DWC hydro vs Bubbleponics

Florida Girl said:

I looked at your pictures and those net pots look bigger then 3"..... are you sure they aren't more like 6"???? Perhaps the pictures are just deceiving.

Anyway..... thank you because you actually answered a question I hadn't yet asked. I was curious if the plants could stay in a small pot all the way through the grow cycle or if they would have to be transplanted to bigger net pots once they got a certain height. Looks like your 7' plants did just fine in the small pots.

Can you confirm I'm understanding that correctly?

Thanks

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well florida girl got dicked. yeah im pretty sure thats what was being put across

Bubbleponics is a trademarked name stealth hydro came up with to suggest their system is something new or different. It is just a simple dwc with a drip that isn't needed anyway. The stealth 2 lights are just large cfls they buy on the market like anyone else. In fact, stealth hydro makes nothing, they just buy components and resell them. Bad stories about their "service" are legendary. Fortunately for them, their business is based on the old adage that a fool is born every minute.

Illegal Smile said:

Bubbleponics is a trademarked name stealth hydro came up with to suggest their system is something new or different. It is just a simple dwc with a drip that isn't needed anyway. The stealth 2 lights are just large cfls they buy on the market like anyone else. In fact, stealth hydro makes nothing, they just buy components and resell them. Bad stories about their "service" are legendary. Fortunately for them, their business is based on the old adage that a fool is born every minute.

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That's what I thought...DWC/Bubbleponics/Hydroponics... same thing.. just so many variations on a theme

Ironically, it is the dwc with lots of airstones that is the true bubbleponics since it relies on the bubbles and the environment they create to feed that plant until roots are in the water. The stealth hydro "bubbleponics" relies on a submersible pump and feeder tubes rather than the bubbles.

The little ostrich man, you let your pride get in the way of logic, my friend. Just because you did not have the insight to trademark it yourself first, does not mean that Stealth Hydro did anything wrong. They have been very good and helpful to me and a wealth of others, there customer service is top notch from what i've seen. Whatever you decide to do, whether it be DWC/Bubbleponics with or without the damn tubes, it is bound to work if you know what your doing before you attempt it. Peace, being bitter isn't the way to be when you feel you've been wronged, I hear having a big "e-peen" is cool nowadays, show everyone that your a tough little dude here on rollitup, you got nothing to show for it in your real life. Grow up and see the light buddy boy. To the poster of this thread, good luck to ya.

Illegal Smile said:

their business is based on the old adage that a fool is born every minute.

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Or HATCHED.

Illegal Smile said:

Bubbleponics is a trademarked name stealth hydro came up with to suggest their system is something new or different. It is just a simple dwc with a drip that isn't needed anyway. The stealth 2 lights are just large cfls they buy on the market like anyone else. In fact, stealth hydro makes nothing, they just buy components and resell them. Bad stories about their "service" are legendary. Fortunately for them, their business is based on the old adage that a fool is born every minute.

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How many harvests have you completed ? From each system ? Side by side grows ?

How much yield per plant ?

And, if their customer service is so poor, please explain why so many posts are on this site filled with happy customers ?

Hope all is well with you. Take care and happy "growing".

I dont know what else one could want in a DWC system besides an auto feeder which the pump and tubes take care of.If it werent for the pump and tubes i wouldnt have a grow cause i cant water my sprouts X amount of times a day,so we let the pump and tubes do the work for us.

ok you all need to know that the blue toots let light in witch will bring bad thing to your nut and res.

Growing is a self choice the step you take should be little ones and what you grow in only you can make up your own mind.Peace

NewGreenland said:

Yo the NExt person that has ANYTHING BAD to say about SH bubbleponic system should be smacked. My order got to me in Exactly 5 Days like they said it would. Everything Works Great! MY plants Are Fantastic Compared to the DWC system i Built. Dual Spectrum II light Are STrong Enough to Support ALL 6 Plants from germination to FLowering. My Buds Turn out Xtremely potent and Respectable in size! If u have the Money and Want to Save time and Labor this is What you should go with! yeah sure u can build one and Save 38.78 (Compared to mine) but the outcome in small spaces is uncomparable!

