Build Your Own Affordable Hydroponic Tower Garden (Under $50) |How To Build Vertical Garden Tower | DIY Hydroponics
Inspired by Mike’s Garden Tower @KeepOnGrowin
This tower is made from six 2-gallon buckets.
Each layer has the capacity to accommodate 4-8 plants per bucket with a growing cell size of 2 inches that fits perfectly with a pool noodle.
The structure is supported vertically by a 3/4″ pex pipe. I made a tiny holes around the pipe to create sprinkler like or pattern on each layer of the bucket using a 1/16 drill bit to ensure an even distribution of water to each growing cell/hole. There are 6 in total vertically, so each bucket has it’s own individual sprinkler like pattern or mist.
The pump can raise water up to 10 feet in height, and the reservoir is a 5-gallon bucket
Nutrient Solution
10g Masterblend Tomato formula (NPK)
10g Calcium Nitrate (CN)
5g Epsom Salt (Magnesium Sulfate)
5 gallons water
Here is how to make your own nutrient solution
Here is where you can get the water pump
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Here is where you can get the Masterblend
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Other supplies I used for my hydroponics needs
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7 Comments
Interesting and impressive
nice diy, love to see more hydroponic type of videos
Nice job. Its better to bury the reservoir when you have that option as it keeps the nutrient temperature more stable. The majority of the heat is picked up by the water as it runs down the tower. Insulating the outside of the reservoir can make things worse in some cases as the insulation also stops heat escaping 🙂 Drilling holes in the pex to act as sprayers works great in a horizontal loop of pipe but its not as easy to get an even flow from all the holes in a vertical pipe.
nice solution to the sprinkler head problem and save a few bucks as well from not having to buy it for each set up
Nice Job!👍
Do you have to disassemble the whole thing to top up the bottom bucket?
I'm digging the styrofoam net cups. How should we score them without a Soldering iron