Bubbler growing

I am thinking of growing hydroponically for my next grow, yet don't know too much about growing hydro yet.. I seen a nice bubbler system for a nice price, and was thinking of getting it. It grows 6 plants, and drips the hydro solution on the roots with a 200 gph pump, while the bottom part of the roots is completely saturated in the hydro solution. Anything I should know before I invest my money into it..?

Build yourself a nice bubbler system for under 30 bucks =D

Get a rubbermaid container, say a 30 gallon. That'll probally be big enough for 6 plants. Order net cups and expanded clay pellets from say, htgsupply.com.

Next, go to walmart and buy a gtood double outlet air pump (for fish aqauriums) with some tubing, and grab two airstones. Put it all together. OH! gotta buy some rockwool cubes too.

ganji2 said:

Build yourself a nice bubbler system for under 30 bucks =D

Get a rubbermaid container, say a 30 gallon. That'll probally be big enough for 6 plants. Order net cups and expanded clay pellets from say, htgsupply.com.

Next, go to walmart and buy a gtood double outlet air pump (for fish aqauriums) with some tubing, and grab two airstones. Put it all together. OH! gotta buy some rockwool cubes too.

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Hmm, never really thought about building my own, I was just thinking of buying one online, and kinda plug and grow thing. just makin sure the ph, temp, ect.. is in the correct range. Also, the thing is I don't know if i'd make it right.. I guess you just need net pots, a tote and cut holes in it, rockwool cubes, hydro solution, a good air pump with an airstone, and a good light system. Does anyone know some good cheap light systems I can get..?

I seen on one site, a CFL system that puts out 20,000 lumens(it's 199$), could be set real close to the plants without fear of burning em. It has three CFL's each 200 watts. It comes with 2 6500K daylight bulbs, and 1 2700K warm white bulb (good combp for vegging). Also has a reflector hood, and does not need a ballast. You can also pay extra to get another warm white lightbulb, to use for flowering stage (2warm whites, and one daylight combo). I think this is the ultimate light system.

I have never seen a CFL system that put out thismany lumens until now. It may be coming soon that CFL's will be the top of the line lights to use. Low heat emmision, low power consumption, fairly cheap to buy, no heavy ballasts required, and can be set to within one foot of the plants tops for low lumen loss. CFL's are getting more and more popular everyday. We may one day have a CFL system that will put out 30,000+ lumens.

Well, for what it's worth, I just built my own recirculating DWC. It's really not that hard, as long as you sit down, look at all your components before construction, and get a good idea in your head about what to do. So far my first grow (seeds, lights, meters, nutes, DWC) has cost about $1200. I'm using a 4 x 4' T5 setup, and it's worked REALLY well for the closet I'm growing in, and we'll be using it to bloom too (have to see how well that works out). The output from that thing is 20,000 lumens, so we're getting good light, and all for only 216W... Next time I might go with a HID 150W system, but then again maybe not. I think T5's are perfect for good light/low heat/low overhead which is why I have them.

radshifty said:

Well, for what it's worth, I just built my own recirculating DWC. It's really not that hard, as long as you sit down, look at all your components before construction, and get a good idea in your head about what to do. So far my first grow (seeds, lights, meters, nutes, DWC) has cost about $1200. I'm using a 4 x 4' T5 setup, and it's worked REALLY well for the closet I'm growing in, and we'll be using it to bloom too (have to see how well that works out). The output from that thing is 20,000 lumens, so we're getting good light, and all for only 216W... Next time I might go with a HID 150W system, but then again maybe not. I think T5's are perfect for good light/low heat/low overhead which is why I have them.

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Hmm, a T5 setup that puts out 20,000 lumens!? it must hold 4-6 fluoro tubes then. It's awsome tha it puts out so much lumens, and can be so close to the plants. Your plants will thank you for the high intensity of light they will recieve, and reward you with quite a harvest. At the moment, i'm growing with 2 shoplights, each holds 2 tubes, and i'm using the t8's. My lumen output is aprox 8300 lumens. I also added 6 CFL bulbs, and my total lumen output is aprox 16800. I have only grown in the dirt so far, which has given me so-so yields. Yet anyway, I have heard good things about the t5's, smaller then the t8's (which are already quite small), and more output then t8's of the same wattage. Overall, beating them out in every way.

Man, You're a busta. =]

ganji2 said:

Man, You're a busta. =]

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and as in Busta, you mean what..?