I reckon that would be the way to go for sure.
I was thinking that very same thought, but I think what I will do is put the clay rocks under the wool, and fill to the base of the wool, or rather, just a hair's breadth below.
If the wool get's too water logged, I will lower the water level way down, 'cause by then as u say, the roots will have searched out the water, and I can safely back off.
Well that's my plan anyway, but I think yours is more correct, but I think I'll just do one or the other,or both, and wing it.
Once the roots have some length to them it wont make any difference at all.
I have a couple tomatoes growing in a bubbler outside.
Yesterday, I checked their water level, and it was about half way down the 25 litre bucket.
I am only using tiny baskets in those ones, so u can tell the plant was way above the water, and if it was in wool,it would have been eight inches above the water level, and the wool would have been relatively dryish.
But the point is{and I will get to it}, the tomatoes where growing like u wouldn't believe.
If thay had slowed at all, it was because the water level dropping had cause the concentrate to become to strong in the smaller quantity of water.
But the distance the roots where travelling to the water, ceratainly wasn't effecting the plants in any negative way.
I don;t know if U are in Australia or not, or if U are in America, if u have bakeries that have 25 litre plastic buckets in large quantities.
They charge me $5 a bucket, and they steam it out with piping hot water, and the lids fit tight, sometime too tight if u get the coloured buckets.
The white buckets fit better; tight, but not like fort knox.
Man I just raved on without saying anything, isn't it amazing how u can rave when u are stoned, even when u type?
sorry
good bye
rob
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