wick system with nylon rope

Anyone grow with wick systems?

20 years ago i started growing using an emilies garden by hydro farm,, couldve built it cheap but it was how i learned. it was a tub with a cover w/ 6 4'' square holes for square pots, just airated water in tub and the pots were filled w/grow rocks but with a felt wick to pull water up to the plant that was in a 1.5'' rockwool cube..its called nutrient film tec, but same as a wick system.Anyways i must say it worked great i grew massive plants that were better than any weed i could buy at that time..great way to learn hydo or get ur feet wet so to speak...but it was a great learning expierience and i learned all the basics to hydro..since then ive moved on and built my owne ebb n flow trays, NFT buckets, DWC buckets and now im growing in a home made DWC, recirculating system built using 4'' pvc and 3.75'' net pots.. Anyways if your asking about wick systems, they are in my opinion a great way to get into hydro and learn the basics, ph, ec, airation, how to know your plants if their happy or not..but if your looking for production and know all the basics, build yourself a DWC, OR AIRO grow both have their pro's n con's i personally like DWC as its cheaper to build and no worries of clogged jets, pluss if you need to go on vacation or somthing you can set it on a timer and leave it alone for up to 2 weeks and not have to worry about them wile your away..then you just come home to an overgrown area as somtimes the plants can double to triple in height and width in 2 weeks in veg or flower..hope that helps,,

Emilys garden....excellent starter system gor beginners with a 250 or 150 hps. I learned alot back in the day with mine. I was still in high school. Grew some bad ass buds with that system.

I doubt if nylon rope will work. You need some hemp rope.

Felt type "wick" strips. Hydrofarm and NGW catalogs sell it too. Cheap. The early NFT channels were lined at the bottom with it. Same stuff.

Felt is what you want, or cotton although cotton will rot quicker. Nylon wont wick.

Yeah this is correct. Felt type material they used to line NFT channels with. Hell....heres one for ya...i bet them coco coir "mats" cut into strips for passive aerated wick reservoir systems.

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thumper60 said:

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Yeah I bet a shammy would work well.

back in the 80s I used spunges roots loved em

i go to joe ann fabricks and buy 1ftx1ft square felt for cheap then cut them into strips..always worked well in the emilies garden.. i miss that old thing. i built one out of an under bed storage tote, works just as well, but now im mostly growing in 5 gal dwc buckets and flood n drain tables.. 5 gal dwc holds big mothers and clones with just a week or so veg go onto the 4x6ft f&d table. last run under 945 watts of ceramic lights pulled over 1200 grams dry weight..