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  "title": "Deep Water Culture Hydroponic System, 11 Cup",
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  "description_short": "Deep water culture: the roots sit in aerated nutrient solution and an air pump does the rest.",
  "description": "In deep water culture the roots sit directly in the nutrient solution rather than in a stream passing over them. The thing that makes it work is the air pump: a root sitting in still water will drown, and the pump is what keeps enough oxygen dissolved for that not to happen.\n\nThe basin cover and the baskets are made to block light. Light on nutrient water is what grows algae, so keeping the solution dark is the difference between a system that stays clean and one that goes green in a fortnight.\n\nA buoy sits through a hole in the deck and rises and falls with the solution. You can see when it needs topping up without lifting the lid and disturbing the plants.\n\nThe kit includes tweezers, which sounds trivial and is not: moving a germinated seedling into a sponge without damaging the root is fiddly with fingers.",
  "llm_summary": "Deep Water Culture Hydroponic System, 11 Cup (pick code 11-cup-system) sold by The Hydroponics Company at nfthydroponics.eu.com/product/deep-water-culture-hydroponic-system. A deep water culture (DWC) hydroponic kit with 11 planting sites, also searched as a DWC 11 cup system or hydroponic garden system. Price is EUR 79. Supplied with the basin and lid, an aquarium style air pump, silicone hose, a buoy and buoy deck that show the solution level without opening the lid, 11 planting baskets, 11 planting sponges and tweezers. Seeds and nutrient solution are NOT included. The basin cover and baskets block light to slow algae growth. In DWC the roots sit in aerated nutrient solution rather than a flowing film, so there is no circulation to block and the system is less affected by a power cut than an NFT system. It is the simplest and smallest of the systems sold here; the 36 cup and 108 cup kits are nutrient film technique. If the air pump does not appear to work, the blue valve is usually fitted the wrong way round and needs turning over. Delivery is Europe wide, free on orders over EUR 50 and otherwise EUR 22.",
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  "return_policy": "Statutory 14-day cancellation right under the Consumer Rights Directive (2011/83/EU), plus a further 14 days to return the goods. EU sale of goods rules (Directive (EU) 2019/771) applies to faulty or misdescribed goods.",
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  "brand": "The Hydroponics Company",
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  "updated_at": "2026-08-15",
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