Hydroponics DIY: Build A Flood And Drain / Ebb and Flow Hydroponic System

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Hydroponics – How to build an ebb and flow (flood and drain) hydroponic system. I accidentally left out the footage about needing a 24 hour timer. You can view “The Lost Timer” video for more details.

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14 Responses to Hydroponics DIY: Build A Flood And Drain / Ebb and Flow Hydroponic System

  1. My drian tube has a small exit hole amd my fill has The large hole…idk why that is?

    Nikko Tadaya
    February 5, 2013 at 4:32 am
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  2. awesome video, glad i watched this as i am building a few new systems and have this stuff laying around, liked & sub’d to your channel! ;)-

    indoorharvestgardens
    February 5, 2013 at 5:11 am
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  3. 2 things.

    1: i liked this video a lot. it reminded me to not overthink building a new setup. very straight forward.

    2: after he got done drilling the second hole in the black tray, when the drill would not come out and he just set it down like, eh, fuggit. @ 5:53

    cheesew1re
    February 5, 2013 at 5:44 am
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  4. Get a friend to hold/manipulate the camera so you can use both hands in your next video!! This was painful to watch……….

    Quagmire113
    February 5, 2013 at 6:18 am
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  5. How much would u charge me to make one pretty much ready to go already cut holes and all that pretty much just put plant and water and go

    krystalduncan89
    February 5, 2013 at 6:50 am
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  6. @rcmagoo great vid gutted we couldn’t see it in action at the end

    bbiilliieeff
    February 5, 2013 at 7:32 am
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  7. what about the air pump? The water fed by the water pump needs to be oxygenated by an air pump in order to prevent algae and molding. It also keeps things circulating. Great job on everything else though

    1ka0tik
    February 5, 2013 at 7:37 am
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  8. I picked up the drain kit from a hydro store. You can also find them on ebay.

    rcmagoo
    February 5, 2013 at 8:12 am
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  9. An Excellent Build.. Thank You….

    bearclaw665
    February 5, 2013 at 8:44 am
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  10. that’s beautiful. i wish he would have run it through the flood and drain cycle just to see it work

    avitasvul
    February 5, 2013 at 9:42 am
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  11. dude i love you!

    jaredleisure
    February 5, 2013 at 9:55 am
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  12. Who cares how he pronounces it? I’ve heard it both ways.

    ConstitutionTRUTH
    February 5, 2013 at 10:41 am
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  13. good video. i used it to build a similar system. its actually pronouned high-drow-ten. drow as in the long “o” in tomato, but then again everybody’s got their own dialect. thanks for posting

    rocky bullwinkle
    February 5, 2013 at 11:34 am
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  14. HI-DROE_TAWN NOT HI_DRAW_TON

    titsmenold
    February 5, 2013 at 12:01 pm
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