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Using pots with 1/4" holes on the bottom for a flood and drain table is a disaster waiting to happen.This is true but what about in the 2gal ebb n flow buckets rather than the airpots they are not mesh on the side they only have 1/4" holes in the bottom
Ok. I must have misunderstood the question. Good luck with that system. Hopefully someone here can help.No it is not a flood table that's just what I am currently using if you read what I have said it states they are ebb and flow "buckets" it is a bucket with in a bucket 12 of them with a ebb and flow controller and 55gal rez titan makes one called the flo n gro I have two of these and it wuld never work as the pots are netted all they way around and would leak the perilite but I am referring to another that I have that's the ebb n grow from c.a.p. electronics that has solid buckets with 1/4 holes in the bottom of the bucket and the fore mentioned question was about a "flood table" and "airpots"
Hey, that came-off as kind of rude, dude. Coir was just trying to help you out. I still don't know what your trying to do, but it sounds like you already have your mind set towards it and no one is going to tell you other wise. I notice some people are just looking for reassurance and want someone to tell them 'that will work'. I wanted to do a recirculating drip setup in coco, but very experienced people set me straight and I listened.No it is not a flood table that's just what I am currently using if you read what I have said it states they are ebb and flow "buckets" it is a bucket with in a bucket 12 of them with a ebb and flow controller and 55gal rez titan makes one called the flo n gro I have two of these and it wuld never work as the pots are netted all they way around and would leak the perilite but I am referring to another that I have that's the ebb n grow from c.a.p. electronics that has solid buckets with 1/4 holes in the bottom of the bucket and the fore mentioned question was about a "flood table" and "airpots"
There are a ton of options. I have large individual drip trays under my pots and I use an aquarium vacuum to empty them after watering. It uses a lot of water but it works great and I have plenty of water so I don't mind. If I was on city water, I would use a small pump instead.I'm trying to figure out what I'm going to do with the runoff. At 10%-15%, does it just kind of evaporate off? I was thinking of using a second pump to get rid off all the runoff. Let me know what you guys think or what solutions you guys have come-up with to solve this problem. I'm really afraid of a malfunction and it flooding out my spot lol.
If I was on city water, I would use a small pump instead.
If I had the height, I would have my pots on a tray that had drains running into some sort of reservoir/container and then just pump that out.
The fiberglass/plastic roofing stuff will work. You can use a vinyl rain gutter across the low end to catch all the runoff and divert it to another container or drain.
I have never seen that happen! Sorry to hear about your trees.If going drain to waste be sure you know where it's going. After 2 years of pumping it to my basement drain I managed to kill my apple trees in my yard.
Hey, that came-off as kind of rude, dude. Coir was just trying to help you out. I still don't know what your trying to do, but it sounds like you already have your mind set towards it and no one is going to tell you other wise. I notice some people are just looking for reassurance and want someone to tell them 'that will work'. I wanted to do a recirculating drip setup in coco, but very experienced people set me straight and I listened.
Just run it and see what happens, setup one bucket and test it out. These guys have done it all, years of trial and error and if you listen to them you can save yourself a lot of time, trouble and heartache. That's my opinion, anyways.
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