Mega lumen setup. Fingers crossed!

[Loafyboy]

Looking great..going to look at cool tubes soon..you have me convinced on them now ..Thanks LB :thumbsup:

Cool man! They are superb, well worth the money.

Whats goin down Loafy! Looks like them buckets are treating you right, as long as the air is on:S2:

Yeah, probably wont make that mistake again, think I got away with it though!

stupid question, but fairly new to growing. how easy are those buckets to flush and change the nuets as my grow space is in my attic. and what sort of money are those cool tubes.:jointsmile: cheers. plants looking mega!

Hey Moz, they are real easy to flush as long as you fit a means of draining them before you start using them. The usual method is to drill a hole near the bottom of the bucket (I used a 16mm drill bit) and fit a 16mm O/D (13mm I/D) rubber grommett from the inside. You can then fit a 90 degree elbow (outer section pointing up) and a piece of clear tubing. The clear tubing acts as a nutrient level indicator and you can turn the elbow through 180 degrees to drain the bucket (into another bucket of course). This saves you having to move your plants when you drain the nutes. If you go to the start of my grow log and look at the left hand bucket in the early pics you will see the clear tube (ignore the right hand bucket, that uses an experimental method I am trying, where I have a T piece instead of an elbow, which allows an extra tube with a tap to drain, but I'm not too keen on it). You need to make sure you have room to put a bucket below the bottom of your grow bucket in order to drain it..... hope this all makes sense.

As for the cool tube, my local hydro shop sells them for around £45 for a 5" diameter and £50 for a 6". If you have a local shop they can help with allsorts of stuff.

Peace :hippy:

Loafyboy Reviewed by Loafyboy on 11-06-2009. Mega lumen setup. Fingers crossed! Hi all, been a while since my last grow, hope everyone is well. I have taken some time out as I've been planning and experimenting with various things. But I have recently started my 3rd grow, which is vegging nicely under a 250w 6400k CFL. It basically consists of 2 x 20L DWC buckets (2 plants this time) in a grow area of appoximately 28" x 18". This is the same area used for my first 2 grows which given great yields (over 6 oz dry from each grow) from a single plant each time under a 250w Rating: 5