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I just got SH bubbleponics and priced out buying parts and the SH bubbleponics was cheaper and everything was precut. The six netpot system was never meant to grow huge plants, they talk about it on website. The balanced STEALTH with useability. I converted a sterlite cabinet ($72) from walmart, lined with mylar added lights and fans, its perfect size for me and works great, plants are exploding with growth. I am using nutes it came with as I am a newbie and wanted time to read up on others....For me the SH bubbleponics rocks because I am a newbie and set up was a breeze. I did order more hydroton rocks as I wanted to be sure no light. Also a tip, I was using the frozen water bottles to bring temps down as in morning it would creep up to 76-78F. I lined the top of the SH bubbleponics with mylar and I placed the air pump next to a 120mm intake computer fan and it stays rock steady at 71 with cabinet doors open or closed.

Wow a thread from 2008?

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes...

There is no need to buy those expensive units. They are only profiting from those that don't know what parts to use. Building a DWC unit is a 10-15 minute project, at best.

Walmart:

Air pump $10.57


Air stones x2 each at $2.77


Air line. More than you will need $3.12

Lowes:

5 gallon bucket $2.85


Lid $1.38


Media way more than you will ever use $3.55

Free:

Solo cup, yogurt container etc with holes.
Grand Total $27.01
Simply cut a hole in center of bucket lid for netpot, a 3/4 inch hole on the side of the lid for your air line.

Grand Total $27.01

You can buy netpots and hydroton on ebay cheap. I bet 12.00 would get you a bunch on netpots and a lb or 2 of hydroton.

If you want a drip line you can get that at lowes or homedepot as well for a few dollars.

Don't buy the marketing hype, it's all the same equipment for the most part.

SDgoonie said:

Im wondering what the difference between the 2 are and what are the pros and cons of each?

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This may have already been mentioned, but you will not have to hand water a bubbleponic system if you are starting a seed directly in the bucket. For some the set it and forget it style of bubble outweighs DWC alone.
Bubble ponics is just DWC with an extra element (water pump) so it really can take care of it self if set up propperly, I plan on making my DWC system into bubbleponic in the near future.
only real con in my mind is the extra cost of the pump/ running yet another fixture.

Already made my own dwc w 4'' pvc, 3''net pots and air stones an airator. use 3'' rockwool inside the net pots and have plants near4 foot tall, the roots basically fill the pvc.. u can grow huge plants in 3'' net pots as long as the roots are in well airated water, and good nutrients of course..love my system, 5,5' pcs 4'' pvc with 25 3'' holes. 5 rows of 5 plants per row..pluss once a day i have it pull water up from a resevoir and recirculate the water. as soon as i can figuer out how to put up pics i will,,im lookin forward to showing what ive created

TheChemist77 said:

Already made my own dwc w 4'' pvc, 3''net pots and air stones an airator. use 3'' rockwool inside the net pots and have plants near4 foot tall, the roots basically fill the pvc.. u can grow huge plants in 3'' net pots as long as the roots are in well airated water, and good nutrients of course..love my system, 5,5' pcs 4'' pvc with 25 3'' holes. 5 rows of 5 plants per row..pluss once a day i have it pull water up from a resevoir and recirculate the water. as soon as i can figuer out how to put up pics i will,,im lookin forward to showing what ive created

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I made the decision to start in a 10" netpot... idk if it was a good choice because it is taking forever for the roots to make it out of the netpot, In my mind 6" would be ideal after this experience.

Skizors said:

I made the decision to start in a 10" netpot... idk if it was a good choice because it is taking forever for the roots to make it out of the netpot, In my mind 6" would be ideal after this experience.

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yes bigger isnt always better...dont tell her i said that..lol

Wow, talk about bringing back the dead thread... well, it is the season- Halloween is coming! Zombie thread!

BTW, I'm running just one pump and I achieve all of the above mentioned benefits, no air pump or stones required.

ttystikk said:

Wow, talk about bringing back the dead thread... well, it is the season- Halloween is coming! Zombie thread!

BTW, I'm running just one pump and I achieve all of the above mentioned benefits, no air pump or stones required.

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as in submersible water pump just aimed right?

Skizors said:

as in submersible water pump just aimed right?

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I'm in RDWC; that one submersible pump sits in my control bucket (opposite of 'epicenter'; all the water comes here to be pumped out) and feeds a manifold that delivers water to a half inch elbow fitting in the lid of every one of my tubsites. Said waterfall then does every job needed from distributing nutrients to aeration.

It actually looks too simple to work, but my ladies have been proving otherwise for over a year now.