hey willow. that is a great idea about the clear tubing!!! i'm going to home depot tomorrow and seeing if i can do the same. thanks for the idea. yeah, about the hanging baskets, it just felt wrong when we first got the system and had our seed sprout in perlite/vermiculite and when it had roots, put it in rockwool, put rockwool in the basket, put grow rocks all around it, but with the baskets sitting in the gully, it saturated the hell out of the rock wool which then led to the same problem you had....

and then there was one more thing that i learned the very HARD way. i'm trying to make this not an expensive project and i knew that vinegar and baking soda makes CO2, then i read so does water/sugar/yeast mixture and it can produce CO2 for about 2 weeks, i did that and regretted it as the whole system got a freakin' YEAST INFECTION!!! so warning: stay away from yeast/sugar/water thing. not worth it. i use the baking soda/vinegar thing now and don't mind that AND when i'm home and around, i put a candle INSIDE a big coffee can and put it in there as the burning candle is another good source of CO2.

have you had any problems with stunted growths with your plants? one plant is five days ahead of the other and the difference in height is 19 inches compared to 6 inches!! keep me posted on any cool ideas you come up with or anything that can help benefit us NFT growers. take care