The EASIEST Hydro System EVER!!! w/ pics

good idea Im interested... how would you regulate it so that it doesnt flow through in like an hour??

with the system here, you just add water every 2 or 3 days, watering until run-off from your drain... thats all

Yeah...where do you find a pump for less than 10 bucks. The only ones I seen were like 30 bucks.

graf. i really like this system cheap as hell but with great results.

SmokerE said:

Yeah...where do you find a pump for less than 10 bucks. The only ones I seen were like 30 bucks.

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Here dude:

eBay: @PORTABLE@ NEW Aquarium fish AIR PUMP 2L/min by Battery (item 120116885218 end time May-12-07 19:05:32 PDT)

just to let you know, I will be throwing this in a journal in a few days once I get some growth from it.... Im anxious to see the results of this..

NGT.. do u know an easy way of regulating the type of system u were talking about??

nice; i like this, it's soiless for n00bs cant screw up, and you can still use mg and other chem ferts as you have no recirculating res and salt fallouts to worry about.

i see this being elaborated on though. a 20$ water pump in a 5g bucket could supply a drip feed... you could do a drip bucket and use gravity...

i like it. like i said, soiless for dummies

reps for you

kp

SmokerE said:

Yeah...where do you find a pump for less than 10 bucks. The only ones I seen were like 30 bucks.

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you didnt look much did you? i got 5 40gph pumps for 9 bucks!

GraF said:

I understand what you mean definately...

what also is brought up is the point of root rot but, the people that came up[ with this idea never experienced it. and neither had any of the people that use this method.

They also said that they have tried numerous methods of hydro and that they always go back to this method. "Easier, Cheaper, Same Results."

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easier - no, watering everyday is a bitch!
cheaper - no, lots of wasted water, lots of wasted nutrients, but wasting the runoff
same results - yes and no here, depends on the grower, and many other factors. root rot is much more possible in the method your using, esp with soil, that soil is going to rot real ez being wet all the time.

also, an airstone in the bottom would help tremendously, and give for better overall results. this could easily be converted into a drip feed system, and is basically the same idea as a waterfarm.

kp

you need some of the bits of this page, i needn't tell you which, should be easy to figure out

GroWell > Irrigation

well I know that my roots havent hit the medium yet so I will actuall be getting the right mix tonight along with a bucket w/o any holes in it already so, I wont have to worry about the rotting...

also, you are only using enough water ecery 2 days lets not forget, and we would only be using enough to get drainage, which wouldnt be that much water in the long run

My point in this thread was making a tutorial for newbies that dont have the money or the knowledge of doing something more advanced.... not really directed to the more advanced growers..... thanks though GraF

GraF said:

well I know that my roots havent hit the medium yet so I will actuall be getting the right mix tonight along with a bucket w/o any holes in it already so, I wont have to worry about the rotting...

also, you are only using enough water ecery 2 days lets not forget, and we would only be using enough to get drainage, which wouldnt be that much water in the long run

My point in this thread was making a tutorial for newbies that dont have the money or the knowledge of doing something more advanced.... not really directed to the more advanced growers..... thanks though GraF

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but i see problems because you would need a decent amount of rockwool for the rootball, anything outside the rootball is going to need more regular watering as the perlite and vermiculite wont hold any water, roots can die very quickly without water

it would work with daily watering if you use perlite; if using rock or hydroton, you'd probably need two to three waterings daily.

kp

dont you both think that a 4-to-1 mix of perlite vermeculite would retain water well enough for 2 days??

Im not certain on that but my guess is that it would hold moisture for 2 days, I would think

In their steps it also says a 3-to-1 is often used as well

if you use straight perlite, it would act as a wick system, and you'd only have to water once a week, if that. basically, just keep the res topped off and it will wick up through the perlite.

kp

might try that one there......

just place the rockwool in straight perlite??

thanks for the idea graf i will be utilizing this system as soon as my clones root I should have an HPS light by then also I bet i can drastically increase yield and potency anyways thank you any nute tips with this set up? I know nothing about hydro growing i will look over the faq but is there anything i need to know specifically about this type of set up?

