pricing out ebb and flow table setup, need help

The Growery

The Growery

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as you guys know, I've been a promix fan for a while now but am planning to change to flood tables in the near future and need help pricing everything out. here is the list I have so far of what I'm going to need, am I missing anything?

Veg room (has 4x 4ft 4 bulb T5s, 3x 250W CFL vertical hanging):

1. 2 x 4x 8ft Flood tables
2. 2 x 30 Gallon reservoirs
3. 2 x industrial quality water pumps
4. 150 Watt air pump with 4 stones, 2 for each res
5. 2 x digital timers for pumps
6. Tri-meter


Flower room (has 2x 1000watt and 2 x 600 watt hps)

1. 4 x 4x4ft flood tables
2. 4 x 30 gallon res
3. 4 x water pumps, 2 stones each
5. 2 x digital times for pumps
6. tri meter

this is a perpetual grow room harvest 1 light every 2 weeks.

are there other components I'm missing? anyone with experience with flood tables could chime in it'd be appreciated. thanks.
 
TriPurple

TriPurple

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Assuming you have your Fans, nutes., & ventilation down. What's your growing medium? :peace:

Also, hoses for water & air.
Thermometer for water.
 
st0wandgrow

st0wandgrow

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A good dehumidifier. All of that standing water in your reservoirs will send your RH through the roof this time of year if you don't have a good dehumidifier. This is the main reason I gave up hydroponics and switched to soil. You will also want to make sure you have a faucet and hose close to where your garden is located. Hauling dozens of 5 gallon buckets of water every time you change your reservoirs is a pain in the nuts. You may want to consider building a grid above the tables for the plants to grow in to ... scrog or whatever you want to call it. I had a couple instances where my plants tipped over in the tables when the the water filled up the trays. Hydroton is very light weight, and the plants tipped over easily until I built the grid. What a mess!

You will also want a PPM wand to measure how much nutrients you have added to your mix. I have an extra 4x4 table, and a PPM wand that I no longer use if you want them (for free).
 
mrbungle79

mrbungle79

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st0wandgrow said:
A good dehumidifier. All of that standing water in your reservoirs will send your RH through the roof this time of year if you don't have a good dehumidifier. This is the main reason I gave up hydroponics and switched to soil. You will also want to make sure you have a faucet and hose close to where your garden is located. Hauling dozens of 5 gallon buckets of water every time you change your reservoirs is a pain in the nuts. You may want to consider building a grid above the tables for the plants to grow in to ... scrog or whatever you want to call it. I had a couple instances where my plants tipped over in the tables when the the water filled up the trays. Hydroton is very light weight, and the plants tipped over easily until I built the grid. What a mess!

You will also want a PPM wand to measure how much nutrients you have added to your mix. I have an extra 4x4 table, and a PPM wand that I no longer use if you want them (for free).
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thats what i'm talkin' about. we need to be more like this - helping eachother out not gouging eachother. alway as a stand up guy Stow!!
 
The Growery

The Growery

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a generous offer indeed, stow from your experience with both flood tables and soil, would you say there is much of a growth rate difference in veg? the main concern is getting ladies big quickly for flower as my current veg is having a hard time keeping up with the flower room
 
st0wandgrow

st0wandgrow

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The Growery said:
a generous offer indeed, stow from your experience with both flood tables and soil, would you say there is much of a growth rate difference in veg? the main concern is getting ladies big quickly for flower as my current veg is having a hard time keeping up with the flower room
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Yes. To me, growth rate is the big advantage with hydro. I'm not so sure that an ebb and flow system is going to be *the* best option for you though. I've seen some pretty remarkable growth with DWC. Check out Huels thread as an example.

What's your ideal veg time, and how big do you want the plant to get?
 
The Growery

The Growery

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st0wandgrow said:
Yes. To me, growth rate is the big advantage with hydro. I'm not so sure that an ebb and flow system is going to be *the* best option for you though. I've seen some pretty remarkable growth with DWC. Check out Huels thread as an example.

What's your ideal veg time, and how big do you want the plant to get?
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you're probably right, dwc seems to make more sense, especially since it's easier to implement without having to totally redesign the rooms for flood tables. I'm looking to get a 3 ft wide 3 ft tall lst'd plant within 6 weeks of veg time. takes me about 2 months of veg to get that size with my current setup
 
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