I plan to make my own hydro any advice?

[Black1269]

I wanna make a ebb and flow system. i have a closet im using its about 2.5 feet deep 5 feet long and six feet high how many plants do you think i can fit in there? i am going to use a rubbermade tub for a resevoir and not sure about the tray yet see wut wal mart has lol i wanted to use a fish tank pump but was told to use a submersable one any opinions? Thats about it i have never done this before so any help would be good thanks guys!

 

[CasualGrower]

You could get maybe 5 plants inthat space.... it all depends on how much you train them though, but 5 decent sized plants.

Figure each plant will take 1-2 sq ft. depending on growing style and of course how long you veg them before flowering them. Heh, you could get one plant to take up 10 or more square ft.

 

[NewbieG]

You could fit many plants by using 6 by 6 inch square pots, or 1 x 1 pot if you want larger plants and using a Sea of Green with one cola for each plant. I built my own ebb and flow and imo Sea of Green is the highest yielding most space efficient method.

Tips.
1. Buy your flood table don't make it, its just easier.
2. Rubbermaides, and plastic trashcans make good reservoirs.
3. I HIGHLY suggest using pots instead of just throwing a bunch of hydroton into a flood table.
4. If you do use the Sea of Green method, be sure to veg when they are between 10 inchs to 1 foot. This will give you best results with indoor lighting.

GL

 

[NewbieG]

If you got any questions, send me a pm.

 

[punkrocktoker]

go to lowes and get yourself a plastic concrete mixing tray $5 and very durable works very well for ebb and flow or drip trays.

 

[Black1269]

Would this work it looks too easy
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[NewbieG]

Would this work it looks too easy
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It may work, but it wont work well. If you want to do a similart set up. Use the same system except put it in a 3 or 5 gallon bucket.

 

[cadlakmike1]

That's sort of DWC, but definitely not ebb and flow. There isn't enough room for roots in that setup. The roots can not be exposed to light, light will also cause algae to grow in that setup. You would need to cover it in tape, but I'm telling you it's too small. Like NewbieG said, do a 5 gallon set up.

 

[Black1269]

it was just something i found that guy was growing salvia. i understand about keeping the rez coverd. And i know its not a ebb and flow lol. It looked way easier to build then the ebband flow. If something so simple can yeild such good results then why isnt everyone doing it? So i should stack 2 5gal buckets on top of each other or use one and something else? hook up a bubbler and thats that? is this the easiest way of making a hydro set up?

 

[cadlakmike1]

no, that's not what you want. Read about DWC. Search this site for it, search youtube, search the web. tons of info out there, really easy to set up.

 

[cadlakmike1]

One 5 gallon bucket with a 5" net pot and hydroton. air pump running to a air stone in bottom of bucket, that is it simplified, but still do some research.

 

[Black1269]

i have no hyro shop anywhere even close to where i live would sand and perlite be a bad medium or wut else should i use that doesnt come from a grow shop

 

[cadlakmike1]

do not cut corners, you want/need hydroton, you can buy it online. What country do you live in?

 

[Black1269]

Canada but no credit card is sand and perlite unsuitable

 

[cadlakmike1]

Yes, because it will not stay in a net pot.Sand is not going to work. You can buy a prepaid credit card and then use it to buy things off the net. I have heard about people trying to use things like lava rock and other porous substrate but it never seems to work out. I should mention I am a dirt grower, just about everything I know about hydroponics I learned here, and from one friend. If you do a few searches all of the info I've told you is already on this site. I'm happy to help but most of your questions have already been answered on here.

 

[cadlakmike1]

Check to see if any places will allow you to do a cash on delivery or western union transfer or if you can send them a check or money order. I think hydroempire takes western union.

 

[Black1269]

ok ill stop asking questions but am having hard time finding answers to these questions thats why i ask lol a prepaid card is a good idea thanks

 

[cadlakmike1]

feel free to ask questions, i didn't mean don't ask questions, just make sure you're also doing some searching. That's the greatest thing about this forum, if you ask a question 99.9% of the time someone will answer!

 

[The Hemp Goddess]

If something so simple can yeild such good results then why isnt everyone doing it? So i should stack 2 5gal buckets on top of each other or use one and something else? hook up a bubbler and thats that? is this the easiest way of making a hydro set up?

LOL--There are tons of people on here growing that way. You need a bucket, a net pot, an air pump, air stone and hydrotron. That is it.

 

[Black1269]

thanks that was the pic i needed to see puts everything in place thanks