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This is AMAZING!! Saving it for future reference 😄
Thank you very much for sharing!
i would not reference this model… 2-3 stale water in each pipe makes roots rot…
@Mafields , please explain
@Mafields yeah, im not sure what you mean.
Great project. You may find you get algae in a clear box, so try to keep out as much light as you can. While chemical hydroponics will work, the juice from composting and worm composting will work too and also be more organic. Thanks for the video.
Was thinking the same about the clear tub
Please elaborate on juice from composting and worm composting
@Raymond Michael Yes I would love to know more about this! One of the things I´m researching is that one. Getting the specialized chemicals in my country is very expensive and not worthy to grow vegetables. I was thinking about using the liquid fertilizer resulting as a byproduct of biogas digestion. I have a channel, Fact Based Prepping where I´m going to post my own builds. Maybe it would be interesting for you to join.
@Jose Martinez sounds great
It’s great! only a few complaints:
– PVC will not hold up to sunlight as it gets brittle to UVC. Future builds will have to be made from different materials.
– The water and nutrient tank needs to be opaque. Your clear one won’t get hot enough to keep algae from growing.
Could paint the pvc and the tote with a basic exterior paint to solve both of these issues.
Agree with you, We can use UPVC pipes for better durabilty and protection against UV rays.
At 1:30 he shows the uPVC type and diameter of the pipe. The clear reservoir is a problem, but if he is cleaning it when changing nutrients, it shouldn’t get bad. Air stones would help plant growth and health.
PVC gets really hot under the sun, isn’t that a problem for the plants ? ( I understand the water cools it, but still…)
Excelente projeto, não precisa dizer nada, somente com as imagens já fiquei muito satisfeito com a ideia.
Parabéns
Thank you for your impressive workmanship and nice video making! Nice workshop too!
I would probably angle the pipes so that the water doesn’t stagnate as the roots grow out.
I might also change to four parallel paths so that fungus might only wipe out 1/4 of your crop. It would also simplify how the pipes are angled.
long as a water pump is on 24/7 then stagnate wont be a problem.
Muito caprichoso , parabéns
Great video! Thanks for sharing – very informative and entertaining. 🙂
Not a bad design, but I think it would be better to use square PVC pipes for most uses. It would allow more stability of the system, allow less light to go through to prevent algae growth and seat the plugs better. That being said, I do see it as a great way to produce some good food for cheap!
I found square alternative to be much more expensive and the fittings are t water tight as is meant for rain water.
Square is more expensive. I priced out various materials for a system similar to this and the cheapest overall is what is being used in this video. Aluminum gutter downspouts are cheaper by the foot for some reason where I live currently, but the connectors get you. While a 10ft section of aluminum downspout runs about $18, one single 90-degree connector is almost the same cost. A 10 foot section of 3in PVC is around $30 here and the connectors are $1-$3. I even priced out using wood for the water channels (enameled) and that’s still more expensive than PVC. I have not seen square PVC pipe here. The closest I’ve seen to that would be vinyl gutter downspouts, but I am a little reluctant to use such due to the possibility of leeching chemicals into the water. PVC is quite resistant to chemicals and leeching.
Nice video. Thank you for taking the time. A clear nutrient tank will probably give you problems with algae. Black would be better. Also, the pipe going back into the nutrient tank should be shorter so it makes a splash when it returns. This should give better aeration
One question is water pump to be kept running all the time round the clock or for specific time of day.
@The Funniest Things on the Internet I would put a timer on it to stay on for about a half hour every hour. some plants can handle 24/4 moisture but others need a break or they will “drown”. Also put a small aerator in the tank to helps keep the roots healthy.
@F BThank you so much
@The Funniest Things on the Internet Another way to do it would be closer to nft (nutrient film technique, plenty of videos on YT) : you would arrange the pipes in such a way that the flow of water is much lower, so only the bottom part of the roots touch the nutrient. This way no risk of drowning your plants, and it could be run 24/24h.
You can keep a “longish” return pipe and add a bubbler in the tank to add oxygen (if you don’t like the splashing noise maybe) but this would require one more electric device (you can find some with tiny solar panels though).
