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Cheap 11 site ebb&flow plan w/ pictures!!

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eLiguL

I didnt create the plans just passing along something very interesting I happen to find from Bonzo's ebb&flow thread. Rather than explaining it ill just let the pictures speak for themselves.

Ebb & Flow Plan

This would be perfect for a perpetual grow. :muahaha:

Edit: Just realised I didnt post in the hydro forum *doh*
 
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Endo

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thats really nice
i like it alot.

i totally want to go build one of these bad boys.

what would hte medium be.. net pots? and hydroton or rock wool?
 
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eLiguL

Im just glad someone else found this useful.

Just a thought on the perpetual idea. This prolly wouldnt work because the plants would be in different feeding stages but eating from the same rez.
 
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eLiguL

Endo said:
thats really nice
i like it alot.

i totally want to go build one of these bad boys.

what would hte medium be.. net pots? and hydroton or rock wool?
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The guy who invented the system used 16oz solo cups as "netpots" and filled them up with hydrotron.
 
iLLperception

iLLperception

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I built this system and am currently on day 44 of flowering using it. I used Quart sized ice cream buckets from Baskin robins and also found the same buckets in the paint dept at Lowe's. They fit perfectly inside 2 liters. I use 3.5 inch rockwool in hydroton. The system has been OK, but I will not be using it again as the roots have grown out of their pots and formed a full rootball under the pots inside the 2 liter bottles. The plants have been stressed b/c of this but there is nothing I can do for now.

This system would work better if you were only vegging the plants for a week or two then immediately flower, as the roots would not have enough time to grow out of the pots. I vegged for 1.5 months and that was way too long for this system to handle.

It was my first hydro grow and was a good learning experience but I am switching to flood tables and 6 inch rockwool cubes from now on.

Edit: I added a couple pics to my gallery so u can see it in action, one is from veg and one is from 10 days of flowering
 
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eLiguL

iLLperception said:
I built this system and am currently on day 44 of flowering using it. I used Quart sized ice cream buckets from Baskin robins and also found the same buckets in the paint dept at Lowe's. They fit perfectly inside 2 liters. I use 3.5 inch rockwool in hydroton. The system has been OK, but I will not be using it again as the roots have grown out of their pots and formed a full rootball under the pots inside the 2 liter bottles. The plants have been stressed b/c of this but there is nothing I can do for now.

This system would work better if you were only vegging the plants for a week or two then immediately flower, as the roots would not have enough time to grow out of the pots. I vegged for 1.5 months and that was way too long for this system to handle.

It was my first hydro grow and was a good learning experience but I am switching to flood tables and 6 inch rockwool cubes from now on.

Edit: I added a couple pics to my gallery so u can see it in action, one is from veg and one is from 10 days of flowering
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Thanks so much for sharing your experience(and pix :rasta: ). Ive actually went through a fair bit of the information on Ron's website and ive read something that may be of interest to you.

Have you tried using a paint strainer inside of the 2liter bottles to stop the clogging from the roots??
 
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SoEx

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Interesting post! And it might be the answer to one of my problems.

I need to start ~8 new plants in a small veg closet I'm constructing. After they're 2-3 weeks along, I'm hoping to put the female plants with the other two plants in my main chamber, veg for a few more weeks, fill up a screen, then make my HPS the "flower" area and the other place for veg.

Anyhow, I am using these horrible containers I picked up as net pots and they're FAR too big for this closet to fit 8 in. I can't change the net pots until I finish this grow, so I'd need something I can transplant. With e&f you have smaller rootmass and it'd make transplanting to another place easier, right? I just know if I do DWC I'm going to have to use these huge net pots again so I can transplant them easily, and there's no space.

Anyway, I think the link is quite nifty and I'm going to look into making a version myself here, hopefully.
 
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