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How to Build a Dutch Bucket Hydroponic System - Dutch Bucket Hydroponics
Dutch bucket hydroponics is a great way to grow large and long-term plants. In this video, I'll show you step-by-step how to build a dutch bucket system.
This system can be used both indoors and outdoors. If you plan to use the system outdoors, it works best in a greenhouse or in an area where rain can’t easily contaminate the system.
If you'd like to know how dutch bucket systems work, scroll down for a brief explanation.
NOTE: In the video, I refer to using 1/2" rubber grommets. I should have said 3/4" inner diameter rubber grommets commonly used for 1/2" PVC pipe. The link below to the grommets are the correct size for this build. If you're buying grommets from another source, you'll want to use 3/4" inner diameter rubber grommets.
🌎 Happy Hydro Farm Website 🌍
happyhydrofarm.com
📖 VIDEO CHAPTERS 📖
00:34 Measurements & Dimensions
01:01 How to Build a Dutch Bucket Stand
01:49 Pipe Clamps
02:08 Dutch Bucket Drain Assembly
03:06 How to Straighten Irrigation Tubing
03:34 How to Install the Feed Line
03:44 How to Make Dutch Buckets
04:38 Painting the Reservoir Lid
04:57 Fitting Feed & Drain Lines to the Reservoir
05:30 Pump Selection
05:49 How to Make Drip Lines
06:04 Adding Drip Lines
06:35 Installing the Aerator
07:02 System Test
07:35 Adding Media
08:08 Adding Bucket Lids
08:34 How Dutch Bucket Hydroponics Works
10:12 Bucket Colors
📃 MATERIAL LISTS 📃
I've broken down the material list into separate sections to make it easier to find specific things. This is simply a list of what I used, feel free to change/adjust to fit your needs!
*As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases at no cost to you.*
🪑 STAND MATERIALS 🪑
2"x4"x8' Pine Board - Qty: 3
2" Wood Screw - Qty: 36
3" Wood Screw - Qty: 4 (optional)
🌊 DRAIN MATERIALS 🌊
1-1/2" Rigid One Hole Conduit Strap - Qty: 2
5' Section 1-1/2" PVC Pipe - Qty: 1
1-1/2" PVC Cap - Qty: 1
1-1/2" PVC Elbow - Qty: 1
🥙 FEED LINE MATERIALS 🥙
1/2" EMT One Hole Conduit Strap - Qty: 2
7' Section 1/2" Irrigation Tubing - Qty: 1
1/4" Irrigation Drip Tubing - Qty: 1 Small Roll
1/4" Irrigation Valve - Qty: 6
1/4" Irrigation Barb Fitting - Qty: 6
1/4" Adjustable Drip Nozzles - Qty: 6 (optional)
1/2" Irrigation End Cap - Qty: 1
1/2" x 1/2" Barbed Hose Adapter - Qty: 1
🌱 DUTCH BUCKET MATERIALS 🌱
5 Gal Bucket - Qty: 3
3/4" ID Rubber Grommet - Qty: 3 - amzn.to/33IQFHz (aff)
3/4" x 3/4" Barbed Elbow - Qty: 3
5' Section 3/4" PEX - Qty: 1
💨 Pumps & Accessories 💨
Active Aqua 250GPH Pump - Qty: 1 - amzn.to/3GzafVh (aff)
Active Aqua 15 l/min Aerator - Qty: 1 - amzn.to/33p5Jdw (aff)
Air Stones - amzn.to/3tuyZKn (aff)
Air Line Tubing - amzn.to/3FAFvSl (aff)
🛠 TOOLS USED 🛠
Miter Saw - amzn.to/327g7pI (aff)
Drill - amzn.to/3A63SX5 (aff)
Hole Saw Kit - amzn.to/33gZxV3 (aff)
Drill Bit Set - amzn.to/33FhD2w (aff)
Deburring Tool - amzn.to/324NpWl (aff)
PVC Pipe Shears - Kobalt Brand from Lowes is my favorite, or amzn.to/33h7Yja (aff)
Tubing Shears - amzn.to/3Fy275Z (aff)
Heat Gun - amzn.to/3IdqUy6 (aff)
Irrigation Tubing Hole Punch - Mister Landscaper All-in-One at Lowes
❓ How Dutch Bucket Hydroponics Works ❓
A Dutch bucket system is a simple recirculating drip irrigation system. A reservoir holds nutrient solution. Inside that reservoir is a pump that’s connected to an irrigation line. When the pump cycles it pushes nutrient solution up into drip or irrigation tubing that flows into the buckets.
The Dutch buckets have a drain positioned about 2” above the bottom of the bucket. When the water level reaches the drain, it flows into a drain pipe and recirculates back into the reservoir. That 2” drain position in the bucket maintains a small reserve of water in every bucket at all times.
Coarse media like perlite works well with this standing reserve of water since it won’t wick up large amounts of moisture. This reserve of water in each bucket also acts as a nice failsafe to keep plants healthy in case of a pump failure.
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  • @elilefler7775
    @elilefler7775 5 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    I'm not a "gardener", I just like watching videos about hydroponics and similar stuff. You have done such a great job making this video, I can tell it took some time, effort, and care. While I'll probably never do this design, YOU made me want to. Keep up this great content, I know I'll watch your videos 👍

