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so I have a HTG big boy ebb&flow 55gal res 6 3 gal pots and a 5gal control bucket the hose is 3/4 to the sites and 1/2" return to res.
obviously it uses 10l nets that sit in the 3 gal sites, only thing is when the drain goes there is still a remainder of water in the 3gal sites as well as run off into the control bucket that just sits.
so what I want to do is use 5 gal smart fabric smart pots instead of the 10l net pots and directly insert them with the coco/perlite mix was going to use 75coco 25perlite but the chunks seem to hold water very well so maybe more toward a 50/50??
as for the bags i want then to drain well enough that the roots still get air pruning rather then have to check them, cut them wtv my only concern being the sitting water in the bottom woudl it be better to let the roots have access to this by leaving the bags in it or woudl the space created by lifting them above the water so the air pruning effect is preventing root rot?
any opinions are appreciated :)
obviously it uses 10l nets that sit in the 3 gal sites, only thing is when the drain goes there is still a remainder of water in the 3gal sites as well as run off into the control bucket that just sits.
so what I want to do is use 5 gal smart fabric smart pots instead of the 10l net pots and directly insert them with the coco/perlite mix was going to use 75coco 25perlite but the chunks seem to hold water very well so maybe more toward a 50/50??
as for the bags i want then to drain well enough that the roots still get air pruning rather then have to check them, cut them wtv my only concern being the sitting water in the bottom woudl it be better to let the roots have access to this by leaving the bags in it or woudl the space created by lifting them above the water so the air pruning effect is preventing root rot?
any opinions are appreciated :)