It is actually better if you don't have your plant sitting in nutes. You want as much air to get to the roots as possible. Your drip should be on a timer, maybe once every 7 minutes so that the roots can actually dry out a little. Believe it or not, it is the consensus.
Opie Yutts Reviewed by Opie Yutts on . Modifying drip system? Will this work??? I have a 40 gal panda res from gen hydro. I am thinking about cutting out three inch holes on the res lid and use three inch net pots instead of the two gal pot setup. I can only supply 20 gal for each res change so the res doesn't fill. If I was to cut the three inch holes and re-plumb the feed line to each net pot, would the plants grow even though they are not sitting in water and just being dripped on? I think they would grow as long as I keep the drippers going and the roots wet. Rating: 5