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New bucket for my DWC

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Dick Fein

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New bucket for my DWC

Postby Dick Fein » Mon Apr 16, 2018 9:14 pm


I am getting too old for dragging buckets of water through my plants so I am automating it one step at a time. I came up with this idea to aid in draining and inspecting water levels. Ideally I would like to never open the bucket again but I am placing each bucket on a raised platform in case it needs to be removed for any reason. The plants themselves will likely be immovable soon.
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Re: New bucket for my DWC

Postby Prawn Connery » Tue Apr 17, 2018 2:24 am


I guess the obvious question is, how are you going to change out the nutrient solution every couple of weeks? Or are you running recirculating DWC with a remote reservoir?
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Postby Dick Fein » Tue Apr 17, 2018 5:52 pm


The eventual plan is to extend the drain hose out of the room to a sump pump and to run hoses from a reservoir to each bucket and rig a flotation valve in each bucket, like in a toilet, to be triggered when the nutrients fall to a certain level. In fact I might even use repurposed toilet tanks for the job.
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Postby bentech » Wed Apr 18, 2018 12:23 am


aren't there a lot simpler ways to do it?
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New bucket for my DWC

Postby Dick Fein » Wed Apr 18, 2018 10:27 pm


Yes undoubtedly. I have a new idea that I think has possibilities. I marked the level of nutrient solution when full and can see exactly how much each plant is using daily so I am still running a hose to each bucket, but just from an inverted jug or pop bottle outside the room, each numbered so I know which jug feeds which plant and mounted up high enough that gravity will do the work.
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Re: New bucket for my DWC

Postby roller24 » Sat Apr 21, 2018 4:25 pm


Why is your bag of soil plugged into the extension cord?
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Re: New bucket for my DWC

Postby Dick Fein » Sun Apr 22, 2018 5:58 pm


roller24 wrote:Why is your bag of soil plugged into the extension cord?

Are you saying that yours is not plugged in?
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