Flood/drain Schedule For Ebb N Grow

[Dawgster]

I just got the vegetation room set up. With 55 gallon reservoir. Water filled up halfway. 4 2 1/2 buckets under T5 light 8 fluorescent bulb.

 

I just need the schedule for flood/soak/drain the buckets.

[kruztydj]

every 2.5 hrs flood if using coco or hydron pellets

[BubbleBerryKush]

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[pic book]

if rockwool, twice a day is OK

[LongHairBri]

I go every three hours. 15min pump in, 15 marinade, 15 out

[Dawgster]

Well I set up 3. 12, 4, 8.

 

One problem is that my ebb n grow over floods the bucket.

 

Why?

[Honeyoil]

How are your buckets attached to your rez?

[Dawgster]

The control bucket is on the floor along with other 4 buckets. 2 buckets are connected to each other to both side of the control bucket. Do I connect them together to a loophole or as a parallel?

[Dawgster]

My plants are dying and need help urgent. Buckets are still overflowing.

[bigbudsnewbie]

What area Dawgster?

[Dawgster]

Macomb

[kruztydj]

Adjust your float in your control bucket so that it don't over flow your buckets. Need pic's of the plants as we don't know if your not flooding them enough times or drowning them. I'm not sure as I run flood tables not buckets and sounds more like a dwc grow ya got going then a eb-n-flo. I do 4 x 4 tables and control amount of flood with how long my pump runs and how high my over flo is set in the tables themselves.. Whats your ph/ec set at ??

[Dawgster]

After hours struggling and keeping my plants alive. I got it working. Lights are shining at it and water floats smoothly w nutrients. Perfect climate. Leaves curling up so fast!

[kruztydj]

Do you have a good meter or just guessing on ph and ppm/ec ??

[The Digital Nomad]

My understanding of a resirvor system is there are basically three buckets - the big one that holds 55 gallons or more of water, then a control bucket that has a shutoff valve when the water reaches a certain level, then the plant bucket. I am guessing the plant bucket and the control bucket share the water level - so it knows when to shut off. correct?

IMO for a first hydro grow, I would still run 1 or 2 plants in soil as backup.

 

DN

[bigbudsnewbie]

I'm on my first hydro run.. NO problems yet.. just a good mentor!!

[kruztydj]

I would still run 1 or 2 plants in soil as backup.

 

 

 

 

Yep me too and your gonna be glad you did. Same without not having a genny to back the grow up if your elec goes down. If it does go down and you cant get those pumps running to flood those buckets your plants will die in a matter of hours period.

[bigbudsnewbie]

That's why general ebb and flow systems aren't the best!! They need to be modified! Then all you have to worry about if electricity goes off is power for the air stones! Darkmatter made a post on this site about his system.. check it out..

[kruztydj]

Now I run sun shine #4 soiless in smart pots for my flood and drain tables and with using that I can go a couple days without the pots drying out and solved my back up issues tho I do have a gas powered welder that also runs the house if the elec goes down. I did have a fill hose come off on 1 of my tables and the table went 3 days before the plants started to droop and get dry. I hooked the hose back up and flooded the table and the girls where fine. This type of flood and drain is a combo of a soil grow in hydro and it seems to work dam well too. I only have to flood the tables 2 times a day for 3 minutes too and once a day would prolly work too.

[The Digital Nomad]

Anyone try looking at hooking up a air stone pump to a battery? This might be the lifesaver for hydro people in the event of a power outage. Even battery powered lights can keep plants on their 12 or 18 hour cycle so they don't get lost - it is like an overcast day to them.

 

DN

[LongHairBri]

Anyone try looking at hooking up a air stone pump to a battery? This might be the lifesaver for hydro people in the event of a power outage. Even battery powered lights can keep plants on their 12 or 18 hour cycle so they don't get lost - it is like an overcast day to them.

 

DN

great idea!! I'm gonna hook up a UPS and see how long it keeps my air running.

[Dawgster]

the plants are still alive and doing great! buckets runnin good. i was followin the instructions which said fill up halfway... really i had to use 10 small gallon instead for 4 plants! nutritions added and rootbooster. let's see how this goes.