DWC Recirculating System
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Justin00
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looks good. thats just for one plant right?
I only ask because i'm not sure you will see much benefit in a recirculating system with only one plant, it seems like it might be counter productive, causing more work than it saved. RDWC's seem very useful for multi-plant set ups in that you only have one res to fill and monitor and it feeds all your sites slightly reducing the amount of work involved and allows you to mix larger quantities of nutes at one time as a good healthy plant in flower can drink a few gallons a day which gets annoying when your using 3-5 gallon sites.
I only ask because i'm not sure you will see much benefit in a recirculating system with only one plant, it seems like it might be counter productive, causing more work than it saved. RDWC's seem very useful for multi-plant set ups in that you only have one res to fill and monitor and it feeds all your sites slightly reducing the amount of work involved and allows you to mix larger quantities of nutes at one time as a good healthy plant in flower can drink a few gallons a day which gets annoying when your using 3-5 gallon sites.
ManishWayz
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I had a post where I set it up for two plants. I just figured I would post the general idea of the system for someone that may not get it. Good looking on the info @Justin00, the only thing I found that I had to do with multi plants was add a shut off to stop all water. I think because I have only been testing out different things, I try to see what I can build on a budget.
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DWC/Cloner/Top drip (w/shut off's)
DWC/Cloner
EBB & Flow (Flood & Drain Station)
View attachment 2149196 RDWC
DWC/Cloner/Top drip (w/shut off's) DWC/Cloner EBB & Flow (Flood & Drain Station)
ManishWayz
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Thanks man!
You can probably do without the air pumps. I've found them to actually be a slow and inefficient way of oxygenating your water. I would suggest just a cheap water pump in the Res (even like 100 gph) and just run a tube and "waterfall" the water as far as possible through the air and back into the Res. With airstones the only real oxygenation is taking place at the surface of the water where the air bubbles pop and break surface tension. This is a very small amount of disturbance which doesn't do a lot for binding oxygen molecules from the air back in with the H2O. On the other hand when the water is falling through the air as well s impacting the surface of the water, there is a very large disturbance of surface tension thus more oxygen is "smashed" back into the water. Its working wonders for me so far in places where air stones failed. I appoligize if I seem arrogant of pretentious I'm just trying to be helpful.
ManishWayz
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Not at all have I truly welcomed all the advice given! I have been trying many different things, and just final settled with a brand of nutrients (CES – Cutting Edge Solutions). I have taken a rooted clone that I was able to get from my female "Purple Elephant" at the start of flower. I made a post with pictures and will be adding a video, let me know what you think about my idea and progress.