Watch this before you build a deep water culture (DWC) bubble bucket - PA Hydroponics

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Things you'll need:
5 gallon food grade bucket
5 feet of 1/4" tubing
Active Aqua 3.2 liter per minute single port air pump
Drill with bits
another bucket (or something the air pump will be able to sit on to elevate the air pump higher than water level)
Gary from PA Hydroponics kicks off the start of his instructional video series by walking you through how to build a deep water culture bubble bucket. He explains the methods to the madness and gives you tips and tricks on how to get the most from your hydroponic system.
Part 2 of the series on adding a water level indicator to your bubble bucket can be found here: • Watch this before addi...
Gary is the owner of both PA Hydroponics & All Good Garden Supply as well as one of the in house experts in hydroponics and indoor/outdoor gardening.
Deep water culture is the best hydroponic system for newbies. It's the least complicated system and allows you to try hydroponics out without breaking your wallet.
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[@PAHydroponics]

Watch part 2 to see how to hook together multiple bubble buckets! And thanks for watching, please follow and share if you like. Thanks! Gary

[@rachaelbailey2880]

PA Hydro thankx now do you donate any of the kits that you make here on line I sure would love to have one I just can't afford to buy or even get the parts peace by peace my income is that low call me if you can help 1-785-730-6454 in Topeka Kansas I don't have a email account or any other kind of account this is my girlfriends account we have 3 children together and my step daughter oh shit destiny's graduation is today ps thankx for listening and again thank you for all of the information and the videos keep up the good work and yes I have tried getting people to donate from local hardware stores and green house Company's that are closer to me however small minded people think negative when you talk about hydroponics for some reason they gravitate towards the illegal end of hydro growers we're just poor I've probably said to much thanks again

[@112kbtje]

Why doesnt anybody use non return valves, if your power goes out it wil suck youre bucket dry and fry youre socket once the power comes back on >

[@haydenF13]

PA Hydroponics there’s a website that sells it out all together with everything you need at a great price the website is indoorgrowcanada.ca and you should try to see if you can supply them in your store if you want check it out

[@sovietpatriot8947]

Thanks for not just trying to sell, but actually educating customers :D

[@Greenw1nk]

I am very impressed! You explain which items you would or wouldn't use - & WHY; where you could have just talked up everything to make sales. This shows me you actually care about hydroponics & want people to have the best results possible. Thank you for your honesty.

[@PAHydroponics]

Thanks so much! Gary

[@PAHydroponics]

WOW !! 50,000 views !! Thank you all for watching!

[@lmando4209]

Your the Man, Gary 💯👍

[@touchdgrassonce]

150,000 tho

[@keansalzer8364]

Dude, you seem like the nicest guy in the world. Would love to live near so you could help me figure this shit out. The videos are great.

[@tonytingler4310]

Man i'm just loving all of this gardening mastery during these rough ass times. Sir u r doing a wonderful service to your fellow man with all of this wonderful knowledge & the perfect info & thorough trustworthy parts & product lines. Damn u'r good. I've been seeing a lot of u lately

[@TOOTALL21519]

I just purchased the 6 site dwc setup and the 2 site dwc setup, with an extra 8 site heavy-duty air pump. Glad I found your channel and website. Thank you for making my jump to hydroponics very easy. Hope to receive my order soon. I'm in Michigan. Stay blessed

[@buddah13]

i order from these guys all the time , im in arizona, gary knows his stuff!

[@jasonh1710]

This guy is the Bob Ross of hydroponics

[@09AT101]

You seem to know the ins and outs better than any of the 100 videos I've seen. Subbed and gonna watch your other vids.

[@PAHydroponics]

I'm just a store owner who cares about my customer's more than stealing there money. We are about to publish a 4 plant video of this :) Thanks for watching! Gary

[@chalodesune9985]

man, thanks for this guide from the south of the world, this will help me a lot !🙏

[@thatguywhogrows3562]

Just bought my 4Bucket System cant wait! Love from Wisconsin!

