Cool design, and you write a great diy tutorial. You can use an inline bio filter if you're worried about clogging, but prob have to check it daily if coco floating around. How about some fabric smartpots to help with that? How do plan to manage the res/nutes for recirculate instead of DTW?
looks like really nice work rox. so as long as the rings aren't clogged does it seem like they function uniformly? (the rings furthest from the pump dispense solution at the same rate as the ones closer to the pump)
Drip rings are the down fall. Same thing with my system. You cant really move plants around. Why I am moving to the Halos. Other then that Nice DIY. Having Recirc coco for a long time on ebb tables I can say DTW is really a better choice. Plants have never blowin up or been as healthy as they have been with DTW for me.
My first plans was to have a DTW system, but decided on a recirculating system, to save on nutes and labour time.
Checked out these halos on Youtube and they look the shit! Great idea, but a google search doesnt bring any suppliers up in the UK?
The EC has shot right up for some reason using the system this way?
Can you explain what you mean by managing the nutes/res for re-circulate? This is my first attempt at a re-circulating system, so still learning myself.
A properly done dtw in coco will use less water/nutes than recirc.
Assuming your nute values are dialed, they will stay dialed. Recirc causes different stuff to get used up at different rates. Leading to the wrong nute ratios over time.
DTW, dialed, will feed them the perfect food every time they eat. Less risk of pathogens as well.
DTW for me leads to better health with less risk.
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