Build Your Own Dutch-Bucket System
We are located in Hawaii on Oahu in Kaneohe. Waiahole Nursery and Garden Center will help you get started using the Dutch-Bucket Hydroponic System. The Dutch Bucket hydroponic system is a variation of media-bed technique that breaks down the grow bed into a series of pots, plumbed inline with one another. Learn what a duct-bucket system is, how it works, parts you need, and Waiahole Nursery and Garden Center has all you need to get started. Visit and shop the Hydroponic Supply Room at Waiahole Nursery and Garden Center. Call us today for cost and availability.
What?
Dutch Bucket System. A variation of media-bed technique that breaks down the grow bed into a series of pots, plumbed in-line with one another.
Why?
There are a number of reasons why dutch-bucket method of hydroponics and aquaponic gardening is so popular!
Flow-Through or Recirculating system?
Recirculating irrigation on your dutch-bucket system is the most common drainage option- it is also the most sustainable and easiest method to balance nutrient levels! In a recirculating system, the buckets are irrigated and drain into a return line, a PVC line at a tilt that brings water back to the reservoir for reuse.
- Grow large crops that do best spaced further apart than a standard grow bed can provide.
- Easily expandable to handle more or less plants
- Deal with pest management on a plant-by-plant basis- prevent sacrificing your entire crop due to one infested plant.
Flow-Through or Recirculating system?
Recirculating irrigation on your dutch-bucket system is the most common drainage option- it is also the most sustainable and easiest method to balance nutrient levels! In a recirculating system, the buckets are irrigated and drain into a return line, a PVC line at a tilt that brings water back to the reservoir for reuse.
How?
Follow this great YouTube tutorial put on by Bright AgroTech
Shop our Hydroponic Supply Room @ W.N.G.C. to get everything you need to get started building your Dutch-Bucket grow system!
Parts Needed:
- 8 buckets
- 8 drain fittings
- A reservoir (15 -gallon one is shown in video)
- A pump
- 20 feet of 1/2 inch poly tubing
- 1/4 inch poly tubing
- ten feet of 1/4 inch PVC
- 1/2 inch drain valve
- 16 2 gPH drip emitters
- 2 pipe clamps
- Zipties
- Binder clips (or other clamps)
- media (cinder or hydroton
- Seedling Tray
- Nutrients
Dutch-Bucket "hybrid" Aquaponic System. Great for growing larger plants such as tomatoes and egg plant!