ebb n flow or nft ?

[spliffy777]

hi all ive been growing 4 nearly a year now .and have allways grown full size plants .first i used soil and now i use rw with a mj 1000 on a drip system .the thing is when i look at the grow the plants r so big all i see is lots of wasted light .so i need a new set up .i no all about ebb n flow .just wondering if nft is a better yeilding system.going 2 keep rockwool cubes tight and just grow clones .(ak47 serious seeds)


thanks
spliffy

[herbie the love bud]

It can be.

[dragonbud]

hi spliffy
I have just changed from pots to an nft system i have put 6 ladies in a 45 ltr tank its a gt424 i think and i have put euphoria in there cos they did really well in pots, so i,ll let you know how they turn out in a month or so.
Dragonbud:rastasmoke:

[stinkyattic]

The thing that I REALLY like about NFT over ebb n flow is the 'washing' action of flowing water. I'll explain.

With ebb n flow, when the tray floods, particulate matter (dead leaves and roots, sloughed-off cells, bits of media, etc.) are simply wetted; if they are stuck to anything, they don't really get a chance to move, and for the most part aren't very mobile. I like my dirt to be mobile, lol! With NFT, the constant flow not only oxygenates your nute solution, making the ferts more available to the roots, but any dead shit that is in there flows downhill along with the water and will eventually get caught on the pump filter. You have to clean the pump filter more often, but IMHO that is a very easy tradeoff to make for a diminished chance of root rot!

To summarize- if I were to keep larger plants in a hydro system for a longer time, I would choose vertical NFT cascading over hydroton pebbles over any other system. DWC is appropriate for very large plants, but if you like to run many plants, the maintenance can add up.
I made a thread in the grow logs section showing my contianerized NFT- it's called stinky kinda likes the darkside- there's some pics of a system that I would say is good to flower plants that will finish up to 2 feet tall.

[spliffy777]

thanks dragonbud and stinky thats very helpful .gonna go read your thread now stinky kinda likes the darkside . thanks again spliff.

[orion6324]

spliff you said you had been growing about a year. has it always been the ak 47 from serious seeds and if so can you let me know a little about it like smell, smoke,taste,yield etc just got some myself and gonna start em after my WW grow..thx

[spliffy777]

hi orion and all ive just started the ak47 about 8 weeks ago thyey r about 30 days into flowering .and look great .gotta be the prettyest plant ive seen so far .i have grown a thew different 1s thou .white russian was the other real nice 1.heres a list if i can remember um all.lol .skunk#1,bubble gum,black domina,super skunk,ed rossentials super bud,white widow alot lol,white russian i would recomend every time .real strong buzz . ps ill take some pics later of the ak47 and post um .

[spliffy777]

hi all heres the pics first 3 r the ak47 . 4th is the clones i took from um . spliff

[spliffy777]

the smell has been ok really not 2 bad .ive had a carbon filter that i made myself 4 about 15 quid .last 2 months, its great aswell really works well . as 4 does it smell nice yes it smells really reallynicestrong smell.i cant waittill its readyill let u no what it smokes like to . happy growing all spliff

[Greenthing]

hi all ive been growing 4 nearly a year now .and have allways grown full size plants .first i used soil and now i use rw with a mj 1000 on a drip system .the thing is when i look at the grow the plants r so big all i see is lots of wasted light .so i need a new set up .i no all about ebb n flow .just wondering if nft is a better yeilding system.going 2 keep rockwool cubes tight and just grow clones .(ak47 serious seeds)
thanks
spliffy

I have grown with a NFT system and all i can say is i had very good yeilds, I wish I could still grow with NFT but its not possible for me at this moment in time.
Sorry I can't give you a comparison as i have not grew with the ebb and flow technique.
Good luck.:thumbsup:

[spliffy777]

hi all again lol im deffinantly going with ebb n flow as i gotmade redundant . from work and just cant aford an nft system ,plus the risk of getting anything delivered that big is scary. specialy threw the net.im going to build my tray out of ply probally 12 mm thick for the bottom sheet, sides justsimple 2by 4, and plastic linning to hold water while it floods .letme no your thoughts ideas any help wolud be cool thanks spliff
ps ty for your reply greenthing and all