Heaths Flooded Tube Vertical

I see... believe me, I have no intentions of starting a pissing match about this, I just enjoy picking the brain of somebody with real-world experience vs. the hundreds of books, gardening sites, mfgs sites, forum postings... that I've read through. I am in no way belittling your tek, just trying to learn as always. So, what about that pump bypass???

very nice work there Heath!

i have been anticipating this new vert grow since you had talked about it and of course am not disappointed!! i really like how it goes down level to level..

I was wondering though, wont the collar that adjusts the water level stop the water from traveling down the rest of the system leaving standing water in the pipes?

also, if it is only a few inches off of the ground (or so it seems) how does the bottom level drain back into the res? I am assuming the res shown is just with a sump pump with the float valve that pumps back into a larger res?

how many sites is it if you dont mind me asking? also what medium will you be using in the net cups?

EDIT: also forgot to ask your feeding schedule.. the reason i ask is because the only way i could see the collars not creating standing water is if it was constantly flooding instead of once every 2 hours or so..

Hi fluffydog, will do!

Originally Posted by Heath Robinson

Sorry missed your last question, the bypass is very simple on the output from the pump there is a "T" one side goes to feed the vertical and the other side of the "T" returns to the res and has a valve fitted. When I open the valve some of the output from the pump circulates into the res this helps control the flow into the vertical and also helps with oxygenation.


Heath

No probs AeroKing you must have missed my reply, I have quoted it for you.


FLoJo, yes thats the idea, I wanted the tubes to be full of fast flowing water. The collar I have shown in the pics acts as a dam and the water builds up behind and eventually flows over and down to the next level.

The whole system runs in a full condition the water level is toutching the bottom of the net pots. The pump runs 24/7 so in effect what we have is similar to deep water culture but the main difference is the fast flow rate and I never leave a gap under the net pots.

The small res you see in the pics is the only res there is, because the tubes are full of water this means I can get away with using a small res.

It holds 86 plants, and the feed is at an EC of 1.0 and as I have mentioned the pump is running constantly so there is no standing water


Heath

awesome setup! cant wait to see it full! i was wondering why is the pipe that color?? we in the us have white , green , and black . i have never seen this color before is this common pipe work??

subscribed!...i excited already! nice set up!

very cool subscribed

very interesting Heath, so do you never change the res? just add nutes and water to it?

forgot to also ask, how do you think this system will compare to your other vertical systems? do you think it will outperform the shelving style like i have and the tree grow?

i'm so suscribed to this thread if i was any more suscribed they would have to put me over to golf weekly.

definately sounds like a solid idea and cant wait to see the results, keep it up heath

may i inquire what strain you are growing?