You can set up a drip, but depending on how much you can care for the plants, it may not be necessary. I'm thinking just bubble bucket, keeping the water level high so the roots are covered with plenty of air being pumped into the water. You'll have to hand water at first, until the roots start getting down into the water/nute mix. Just dip a cup into the water mix, then pour it from the top, down the roots. Do this until the roots are making their way into the water. You would probably have to do this 3-4 times a day to ensure the roots stay wet. If you can do that, you might try just dwc because it's the simplest way to hydro. reservoir is fine but if something goes wrong with the fert mix, all the plants are affected. individual dwc, in my opinion, is a better way to hydro. If you must use drip, you could consider putting one bucket inside the other, with holes drilled at the bottom of the inside bucket and the water pump placed inside the outer bucket with tubing running up to the top. That would be cool too as it would make for individual dwc grows, preventing the fert mix from being shared by all plants. The problem with these ideas is that you have to spend the money or more air or water pumps if you are growing more than one plant. If you really want to reservoir, you can build one for much cheaper than what they are sold for.
polishpollack Reviewed by polishpollack on . Advice on my next grow Getting ready to start my next grow but I want to improve some things. I grew hempy buckets last time but I want to add a drip system so I don't have to hand water so much. Basically I want to have a res with a pump and an air stone and use that to water the buckets. Would I be better off just making an rdwc and losing the hempy buckets? All advice is greatly appreciated, thanks! Rating: 5