Ebb and Flow Hydroponics Explained!

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Ebb and flow (also known as 'flood and drain') is a simple hydroponic growing method that's cheap and easy to set-up and relatively hassle-free to maintain. Growers enjoy bigger yields over hand-watering and are freed up from the chore of daily manual irrigation. We explain everything you need to know about ebb and flow in under six minutes - check this out!

[timyates]

25yrs later still hard to beat . Was cool to see the GH there too.

[Rockmachine]

I like to have circulation in my flood bed. One big advantage of Ebb and Flow systems, which wasn't touched on in this vid is salt removal. With some kind of circulation not only do your plant get extra oxygenated water, but more effective salt removal. So I've come accustomed to nice, deep floods. I think a mechanical timer is fine if your using a circulation jet, or forced bubble jet imho. Examples in my vids. Very easy mod.

[camoking]

I love how this is a video about gardening and the top comments are all Splatoon
LOL

[Haqqali]

subscribed because Fahrenheit was converted to Celsius like a true gentleman

[TedDekens]

I have grown in hydroton before and am going to do it again. This time however I got a tip from someone saying to just fill the whole tray with hydroton and plant your clones directly into it. It will develop a much better root system than even with baskets. Plus its reusable and we try to stay as green as possible. I love Hydroton.

[SmashDab]

Your knowledge is so powerful, I love that you freely share it

[jagababa]

I started with a deep water culture, as it is even simplier in setup. I've had the biggest yields i've ever seen!
But there are some parameters that you need to watch carefully.
1. humidity (provoked mold/fungus) 2. ec and 3. ph that becomes quite unstable the bigger your plants are and the more they suck.

[GMT]

15 minute feeding does work. I've seen it done. Pot size and plant size come into that equation as does the power setting on the feed pump. EG: If you run the pump at half power than it will take twice as long to pump the nutrient and the plants will receive roughly the same amount as they would running for 7 minutes at full power pump pressure. As long as the plants have drained fully and the gap before the next feed is long enough it will work. It's not ideal but I have seen it done and I know it works.

[ThatGamerDude]

From my experience, 15 minute flooding isn't too long. I had the eco100 for a 7 gal system with hydroton pebbles, flooded my roots 3 times per day (4 times when plants got bigger) for 20 minutes each flood, and they grew just fine. The exact timing of lights and feeds aren't that important either. If you think about it, in nature, when it rains, it is usually cloudy, and can be for several hours as it rains. Sure, the plants have sun exposure after the rain when the ground is still wet, but plants can grow with multiple consecutive rainy days with significantly reduced light. It can also rain at night. Maybe it's optimal to time floods with light, but far from necessary. I haven't tried timing my floods with lights, but I would think timing it shows diminishing returns. The key for hydroponics is having the nutrients readily dissolved in water, rather than have it be in the soil and waiting for rain.

[combatmako]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!
I've Looked n Looked at about a hundred websites n Utubes to find a Complete Guide to Ebb n Flow and you were the only place to have it... thank you again!

[timmiller]

Just bought my first table. 2x2 from hydro farm. Hope to get it going this weekend! Re-watched this video for info. Thanks again!

[davidmacpherson]

extremely informative...no babbling or excessive 'uh's' as with most how to tutorials. Great video

[mikel]

Great video....is drain to waste a better option. Can you discuss the pros and cons of different hydro setups. Flood and drain. Drain to waste. Dwc...etc etc...subscribed and liked. 👍

[danielngandu]

Best video ever, short, sweet and straight to the point! Thanks!

[mohsenaghdam]

After many research and watching this video I understand am in right way to start my grow rooms with EBB FLOW, many useful data in this video for me, thank you👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💐

[howey]

First grow i ever had was a flood and drain. This was before there was a hydroponics shop on every corner so i had to make my own from scratch.

[megumicarrot]

Hot Damn Splatoon is looking alot more realistic in this video

[charlesfield]

I've been using ebb and flow since the 80's and it's the only way to grow. Plants grow like some sort of plant monster in a Japanese anime movie. General Hydroponics is the cheapest fertilizer I can find and it works great.

[debstar]

This to the best song in the world. How do Nintendo do it 😂😂😂

[wisgardener]

Excellent video, right to the point. Wanted to try this system growing some watercress.
Using bato buckets now for tomatoes, cukes, zucchini and peppers.