Will a 5 litre bucket be enough for hydroponic

[Leon the weed guy]

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[jondamon]

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What style of hydro are you doing?

3” net pots can be enough for hydro growing!

It all depends on your choice of hydro?

flood and drain?

DWC?

NFT?

 

[rkymtnman]

no. you will need to fill it up at least once a day maybe more when the plant gets big. and your pH will be hard to control

 

[Leon the weed guy]

I have ordered a pump,netcup,clay balls and rockwool so I guess its the flood one and I’m I making it out of 5 litre paint bucket

 

[Leon the weed guy]

Do you think it would be ok I might train them

 

[rkymtnman]

I have ordered a pump,netcup,clay balls and rockwool so I guess its the flood one and I’m I making it out of 5 litre paint bucket

sounds more like DWC to me

 

[Leon the weed guy]

Yeh I just looked it is DWC

 

[rkymtnman]

Yeh I just looked it is DWC

see post #3

 

[Leon the weed guy]

What

 

[Leon the weed guy]

Do you think 5 litres would be ok

 

[xtsho]

Do you mean 5 gallons instead of liters? Like this size? 5 liters is too small unless it's some kind of flood and drain system. If you're bubbling in a bucket DWC then 5 liters won't be a good idea.

 

[Leon the weed guy]

Here it is am making 4

 

[Leon the weed guy]

Here’s the pump I wanted to use it for 2 buckets

 

[Leon the weed guy]

Will this pump be ok

 

[printer]

"Will it be enough?" You never said what you intend to get out of it. I will be doing Hydro in a beer cup.

 

[rkron0413]

I don't think a 5L will be enough. This is my first grow, these are my roots at 2 months old in a 5 gallon bucket

 

[Lordhooha]

Will this pump be ok

Not big enough you'll have far too many issues and once they're big enough they drink that within a couple of hours. I had 12 in 55 gal totes all rdwc and they would completely drain a 55 gal drum a day just about to the point of putting a float valve on it to automatically top the res off.

 

[Lordhooha]

BTW the roots had filled all the totes as well

 

[GBAUTO]

Do you think 5 litres would be ok

NOT EVEN CLOSE
20L buckets become a nightmare, eventually.

 

[xtsho]

Not big enough you'll have far too many issues and once they're big enough they drink that within a couple of hours. I had 12 in 55 gal totes all rdwc and they would completely drain a 55 gal drum a day just about to the point of putting a float valve on it to automatically top the res off.

I had ten stand alone DWC in 5 gallon buckets with 8" net pots filled with hydroton. I'm never growing that way again. Too much damn work. Great yields and fast growth but I was a one man show with some flood tables going and a bunch of other stuff. The worst part was the trimming. I pulled many all nighters down in the basement by myself trimming weed. It sucked. I much prefer my small hobby grow today.