  • @margaretduran9011
    @margaretduran9011 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Please provide the instructions this a good way

  • @vinivv
    @vinivv 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    awesome just what i was looken for EC meter and how to read since we dont have decimals on the reader just needed to be positive thannks

  • @garymull1972
    @garymull1972 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I don't get it are you using fish or fertilizer

    • @HydroHowTo
      @HydroHowTo 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Hydroponic nutrients

  • @reverendowl.
    @reverendowl. 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    "1/4 inch drill bit is roughly the same diameter as 1/4 inch tubing". 😂🤷‍♂

  • @susanc476
    @susanc476 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Awesome video! I’ve been avoiding making a Dutch bucket system just because I didn’t know what I wanted to do with the stand. Yourmaterial list got me motivated to make it in a day! Thanks!!!

    • @HydroHowTo
      @HydroHowTo 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Awesome!

  • @Kaycee2C
    @Kaycee2C 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is a good video, i learned a lot.

    • @HydroHowTo
      @HydroHowTo 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thanks for watching!

  • @sununtaschnittker6469
    @sununtaschnittker6469 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Firehouse Sub Sandwich restaurants sell their 5 gallon pickle buckets with lids for $3 each (without pickles of course) as of 7 June 2024 in Northern Virginia. The money goes to firemen funds charity. They are VERY high quality food grade buckets that are cheaper than anything non-food grade from Lowes or Home Depot. The pickle smell goes away if you put the buckets open in the sun and as is won't bother plants.

    • @HydroHowTo
      @HydroHowTo 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Awesome!

  • @thestephensfamily1792
    @thestephensfamily1792 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    How do I get your cheat sheet? Your website is unresponsive!

    • @HydroHowTo
      @HydroHowTo 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The cheat sheet is currently unavailable until I find a more affordable way to provide it.

  • @unwarranted3472
    @unwarranted3472 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    IDK if anyone else said this, but that is likely chlorine evaporating off.

    • @HydroHowTo
      @HydroHowTo 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      No chlorine in that water.

    • @tatcyr206
      @tatcyr206 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Don’t worry reverse osmosis pretty much removes it.

  • @clodoaldomarques401
    @clodoaldomarques401 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Many thanks for the explanation, for sure super useful, I was looking for it, also was very simple and easy to understand, Again thanks.

    • @HydroHowTo
      @HydroHowTo 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You’re welcome!

  • @IzzySpeaks
    @IzzySpeaks 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I used cat liter buckets for my design. Best part is you don't need to use screws to hold the inner bucket up. When slipped together the space between the two is perfect. Instead of perlite I used brown scotchbrites with a dot of hot glue to hold the bits down. When setting water capacity, pour 1-2 gallons in the bottom bucket, use a magic marker to mark the water level, dump and the drill your drain tube.

    • @HydroHowTo
      @HydroHowTo 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Litter buckets truly are the best!

  • @sandradodd51
    @sandradodd51 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Yes please for PDF Thank you love you helpful info

  • @doddykoeswandy5183
    @doddykoeswandy5183 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Is the link working ? I can't see the cheat sheet

  • @turtlesilk
    @turtlesilk 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What a great how-to video- clear and concise. Lots of good information and no extraneous nattering. Thank you!

    • @HydroHowTo
      @HydroHowTo 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I’m glad it was helpful!

  • @LLuo-lw8le
    @LLuo-lw8le หลายเดือนก่อน

    The cheat sheet is gone??? 😢😢😢

  • @veeck2023
    @veeck2023 หลายเดือนก่อน

    cuando frie tesla ese coco'

  • @Ssroved
    @Ssroved หลายเดือนก่อน

    I would absolutely love the PDF of this. Would this work with the buckets set up as DWC, using just water instead of all that perlite?

  • @robakers6127
    @robakers6127 หลายเดือนก่อน

    thank you

  • @fauxjester
    @fauxjester หลายเดือนก่อน

    loved the video hope it works for cannabis

  • @harrypressman2
    @harrypressman2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've watched so many videos on this subject that it'll make your head spin. Yours by far, is the best one I've seen. Angle cutting the fill tube is the only thing I'll add. Well explained especially about the start of saturating the soil. Thank you so much.

    • @HydroHowTo
      @HydroHowTo หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for the kind words! Glad it was helpful!

  • @DoomOfConviction
    @DoomOfConviction หลายเดือนก่อน

    Throws the weak knife into the table without breaking…😅😅

    • @HydroHowTo
      @HydroHowTo 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      🤣 Them skills 😂

  • @alexyanker3059
    @alexyanker3059 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice video! I always use a little soap water when I’m installing grommets &pvc.

    • @HydroHowTo
      @HydroHowTo 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Good call!

  • @mistersinister2043
    @mistersinister2043 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your website no longer works on any browser.