[@lazuli4253]

And here a legend was born, your the man Gary 👍 im so done with soil now hydro goes so fast lol

[@coletonblair5316]

Super informative thanks I’m looking forward to DWC/Bubbleponics grow and I have been in depth learning all the Do’s and Donts.

[@nicos2929]

Nan I love you vidéo you make! We are a lot like, I love the precision of your work and the way you want everything perfect! All the details you give! And absolutely the generosity sharing your experience! Thanks from France!

[@danecowan3062]

Yeah buddy, thanks for these great vids. Your helping soooooo many people with something everyone should be doing. Growing your own stuff!

[@gkinguk]

i use round glass pebbles instead of hydroton never had any diseases or pests since nice video

[@islamerica3032]

Hydroton holds oxygen and moisture......glass does neither. Using glass won't hurt you but you're losing out on the extra oxygen that hydroton provides.

[@Azia651]

Thank you for helping with your videos, I have been doing passive for 2 years, and have started DWC this week. You have a great shop there, I wished that it was located in Canada, we have a small shop locally where I buy my stuffs.

[@D.Frasure]

Hey Gary! I just ordered from ya, PA Hydroponics. I marked your store in my favorites and am liking your prices. I like the way the two piece works instead of just a grommet so I ordered 4 fill kits from ya. love to have a store like that. have a good one bro and I learned from this video, thanks.

[@PixelPotato]

Amazing! Time to get started with hydroponics! :D

[@agentstaple1]

Like mother fuckers! This guy probably has the best hydroponics videos on youtube, simple, no bs, straight to the point professional. Give him your like and help him help others :)

[@MAMDAVEM]

excellent and very useful video. I'm just starting with hydroponics and have a 12volt solar panel system in my polytunnel. I was hoping to use a 12v air pump. do such things exist?

[@PAHydroponics]

Hello, YES I have seen them in multiple places, fish stores/pet stores use them to transport the fish . We don't have them tho. Hope this helps! Gary

[@nitrousman8882]

A check valve would be a cheap safety measure to prevent siphoning of nutrient solution if/when the power fails.

[@timbridge9189]

Best video I’ve found. Thank you!

[@imonlysayin]

thanks gary....from down under...cheers mate.!

[@PAHydroponics]

Thanks!! :)

[@2Much2lose]

Very informative video, I wish your shop was near me I’d definitely shop there.

[@D.Frasure]

0:27 I see my first DWC system I bought in this frame, lower left lol.

[@auntiethu4328]

Good video and great insight. Exactly what I was looking for

[@tyleradams5787]

Great video man! I have a question, When the plant roots start to completely fill the bucket, how do you put much, if any, water in the bucket with the roots?

[@PAHydroponics]

Hello, good question and yes there will be only enough room for a few gallons if your growing a big tomato plant, and that plant can drink a gallon a day! So you will have to keep an eye on it, the roots wont take up the whole bucket even tho it may look that way, also water level can drop and the bubbling will keep everything moist. We are going to do a video on a " Texas controller" build that will keep things topped off but it requires a second reservoir. I have a big tomato going right now and I have to tend to it every 2 days to keep it topped off. Hope this helps! Gary

[@tyleradams5787]

PA Hydroponics thanks!

[@TheStp77]

Hey, here’s a question that ive never really found anywhere, whats the difference between 3,6,8,10” net pots? Is there any advantage or disadvantage from one size to the next?

[@iBoogieTM]

Hot screw driver does the job. Cheers for the better details

[@grindeyyyyy]

Buy a stepbit for drilling holes in plastic, I use one for drilling enclosures for tarantulas

[@bababa39]

Ive been running Hempy buckets and I read somewhere that the clay pebbles should be soaked before using them in the bottom rez to lower their pH or the water will drift up? Have you ever heard this?

[@PAHydroponics]

Hello, you should definitely wash the clay rocks off to remove the powder from shipping but as for ph they are neutral and should not affect the PH at all. I have never heard that before but I have read a lot of crazy things over the years. Thanks for watching! Gary

[@CCandD]

In this setup, how would you know to add water or keep the water at the right level? how would you drain and change nutrients? how would you add water, manually? seems like this would make flushing subpar too

[@softaildiaries]

Can you use white buckets? How do you keep you nute solution cool?

