Quote Originally Posted by swisha
might hook your pump on your lights timer. thats what i do for my drip system. plants get plenty of water during the light cycle and can dry out a bit when light are off. soak n dry cycles are great for the roots!
This is true. More off time would be even better. Like off every hour for 15 minutes or something, depending on your rate of drip and stuff.
Opie Yutts Reviewed by Opie Yutts on . NFT / Drip combo system... Hey everybody, I have been doing DWC for the last little while and 8 months ago did a drip grow. I'm looking at changing things around a bit and wondered if I there was any reason that I shouldn't build a combination drip/nft system. I was considering using tubes like in a nft or aeroponic system but instead of misting the roots or constantly running nutes down the tubes I was going to do a top drip. Is there any reason not to do this? It sounds like a hybrid system and to me seems like Rating: 5