Best outdoor hydro?

[bounty29]

So this coming spring, I'm going to be setting up a little grow on my porch. I don't think I'll be able to grow marijuana, I might have to stick to tomatoes and peppers, but I think it would be a good learning experience.

I was thinking either recirculating DWC or some kind of bio-buckets. I plan on having two plants, each in a 5 gallon bucket, side by side, with a large reservoir on a shelf below them. I might set up a little PVC greenhouse around it, if the benefits outweigh the cost.

I've got about 18"d*36"w*96"?h to work with, on a southeast facing deck. I live in New England, so they probably wouldn't be able to go outside until early June. I don't know how that is, but I could definitly grow them in a different setup for the first month if that was beneficial.

 

[bounty29]

anybody?

 

[pipeline]

Check out BonecargerOG's thread. He does outdoor hydro on his porch, but it is not a normal hydro system. He grows in coco coir innert medium and waters with hydro solution. That may be the easier hydroponic method for outdoors. A normal hydro system may get nasty sitting outside in the summer.

 

[Guest]

I've toyed with the idea and think it has great potential (outdoor dwc). be sure to thoroughly light proof.. I'd bury the buckets if possible, or maybe build a frame around them and cover with panda plastic etc to keep out light and heat. I think rez temps are likely to be the biggest issue.

very interesting idea though, good luck

 

[bounty29]

Yeah I was thinking about building a little frame around the buckets and res and doing the black/white poly, maybe with a fan for ventilation. I dunno, there could be some potential. I think that's the biggest factor, keeping rez temps down.

 

[Tirs]

Why torture yourself with keeping down rez temps? I think it would be easier to do drip into coco or something similar. Come to think of it isn't their a coco hydro outdoor on IC?

-edit- ah right in front of me, bonecarver's like pipeline said

 

[Tirs]

http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=38631&page=1&pp=15

 

[bounty29]

I guess I was thinking of something just like that, with two of those buckets and the rez just below it. I was thinknig about the bio-buckets too, I think that'd be my best option for outside. I don't want to do a drip or anything, I'd like a more hands free system (Unless I'm thinking the wrong thing about drip systems.)

 

[Tirs]

Did you think on this anymore? Curious as to where you go with it. Drip can definitely be hands off. Rez, pump, line, drip emitter; cheap and easy, put it on a timer.