    • @HydroHowTo
      @HydroHowTo หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks, please use hydrohowto.com

    • @mistersinister2043
      @mistersinister2043 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@HydroHowTo Thank you very much for all the work you do

  • @frstcontact
    @frstcontact หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can you place these in a green house instead of outside?

    • @HydroHowTo
      @HydroHowTo หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sure

  • @Vinjo227
    @Vinjo227 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Best thank you ❤

  • @CC-gf3nt
    @CC-gf3nt หลายเดือนก่อน

    OR raise the air pump ABOVE the bucket. Unless you live south of the equator, water flows uphill there. ;)

  • @cynvans
    @cynvans หลายเดือนก่อน

    I tried this and the soil stayed too wet so I ended up watering at the soil. I think next time I'll try filling the reservoir with gravel. I did not screw the buckets together and I'm glad because I had to take the top bucket out to empty the yucky water that accumulated in the reservoir.

    • @HydroHowTo
      @HydroHowTo หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sounds like you didn’t do this. When done correctly the soil doesn’t stay wet, and the water doesn’t get stagnant.

  • @H.R.H-Amina_Bin_Shafiq-SHAKTI
    @H.R.H-Amina_Bin_Shafiq-SHAKTI หลายเดือนก่อน

    NIIIIIIIICE 😊

  • @TODD-KOBELL
    @TODD-KOBELL หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome build. Always hang straps from the top. Years of doing electrical work, and seeing failed pipe on the walls tells me this. 😉 No hate just saying. I'm always using PVC fittings for hydroponics, I'm surprised I never slipped a barbed fitting into a regular PVC fitting; good call.

  • @MrRenoman2011
    @MrRenoman2011 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks so much great video

  • @MrRenoman2011
    @MrRenoman2011 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I would like to see the PDF thanks

  • @wyndiefeatherstone948
    @wyndiefeatherstone948 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for such a great idea and great instructions ! I already have a couple of plants that I want to put into one of these!!! Thank God I understood all your instructions so it should be fairly easy to do! From your experience how long do you think the water in the container should last? I know there are many things to consider, I am just wondering if they would be okay for a week or two while on vacation?

    • @HydroHowTo
      @HydroHowTo หลายเดือนก่อน

      In the middle of summer in Alabama, these buckets would hold enough water to keep a tomato plant happy for 4-5.

  • @CarrieMaginn-bj5ei
    @CarrieMaginn-bj5ei 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video. How do I get your material list?

  • @Bobberdoo75
    @Bobberdoo75 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Use landscape paper to line top bucket wicks up better and rocks in the paint mixing buckets

  • @robertmorenoa.2786
    @robertmorenoa.2786 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Se puede hacer con arena??

  • @hunterl5078
    @hunterl5078 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How do you get away with not chilling the water or running a recycling reservoir where you are chilling the water?

  • @AKCrazyRussian
    @AKCrazyRussian 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome!

  • @NatureZone101
    @NatureZone101 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is so cool! Does the soil in the painting cup go anaerobic due to being in constant water?

  • @davamckay
    @davamckay 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why are you mixing gallons with millimeters? Imperial and metric?

  • @ym-imyloi981
    @ym-imyloi981 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    But doesn’t dumping out most of the solution completely throw off the NER of the solution? Surely use a bigger bucket, make a solution for the amount of water you need if it’s too high just add water?

  • @joaopedrofernandescolnaghi6051
    @joaopedrofernandescolnaghi6051 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What did you use to mix your nutrients? Do you need to have any pump to keep the nutrients mixed or the air pump is good enough?

  • @techytimo
    @techytimo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where can we get the pdf or just a list of equipment? I keep stepping back and forth in the video and not getting everything...

  • @josephstaton6438
    @josephstaton6438 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    For those of us that feed supplemental nutrients I'm curious. To continue feeding my organic nutes could I just use the watering sump for my pH RO water and feed my nutes from the top? I just don't know how i would control dosages if i used the water sump. 🤔

    • @josephstaton6438
      @josephstaton6438 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Better yet, maybe i could put a petcock lower in the bucket and empty the sump of my water then pour my nute mix and let them drink that up and top fill with fresh RO pH water after a few days? 🤔

    • @josephstaton6438
      @josephstaton6438 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Then the only thing I'd pour from the top of the bucket would be my compost teas directly into the soil.

  • @TheMooCowReturns
    @TheMooCowReturns 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Would vermiculite be better than perlite?

    • @HydroHowTo
      @HydroHowTo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Would be worth trying.

  • @user-uo6nv8pf6k
    @user-uo6nv8pf6k 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The water needs to be refilled daily...so yeah naj

  • @Andreavmj
    @Andreavmj 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can you use it for urine or anything?

    • @HydroHowTo
      @HydroHowTo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s beyond my expertise.

  • @FXNorm
    @FXNorm 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Don't listen to the nay sayers, they are clueless.

  • @StoneFaceTraders
    @StoneFaceTraders 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is fantastic! Thank you for sharing your wisdom.

    • @HydroHowTo
      @HydroHowTo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for watching!