have a friend with a 4x5x8 closet with a 600 w hps and adequate ventilation and exhaust running 3 6 inch pvc tubes (recirculating)12 holes with 1 gph drip emitters in each. 2.5 in net pots with hydroton and starting in 1.5 in rockwool cubes running the general hydroponics flora gro nute system any advice would be greatly appreciated thanks. also wondering about lengths of time to run drip
Hmmmm... never seen a drip emitter into hydroton. I did an NFT experimental grow many years ago and it ran 24X7 & worked great, but you're using it as a return only. Not sure how that will work. Anyone?
well as far as i can tell im in a combo nft and drip system. just kinda leery about running water 24 hours a day. im oxygenating the shit out of the water. just worried about root rot
yea, as long as you're saturating the water with oxygen, you should be good to run it as much as you want think about true dwc the roots are literally immersed in the h2o 24/7 and they work fine just have to make sure the h2o is saturated with oxygen also, make sure the h2o drains quickly...you probably can't run it 24/7 if the h2o doesn't drain quickly enough to get re-oxygenated