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I've read people saying top feeders are good until the roots hit the water... But how often should I have my top feeders on for I'm using rock wool in clay balls... HELP

Oh and do I.put the top drippers over the rock wool or what?

timmybro said:

I've read people saying top feeders are good until the roots hit the water... But how often should I have my top feeders on for I'm using rock wool in clay balls... HELP

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I'm glad you asked this Q. I'm a newcomer looking seriously at a bubble bucket system for my 1st grow and this is one of the doubts I've had too. I was even wondering whether It might be a better idea to transplant seedlings into a smaller, intermediate DWC system while the roots grew out enough to then move the plants into the buckets. I'm drawn to growing some big-ass plants in buckets, but I'm a bit wary as a newcomer, as it seems like there's so much to get right for it to work out well.

Have you already bought/built your system?

Heavy Consumer said:

I'm glad you asked this Q. I'm a newcomer looking seriously at a bubble bucket system for my 1st grow and this is one of the doubts I've had too. I was even wondering whether It might be a better idea to transplant seedlings into a smaller, intermediate DWC system while the roots grew out enough to then move the plants into the buckets. I'm drawn to growing some big-ass plants in buckets, but I'm a bit wary as a newcomer, as it seems like there's so much to get right for it to work out well.

Have you already bought/built your system?

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I'm way off topic regarding the OP's question but I did try using rockwool with the seeds and I killed as many as I got started. I don't like seeds directly in DWC with rockwool. Gets very soggy.

I have almost 100% rate by germinating the seed in a paper towel then moving the sprout to a netpot filled with perlite and hydroton but I put the netpot in a solo cup with no water (a spray of water per day) until it has its very first leaves then I put the netpot in a one or two gallon mini DWC tank until the roots hit the water. From there, it goes into 5 gallon bucket/larger tub. No sense in wasting all that water and nutes when it will get nasty way before the plant can use it.

just raise the water level in the bucket until the bubbles are splashing where the roots should be.

Hydroburn said:

just raise the water level in the bucket until the bubbles are splashing where the roots should be.

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^^^ This