Quote Originally Posted by hatch
Yes Way to much, Start at 15min. every 6-hour's, -That 4-times a Day. Watch it for a week. & I think you will feel that is real close. ???When People grow in Soil, Don't they let the Soil get Dry Before watering again????, Same here, If you water to much you will get Root Rought, Stunt Grow'th, Nut-Lock, ect., ect.,.
I get what you're saying, but Ive been running my system for almost two weeks now with 15 on and 45 off, and the root plugs seem to be pretty dry. I dont think the plugs themselves are getting tottally soaked with each watering. Isnt that the concern with root rot? I never had any problem in with root rot in dwc and i kept it on 24/7 with bubbles splashing the netpots the entire time. I understand this is a little different, but in that system the hydroton was at least a little wet 24/7. The root plugs were kept relatively dry though and i think this is key in preventing root rot. Ive never had it though so I dunno?

The plants have seemed to be doing very well, but I will go down to 15 min every 2 hours and see if there are any changes. Id like it to run as little as i can and still maximize grotwh so if i dont see any difference after a few days ill go with less.