OverCloudz
Well-Known Member
Hey guys, I'm a newb on flood and drain systems, can you tell me if I'm skipping something with this method?
1. Get a flood and drain table and a reservoir under it. The reservoir should be 3-4x the capacity size of the table and has to be covered.
2. Make 2 holes in the table, 1 hole for a flood valve attached to a pump and 1 hole for a drain valve. Also have an air pump to circulate the water in the reservoir.
3. When seedlings are ready for transplant, fill up the table with 6" rockwool cubes, hide the top of the cubes for algae and get a coco mat to hide the future roots on the bottom of the table.
4. Mix nutes with correct ppm & ph in the reservoir and constantly check throughout the days if there's a change in levels. Change the water in the reservoir once a week.
5. Adjust flooding schedule by observing and testing. 10 minutes flood once a day in veg and 2-3 times a day in flowering seems to be a popular way.
6. Hand feed them from top every 2 weeks to flush the accumulated salt at the bottom of the cube.
7. Flush, harvest, win.
Anything else?
1. Get a flood and drain table and a reservoir under it. The reservoir should be 3-4x the capacity size of the table and has to be covered.
2. Make 2 holes in the table, 1 hole for a flood valve attached to a pump and 1 hole for a drain valve. Also have an air pump to circulate the water in the reservoir.
3. When seedlings are ready for transplant, fill up the table with 6" rockwool cubes, hide the top of the cubes for algae and get a coco mat to hide the future roots on the bottom of the table.
4. Mix nutes with correct ppm & ph in the reservoir and constantly check throughout the days if there's a change in levels. Change the water in the reservoir once a week.
5. Adjust flooding schedule by observing and testing. 10 minutes flood once a day in veg and 2-3 times a day in flowering seems to be a popular way.
6. Hand feed them from top every 2 weeks to flush the accumulated salt at the bottom of the cube.
7. Flush, harvest, win.
Anything else?