breed your own

I still do not understand how an air pump runs the drip feeder. Do you poke tiny holes in the lines to induce inertia? I am confused as to how it lifts the water unless the water level at drip end is even steven with that of the res?