[@rickross199]

Thank you Gary! I always have the same question. If you have a bubbler how full do you fill the bucket? With Kratky you need a space between the bottom of the bucket and the solution? What if you have a bubbler is it the same or can you put more in?

[@Slith01]

Subbed Good stuff Learned alot. Keep it simple.

[@willardb682]

I could not find those buckets on the website?

[@PAHydroponics]

Yeah our website is not working well right now, most people have just been calling us and ordering over the phone, we ship all over the continental US, sorry about that. G

[@theoracle88]

Great video: step by step. Very informative.

[@PAHydroponics]

Thank you for the compliment! Gary

[@adamstewart6214]

Thanks man! Love the shirt

[@chilihead4000]

Thank you for the great info!

[@kingofpresets8437]

Thank you for doing this video! Do you have your stuff on amazon?

[@PAHydroponics]

Your welcome :) And no on the Amazon for now, we are working on it but we do sell our RDWC systems on our website and we do have DYI kits on the website as well. www.pahydroponics.com thanks for watching! Gary

[@josephrikers1111]

Would half inch tubing be a better choice for less build up and clogging issues? And can this be done with a reservoir?

[@Deepwater_hydro]

I just bought your 8 gallon bucket kit bro I can’t wait to bust it open when it arrives I even paid for priority mail 😂

[@mrtechie6810]

Thanks! Do all vegetables need a root medium or can some hang directly in the nutrient solution with minimal or no Hydroton?

[@kylecarrel8476]

I like your content man !!

[@joshbobbit2140]

Great video man mad respect

[@hashmagus4501]

Great video thanks

[@rogerlittreal642]

Great video... thank you!!

[@capitalk8929]

Do you place riot cubes inside bucket before filling up with clay rocks???

[@BigJYeungling]

This guy is rad

[@PropagandaMinister]

I have a question, for a 6 bucket dwc system; how much gph should my air pump be?

[@somnathchanda1250]

deep-water culture (DWC) vs DFT Deep flow technique ?

[@dudeimbusy]

If you don’t deburr in metal work you go to the hospital eventually. If you don’t deburr plastic; no hospital visit yet hurts far worse…. Just do it

[@mattm5423]

Thanks for the video.

[@josephrikers1111]

Do you provide any of the buckets with the wholes already drilled in?

[@PAHydroponics]

Is this what you're looking for? shop.pahydroponics.com/2-plant-complete-dwc-buckets-including-quality-airpump-airstones-water-level-indicator-kits-clay-rocks-and-4-rockwool-starter-plugs-drilled-and-ready/

[@josephrikers1111]

@@PAHydroponics That could work, only I’d like to run it with a reservoir and a double reservoir if that’s heard of or possible . That way if I go on vacation I can have it supplied with enough water n nutrients to cover, like, 1-2 weeks!

[@PAHydroponics]

@@josephrikers1111 ... Generally you will get better results on changing your nutrients weekly in a DWC. There are many growers that go two weeks depending on the plants needs. You can use a reservoir top off kit we sell to keep your water levels up. Your reservoir can be whatever size you like, mix your nutrients accordingly.

[@josephrikers1111]

@@PAHydroponics is there a double reservoir method?

[@quintondennis6455]

Thank you

[@jasonwallace5401]

I love your videos

[@jeffdressler1945]

awsome very helpful

[@fdsffdsf8975]

1:05 For cannabis in a large 13 gallon pot, is a 6 "or 8" mesh pot better?

[@josephrikers1111]

Is there a such thing as a double reservoir?

[@yaaaflow1]

you rock man great video

[@PAHydroponics]

Thanks :) gary

[@redrooster2583]

Do you carry the large air stones coke can size.

