DIY hydro - share your homemade hydroponic setups.

Yesyes3000

Yesyes3000

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Hello everyone.
I’m very interested in building my own hydroponic setup for my next round. I really like the NFT setups. Could people please share pictures of there hydroponic setups that they have made or even bought ? I’m just looking for some ideas and inspiration. I’d really appreciate it thank you !!
 
gr865

gr865

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It is said that coco is another form of hydro.
I run 70/30 Canna Coco/Perlite, DTW.
Here is my setup.

You can see some of my grows in my Signatures.
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Eight port Orbit manifold. In my vertical grows I use 5 ports, Horizontal grows anywhere from 6 to 24 plants, so 1 to 4 Orbit manifolds.

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Rainbird mini streams adjustable.
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fragileassassin

fragileassassin

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Veg tent build

Fragile's Flowers Rnd 2! New veg room RDWC from first clones.

Feel free to post any comments or questions about my setup or grow!! Please just keep it on topic and somehow related to this post and try to keep multiple points to one post. I am always open to feedback or questions. Getting things set up for my 2nd crop and figure I'd start one of these...
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Current grow

Fragile back at it. DIY RDWC with the things.

Rinsing the system out with fresh water tonight so figured I would share the process some this time. Goal is to transplant tonight. Build of the veg system is in the link in my signature. This is my 5x5 veg tent, will share progress of the flower setup as I start prepping it here in the next...
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veg and flower systems.
 
Yesyes3000

Yesyes3000

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fragileassassin said:
no problem. let me know if you have any questions about anything of mine, always down to answer questions.
I pretty much just lurked around here for a few weeks and absorbed everyones stuff and figured out what worked best for my budget, space, and needs and what i was able to find good deals on locally.
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Thank you ! I appreciate that
 
Yesyes3000

Yesyes3000

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fragileassassin said:
no problem. let me know if you have any questions about anything of mine, always down to answer questions.
I pretty much just lurked around here for a few weeks and absorbed everyones stuff and figured out what worked best for my budget, space, and needs and what i was able to find good deals on locally.
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What do you think about these four options ?

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fragileassassin

fragileassassin

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Yesyes3000 said:
What do you think about these four options ?

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Those look like decent starter kit to get your plants going in a compact space, but if you try to do a full grow in one of those, the plants will be tiny tiny. Are you wanting to grow in a confined space?
If you want a commercially built kit you just have to assemble, look at stuff like Current Culture and General Hydroponics Waterfarm
 
5BY5LEC

5BY5LEC

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gr865 said:
It is said that coco is another form of hydro.
I run 70/30 Canna Coco/Perlite, DTW.
Here is my setup.

You can see some of my grows in my Signatures.
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Eight port Orbit manifold. In my vertical grows I use 5 ports, Horizontal grows anywhere from 6 to 24 plants, so 1 to 4 Orbit manifolds.

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Rainbird mini streams adjustable.
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I like your choice on a DC pump rather than a normal mag. I have been considering as they draw less electricity and DC is of course, more "user friendly" so to speak.
 
fragileassassin

fragileassassin

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5BY5LEC said:
I like your choice on a DC pump rather than a normal mag. I have been considering as they draw less electricity and DC is of course, more "user friendly" so to speak.
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DC pumps are on my list as well, but the ones I want/need are $100-150 each and what I have is working ok for now. Probably upgrade when what I have fails.
 
Yesyes3000

Yesyes3000

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fragileassassin said:
Those look like decent starter kit to get your plants going in a compact space, but if you try to do a full grow in one of those, the plants will be tiny tiny. Are you wanting to grow in a confined space?
If you want a commercially built kit you just have to assemble, look at stuff like Current

Culture and General Hydroponics Waterfarm
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The space I have is only 2.5x5.5ft and is only 5ft tall.
 
fragileassassin

fragileassassin

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Yesyes3000 said:
The space I have is only 2.5x5.5ft and is only 5ft tall.
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Id go like 3 gallon bucket size stuff, maybe even 5.
My veg tent is a 5x5x6 and the system is i think 16" off the floor.
you could still cram 4-6 buckets in that space. Id probably do a row of 3 5 gallon buckets and an outside reservoir.
 
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PhatNuggz

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When doing DWC the plant roots are hanging in the nutrient solution 24/7. While one can grow this way there are an abundance of potential issues

pH should be checked daily, as well as water line, especially once the plant/s hit mid flower. Also, unless you have a chiller, the nutes often exceed the comfortable 75* temp. All this means raising the lid, which cam cause the plant to topple over. Due to early on issues I was unable to transfer the young plants to my DIY F & D, consequently all these issues are fresh in my mind

I have one 39" christmas tree shaped plant and one tiny ~ 15" cola type plant. That DWC tote sucks up ~ 1 gallon of nutes every ~ 3 days. When replenishing the nutes it is too easy to soak the roots with the fresh mix and shock them

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