#4 Why a Deep Water Culture System?

Why Deep Water Culture System? 

Number 4) Easy to clean!!! Cleaning the system is always required after each grow to prevent any type of alage or fungus from taking advantage of your "perfect" environment. The Deep Water Culture System is probably the easiest to clean. 

Simply add a couple gallons of warm-hot water to the empty reservoir, add dish soap, the net pots (empty), and the airline tubing, and clean with a medium brush or dish rag. Once fully rinsed, add another 2 gallons of hot water with a 1/4 to 1/2 cup of bleach and sanitize everything to include the air stone. Rinse thoroughly and let dry. 

Too easy!!!

# 3 Why A Deep Water Culture System?

Why DWC? Number 3). 

Highly EFFICIENT and EFFECTIVE. 

Grow faster, stronger, and healthier plants without soil. My recorded results have shown increased harvest season and faster maturity over even the best prepared soils. These results are documented in the videos and the blog and amaze me to this day. 

 Nutrients and oxygen are delivered at just the right amount to insure the most explosive growth possible. Consider these factors and it is no wonder that a Deep Water Culture System is a model of efficiency in growing plants.

Number 8) Why use an Ebb and Flow System?

BIG plants do not need to be staked and supported when checking and changing nutrients as with a Deep Water Culture system.

Change the nutrients while your babies remain undisturbed!

Number 2 Why Use an Ebb and Flow System?

Number 2)   

The Ebb and Flow system provides a "blast" of oxygenated nutrients to the roots for short periods allowing the media to hold and maintain moisture during the ebb cycles. This gives the roots a larger quantity of fresh air expose and stimulates the plants natural reaction of expanding the root base.

Why Use an Ebb and Flow System?

Number 1)  

The Ebb and Flow system allows flexibility in nutrient temperature because of the separate reservoir. By having the ability to shade, mechanically cool (chiller), or even partially bury a nutrient reservoir, efficient temperatures can be maintained in the heat of the summer or the dead of winter. This keeps the roots from excesses and stress.

Deep Water Culture Hydroponics Video

Still the easiest and cheapest way to get growing with hydroponics.  The Deep Water Culture is simple yet effective, and is perfect for beginners and those with little room.

I have had several discussions on DIY kits lately, so here is the "how to" of the Deep Water Culture System.

Summer close

It has been a very productive summer in the traditional raised beds and containers. With all the changes in our lives and the time those changes demanded, I did not attempt an outdoor hydro system.  I also powered down the indoor lettuce grow as part of the change involved a complete relocation.  So glad to have those changes mostly complete.

I will begin posting very soon with some pieces on preparation, lighting, medium, and some ideas I am pursuing for additional small-space indoor systems.

Standby!