BUILD YOUR OWN

Do you want to build your own Mini Hydroponics System?

Well here’s a step-by-step guide to making one…

Step 1- Plan/Design:

Do you want your Mini Hydroponics system to be custom or standard? From the smallest and simplest, to large scale and complicated, anything is possible with some basic DIY skills. In any case it should be unique to your situation.

So start thinking about, what space do I have? What materials do I have available? and of course, what’s my budget?

Below are some DIY and manufactured examples:

PREPARE

MATERIALS

These are the main components of a hydroponics system:

Plants
Container/Tank,
Pump/Piping,
Media (What your plants will grow in)
Nutrients
Growing container

Here are some links to purchase:

Pump

Small

Medium

Large

Piping

Use LDPE Piping, which are cheap, readily available and easy to work with.

Nutrients

DIY Nutrients

Seeds

We use these, the companies great and they sell in paper packets, Also their Organic

Vital Seeds

WATER TANK

Simple recycled or upcycled container such as a large water bottle or bucket, upto a glass aquarium tank or something more exotic, There are so many out there, The Limit is your Imagination.

GROWING CONTAINER

Simple recycled or upcycled container such as a large water bottle or bucket, upto a glass aquarium tank or something more exotic, There are so many out there, The Limit is your Imagination.

ASSEMBLE + TEST

Once you have assembled you system you are ready for testing. Here you will find water leaks and spills, wilting plants but its all part of the learning process! do not be afraid to get stuck in, theres no such thing as failure, only learning!