NEED SOME HELP WITH HYDRO

bl4ze:20

bl4ze:20

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I purchased a DWC system (with 4 net pots and clay pellet grow medium)

It has:
  • Provides a 4 gallon reservoir of nutrient solution. The tight lid houses four strong and flexible 4 in net pots.
  • A durable air pump and ceramic airstone infuse the nutrient solution with tiny life giving bubbles.
I have a couple questions:

1. the 4 small net pots, will they be enough for a full sized grow?
2. What are some important things i need to know / watch for while growing on hydroponics?
3. Will i need to buy anything else to go with what i have (picture is going to be included for review)
4. How often do i need to flush the reservoir?
5. Any extra info you feel i should know



heres everything i have. im a bit confused on setting the air pump and ceramic airstone up :|

UPDATE: I've got 4 soil grows under my belt, starting my 5th (5 plants under a scrog) currently. i wanna get used to growing hydroponically as i have seen some amazing results from hydro. any help you can give is much much much appreciated. Thanks for reading :)
 
Mr moonshine.

Mr moonshine.

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bl4ze:20 said:
I purchased a DWC system (with 4 net pots and clay pellet grow medium)

It has:
  • Provides a 4 gallon reservoir of nutrient solution. The tight lid houses four strong and flexible 4 in net pots.
  • A durable air pump and ceramic airstone infuse the nutrient solution with tiny life giving bubbles.
I have a couple questions:

1. the 4 small net pots, will they be enough for a full sized grow?
2. What are some important things i need to know / watch for while growing on hydroponics?
3. Will i need to buy anything else to go with what i have (picture is going to be included for review)
4. How often do i need to flush the reservoir?
5. Any extra info you feel i should know



heres everything i have. im a bit confused on setting the air pump and ceramic airstone up :|

UPDATE: I've got 4 soil grows under my belt, starting my 5th (5 plants under a scrog) currently. i wanna get used to growing hydroponically as i have seen some amazing results from hydro. any help you can give is much much much appreciated. Thanks for reading :)
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Don't grow them to big your going to run out of space! !
 
bl4ze:20

bl4ze:20

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my tent is 6 foot 8 inches tall, and my smaller tent (the one i will be using for hydro) is 5 foot 5 inches tall. i highly doubt i will be running out of space, but i have 3 rooms cut off for if i need more space so if you could answer one of the questions that's great, if not whatevs. lol.
 
Metasynth

Metasynth

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bl4ze:20 said:
this literally didnt help.. like... at all.
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Well, he's right. That's a tiny rez for 4 plants.

1. the 4 small net pots, will they be enough for a full sized grow? Yes
2. What are some important things i need to know / watch for while growing on hydroponics? Monitor pH
3. Will i need to buy anything else to go with what i have (picture is going to be included for review) Something to monitor pH with.
4. How often do i need to flush the reservoir? In a rez that small, change the reservoir at least once a week once the plants get established
5. Any extra info you feel i should know Don't come on RIU and act like a dick just cause someone doesn't spoon feed you the information you were looking for. Don't grow them too big, you're going to run out of space.
 
bl4ze:20

bl4ze:20

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I have a pH kit, (Up and down with tester vial and pH test liquid). And i wasn't being a dick you took me the wrong way, but out of all the questions i asked he didnt answer a single one and was rather vague about what the fuck he was talking about. but if u want a dick i can easily be that guy. Don't get rude on my thread. answer the questions properly and dont be a fucking idiot and i wont tell u u arent helping. I've been researching for weeks to try and learn about hydro, i admitted my inexperience in the beginning. i have a LOT of equipment setup currently, i simply need to know the difference between what i have and this bucket system. Wouldnt the bucket system work better, More roots more fruits, right? any advice is appreciated (stupidity not welcome here)
 
bl4ze:20

bl4ze:20

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in the DWC system u get 4 plants in one reservoir in the bucket you have a 5 gallon reservoir for one plant, im a little confused on some of the details, i just need to brush up and perfect my area of expertise and experience, i wasnt meaning to offend anyone.
 
Metasynth

Metasynth

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Your main issue, is that you have a reservoir for 4 plants. DWC is great for growing huge plants, but when I ran RDWC I ran one plant per 5 gallon bucket. If you try to cram 4 in that 4 gallon reservoir, they're going to just crowd each other. You might have been better off buying some buckets from home depot, then heading to the hydro store, picking up a couple net pots, some hydroton, some airstones, and a couple air pumps..
 
bl4ze:20

bl4ze:20

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Metasynth said:
Your main issue, is that you have a reservoir for 4 plants. DWC is great for growing huge plants, but when I ran RDWC I ran one plant per 5 gallon bucket. If you try to cram 4 in that 4 gallon reservoir, they're going to just crowd each other. You might have been better off buying some buckets from home depot, then heading to the hydro store, picking up a couple net pots, some hydroton, some airstones, and a couple air pumps..
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would u recommend using the 5 gallon bucket system > the DWC system. Also would the Bucket system require a net pot inside the bucket or nah? as i said before im confused on some of the details and any information is appreciated.
 
bl4ze:20

bl4ze:20

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PS: where would the air pump / air stone go in the 5 gallon bucket system? and if u have 3 - 4 five gallon bucket DWC systems going would u need more than one air pump?
 
bl4ze:20

bl4ze:20

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grorite said:
do you not receive much light in that area? stretching out some
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curious on what you meant here, haha but basically i've figured most of it out no thanks to anyone yet, From what i can see you run the hose through the top from the air pump to the air stone, each pump has 2 spots for hoses so 1 pump = 2 buckets, and basically thats it, the net pot is included you run hydroton down the pot and the roots soak in the nutrient reservoir rather than soil w/ nutes poured in. what im gonna do is DIY method cause it seems cheaper to go buy buckets, and pots and make this shit myself.

The only question i have now is , can i use clones from a clone - dome with rockwool cubes for my hydro AND soil, or do i have to buy/make a "Cloning Station" where the roots droop to the water to clone, or can i pull them from a clone dome "With roots" and put them into the hydroton / 5 gallon DWC etc etc. (hope my question makes sense, basically i dont wanna invest in a 6 site cloning station but clones are very important at this stage i dont want to and WONT grow from seeds everytime i want to grow a new plant.)
 
WHODAT@THADOR

WHODAT@THADOR

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bl4ze:20 said:
Nevermind i figured everything out, hydroponics is more simple than i thought. good day.

and

thats my bad got carried away and sucked into stupidity and childish arguments
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Im sure ....But still besides all that other shit up top....I run nothing but those buckets ....with awesome results.....I change my water once a week....ph 5.5-5,8.......And my two cents would be to watch your nutes .....Plants seem to burn really easy in em....JME
 
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