First off the area I have to work with is 10x11x4 1/2 concrete storage space with a small window and electricity available. Would this be enough room to split it in half and have growing and flowering sides?
The lighting im going to be using is fluresent lights with a cool and warm set up for the growing side. I have many of those so I can pretty much line the whole ceiling up with those. For the flowering side im going to buy a 600w HPS ballast system. The HPS lighting will be on a moving rod system so it can go back and forth to all the plants.
Now I have been trying to research some hydroponic systems and I have questions about using net pots and dripper systems. For the flowering side, could I put the plant and roots in a net pot and then bury that net pot in a medium (most likely some kind of pebbles) and have it rigged so that the pump pumps water all the way to about 2 inches lower than the top of the medium? Then once it reaches that the pump turns off and it drains back down. Could I just not use net pots and just throw the plant with roots in the medium and bury it? Would a dripper system be just as good or should I do it through pumps with a line going to the bottom of the planter? Now for the growing side would it be easiest to just use drippers? For clones could I just use rockwool as a medium and for my mothers the pebbles?
Another question I have is since I do not have that much height is there some way that I can rig up pumps or something so that I can have the planter drain efficiently by having the planter lower than the resevoir? Usually you just have it above the resevoir but I wanna try and conserve height.
If you could help me out in desiging a system that would be awesome. Thanks in advance and happy toking!
Joey
The lighting im going to be using is fluresent lights with a cool and warm set up for the growing side. I have many of those so I can pretty much line the whole ceiling up with those. For the flowering side im going to buy a 600w HPS ballast system. The HPS lighting will be on a moving rod system so it can go back and forth to all the plants.
Now I have been trying to research some hydroponic systems and I have questions about using net pots and dripper systems. For the flowering side, could I put the plant and roots in a net pot and then bury that net pot in a medium (most likely some kind of pebbles) and have it rigged so that the pump pumps water all the way to about 2 inches lower than the top of the medium? Then once it reaches that the pump turns off and it drains back down. Could I just not use net pots and just throw the plant with roots in the medium and bury it? Would a dripper system be just as good or should I do it through pumps with a line going to the bottom of the planter? Now for the growing side would it be easiest to just use drippers? For clones could I just use rockwool as a medium and for my mothers the pebbles?
Another question I have is since I do not have that much height is there some way that I can rig up pumps or something so that I can have the planter drain efficiently by having the planter lower than the resevoir? Usually you just have it above the resevoir but I wanna try and conserve height.
If you could help me out in desiging a system that would be awesome. Thanks in advance and happy toking!
Joey