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Gonna use a fence post pvc 4'' my question is what should the distance between each net pot be? Thanks in advance

Depends on what you want and your growing style. You could go 6" on center an run it like a sog, with 4 smaller plants in a sq ft, or go 12" centers and have a sq. ft for each plant and grow bigger plants..make it to fit whatever you want.

12" works great if you veg the plants first. If you go to flower right from clone you can go as small as 6". For example, I wanted to create a system that Oregonians can use legally this July. It uses 4 plants total but its the same size as my other 8 plant systems. I just vegged it another 2 weeks and trained the plants using Screen of Green techniques.

StinkBud said:

12" works great if you veg the plants first. If you go to flower right from clone you can go as small as 6". For example, I wanted to create a system that Oregonians can use legally this July. It uses 4 plants total but its the same size as my other 8 plant systems. I just vegged it another 2 weeks and trained the plants using Screen of Green techniques.

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Thank you very much! I have one more question if you don't mind, I was curious what water level... I have a 5x5 square vinyl fence post and am having troubles with water levels.. I have a adjustable o-ring but it's kindof leaky.. I was curious would it be alright if I just put the water level just under the net pots? I read that the best thing about nft is the oxygen the plants get, and I don't want to ruin that with having the water level too high (if that's how it works)

Sorry dont mean to steal your thread man but im currently workin with 5x5 posts myself.The Drain on my setup is working fine . But i haven't cut any holes or permenantly altered anything yet. I'm using a Aeroflo mister replacement hose for my nutes entry and my drain end is about 3/4 inch lower. I added a minute timer i paid $18 for and set it for 1 minute on and 5 off. THIS IS A DRY RUN SETUP AND MY FIRST REAL ATTEMPT AT AN INDOOR GROW. What size net pots and spacing would i need if i were to put two or 3 SoG-style clones into a net pot and vegged for a week? Or would this be too much? Please any suggestions?

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Thank you very much! I have one more question if you don't mind, I was curious what water level... I have a 5x5 square vinyl fence post and am having troubles with water levels.. I have a adjustable o-ring but it's kindof leaky.. I was curious would it be alright if I just put the water level just under the net pots? I read that the best thing about nft is the oxygen the plants get, and I don't want to ruin that with having the water level too high (if that's how it works)

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All the NFT systems I know of run on a timer. Water in one end, down the pipe and out the other end. Timer set to 1 on 4 off works best. The water level really doesn't matter because it should all drain out right away and leave the roots to just hang out and enjoy the O2.

StinkBud said:

All the NFT systems I know of run on a timer. Water in one end, down the pipe and out the other end. Timer set to 1 on 4 off works best. The water level really doesn't matter because it should all drain out right away and leave the roots to just hang out and enjoy the O2.

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Its either ebb or flood and drain what your on about, if the pumps go off on the nft, it's not nft. Nft has a constant recirculating system, whole point of it is it gets all the o2 from the air as well as nute uptake from the 1-3mm nute film recirculating