Okay, after reading the thread titled 'deep soil culture' i decided to do an experimental grow using the same sort of idea, but with potted soil plants, i wont be growing the plant in 'The bubbler' just using it to water a plant, with a high risk of over watering i have made drainage one of my main goals, so im using alot of stones throughout the soil and a grid/net idea to keep stones seperate from the main growing medium.
Now, what i hope to acheive from this is a way of watering a soil/pot plant evenly (also hopefully leaving more oxygen in the soil) this will no doubt make feeding easier too and should reduce risk of nutrient build-up.

The equipment i will be using:

2 'Air sponges',
1 peice of hose-pipe,
1 5litre bottle,
1 fish tank,
Plastic grid/mesh,
Fine net fabric,
Old bicycle inner-tube,
Clean stones,
Compost,
Perlite, - I have run out

Any other equipment i use will be added later.

It was easy to make, i already had the green air sponge things from an old aquarium, and i found the right size aquarium lying around for it too, the hose pipe and an old innertube made connecting the Air sponges very easy, after connecting them together i cut a hole in the joining pipe, and fitted another peice of hose-pipe into it, this is where the air will go in,
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The pot was just a 5 litre juice bottle cut in half, then the only thing left was to poke the holes in the bottom, so i used a hot poker, to make sure i didnt split the pot, and it worked fine,
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So, with the pot still empty, The next pic is just a rough idea of the setup, I have tested the Air sponges and they work perfectly, hopefully tomorrow I will be able to continue construction by putting everything into the pot ready to start the test, hopefully it works.... fingers crossed....
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Any comments welcome, and any random information which may help would be much appreciated, thnx for your time, and remember to come back and see whats goin on every now and then... peace...
Abattoir Dream Reviewed by Abattoir Dream on . Experimental grow.... Okay, after reading the thread titled 'deep soil culture' i decided to do an experimental grow using the same sort of idea, but with potted soil plants, i wont be growing the plant in 'The bubbler' just using it to water a plant, with a high risk of over watering i have made drainage one of my main goals, so im using alot of stones throughout the soil and a grid/net idea to keep stones seperate from the main growing medium. Now, what i hope to acheive from this is a way of watering a soil/pot Rating: 5