[@PAHydroponics]

Yup the large rounds are at the store if you need them. We have cases. G

[@margonzalezclub]

Hello! I was wondering if you know where can I take personal video call classes to grow in DWC , I will appreciate it the info

[@BigJim5754]

thanx for info

[@rastal10n]

Can you explain why you recycle the fairly inexpensive clay pebbles but trow away your airstones after each grow :/

[@PAHydroponics]

Hello, the airstones get clogged easily and only cost 2.95 for the ones in this video, I have tried cleaning them but they just don't do as good as new, as for the clay rocks- I like to use them over and over and some hydro systems use a lot of them so it's just nice to try to reuse them. I know a lot of my customers throw them out because they are hard to clean. Just my thought's. Thanks for watching! G

[@2bitTank]

@@PAHydroponics just soap and hot water them. then soak them in a little h202 water and rinse off. good as new

[@DrKiransudama]

Don’t wash in the sink pipe can get clogged, do outside

[@diegovdd]

Hi Gary! I have a doubt about feeding, im running a dwc 1 20lt bucket currently on the 3rd week of flowering. My doubt comes with the ec, i change the water every 2 weeks, but now that its on flowering consumes a lot of water, and when i re fill it my ec drops like crazy. Its safe to the plant mantain the ec while refilling with water? or shoul i refill with water only until my ec comes down from 1.4 to something? I cant find answers to this honestly online. Thanks in advance :)

[@PAHydroponics]

Hello, plants usually use more water than nutes and the general rule when topping off the reservoir is to ad back a 25% mix of what you usually feed them, give that a try and your PPM might steady out. Hope this helps. Gary

[@diegovdd]

@@PAHydroponics Thanks a lot! I usually first add only water a couple of times, let my ppm go down from 700 ish to 450 or so and then add some nutes but only mantaining it on 550-600 until i change the water again. I wish that here in Argentina we had a store like yours, getting stuff for hidroponics here is really hard D:

[@ObiWanCannabi]

black lids and buckets absorb any heat from the light they can, greens better

[@coreyalbain3974]

How do you control water temperature?

[@PAHydroponics]

Hey, in winter I recommend putting the bucket off the floor on some foam if your on a cold floor, or you can use a small reservoir heater, In the summer try to control your room air temps. A chiller on a single bucket would be very expensive. Some people freeze water bottles and put one in the rez a few times a day, I tried that and the ice melts quick so yeah, that's 1 of the down falls of hydro. Gary

[@hsharma3933]

Can you use Home Depot buckets?

[@PAHydroponics]

You can use any bucket you like as long as it blocks light from penetrating into the nutrient solution.

[@hsharma3933]

@@PAHydroponics thanks!

[@iceberg6g]

Great info

[@curtobermeyer732]

I'm looking to build a 5 bucket system , what would you suggest for a 5 port air pump?

[@PAHydroponics]

Hello sir, we do sell a heavy duty metal air pump with a 6 output manifold that has shut offs on each outlet so you could turn 1 off, here is a link: www.hydrofarm.com/p/AAPA45L we do ship also :) hope this helps!G

[@tonytingler4310]

Hey man r u selling that deburring tool yet?

[@mayureshgawade3842]

Where can i buy these?

[@PAHydroponics]

Hello, we sell the lids for this but I dont sell a kit for a single bucket but Hmm maybe I will work on that, did you just want 1? Thanks for watching! Gary

[@mayureshgawade3842]

@@PAHydroponics i am looking to get alteast a dozen

[@josephlaico3521]

How long do air stones last?

[@PAHydroponics]

Hey, the airstone in this video is $2.95, I throw them out after each harvest because they start to put out less air and cleaning them doesn't do much. During the grow always leave the air on even when changing nutrients beacause if you turn it off everything will try to suck into the stone and cause it to clog sooner. Hope this helps! Gary

[@josephlaico3521]

@@PAHydroponics perfect and would adding multiple stones be better for the plant or overkill?

