Treebeard
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Im planning on building my own hydroponic system on a smallish scale just as an experiment. Ive never had anything to do with it before but after seeing some of the grow journals (especially stoney buds DIY system) i thought id give it a go myself. Firstly i thought i'd go for an Ebb & flow system, it seemed to me to be the simplest and easiest to build. I havent actually built anything yet as i wanted to run it by people who know what they're talking about first. so here's my plan;
I have two plastic tubs one is 35x75x6.5(cm) deep and the other is 35x75x50deep. The smaller tub is roughly 43litres and the larger is 130L. The smaller tub sits perfectly inside the larger which means i would loose about 43L so my reservoir is now about 87L. The smaller tank has a lid which i would cut 4-6 holes in for the pots, i would put pots filled with clay pebbles in the holes in the top tank. The lid of the tank is clear, would it be best to paint it or something to stop the light getting to the nutrient solution??. I would try and grow the first batch from seed.
Here is a list items i planned to get;
*nutrient pump
*2metres of 13mm pipe (inlet pipe)
*1meter of 19mm pipe (drainage pipe) <-- I thought it would be better to get a larger diameter pipe for the drainage to decrease the risk of a blockage??
*19mm water tight grommet fitting(http://www.growell.co.uk/p/0357/13mm__19mm_Grommets.html)
*flood and drain fittings (http://www.growell.co.uk/p/0898/Flood_and_Drain_Fittings.html)
*Air pump ( not sure i really need this)
*General hydroponics Flora nutrients
*Hydroton Clay pebbles 10L
If don't know what else im going to need? I also have no idea about What flow rate pump i should get? would something like this do? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RENA-400SI-HY...ryZ43555QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
I also don't know about growing seeds for hydro and transplanting etc... Id really appreciate any help as im sucha newb at this. Thanks
I have two plastic tubs one is 35x75x6.5(cm) deep and the other is 35x75x50deep. The smaller tub is roughly 43litres and the larger is 130L. The smaller tub sits perfectly inside the larger which means i would loose about 43L so my reservoir is now about 87L. The smaller tank has a lid which i would cut 4-6 holes in for the pots, i would put pots filled with clay pebbles in the holes in the top tank. The lid of the tank is clear, would it be best to paint it or something to stop the light getting to the nutrient solution??. I would try and grow the first batch from seed.
Here is a list items i planned to get;
*nutrient pump
*2metres of 13mm pipe (inlet pipe)
*1meter of 19mm pipe (drainage pipe) <-- I thought it would be better to get a larger diameter pipe for the drainage to decrease the risk of a blockage??
*19mm water tight grommet fitting(http://www.growell.co.uk/p/0357/13mm__19mm_Grommets.html)
*flood and drain fittings (http://www.growell.co.uk/p/0898/Flood_and_Drain_Fittings.html)
*Air pump ( not sure i really need this)
*General hydroponics Flora nutrients
*Hydroton Clay pebbles 10L
If don't know what else im going to need? I also have no idea about What flow rate pump i should get? would something like this do? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RENA-400SI-HY...ryZ43555QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
I also don't know about growing seeds for hydro and transplanting etc... Id really appreciate any help as im sucha newb at this. Thanks