hydro reservoir size

[Davross]

Hi everyone. how deep dose the nutrient reservoir need to be? my mesh pots are 100mm deep and as i understand you need about 50mm gap between the top of water level to the bottom of the pots????
i have containers that are 300mm deep. leaving me with just 150mm of nutrient water when full.. is that enough??
cheers Legends

[RFheavy]

How many gallons of water do you think the 150mm worth of space will hold? And what kind of yield were you looking to get out of it?

[Davross]

it would be be about 4 gallons of water full.. yield? well as much as i can. 1m x 1m x1.8m tent with 450w LED, so hoping about 5 ounces from 2 plants,
PS this will be my first grow so i dont really know what to expect..

[RFheavy]

You can actually do one plant with those four gallons and yield more than five ounces. Hopefully your environment is optimal!

[Davross]

yer properly, but as its my first grow Im not setting the bar too high. 5 or 6 ounces of a couple of plants would make me happy, more would make me very happy, so what do you think about the 150mm of water? enough or should i get a deeper reservoir ?

[SirSmksAlot]

I personally use 5 gallon pails and they work perfectly. Once the plants get big they drink a lot of water. Bigger pails= bigger roots which = bigger plants.

[Davross]

thanks mate,, i might have to up size my container a bit,,