[@PAHydroponics]

The more air the better for the most part, we were just keeping it simple here on this one. Gary

[@josephlaico3521]

@@PAHydroponics thanks you guys are alot of help! One last question what state are your stores in

[@PAHydroponics]

We have a store near Gettysburg PA. it's PA Hydroponics & Home Gardening Supplies and we have a store in Northern Baltimore Maryland called All Good Garden Supply. G

[@alexjohnson3455]

Believe me. You can grow big big big plants in 3.5gallon dwc

[@PAHydroponics]

Oh yeah I have done it myself but it was all roots at the end and only held less than a gallon of water - rock on! G

[@SEMOJOESGROW]

I would love to do a DWC system inside my 4 x 4 I think I could bring the best genetics out of that plant I’m very passionate about it please send me some information and any help at all that you could help me with I’ll even I’ll even advertise to grow I’ll record it and play it on on KZbin anything you can help would be great thank you

[@marksmith-uq4hj]

Thankyou

[@urbanscopez5582]

I've tested water that has had a bubbler in it for twelve hours and there is no oxygen change in the water ive also tested water with hydrogen peroxide added to it and the oxygen went from about 10 to 100 ppm almost instantly so wouldn't it make sense to use hydrogen peroxide in you're hydro vrs an aerator if it doesn't work

[@2bitTank]

youre trying to make a living environment for a plant, not just get oxygen into water lol

[@megaflux7144]

you need a mic you can wear.

[@тотсамыймюнгхаузен]

I heard you need to treat clay first so it dont raise ph

[@PAHydroponics]

You definitely need to wash the dust off them but as for PH they are usually inert and dont change the PH. Thanks for watching! Gary

[@phildeangelis2222]

What should someone spend on a setup like that. So I know if I’m getting ripped by my local shop or not

[@PAHydroponics]

Basic bubble bucket is 25-30$ You can part it out and dyi for 20ish without food and ph supplies. The stores get you with the clay rocks because the smallest size is 10 liters. Have a good day! Gary

[@soulfirerecords1371]

Hey love your store do have a online store were I can get a Hydro pump.. And other accessories!!

[@PAHydroponics]

Hello, thanks for watching! I don't have an online store up and running, hopefully in 2019 I will get my act together on that, for now you and anyone else is welcome to send me an email with what you need from my videos and your zip code and I will get you a complete quote. you can send your request to [e-mail]. If your happy with the quote you can call Gary at the store and it will be shipped in plain brown box asap. Have a good week! Gary

[@vitopisani187]

do you have an online store?

[@PAHydroponics]

www.pahydroponics.com

[@joeyhandles]

I trust a man with a ponytail and a greenthumb

[@Hyperion_Studios1]

❤️

Gary I bet your mouths watering for legalization. How the hell have you kept such a great store?

[@GaryWRose]

Not the poor's it's the leaching

[@PAHydroponics]

Yup BPA free is good for the plants. Thanks for the info. G

[@acceptthetruthitwillsetyou2598]

what's with all the growers practically muting their videos

[@PAHydroponics]

Hey , sorry about this but all our new videos will have a new clip on microphone ! I honestly never thought this many people would be watching these videos and we will do better! Have a good week and thanks for watching, we will be getting into some more complicated systems and lot's of cool stuff, this year is 10years of running this store. Stick with us :) Gary

[@acceptthetruthitwillsetyou2598]

@@PAHydroponics no worries, subbed because of the great info... the green rush is real

[@keansalzer8364]

Have you tried putting a little hydrogen peroxide in the solution?

[@PAHydroponics]

Here is a link to a simple website that can be an awesome reference about Hydrogen Peroxide. Link provided for gardening specifically... www.using-hydrogen-peroxide.com/peroxide-garden.html

[@trevorbraden5448]

These systems should be recirculating..... to many fluctuations not enough water in just a single bucket

[@PAHydroponics]

Part 2 :)

[@trevorbraden5448]

@@PAHydroponics nice.......😀

[@thomasbaxter8138]

Upgrade MIC, sorry but audio sucks even with sound at MAX

[@Gandalftheghey]

it is a 5 year old video lol

[@atribecalledjudah5436]

Happy time murders

[@poundaton6981]

That airstone is too big for that pump, use the small ones, they will bubble better.