How do you drain this hydroponic system?

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Where is the drain in this system? Also, I have a 3.5 x3.5ft grow tent in a closet that it will be in and I need something that is somewhat easy to drain and fill. Thanks

It goes right back down the hole and into the reservoir again, you change out the whole reservoir every week or 2.

but where do u drain the entire res from and how do u drain it and fill it is what i mean?

I had the same problem.. you need to buy and extra pump, or atleast get some extra hose, and pump the water in the reservoir outside or into a garbage can that you can easily dump down the drain. You can also use this same idea to fill the reservoir.

I use a an electric drill attachment, it is a siphon with a motor and 2 tubes, one for in and one for out. It makes it so much easier, no lifting or disrupting the plants. Just stick one hose in the res, the other in an empty bucket beside you and turn the drill on and it empties like a dream. Do it reverse to fill it again. They sell them hardware stores. I don't have that same system but should work with every res.

i unhook the resorvoir and take it to a sink/tub. empty it out. then refill the tank with water. add nuts at 1/4 strength and good to go. ohh and check the ph.

420ClosetGrow said:

i unhook the resorvoir and take it to a sink/tub. empty it out. then refill the tank with water. add nuts at 1/4 strength and good to go. ohh and check the ph.

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use nutes as you should according to plants age, not @ 1/4 strength. You should be upping your ec/ppms as your grow continues. Bigger plants need more food dude.

once again, the blind lead the blind....

You can just dump the res out if its one that can be moved, otherwise add a tapping drain in the bottom of the res or use a pump. Hope this helpsz

That is a great idea to pump it all into a trash can. That is stealth too. Also what is the thing called that u hooke to your electric drill to get the water out of the res?? Thanks

pimpnitjc said:

That is a great idea to pump it all into a trash can. That is stealth too. Also what is the thing called that u hooke to your electric drill to get the water out of the res?? Thanks

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I believe it is called a drill siphon. It attaches right on like a drill bit with the motor on the end of the drill and 2 hoses. Look in the section where the siphons are. I am so glad I have this.

mountianstar said:

use nutes as you should according to plants age, not @ 1/4 strength. You should be upping your ec/ppms as your grow continues. Bigger plants need more food dude.

once again, the blind lead the blind....

You can just dump the res out if its one that can be moved, otherwise add a tapping drain in the bottom of the res or use a pump. Hope this helpsz

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ummm no. you need dilute the nutrient strength for mj. it's obvious you should follow the the instructions according the age of the plant. as far e ec/ppc yeah that's fine but if you follow the instructions per the nutrient labels you should be fine. as my rez goes down, I simply top it with normal tap water (ph adusted).

know yer' shit before you spout off at the lip (about the blind leading the blind). mister you have no idea what my background in grow is so therefore you need to refrain with the diarrhea of the mouth.

I am trying to sale my DWC system on ebay and I am going to buy that 3x3 ebb&flow sytem instead. I got six blueberry seedlings and 1 whitewidow.

When you put the 6x6 or 4x4 blocks in the tray, do you put hydrotron rocks all around them or something else or do just the blocks and thats all?

pimpnitjc said:

but where do u drain the entire res from and how do u drain it and fill it is what i mean?

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you simply add an inline valve to divert the water out
you change the flow direction and turn on the pump.

420ClosetGrow said:

ummm no. you need dilute the nutrient strength for mj. it's obvious you should follow the the instructions according the age of the plant. as far e ec/ppc yeah that's fine but if you follow the instructions per the nutrient labels you should be fine. as my rez goes down, I simply top it with normal tap water (ph adusted).

know yer' shit before you spout off at the lip (about the blind leading the blind). mister you have no idea what my background in grow is so therefore you need to refrain with the diarrhea of the mouth.

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yo dude. !/4 of what the label says for a plant that is half way through veg will leave it yellow and in poor enough health that it shouldent be flowered.
A Plant should be started on 300 ppms from the stage of a seedling and increased by 150ppms every week that the plant is in veg thereafter up to 1200 ppms (which is pushing it a bit).

