hydroponic tomato "back 40" week 2-3 update

backyard hydroponic growing system

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• hydroponic
• back yard gardening
• tomato
• growing hydroponic tomatoes

[carlo59502]

hi..i have my aquaponics in our country(philippines)our climate here sometimes is hot that causes the water in the pvc pipe got hot also though it is a running water...can you help me please on how can i regulate the water temperature and have u encountered the problem i am dealing with?i think it is the reasons why my plants are slowly dying..help me please.tnx

[dwiggs77]

@carlo59502 yea i have had that problem, sometimes this system in our mild winters the temp would get almost 100F without any harmful affects. these tomato plants died because of a system failure while i was away for a weekend. later i put strawberries in it (never made a video) and the plant shaded the pipes enough to keep the sun and temperatures low.. also, painted dark green doesn't help white would be the best color... it also helped that i had the reservoir in a large shady wood box

[carlo59502]

@dwiggs77 thank u so much for answering my questions..i think it will help me a lot in my system....i also think of what u have said that if i grow the plants,,,the pipe wil be covered by the leaves and that will help reduce the water temperature,,but the question in my mind is how can i do it if i am just starting??can i transfer big plants in the pipes(some kind of a shortcut.lol)or can u suggest what plants are tolerable to different temperature especially in a hot condition...?

[dwiggs77]

@carlo59502 the strawberries were transplants from soil so they had lots of leaves to start out and there was quite a bit of shock from the transfer . maybe use shade cloth with only the net pot holes cut out at first or styrofoam . hot and bell peppers are the best with heat i find in my region (zone 10) but i found they do best in a ebb and flow rather than deep water culture system. strawberries do fine in deep water culture as long as you have a good water circulation or air pump for oxygen

[carlo59502]

also,,,i would like to ask how deep is your water from the PVC pipe?is it at the middle?1/4 , 3/4??this question is also connected to my previous question because the next step i did is to increase the level of water in the pvc pipe to atleast lessen the heat becaus the higher the volume of water the lesser it will absorb the heat from the sun..(just my opinion)....the problem is,,my plants are soaked in the water..wil it be a problem to my system or nothing to worry?comment pls...tnx.

[dwiggs77]

@carlo59502 about 3/4 of the pipe was filled. you can remove heat with a air pump in your reservoir as long as the air temp is less than your nutrient. as far as "soaking" your plants best plants for that are lettuce and basil. you cant grow lettuce in the heat but our winters are a real good time for it as long as the temps stay around or below 80 F they shade the pipes real well. i also have the system in a aria that gets only mid/late afternoon sun( you can see it in some of my videos)

[carlo59502]

ok dwiggs..thanks again for the advice and thanks for entertaining my questions. goodluck also to your set up..hope u can answer again if i have some questions and problems that i will encounter...

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[Luciferoshua]

Back 40 huh?....Im guessing your in the Fort Campbell,KY, Clarksville, TN area, or were in the 101st....haha....is your DWC system going to called the "ankle break road system?"

[ntomaylor]

How far off the bottom of the pipe are the net pots sitting ?

How are the netpots getting wet... are they sitting in water ?

How deep is thewater.. and what kind of fall have you got on the pipes ?

Please advise.. closeup shots..

[akzorz]

@trillionsofatoms nutes dont dye roots, that is a tell tell sign of roots not getting enough O2. I think he's got this all figured out though. :)