Thanks for clearing those questions up! I guess we'll keep using this thread until its moved (or if its moved) if there is a more appropriate place for it.

One additional thing.. Since you say to keep the water level about a half inch under the pots (which the roots will eventually grow into the water) what do I do about watering until they reach that point? I've noticed on Stealth Hydroponic bubbleponics systems they have a waterer/dripper system going right into the net basket.. is that necessary for all bubbleponic systems before the roots are long enough to hit the water in the bucket


Simply NO. This kinda clears up ur air question even further. With 2 stones in ur bucket, the air bubbles force water to the top, which pop and force water and nutes up into ur hydroton! kinda works it self out. By doing so u are also forcing ur root system to grow down to the water and food supply.

U do not want to drown ur plants in water!

Also, I actually keep 3 stones in my buckets to try and achieve maximum oxygen supply to my plants.Once again there are many reasons why u need a rich oxygen supply for ur plants.But keeping it simple, U want ur water as frothy as u can make it!

U cannot give ur plants to much oxygen!

hope this clears up ur question.

Also, I have found that jiffy plugs work the best for seedlings, they are already p/h balanced when u buy them! Using rockwool is great but if u use it u are going to be getting into prebalancing water to specific p/h levels or buying extra chemicals to balance ur waters p/h.Just starting out ,try to keep things as simple as possible i guess. if ur going to use rockwool the previous advice was excelent.

Anyhow hope this helps! im glad to see this thread is catching peoples interest!