DIY Hydroponic Tower Garden: PVC Build Guide
A vertical tower is the space-saving trick of hydroponics: twenty or more plants growing in the footprint of a single …
DIY Hydroponics
Build your own setup: DWC buckets, Kratky jars, NFT channels, net pots and clay pebbles.
DWC vs Soil: Speed, Taste and Effort Compared
Every grower who sets up their first bubbling bucket eventually faces the skeptical question from a soil gardener: why complicate …
DWC vs Kratky: Which Passive Start Is Better?
Deep water culture and the Kratky method are the two doors most people enter hydroponics through, and from the outside …
Best Plants for the Kratky Method
The Kratky method has one honest limitation, and it is the one most beginner guides skip: the container you fill …
Kratky Tomatoes: Yes It Works, Here Is How
Ask in any gardening forum whether the Kratky method works for tomatoes and you will get two confident answers: “absolutely …
DWC Water Level: Where Should It Sit?
Fill the bucket too high and the seedling’s stem sits in water it never asked for. Fill it too low …
Air Pumps for Hydroponics: What You Actually Need
In a deep water culture system the roots live underwater full time, which means your plants are only ever as …
Hydroponic Growing Media Compared: Rockwool to Coco Coir
Soil does two jobs in a normal garden: it anchors roots and it holds nutrients and water for the plant …
Wick and Drip Hydroponic Systems: How the Passive and Active Methods Work
A wick system hydroponics setup is the simplest hydroponic design there is: no pump, no power, no moving parts, just …
How Much Does It Cost to Run a Hydroponic System? Electricity Basics
A self-built DIY setup, a DWC bucket with a grow light and an air pump, an NFT bench, or a …
Ebb and Flow (Flood and Drain) Hydroponic Systems Explained
An ebb and flow system feeds plants by flooding a tray of growing medium with nutrient solution, then draining it …
DWC Root Rot: Prevent and Cure It
It usually announces itself with a smell. You lift the lid on a bucket that was growing beautifully last week …