Quote Originally Posted by Puffzter
And about coco you should definitelly try it out. Growth is just insane and it is very easy to manage imo. And you are in perfect control of the feeding with instant reaction time of the medium if you just read up on the basics of it.

Puffzter
Puffzter, I am impressed!
You made me go out and buy some coco.

Used to use Supersoil in California. Got reasonable results.
Found out that it's a bad idea in the tropics.
Every bag comes with millions of Fungus Gnats. No extra charge.

So, messed around with Rockwool and Hydrotron for 1 grow.
Better, still not great. The Hydrotron gave me PH problems.

Built a few aeroponics units out of plastic waste baskets.
Water pump in the bottom and an airstone to keep the water sweet.
Worked a treat! Did keep the roots a little too wet though.

Got some WW in DWC right now.

I like simple, and easy.
'cause I'm a bit simple and a lot lazy.
So the latest experiment is elegant and cheap.
A 6 gallon, (about 26 L.) bucket, a 6" Netpot and some cotton string.
I loop the string through the bottom of the netpot so it hangs down about 20cm. and wicks the water up to the pot.
Strings do not even have to reach the surface 'cause the bubbling splashes them.
The pot is filled with Rockwool cubes. I put 2 large airstones in the bucket and feed them from an aquarium air pump (about $8. USD). I get the buckets free.
So each unit costs about $12.
No timer, no water pump, no ebb, no flow, no leaks, just grow.
The results, even using a 42W LED array as the only light, so far, (19 days veg) are superb!
Thanks to your efforts, I'm building 4 more DWC units with coco in the netpots.
Your work is very much appreciated.
Mahalo nui loa for sharing.
Absolutely beautiful grow!:greenthumb::greenthumb:

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