Well the title says it all. I’ve been doing standalone dwc buckets but it’s a pain in the ass in a large grow room. I’ve thought about going the rdwc route 3x8 site, but I’m not sure if that’s the best way to go about it. I see ebb&flow setups like the autopots and they look like they can be diy’d for half the price of rdwc materials. I just don’t want limit my yield potential for a couple bucks saving and easier floorspace/canopy management.
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I’m working on a self watering hempie system, just dtw though.
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That’s basically the setup I’m gonna be using for my seedlings/clones but a bit small for my needs otherwise. I suppose I could do multiple 2 plant totes with a top feed, would cut my res change/top up work in half.
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Mapito f and d : )
STB!
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I’m sure there are better options, but I saw you mention 2 plant totes, and this is where I got the plans for my setups.
I’ve been thinking about switching to single buckets, so our opposite plans gave me a chuckle 
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I love my flood and drain table. Compared to DWC/RDWC, its way more brainless with less work and I’m not seeing much a yield difference, if any at all. So much easier to maintain.
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If I had the spaces I use to have I would still be using flood and drain tables.
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My ebb and flow buckets with net pot lids and hydroton was cheap to set up and is easy to maintain. I can get 3 pounds from a grow space of about 12 square feet (4x3) and spend less than $7 on nutes.
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So what’s everyone using for flood tables? Cement mixing trays?
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flood and drain tables, dry nutes, sterile res
doesnt get much cheaper or more low maintenance than that
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Well looks like I’ve got some YouTube videos to watch the concept seems simple enough. Looking at lowes their biggest trays are 3’x2’x8" 2ish trays/res per light in a 6 light setup seems pretty doable.
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Don’t get me wrong I love mine too but it’s alot of work to maintain I’m looking to have 20-30 plants this next run and I don’t want to do that many res changes 
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I dont do res. changes and I have 2 rooms with 1K lights and light movers in each room bromigos.
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I flood and drain my Mapito once , every three days : )
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Ebb and Flow/Flood and Drain for simplicity. One pump. Nothing to really go wrong, less dependent on reservoir temps like DWC. As many flood cycles per day as you wanna do, depending on how much media you want to use. More flood cycles, less media, results in bigger yields, but less wiggle room if your pump fails. Rocks that get flooded every 2 hours will die quickly with a failed pump, a couple gallons of rockwool croutons will buy you more time.
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Finally someone else who believes in lightmovers
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Hey bro, screw the grow shop trays. Get you a nice kiddie pool. It will save you about 230-260 bucks. It’s just round, I wonder if anyone is making square ones? That would be sweet.
I thinks the easiest is a bubble bucket. It sucks takin care of several separate buckets. Rdwc seems badass but I haven’t made one, but they get some awesome results. Ebb and flow tables are pretty simple and will crank out some plants quickly when your dialed in. I would suggest you doing a ebb and flow sea of green AND A dwc bubblebucket beside it and see which you like better. You can feed the same for both setups. man, it’s so cool now with all the gadgets you can pretty much get them almost full auto. It’s awesome that a little machine can auto adjust ph levels. I thinks it’s called a bluelab guardian. Hope I helped a bit.
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I saw this crazy light mover the other day! It’s had THREE arms! And spins around. I was picturing a noob trying to rig up 3 1k’s on this thing in a tent and SMASHING a few plants to smithereens!
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