Purchases: I bought a "Sterilite" 18 gallon tub from Walmart for $6 to be made into the dwc container, and four 5-inch netpots from West Coast Hydroponics in OC California for $1 each.

To construct the deep water culture (aka dwc) setup, I measured and traced out four evenly spaced locations on the bottom of the lid. I was medicated while doing this and drew about 30 lines too many. Anyway, I cut out the holes using a box cutter making sure to stay about 1/4-inch inside of the traced lines. After the holes were cut, then I inserted the netpots into the cutouts as shown. Very easy so far.

Please note that Net pots have a lip that they rest on and need the smaller hole. I made sure not to screw up and have to go back to Walmart for a new lid. Also, I used a pencil compass, like the kind we used in 7th grade geometry class, to make the inner cutout circles.



Total cost to this point: $10