Huge bubblers with one plant ?

Hello fellow growers
Just wondering if others have done huge bubbler containers , not a red but the actual pot . I’m firing up a grow of 3 gallon coco but want to include a DWC bubbler into the mix .
Years ago I ran a 27 gallon tote with a 5 gallon cut in half for a net pot with 2 stones . This thing was a beast of a plant . I found the system to be trouble free . Thinking it would be great to be able to leave the plants for a week at a time . With a auto feed system you have a water pump to fail or a leak . With the large bubblers the air pump is the weak link but a stand by could be added on a smart power outlet . Anyone run any huge setups like this ? Would love to hear your results . We plan to grow our 6 plant legal limit of 6 monsters . This will be a non circulation system . Basically a 27 gallon res with a plant growing in it full cycle .

nutes GH 2 part cal mag 6 micro 9 bloom
Room 6x11
Lights. 3 600 watt Quantum Board LED
5 coco drain to waste in 3 gallon
1 DWC Bubbler

Sounds like the 4-plant oxypot system that I use dutch-passion-c-vibes-cbd-skunk-haze-dwc

I'd be cautious of leaving them if they are mid-flower or more mature, as they drink A LOT and you need to top up with nutes and water manually. Leaving them alone for a whole week would really be pushing it if you're in full bloom.
They hardly eat/drink in veg though, reletivley speaking.

Theres a good review of the smaller 2 plant system here, it's the same thing just smaller.. You could do a DIY version easy enough.

futurebanjo said:

Sounds like the 4-plant oxypot system that I use dutch-passion-c-vibes-cbd-skunk-haze-dwc

I'd be cautious of leaving them if they are mid-flower or more mature, as they drink A LOT and you need to top up with nutes and water manually. Leaving them alone for a whole week would really be pushing it if you're in full bloom.
They hardly eat/drink in veg though, reletivley speaking.

Theres a good review of the smaller 2 plant system here, it's the same thing just smaller.. You could do a DIY version easy enough.

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Thanks
I like the tote having more structure.

Crazy4coco said:

the air pump is the weak link

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keeping pH in range for a week while you're gone will be difficult

i do auto feed drain to waste in coco and just went away for almsot 3 weeks and she was alive when i got home

Crazy4coco said:

Hello fellow growers
Just wondering if others have done huge bubbler containers , not a red but the actual pot . I’m firing up a grow of 3 gallon coco but want to include a DWC bubbler into the mix .
Years ago I ran a 27 gallon tote with a 5 gallon cut in half for a net pot with 2 stones . This thing was a beast of a plant . I found the system to be trouble free . Thinking it would be great to be able to leave the plants for a week at a time . With a auto feed system you have a water pump to fail or a leak . With the large bubblers the air pump is the weak link but a stand by could be added on a smart power outlet . Anyone run any huge setups like this ? Would love to hear your results . We plan to grow our 6 plant legal limit of 6 monsters . This will be a non circulation system . Basically a 27 gallon res with a plant growing in it full cycle .

nutes GH 2 part cal mag 6 micro 9 bloom
Room 6x11
Lights. 3 600 watt Quantum Board LED
5 coco drain to waste in 3 gallon
1 DWC Bubbler

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Boy these new LED lights are so nice to hang . Beats bench pressing a huge sealed hood and washing glass . I was surprised the quality of this light . Really rigid huge heat sink , very smooth dimming from zero to 100 . 500 watts of simplicity in my life . Life is good

rkymtnman said:

keeping pH in range for a week while you're gone will be difficult

i do auto feed drain to waste in coco and just went away for almsot 3 weeks and she was alive when i got home

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We’re doing 4 coco drain to waste as well . The DWC is to keep things interesting. I will keep the ph In Mind for sure . I call this my can I kill it test lol
Just to test how for we can grow outside the norm . I ran some Jedi Kush in a huge one . Maybe just the strain ? I let that tote go unchecked and it just thrived .

Crazy4coco said:

We’re doing 4 coco drain to waste as well . The DWC is to keep things interesting. I will keep the ph In Mind for sure . I call this my can I kill it test lol
Just to test how for we can grow outside the norm . I ran some Jedi Kush in a huge one . Maybe just the strain ? I let that tote go unchecked and it just thrived .

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i did4 plants in a 27 g rdwc (2 totes with 2 plants each plus a control res) and they were monsters. the roots were insane. i can see why you want to do one in a big dwc.

rkymtnman said:

i did42 plants in a 27 g rdwc (2 totes with 2 plants each plus a control res) and they were monsters. the roots were insane. i can see why you want to do one in a big dwc.

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I wish I had pics
I have a 36 inch sealed door and it was wider than the door . At the end it go so big and heavy it split in half . I taped it and she just Said hold my beer lol
I’m hoping I get time to build a nice base on wheels to have a place to attach a Scrog .

Crazy4coco said:

Boy these new LED lights are so nice to hang . Beats bench pressing a huge sealed hood and washing glass . I was surprised the quality of this light . Really rigid huge heat sink , very smooth dimming from zero to 100 . 500 watts of simplicity in my life . Life is good View attachment 5249304

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What's the length/ width , if ya dont mind me asking ........can't f'ing imagine the cost if they are are 4'×8' or larger. My latest setup , several years old cost me $ 399.
Pumps out more weed than my Wake n Bake companion, close friends and I can smoke. They look like an ass-kicking set of lights. ! Those seedlings are getting very " leggy " . They need light I would say.

The grow area is 5 x 11
The new lighting is a 500 watt
40 inches x 12 inches and a flowering foot print of 3x5 . The plan is to end up with 3 lights by flower time . The light was $339 shipped and yes they are leggy for sure . They were started on a low wattage lighting first 2 weeks while we were waiting on the current light hanging .