if you have no way to seperate the roots then they will get tangled and when you come to get rid of the males it could damage other roots or leave plant matter in the reserviour. if you dont use buckets, you could always make some kind of seperator that is temporary to be removed after sexing. but buckets are probably easier. then after sexing you can just remove them

hope this helps
snowblind Reviewed by snowblind on . My brain is going to explode in a typical E&F system.. Would I be able to have net pots on the top of a 40 gallon reservoir, without buckets separating the roots of the individual plants, and not have problems removing males? I am in the process of trying to figure out if I should put buckets inside of the 40 gallon flood tray, or just cut holes on the lid for the net pots to go into... My concern is that the males roots will become entangled with the females, if there were only net pots on top of the lid. Rating: 5