Good day to all. Today, the author of the channel “Hydroponics with his own hands” decided to share with us another option for assembling a budget hydroponic system. In one of the previous articles, the author has already shown us one of the assembly options. This homemade well suited for growing seedlings of cucumbers. Everyone can create such hydroponics, if desired, and at the same time, this assembly will take no more than 15 - 20 minutes.
In order to collect such hydroponics, the author needed.
Materials:
A piece of plastic pipe.
Stub.
Flower pot.
The simplest aquarium compressor.
The spray is flat.
Silicone hose.
Expanded clay.
Instruments:
Drill.
Drill.
Countersink.
And if you use pots with holes, then you don’t need tools at all.
But the author has a pot without holes, and therefore he will make holes with a drill and a countersink.
The author recommends the drill, because drill holes are not very neat.
Additionally, the master made several side holes.
After installing the plug on the pipe.
After trying on.
Next, one edge of the hose was threaded into one of the holes in the pot.
Then he installed a spray gun on this edge of the hoses.
And he lowered it into the pipe.
Then set the pot.
He installed the second edge of the hoses on the compressor.
Next, poured a nutrient solution.
Fill the system with a solution so that the solution touches the pot slightly.
This is how the aeration system works. Excellent drilling occurs, which means that planted plants will feel good in this hydroponics.
Further, the author filled the pot, after the previously prepared and well-washed expanded clay.
Then he placed cucumber seeds on expanded clay.
And he covered them a little with the same expanded clay. That's all it remains to wait for seedlings and put it in the ground. You can certainly leave in hydroponics, but if you think to leave seedlings, then you should not plant more than two seeds in one pot.
Advice and recommendations of the author.When the roots of the plants grow, you can increase the size of hydroponics with such a sleeve, or simply replace the pipe with a longer one.
Also, the author advises to cover the pot for the first couple of days, so that moisture does not leave the expanded clay and the seeds can germinate well.
And that’s all for me. Thank you all very much and see you soon.