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For sure do not confine your roots in a bag. JK
If you are putting your mothers in a sys like that to get large number of cuts I can understand that. If not I would keep my mothers in a more stable environment.JK
I have been fallowing along with this thread since the start. Thanks for all the great info!
You said this would work in a UC system.
Would each site have a waterfall in it or just the epicenter/head bucket?
If it is just the epicenter/head bucket, wouldn't the water flow bring the DO rich water to the other sites?
Every site needs it.
air pumpThat's what I was thinking, but what happens when the site fills with roots? That would render the water fall useless. Can you see any way around this?
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That's what I was thinking, but what happens when the site fills with roots? That would render the water fall useless. Can you see any way around this?
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I may have mentioned this somewhere, but when inspecting the rootmass, I've noticed that the continual stream of water pushes the roots out of its way a bit, maintaining flow, splash and thus DO.
LOL smartass! Let us kids have our fun playin' in da water!
In all seriousness, things look pretty good to me in both zones I'm running waterfall style airless aeration, every bit as good as the control zones with airstones. So far, at least the way I'm doing it in 27 gallon tuffboxes with water fittings in the lid, it's living up to its promise.
I see problems with the state of water and the plants roots. Aeration was not something I was thinking about when I wrote to you. JK
JK also pointed out that placing my plants in the corners of those tuffboxes would likely lead to less roots by restricting airflow- and he was right on the money with that prediction. The plant sizes I have now aren't affected, but as I scale up in individual plant size it's something I'll need to watch carefully.
I'm really liking the no air pump thing, though- not only is it not there to run hot and cost electricity to operate, but it's now much more soothing in the room,with just the sounds of fans and the gurgle of water falling into puddles just out of view...
I used to use these but pulling in unfiltered air into my rez just will not work for me. I do not run drain to waste. They do work just watch out for the backpressure on your pumps. JK^^^^
Ran one for veg that exact way, fill and drain on either side, I used an airstone for a bit but eliminated it their was enough oxygenation going on. I still have this crazy contraption where I drilled out a 2x4 tray and put it upside down over another 2x4, like a to-go box so the roots would dangle in the solution through flower. Worked great Wish I did it in a 4x4 with larger net pots.If his flood table has a lid, then just continuously running the fill pump and letting excess water drain back through the return/overflow will oxygenate the system just fine. I've heard about issues with trying to oxygenate a 'dead reservoir' style ebb n flood, but I bet they would be solved with a continuous flow approach.
One thing I would change if I were to run this is that in my ebb n flood trays, the inlet and overflow are right next to each other. I'd relocate one of these to the opposite side of the table, so water would flow across and ensure all plants see fresh nutes.
I could be wrong im really new at this but i believe waterfall is better for D.O. than fluming.bbut if im wrong send me the info im always learning
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