Yes first grow in 15 years. I left the growing scene just before LED lights were introduced to growing. Many years has past and now things have aligned so now I can start again. After some quick research I noticed overgrow was back up and running. Perfect for me to have once again a great community to rely on. There are so many new techniques and systems so I may need to be brought up to speed.
I’m an ebb and flow kind of guy, but I decided to go with the DWC buckets. I built a DWC unit for cloning and it worked great, so why not for my main plants. 3 buckets are going to maintain 3 different strains.
Products needed for assembly:
5 gal buckets
8 inch net pot bucket covers
6 inch round air stones
253 GPH air pump
Black air tubing
First thing to do is to paint the outside of the buckets black to keep out the light. I picked up 2 can of black spray paint for under 2 bucks. Got this done rather quickly.
I drilled a ¼ inch hole near the top of each bucket for the air tubing. After soaking the air stones for 30 minutes, I cut the tubing to the length of the air pump and connected everything together. The air stones are held down by 3 suction cups that allows you to put it where ever you want. I just keep my in the center.
The amount of bubbles are good, however I wish there was more. I’ll invest into a bigger pump and possibly bigger stones
I used a simple setup of CFLs and a bathroom fan for ventilation in a grow tent.
1.5 ft x 3 ft x 5.3 ft Tent
50 CFM ventilation fan
2x 600 watts CFL (1200 total)
18/6 timer
Remote thermometer
The medium I use is hydroton clay pellets. I’m a big fan of this and will most likely use this medium my whole life.
Now its setup so we just need to sure up the numbers and dry run for a couple weeks to work out any issue that may come up. Better now then when the plants are in the tent.