LogosFarm I wouldn’t recommend having leafy greens, herbs and fruiting varieties in the same setup. You need different EC (electro conductivity, the amount of nutrients in water) levels for different cultivars and maybe different light intensities for vegetative state or ripening. The time from seed to harvest is also very different (about one month for lettuce vs. several months for tomatoes), so the bigger plants would suck all the nutrients very quickly. Finally the size of the roots are very different – for tomatoes or peppers I would not recommend a rail/gutter/nft style setup but rather some kind of deep water culture / dutch bucket setup eith much bigger containers…
You could definitely mix different leafy greens (lettuce, spinach, etc.) together. Herbs I tend to keep longer so I have them in small-ish kratky units that I can keep for several months.
Nice build! I love the ankled pipe touch at the end! I would probably recommend not using a transparent reservoir to avoid the formation of algae.
he only used it for video purposes.
@karen waltz Nuh-uh!!
formation of algae is necessary to supply nitrogen to the plants
I would love to see a follow up video. The lack of air with a water levels that deep in the pipe will probably cause a ton of phytophthora(root rot). Maybe air stones were used later?
Was thinking the same thing
Not sure what you are growing, but you probably need larger diameter pipe, (roots will clog the pipe) and they are too close together (for bushy plants). Putting the pipes at different levels would also help. Like an A-Frame. As someone else said , the clear reservoir will grow a lot of alge.
What if he’s growing lettuce? Would the spacing be alright?
Actually, pulling out the cups
And trimming off some of the roots stimulates the plant to grow more (and no clogging).
It’d have been nice if you could share the list of pvc pipes and dimensions (including lengths of cuts) with us. People may want to base their variations on your ideas. Thank you.
Go full screen and look at the tape measure and ruler that they use. The video was made almost a year ago on ANOTHER channel. I am not sure that english is their first language, but they where showing the measurements throughout. The only one that they didn’t really show was the stand which would vary due to the availability of the capture chamber. 😉
Very nice
Yes, please share dimensions so we all may use this
@Current Electrical share link
Так Он по ходу сборки, и так всё показывал, все эти размеры, соединительных трубок. И так же все эти расстояния разметок для больших отверстий под стаканчики на самих больших трубах. А какие Вам ещё нужны размеры?
I like the build…. your corners should be made of the same size pvc as your rails. Looks like you are going for an NFT system. Should be a small stream of solution not having the tunes full. Might cause issues with root rot. Also your tank is clear I’d paint it to keep algae from growing. Lastly your drain pipe needs to be shorter to aerate the res or you will need an air stone
What about both?
Nice tidy build. The system would be difficult to clean when the nutrient solution needs to be changed.Shield your reservoir from sunlight to prevent algae .With water that deep in the pipe , it`s likely that you will get some root rot because there will be a lack of oxygen in the water. A large bubbler ( air stone ) in the res. fed by an air pump would help with that .A shallower water level inside the rails would be better to help the plants develop their air roots , ( Nutrient Film Technique ) or NFT. The system looks great.
How can you adjust the water level inside the pipes?
Sistema hidroponico:
4 tubos de 75h2.2mm
12 reductor 75-27
2 tubos de 27mm
26 codos de 27 mm
mueble
4 tubos de 34 mm
24 T de PVC de 34 mm
4 cierre de 34 mm
A couple of notes. Make sure your pump isnt too fast for any of the bends, water will back up, especially when roots fill the flow tubes. Water will fill the flow tubes to the depth of the end cap hole, so the hole width for the cups need to be created so that the bottom of the cup sits below the end cap water exit level. Drill holes in the cups so that all the holes are in the water to prevent microbial growth and evaporation.
also stagger teh holes in the actual grow pipes for more efficiency, like this;
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o o o
this way there is more room to grow
@Yvola If you try to.pack of balls nature will arrange itself in a lattice like you depicted. It’s called hexagonal lattice or hexagonal packing which gives the highest possible packing density.
Thank you for making and sharing this video. Please could you post the requirements (list of materials and measurements) for the construction?
Nice video! But could you please add the list of the materials in order to have a reference of where to start? Otherwise thanks for the idea 👌🏽