roysl purp DWC 5 gal home depot bucket 400w grow

drgreentm

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she is now about 5 foot 3 inches from the hydroton and about 6.5 feet including the bucket. she is flowering nicely as well. i fear she may uproot herself and rob me blind when im sleeping hahaha.
 

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OG&Bubba

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hey i just started my 5 gallon dwc in my Homers bucket. Im using a 6 in air stone with a top fin 2000...its rated fir a 20 gallon aquarium. i was thinking about getting a bigger one to push more air. what do you think?
 

drgreentm

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how many watts is the top fin pump mine is a 7w a good rule of thumb is 1w per gallon so a 5w should do fine mine has 4 outlets and i run all 4 lines with stones in the bucket to get the full 7w's in there.
 
Hi

Your starting a 5 gallon, do you use a drip line to start, I saw how some of these Deep water guys don't use drip line, I don't understand how you can not, at the start anyhow.
If you use the drip line how long do you leave on and how long off, if you don't mind my asking.
I have been trying Aeroponics, with 1minute on 5minutes off, if I get into the deep water, I would like to get less costly timer.
I found one at Lowes, but that one the least on I could go would be 30 minutes, I don't know if this is to long on drip, I guess with all the bubbles I can't really see it would matter.
I talk to some of these people's in the Hydro stores, and it seems they don't know much or are not getting off much if they do.
The one guy kind of preturbed me, as he sold me a bottle of Root66 for 20 bucks, but did not bother to tell me for another 15 bucks, I could buy the whole kit, Gee Tanks you just lost a customer.

Later
 

Weedler

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Hi

Your starting a 5 gallon, do you use a drip line to start, I saw how some of these Deep water guys don't use drip line, I don't understand how you can not, at the start anyhow.
If you use the drip line how long do you leave on and how long off, if you don't mind my asking.
I have been trying Aeroponics, with 1minute on 5minutes off, if I get into the deep water, I would like to get less costly timer.
I found one at Lowes, but that one the least on I could go would be 30 minutes, I don't know if this is to long on drip, I guess with all the bubbles I can't really see it would matter.
I talk to some of these people's in the Hydro stores, and it seems they don't know much or are not getting off much if they do.
The one guy kind of preturbed me, as he sold me a bottle of Root66 for 20 bucks, but did not bother to tell me for another 15 bucks, I could buy the whole kit, Gee Tanks you just lost a customer.

Later
When I start my ladies I let them germinate and then place them into rapid rooter plugs and place it in small cup and place a little water at the bottom. I keep them there until the seedling sprouts I usually cover them for the first week and add water as needed. Once I place them into the hydrotron I place them halfway down then cover with hydrotron. I set the water level in the dwc to be even with the bottom of the rapid rooter plug. Never had an issue this way and they take right off & love it!
 
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