Your handling your res correctly, congratulations that dosent take much to do or to learn.
I said that you were blind leading the blind because 1/4 of what the total nute reccomendations are for a fully mature marijuana plant is too much for a smaller plant. That told me that you didnt know what you were talking about, forgive me bro.
I can bring almost half the respected members of the site in this thread if you really need to know how well I know my shit...

mountianstar said:

yo dude. !/4 of what the label says for a plant that is half way through veg will leave it yellow and in poor enough health that it shouldent be flowered.
A Plant should be started on 300 ppms from the stage of a seedling and increased by 150ppms every week that the plant is in veg thereafter up to 1200 ppms (which is pushing it a bit).

Your handling your res correctly, congratulations that dosent take much to do or to learn.
I said that you were blind leading the blind because 1/4 of what the total nute reccomendations are for a fully mature marijuana plant is too much for a smaller plant. That told me that you didnt know what you were talking about, forgive me bro.
I can bring almost half the respected members of the site in this thread if you really need to know how well I know my shit...

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lol. ok i give. fighting on the internet is like the special olympics..even if you win your still retarded.

No extra pump needed. Look here:

https://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-aeroponics/9187-easy-drain-system-flood-hydro.html

Al B. Fuct said:

No extra pump needed. Look here:

https://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-aeroponics/9187-easy-drain-system-flood-hydro.html

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why not just put a tap drain on one side of the bottom of the res like this?
Ive done it that way in the past and it worked good except for a little puddle that it leaves in the bottom...
I find that a valve similar to one that water coolers use works well, (the push button ones like on the Gatorade water coolers)

like where I edited your pic

You can get away with putting plumbing bits through the wall of the tank if it is made of a tough sort of plastic.

If you are using cheap dollar-shop storage tubs as tanks, the plastic can be brittle and may develop cracks at the punch-through point, if it doesn't just shatter when you're boring the hole.

Use a soldering iron with the tip hammered flat to make a hot knife to melt/cut holes if you need to make any in this sort of cheap plastic. This will prevent cracking while making the hole but may not stop it cracking later on.

Better yet, don't put any holes in your tanks.

Al B. Fuct said:

You can get away with putting plumbing bits through the wall of the tank if it is made of a tough sort of plastic.

If you are using cheap dollar-shop storage tubs as tanks, the plastic can be brittle and may develop cracks at the punch-through point, if it doesn't just shatter when you're boring the hole.

Use a soldering iron with the tip hammered flat to make a hot knife to melt/cut holes if you need to make any in this sort of cheap plastic. This will prevent cracking while making the hole but may not stop it cracking later on.

Better yet, don't put any holes in your tanks.

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I typically dont use cheaper tanks...But Im not typically a hydro grower either, I did do a couple grows with the old style ebb and flow but I used a thick container that I had from an appliance repair shop that my family has.

I will be trying my first NFT grow soon though. Any advice for that? As far as the setup to the reservoir and workings on it it will be a gravity driven drain to res system with detachable top that is also going to double as a top for the res. Ill be able to take the plant supporting top off and just dump the reservoir to change it. A pump on a continuous timer feeding the roots on a feeding mat.
From what Ive seen its a simpler version of the old skool ebb and flow tables, Have you messed with it any?

I use the very cheapest dollar shop tubs! How dya think I know about trashing them?

Yep, I've used NFT, good stuff. NFT is usually set up with several parallel channels ie rain gutter material or big PVC pipes with a few holes to fit plants, draining into a rez tank by gravity as you propose.



However, it doesn't lend itself to individual plant portability as well as plants in individual pots in a flood system does. Rootballs tend to knit, meaning you can't move plants until harvest. If you get a dud plant, you wind up with a dead rootball in your channel if you cut the dud plant down. I went back to flood systems from NFT because it gave me more flexibility in placing plants in preferential light positions as needed as well as being able to pick up the plants and turn them around for maintenance.

NFT gives better root aeration than flood but there's some practicality trade-offs.

WOW THANKS ALOT AL B FUCT!! THAT DIAGRAM HELPED ME ALOT. i AM GOING TO TRY THAT. I love this forum. I am going to rep U too.