5 Gallon clone bucket for under 35.00 in less than 5 minutes

I am shareing this method....because it works so good...and cost so little...I have had a 100% success rate...

You need 1 bucket and a lid like the one in the pictures....and a pump I use a ECO264 and I leave the fillter on the pump so roots don't get sucked up into the pump...the pump cost 22.00..

The hole saw for the pucks is a 1 5/8"
The hole saw for the drain and fill is a 22mm

It didn't take me five minutes to drill holes...set the pump in the middle of the bucket and run the power cord thru one of the pucks...

you are ready for cuttings and water...it's that simple...

If one of the pucks leak it drains into those pockets around the outside of the lid...and I just poke a little pin hole thru the lid in one of those pockets and it drains back into the bucket...

The lid snaps on pretty tight The hole near the bottom of the bucket is the drain and fill..I use a pump to refill with nutes that way you don't have to take the lid off...I will post pics...

what did u attach to the pump and were do you buy your buckets and lids

buds101 said:

what did u attach to the pump and were do you buy your buckets and lids

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The pump in the bucket just has the hose fitting on top of the pump spraying up and hitting the lid....I didn't have the filter on the pump in one of those pics and it should be...

When I change nutes I use a smaller pump I think it is a ECO185...and it comes with a bag of fittings...I picked a fitting out of the bag for a hose that slips into the bigger hose on the bucket...quick and simple...I use gravity to drain the bucket...I set it up off the ground to where it is easy to drain into 5 gallon bucket...It only takes three or four minutes to drain and fill...

The water level is just to the top of the fitting on the pump...

I picked up the buckets and lids at the local grow store...

can you tell me your hydro solution mixture. thanks

grapeoptimo said:

can you tell me your hydro solution mixture. thanks

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When I take cuttings I use CLONEX GELL...When I am rooting I use CLONEX nutes...I add a little clonex to help bring PH down 200-300ppm max...PH 5.9-6.0...after about ten days you should see some roots....then I up it to 300-400ppm....

I have grown cuttings for over 8 weeks in these buckets... and I only use CLONEX for nutes untill I transfer them into my big system for vegging...as they get bigger I feed them 600ppm or more...The PH is pretty stable just useing CLONEX...They seam to stay healthy just useing clonex...this is my experience...

I hope that helps..

i have almost the same exact thing lol.. one lid with 9 holes one lid with 18 holes...same black bucket with crazy tight fitting lid