recycling water from a hydroponics grow

[Grapesoda]

What's the best way to do that is there a way to do that that doesn't cost a million dollars and you need a giant chemistry set

[lockept93]

Don't think you find any experts here, but i already saw a ton of different videos on youtube and im sure u find someone doing it with low costs as possible.

Anyway a cool thing at all. But one thing i didn't like with the fish tanks...they look way too small for the number of fishes in there imo.

[Grapesoda]

There are ways to filter the water for hydroponics but they look like expensive pain in the asses. The 1st thing I guess is a good filter up to pull the salts out. Then just go to RO.

Water is a big deal out here. In fact one of the big crimes in the area is when a guy used a fake meter and stole over a $100000 worth of water with tanker trucks.

I might have to buy 200 gallon water tank and have it filled by truck just to have a garden.

I heard about a guy that's figured out how to filter the water with four different substances that he runs the water through I'm going to check on that

[lock]

The plants filter water so does sand, poly fiber, poly plastics pieces eg onion bags, charcoal, silver, porcelain, coconut husks, uv lighting. All depends what you call cheap build filters with linked wells. I have made them with buckets and linked grease traps as use them to filter water for ponds. You are trying to grow the right bacteria take out the nitrates and nitrites. Depends how much water trying to filter i sell this stuff so canisters have cheapest cartridges but need pressure to push through it eg pressure pump over transfer pump and gravity. Eg more power required to push it though eg 10x. I assume it isn't going to be your drinking water perhaps build a staircase water fall planter where one tray fills flows into next or a bucket system with plants. Aquaponics if have enough fish would save on chemicals and less to filter.

[Grapesoda]

Originally Posted by lock

The plants filter water so does sand, poly fiber, poly plastics pieces eg onion bags, charcoal, silver, porcelain, coconut husks, uv lighting. All depends what you call cheap build filters with linked wells. I have made them with buckets and linked grease traps as use them to filter water for ponds. You are trying to grow the right bacteria take out the nitrates and nitrites. Depends how much water trying to filter i sell this stuff so canisters have cheapest cartridges but need pressure to push through it eg pressure pump over transfer pump and gravity. Eg more power required to push it though eg 10x. I assume it isn't going to be your drinking water perhaps build a staircase water fall planter where one tray fills flows into next or a bucket system with plants. Aquaponics if have enough fish would save on chemicals and less to filter.

thanks, I have a very small outside test grow, the issue is the grow is up against the neighbor's garage. My concern is the water from a season will weaken the foundations of the garage and retaining wall.

Plus, this is a test grow until I can get a place to grow inside... I picked the side yard because it gets so hot out here, don't want the grow to get over 95 F, I am able to cheaply 'tent' the side yard because 2 walls are there already. Fuck it, might go to the backyard

Can you PM me some info and a link? I need to see pictures of the set-up you have described?

Aquaponics is out because I don't want to deal with the fish, and the cost. I know a guy that has a set-up, in his side yard, in the Semi Valley, about 12K. I can get pics maybe, he is fighting with his wife. So who knows.... he's not really dealing with any other text not work related. Also, this house is leased, do not want to spend $$ on a leased place, in an almost ghetto neighborhood. Only place I could get with my dog. I have a mastiff, no leasing company will accept him.


I plan on using veg-bloom, https://hydroponic-research.com/ I found this to be a GREAT fertilizer system in the past. I really like the airoponics, but have no space for that right now.

On another note, plan to germinate in small rock wool cubes, I figure less touching the better. I'll be growing heirloom tomatoes, corn and Durbin Poison, maybe 3 plants. I'm actually thinking about 2 seeds per site. The roots will have plenty of food. I need the tomatoes to test with restaurant kitchens in my area. The corn is for me

[lock]

Rockwool is cheap so buy it as roofing insulation as this is cheapest way to obtain it cheap enough to always be the medium. It is natural spun volcanic ash so is not bad for environment. One of the best water filters i think is a garden wall over grown with plants.
Even if never used it for plants and filled one with plastic one with poly fiber one with carbon one with coco nut husk and that would actually qualify as reverse osmosis.
I would stick rock wool lover top layer and make that as the filter.
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eg: Let plant above water plant below. Use any plants to filter the water but aquatic plants with loads of water grow fastest eg indoor plants not full sun.