DIY Hydroponics / DWC setup
Making your own Hydroponics bubbler for 6 large plants
If you’re looking for something smaller, or want more info about what hydroponics is and how it works then check out my hydroponics in the Philippines page.
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I bought a semi-transparent box from Shopwise for about 450PHP. Sprayed it blue to keep light out (light kills plant roots!). |
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Then I drilled three holes. One for the temperature sensor and two for air tubes. After drilling the area was sanded and ready for a respray. |
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Using a hot glue gun, I fixed two air stones in place. |
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I ran the air tubes from the air pump to the air stones. I also used hot glue to stick the temperature sensor inside the box. Although the tube is a tight fit with the holes and the water should never go that high, I used hot glue around the holes to create a water tight seal. |
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The next step was to cut holes into the lid for our plant pots. Unfortunately I didn’t have any tools at hand to do this (the plastic was too thick for a Stanley knife). I ended up heating a knife over and over and using that to melt/cut the plastic. |
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The next step was to fit the plant pots into the holes. I’m using thin plastic poly pots. Fitted to the lid using duct tape. Eventually I’ll replace with strong plastic square pots. |
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In this picture you can see the air pump running, making bubbles and the temperature reader attached to the outside. |
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This is the final setup with lid connected. I’ve made temporary lids for 3 of the holes since I only want to grow three plants right now. |
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Basil and squash growing in the hydroponic DWC construction. Using SNAP hydroponic nutrients. |
8:17 am on February 18th, 2010
Hi, simple set up. Question: Where to you get your nutrient solution here in the country?
3:19 pm on February 18th, 2010
Hi Tony, I’ve emailed you over the details of the gentleman who supplies the SNAP nutrient solution here in the metro.
2:27 am on March 10th, 2010
hello mr. admin, can you also email me the details of the supplier of SNAP nutrients solution in metro manila? thanks.
3:13 am on March 11th, 2010
hi admin, can you please send me also the details of the gentleman that supplies snap nutrient solution in metro manila. thanks.
1:28 pm on March 17th, 2010
Ceejay, capman, I’ve emailed you with the details for the SNAP nutrient supplier. Thanks!
3:03 am on March 23rd, 2010
Where can I get the soluble nutirents for hydrophonics?
8:24 am on March 23rd, 2010
Nice DIY site. it will help a lot of individuals out there who wanted to start their own system. Keep it up bro!
6:13 pm on March 24th, 2010
please send me address of the SNAP nutrient supplier, thanks more power
2:16 am on March 25th, 2010
hi po, would you please send me also suppliers of snap nutrient solution in ilocos region if any..i wanted to build my own hydroponics also but then i can’t find a solution within our locality..please help me..many thanks..
2:18 am on April 15th, 2010
where do you get the nutrients/fertilizer?
12:11 pm on April 17th, 2010
hello, mr. admin. Can you please send me the details for the SNAP nutrient supplier as well. Thanks!
4:26 pm on June 9th, 2010
Hello. Can I also have the details regarding where you can get Snap Nutrient Solution? Thank you. I’d like to compare the results using snap vs. using a solution I made in my home laboratory (it works pretty well though). If you live in Manila maybe you can test my solution in one of your set ups as well. I could really use the feedback. Thanks again in advance.