A description and Step by Step Guide to an Ebb and Flow Hydroponic Growing System

1. Hydroponics
Ebb&Flow growing system
By..... Makayla, Coleman, Jared and Eric

2. Equipment!!!
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Buying equipment, the
equipment needed was:
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30 gallon bucket
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15 gallon bucket
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Drain
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1 inch PVC tube
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Clay pellets
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Water pump
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Silicone

3. Step by step how to build!
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After we got the stuff we needed, we came up with a plan on how
we wanted to construct it and how it would work.
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Building: we started off with cutting holes in the top black tub for
the drain and over flow, to fit in.

4. Step by step 2
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The stand: in order for the black tub to stay
up higher where it needs to be,our group
decided that we should have a stand
underneath to hold the tub up.
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Coleman built and painted a stand so it can
tolerate water.
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Putting it all together: we put the stand in
the bottom bucket and set the black top
bucket on top
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We secured the drain and the overflow
tube in the exact spot we wanted it.
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We had to wait for the silicone to dry.
After that we had everything all set to go we
filled it with the amount of water we wanted.

5. Step by step 3
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Trying it out: it's all put
together and ready to go.
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Using the pump we filled the
growing tub with water to see
how well the drain and over
flow tube works.
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Fixing any problems that
occurred: Patching up tubes
and cutting final lengths of
tubing

6. Clay pellets
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We filled the black tub 3/4 of
the way full with clay pellets.
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After we added the pellets we
set the mesh pots in the top of
the clay pellets.

7. How it works!!
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The bottom tub is filled with
water and nutrients, it fills the
top tub up for a certain
amount of time and then will
drain .
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The growing tub has clay
pellets in it and they will soak
up the water. Soaking the
plants!

8. Diagram!!

9. Working together!

10. The
Final
Stages

11. Starting to
sprout!