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 phrostbyte
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 Made a deep water culture unit... Need opinions 
#586445 - 09/15/11 01:39 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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So I made a deep water culture unit today... It is a spray painted black. smaller rubber made bin with 3 X 3inch bet pots in it.. Are they too close together? Is it a problem if the plant roots get tangled together?
the bin is 16" X 11" and about 8.5 inches deep.
any thoughts from anyone would be helpful.. this is for my first grow.
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phrostbyte
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Re: Made a deep water culture unit... Need opinions [Re: phrostbyte]
#586455 - 09/15/11 02:23 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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Another picture... I added some tin foil to bounce light.. Is this big enough for 3 plants?? Someone please help...
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 Stoneth
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Re: Made a deep water culture unit... Need opinions [Re: phrostbyte]
#586457 - 09/15/11 02:36 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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Depends on how much light you got, and how much you're looking to harvest in the end?
It'll work well, for smaller plants I figure, tho.
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phrostbyte
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Re: Made a deep water culture unit... Need opinions [Re: Stoneth]
#586462 - 09/15/11 03:42 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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well I bought the 90w led UFO and I don't really have a whole lot of space so i wasn't planning on really large plants... I was planning on smaller plants and keeping clones going at the same time so I can replace the finished plants with the ready to go clones when I'm done.
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brainsOplenty
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Re: Made a deep water culture unit... Need opinions [Re: phrostbyte]
#586487 - 09/15/11 07:38 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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should have used the dough you spent on that led and bought you an air-cooled 600w switchable lamp setup. used the same dwc setup years ago, but with a bigger tub and 3 6inch garden pots with holes drilled in em. three per tub staggered just like you have. worked pretty well. you will need to get a quality aquarium pump and some quality air stones to put in there. i'm running a superponics 16 site dwc setup right now. plants are really close together but they don't seem to mind being crowded.
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phrostbyte
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Re: Made a deep water culture unit... Need opinions [Re: brainsOplenty]
#586520 - 09/15/11 10:26 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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Well I didnt have alot of space...
and the idea was to try to save money on my electric bill. 90w vs 600w is a BIG difference. I have seen GREAT results with the 90w ufo in smaller spaces.
I got a dual tube pump for the main bubble chamber
and a single hose for the cloner I made
For the main bubble unit I have 2 air stones
And the cloner I have 1 air tubing down the middle...
My idea is for the clones to be on the top shelf under a 15w 5000k bulb
and the bottom is the veg / flower under the 90W LED UFO.
Just hope it doesn't get too crowded in there... I picked kc brains crystal. Its good for indoors and suppose to be a smaller size plant.
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brainsOplenty
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Re: Made a deep water culture unit... Need opinions [Re: phrostbyte] 1
#586578 - 09/16/11 06:22 AM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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Nice, keep us posted!!!
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