How to Build a Hydroponic System Under $30 – Deep Water Culture Hydroponics
How to Build a Hydroponic System Under $30 – Deep Water Culture Hydroponics
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In this video, I show you how to set up a deep water culture hydroponic system for less than $30. This cheap hydroponic system is perfect for beginners.
If you want to learn more about how a dwc hydroponic system works, keep scrolling.
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VIDEO CHAPTERS 📖
00:23 Materials for DWC System
00:56 Cutting Holes for Net Cups
01:15 Drilling Holes for Air Lines
02:02 Cutting Tubing for Air Lines
02:40 Connecting Air Lines to Aerator and Air Stones
03:24 Planting Tomatoes in a DWC System
04:41 Conclusion
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What We’re Building
The system we’re building is commonly called a dwc hydroponic system. DWC stands for deep water culture.
Most people look for DWC systems without knowing the method is actually just water culture hydroponics. The addition of the word “deep” just means the system is at least 8 to 10 inches deep.
How Does a Deep Water Culture System Work?
A plant is suspended in a net cup above the nutrient solution in the reservoir. The reservoir in this case is a bucket. As the root system of the plant grows it relies on dissolved oxygen in the water to survive.
In the system we’re building, an air pump (aerator) oxygenates the water. Without this aeration, the nutrient solution (water) would become stagnant and a fully submerged root system would die.
What type of pump are you usi g for these
You need to pre soak your stones
Watched on mute.. it was great! No need for words 🤠
I drilled my airline hole on the side of the bucket near the top. No tube to change water?
your vidio hasbeensohelpful bought pump but 2 stones wouldn’t work now I see must be same length and other things
From experience, use larger baskets better for supporting larger plants
Send link to cheat sheet
Glad I came across your channel I haven’t done much gardening since the nineties and I’m thinking real small green house here in fla your content is going to help refresh the memories and avoid mistakes thank you Sir
Buy a Larger quality
Pump. Mount pump above planter, height. Located in another room or Basement for sound & run a long single hose to a splitter. Also,The Best place to put pump is where people sit and breathe out CO2.
Or Outside where the Co2 level is high. 12 volt or 110 volt small compressor works well. Larger the tank ,makes for less run time on .
Could you grow small cherry tomato plants with this system?
Looking to grow marijuana. What size hole would I need
I buy from baker creek also. 👍
Will u send me 1 for free pls I wana learn
Glad I found this channel!
Unfortunately the cost is a lot higher if you’re just starting out. You need to buy nutrients, ph/ec meter, pH down, clay stones, etc.
I ❤️ Baker Creek heirloom Seeds. Thanks for sharing your video
Great video. I grew some "tomatoes" in a closet, took some trial and error to dial in but end result was damn good 😊
Use Black buckets and lids the light will get though the white lids and even possibly those blue buckets and cause issues with algae. Ask me how I know 😉
Would this system work outside in say my backyard? I was wanting to grow something like strawberries and perhaps corn in a hydroponic system, but I’m not sure if those kinds of plants would be too big or if you can grow something like strawberries where you don’t really harvest the entire plant.
Black buckets and lids are much more effective. The light can react with the nutrients and cause green algae.
Perfectly simple setup. Very effective. I would put the airlines in the top of the side of bucket. Not on lid so if you need to remove You can free of obstructions
hi can someone tell me why does this rig have to be aerated? i have 0 idea on how these things works
I love this video but how do you know when to replace water that has evaporated. Do you just lift the lid and check ?
Plant’s will do better with an air gap between the net and solution. 4 to 6 inches works well and let’s the plant dry at the base and stops rot.
Hell yea! And nice shout out to the best seed company baker!
One pump per bucket would be better
What is the purpose of the air stones??? Why does it need air bubbles? Also, why wouldn’t you use a carbon filter for the water? I’m a complete newbie and I’m trying to keep my bamboo alive. I thought about a fish tank filter to keep the water fresh, but now I’m seeing you have air stones.
How do you change reservoir nute/water? Thanks
only thing id like to add is make sure the 2 air lines are the same length, or one bucket will starve for air. you can drill the hole one size under 1/4" and the air line will fit nice and snug.
If you raise the air pump above the water level in the bucket it can’t siphon back to the pump.
ha ha im like 420 … blazein a bowl to this 1
Love that sebenza!!
I have to say after watching just two of your " DIY " video’s…
" There is a guy sharing the right kind of info…" from simple to beyond, and for us " learn by doing " set of folks!
KUDO’S brother, I signed up for your content ( all of it ) and proud to have done so!
Respectfully, Seth
sir could you recomend your average net cup distance from water level in your standard 5 gal setup?
Should I clean the buckets before adding water and nutrients? Even if they’re brand new?
Hello my friend. When the water level drops, do you fill up again at the starting point or lower? Thank you
Good stuff man, I started dwc just like this back in the day, people like to over complicate it.
Great guide thanks for sharing I’m gonna have to try this out!
Amazing channel 🎉