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 the spiral
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Registered: 04/12/10
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 Cheap Active Hydro Solution? 
#400120 - 04/12/10 01:56 PM (14 years, 8 months ago) |
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*Edit: I'm personally more inclined towards passive hydro setups, as I state in a post below. I'm simply curious if the design I observed in this hydro store is really so easily duplicable with so little money compared to the item's price.
2nd edit: improved diagram.
Imitating a setup I saw at a hydro store, I drew up this diagram. The original setup had two "arms" - two plastic pipes side by side with holes in them that plants were growing out of. The sticker price was over $1000, which after taking a good look at the materials and how the hydro setup worked, I found incredibly shocking. Their profit margin must be huge... must mean not many people are buying - and are building it themselves?
I imagine with a drill, some PVC, a reservoir, pump, and some nutrient solution that you could build this kind of setup for VERY cheap, needing merely a trip to home depot and maybe a pet store. Plus, the roots of one's plants receive far more oxygen this way - in beetween mistings.
Am I wrong? This seems like it could be built for less than $100. Maybe less than $50.
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Edited by the spiral (04/13/10 02:24 AM)
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DieselB
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Re: Cheap Hydro Solution? [Re: the spiral]
#400144 - 04/12/10 02:22 PM (14 years, 8 months ago) |
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Are you actually looking for the cheapest solution for hydro, or are you just wanting to build your own setup?
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the spiral
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Re: Cheap Hydro Solution? [Re: DieselB]
#400148 - 04/12/10 02:34 PM (14 years, 8 months ago) |
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neither and both. I'm mostly just curious - at the hydro store, it cost something like $1000 for their system. Being able to build the same exact thing for $100 without too much work , if possible, is something I'd want to know!
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DieselB
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Re: Cheap Hydro Solution? [Re: the spiral]
#400173 - 04/12/10 03:36 PM (14 years, 8 months ago) |
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You might look into "passive" hydro systems, super economical, low maintenance, good results, great to learn on.
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 Hawksresurrection
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Re: Cheap Hydro Solution? [Re: DieselB]
#400263 - 04/12/10 06:16 PM (14 years, 8 months ago) |
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To answer the question, yes. Of course you can build a hydro system yourself for a fraction of the cost.
DWC is a perfect one to start with. Very easy to do and can be made out of just about any container. Case in point http://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-aeroponics/105029-build-your-own-dwc-bubbleponics.html
Just do a little searching around and use your imagination.
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the spiral
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I'm definitely inclined towards passive hydro personally. I simply saw the design of the $1000 hydro tubes as incredibly simple to duplicate with a trip to home depot, a little elbow grease, a bit of imagination, and less than $100 - if that. Am I right?
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DieselB
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Re: Cheap Hydro Solution? [Re: the spiral]
#400532 - 04/13/10 09:35 AM (14 years, 8 months ago) |
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You are right, most growing systems sold by retailers can be duplicated for a fraction of the cost.
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