My rdwc drinking 7 gal a day?

Green Mean martian

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New to hydro.. doing a RDWC right now on the third week of flower plants are drinking about 7 gallons to 8 gallons a day running six buckets 5 gallons is this normal?
 

Lordhooha

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New to hydro.. doing a RDWC right now on the third week of flower plants are drinking about 7 gallons to 8 gallons a day running six buckets 5 gallons is this normal?
Mine can easily drink five gallons but I never notice anymore. Five gallon buckets don’t give you much leeway either. I had 13 gal buckets and they would fill up with roots too fast and leave little room for water and drink fast. That’s why I switched to 27 gallon totes for my rdwc and added a float valve to top off if it drops to much.
 

Green Mean martian

Active Member
Mine can easily drink five gallons but I never notice anymore. Five gallon buckets don’t give you much leeway either. I had 13 gal buckets and they would fill up with roots too fast and leave little room for water and drink fast. That’s why I switched to 27 gallon totes for my rdwc and added a float valve to top off if it drops to much.
OK thanks I wasn’t sure if I had something weird going on appreciate info I have a 20 gallon res that was controlled with a float valve but it kept getting clogged so I manually doing it now .. Appreciate the heads up ...happy growing
 
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