so the 5 gal buckets are ...3/4 full of water with 2 air stones in each bucket? With holes in the lid to fit a 6in net cup with clay pellets. super simple man!! and by the looks of your timeline, they grow fast as hell!! what a month from the first pics? I have to pick up a ppm meter, clay pellets and some net cups. I have all types of air pumps that have been sitting in a box since pre "2000" as to my suprize, they still work!! ha!! So are the clones you got rooted in rockwool. Im rooting in peat pellets right now. Dont really want to start the the areo-cloner just yet, I usally wait till march then ill make about 1000 clones every year for spring.Thanks man, just 5 gallon buckets, 6 inch net pots with expandable clay pebbles.
The tubs are used as a bath to keep the water in the buckets between 64-68°.the tubs are about half full. I switch out ice water bottles Once or twice a day.
yea of course!!! I have an optimal grow environment....for soil.... set up right now, I cant imagine it would be a heck of a lot of difference for dwc. Thats makes sense about the temp of the water too, bacteria love warm temps. but as you said simple, seems like an easy way to get introduced into hydro with out the trial and error of a huge flood table with 10-20-30 sites trying to keep the ph, ppm, water temps in check and running 35-55 gal res.The term simple dwc doesn't mean it's a set it and forget it system. You have to constantly monitor the ph, ppm`s, air temp, water temps etc etc...
Water holds more oxygen at 65° than 75° and you want the most oxygen available for the roots. Water above 69° can create root rot and or other nasties in the root zone.
Nice! The setup is simple but probably the most labor intensive of all the hydroponic set ups.
I'm not trying to discourage you. Just giving u a heads up.