That's correct, You only want your water level in each individual bucket up to the bottom of the net pot, maybe even covering the bottom of the net pot about an inch. But just until you actually show roots coming through the pot, then keep water level just below. On a side note, the air stone attached to the bottom of the net pot, one word; brilliant.
NoCoBigPoppa Reviewed by NoCoBigPoppa on . deep water culture for the first time so I setup a deep water culture system this weekend with 5 white widow seeds i got from nirvana. I made a room about 2.5ft deep and about 12ft long. Got 5 buckets, filled them a third of the way up and got some airstones. For lights I have 4 cfl ballasts with 8 38 watt 6500k lights (22,000 lumens total), 2 100 watt hps (19,000 watts), 1 76 watt grow LED ( lumens ??). I have a few questions thought that i'm not quite sure on.... a.) do I have enough lumens? My room is about 30 sqft and I have Rating: 5