If your adding an airstone though why not just utilize the mop bucket, its pre built add nutes in the bottom clay pebbles in the squidger then the roots come out of the holes in the squidger down into heavily oxidised nutes, you wouldnt have to worry about fittings or gravity or anything else it would all be self contained, for a pot that size you wouldnt even need that big of an air pump

I do like your idea though graf but i dont think it will get you the same results as a bubbler or aero or flood n drain because of the feeding method as I said before its kind of like half way between hydro and soil

Graf, you could change your system a tiny bit and turn it into a wick hydro system that waters itself without pumps or tubes.



Drill a 1/2" hole in the bottom of the grow bucket and drop a knotted nylon rope through it. Fan out the fibres on the end of the rope inside the pot before filling with media. Dangle the rope into a tub of nute solution just below the grow bucket. The grow bucket could be filled with a mix of perlite and vermiculite or rockwool. Water will wick up the rope as the moisture is dissipated from the medium. Some wick users like to use more than one rope, but one will usually do OK. A plant large enough to need more than one rope will also usually be too tall for indoor lighting. Can't overwater- very newb friendly.

its called the hempy bucket.... had planned on using it too, its a very easy method of growing with a soiless medium and hydro results, i was given instructions on how to grow with this system personally by hempy on another forum that i am a member of, here is his introduction to this style of growing

The Hempy Bucket
Hempy Bucket
Hi every one i thort id add this system of growing i use and have used from the erly to mid 80s , As most of you that know me will all ready know that im a belive in simplicity and things that work and i only realy state facts that i have experencet from hands on.

I like the hempy bucket becouse of its simplicity and the price of the system (ITS FREE ) to make and has no moveing parts that can fail and once the plant has started its root system you can basicly water and forget it for 2 days or 3 depending on temps and you can grow eny strain from sativa to indica in it .

I basicly got the idear from my first hydro kit i ever got that was a tamato hydro kit and i found it realy easy to understand ,It was basicly an aquponic set up and the guy i had got it from i whent back a few years later telling him about my creation and how i got it from his idear and the look on his face and smile sed it all ,Iv spoken to a few people in the hydro industry about it and they all tell me it wont work it will couse root rot so on well there all rong becouse this method works and they say a picture is worth a 100 wards right lol.

I AM NOT SAYING THIS METHOD IS THE BEST BUT What i am saying is its a option and a easy cheep way to grow hydroponicly and nothing more, I have tryed a lot of methods and have all ways gone back to this.


To make a hempy bucket is simple all you need to do is this

Get your self a bucket eny colour but clear as you will end up with algy forming as the nutes react to the light .

The size of the bucket can very from 1 gal (4lt) to 5gal (20lt) ruffly i personaly like useing a 10 lt bucket and have had up to 14 oz yield from a single bucket but it depends on the strain and given phino .

Once you have your bucket then get a drill and drill a drain hole in the side of the bucket about 2 inch from the bottom , The drain hole can be around 7/16.

And the medium i use is perlite/vermiculite at around 3 to 4 parts perlite to 1 part vermiculite.You can use volcanic rocks but personaly i found the perlite / vermiculite a lot better in meany ways.

All you need to do now is basicly add the rooted clone or seedling water with nutes and thats it,I would water it daily until the tap root and root system has headed down to the res but once you see a desent growth rate id then start to water every 2 days.

The only thing rong with it is you need to hand water and you get run off from the drain hole thats it and as far as checking your PH well the only time you need to do that is when you mix your nutes i like useing a PH of 6.2 PH .

If you want to ask me questions feel free .

If you want to see the resolts of the hempy Bucket let me know and il tell you were to go to see them.

Like i sed im not stateing this methods is the best just saying its a option and a free one and it works and works well ................hempy