anyway i can get away w. a cheap air pump vs. o2 pump. i cant seem to find an o2 pump online and i really dont want to spend a lot either. i was thinking if an air pump would suffice figuring that any air is better than no air.

i was going to try a hempy+air bucket method. i wanted to create a gap bw my grow medium and the water/nute reservoir and have the air pump below the grow medium to help induce air flow up through the roots.

would this even work? im thinking the air may just pass downward thru the drainage hole which would defeat the purpose of an air pump...right?

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oh just had this idea, i may try to create a "cap" over the drainage hole so that i can keep the air pump "sealed" within the bucket, thereby forcing the air to move up thru the grow medium, then when i want to replace the water...i can simply remove the cap and put new water....anyone have thoughts on this?

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i've said it once i'll say it again...if people want to put an airstone in a bucket they need to use dwc/swc....while you could use it in this system it is compleatly un-needed as you will tell by the growth...peace az
edit you are compleatly talking about a dwc system...peace az

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im not familiar w. terminology of hydroponic setups. the reason why i dont want to a true hydro system is bc of costs and complexity. im very new at this but still want to use all the research ive done to modify the hempy method...altho, it may be "perfect" already.

do u see anything wrong w. what i said above. can u reply w. a link to a DWC setup? can a DWC setup be made w. things at home? or cheap purchases at like a home depot or walmart?

i would really apprec. ur input az, thx.

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you can run a simple dwc set up by purchasing a rubermaid tub or some equivilent in the size of 5galto 20 gal....get a few airpumps an put the airstones in there an put plants in net pots up top..wala dwc....there are tons of how to on it..but i gaurantee you that the hassel of running that dwc system is nothing like the simplictiy of hempy...no pump or stones...just hand water an perlite/vermaculite....peace az

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Az is right, you should listen to him dude! But if you are insistant on building a DWC system, here's a link to one you can put together with items available at Home Depot... The 30 minute 6 plant aero build Good luck with it, you will get huge plants growing with this type of system.



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what is the h-pvc-tubing for? is this to distribute the air from the pump? is the water mister to help moisture up the dangling roots?

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No...DWC is aeroponics.

They are normally self contained units. A rubbermaid tote works great. You fill em up about 3/4 way to the top with water and nutes, throw a pond pump (250gph or so) in there, build a PVC manifold (don't even need glue), screw in sprayers, get air pumps (not o2 pumps) like for aquariums and get the longest airstones you can find, put them at the bottom and run the air lines out to the air pumps.

You then cut 4 to 6 holes in the lid, drop in 3" net pots filled w/hydroton. Drop in clones or rapid-rooter plugs w/seedlings. The sprayers provide highly aerated water and nutrients to the roots as the plant grows. When the roots hit the water, the sprayers have little impact. The roots then bask in highly nutrient/aerated water. Plants can grow much faster and larger using this method. They typically harvest much better as well.

However, there it is a lot more involved. You need to keep an eye on your PH, PPM daily. If your water gets warm, you have to watch out for root rot and other bacteria issues.

DWC IS NOT aeroponics!!!!!!

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So tell them what dwc is then??????/!!!!