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Drip dtw coco gives you the best of both worlds
i don't want the attention, flown under the radar this long. dont see any benefit from supplying my name, address etc... I'm sure they would not approve of all my seeds and I'm sure i wouldn't have the proper license for that or have paid the proper "taxes".Also, if you want to grow more than 4 plants you can. Itll just cost you a couple hundred bucks a year for a license.
I take your friends leds are amazon specials?
Done RDWC, peat based/perlite and now coco.
DWC will give fastest growth but may require more expensive equipment like chillers and typically will increase the starting height reducing your head space when compared to soil, coco, rockwool.
Personally after trying them im going to stay in coco... autofeed and drain make it easy and the growth is very close to pure hydro. Extremely good media for microbes which is a big plus over DWC. Plus no need to cool the feed res as DO will not be an issue like in DWC.
Few ways to get it done but if going coco you will absolutely want an autofeed system. High fertigation is key... coco is not soil and almost impossible to over water. Pot size will determine if perlite is beneficial and at what ratio as well as volume of feed per event.
Its pretty simple no matter what mix you use... the more drainage the faster the growth and the more often nutrient application is needed. It's not rocket science.
very interesting, thanks for the explanation and pics.There are many ways to skin that cat. Hydroton is messy. I switched to lava rock which worked great, but it still sluffed off. In that grow some 6 years ago, I used a first generation BML SPYDR 600 led (~ 360w actual) that I collaborated with Nick (then owner) to develop a mixed mono diode spectrum. I was doing a top feed drip with Hydro Halo Rings fed via a large low pressure pump in the rez on a timer. Containers were Air Pots. nutes cascaded through then drained back into the rez. See first picture. Subsequent pics were in the 2 plant DIY F & D. For 4 plants you could DIY a manifold using tubing and valves
I now use polished ornamental stones, but gravel works fine too.
hth
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