Just wanted to add my bit, (why the hell not
) ....well yep, after much reading I was also pretty much sold on the viability of the DWC bubblers as they are cheap and easy to set up and from what I have read seem to give pretty good results...(I'm not completely sold on aeroponics tho, seems like cloning is one thing but growing seems to have problems with the vast root systems that MJ throws out. Mind you this a personal choice only)....
Anyways as I had already invested pretty heavily (4 me anyways) in a flood and drain system (of which I have no complaints) I decided to run a DWC anyways as a kind of side project, (knew that spare 400HPS would be good for something,
)....So off to the hardware store I goes.
I went for a 80 litre crate so as to grow 4 plants in the one rather than having individual pots for each. After much drilling and cutting I had the setup complete with an access hole for topping up adding nutes and testing pH and a water level meter on the front as the whole crate is covered with a slip cover to keep the light out of the crate.
Into the system went three seedlings (no particular strain but the smoke we tried which was supposed to be the same stuff the seeds came from (tho this was seedless) was particularly nice
)and the one spare clone we had (in case one died but none did
)....All plants were in 4" rockwool cubes placed on a bed of expanded clay with more clay packed on the sides and over the top of the rockwool (was just enough room in the little pots for this)....
I started the water level so it was just at the very base of the pots, capillary action ensured that water was drawn up to the rockwool and hence my fledgling roots. After about 8/9 days the last of the seedlings is sending roots through the bottom of it's pot to the nutrient mix....
I'll probably now give the roots a few more days to establish themselves and then I'll drop the water level so it's a couple of inches below the base of the pots, seedlings are all raging with the 6th/7th set of leaves coming through and branching happening at all nodes, (evan the first single blade leaf nodes).... I'll probably have to keep the clone pretty well trimmed though so it doesn't take over (I've wanted to experiment with a dwarf plant anyways)
And thats about that....
I'm interested in reading how others go with their setups as I'm sure there is always room for improvements....
Phantom
Ghost Who Smokes