Hey there RoseMan....Always on point with your comments. You know I still have questions though. Like....how to make a faucet for my bubbler....and....is there a way you can show me the syphon method in detail? Maybe a page you can point me to.
I hope you have it up off the floor on a table or box or something..
I hope you sprayed a bug spray around so spider mites don't attack it later.
While your plants are babies, you only going to drain it every two weeks, and be waiting for the roots to reach the water line. You fill the tank 80% full of water, and leave an air space, and at about 2 to 4 weeks, your roots will dangle in the water. with an air space in between. The bottom of the grow cups sit an inch above the water line. That first week, they get water, air and nutes from the feeder tubes. After about 4 weeks, you will drain it every 7 days, and as they grow, more often. After aabout 6 or 8 weeks, they will be drinking a gallon of water every day and you just add a gallon. Every time you drain it and the roots are exposed to air for 5 or 10 minutes ,you'll see a growth spurt. The roots love that air, for just 5 or ten minutes. I already had a syphon tube made for my fish aquarium, any hose or tube will do. I lift the lid an inch or two, stick the tube in and start a syphon into my 5 gallon bucket. Throw that water away and replinish.
. I quit syphoning and added a spigcot or faucet that I bought at Stealth Hydro. You might can find one made for a barrell or a plastic drinking water barrell at a hardware store. Then, I figured out how to just stick in my tube and hold it to the tube on my pump and let the pump......pump it out into my bucket. Piece of cake !
and a 2nd air stone works wonders.
