i have a question reguarding flood and drain/ ebb and flo systems.... why are some systems simply flood tables with a medium such as hydroton clay pebbles filling the table and others are flood tables with square pots filled with hydroton. In other words some F&D systems use containers/pots, and some dont. what exactly is the difference, advantages, purpose? what do the pots do? do they simply keep the roots from neighboring plants being tangled and competing or is there another purpose?
flood and drain with pots/containers
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JohnnyPotSeed1969
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Personal preference. Using a table full of hydroton will allow for more vigorous root growth compared to using pots, but this might not be advantageous considering the most efficient way of utilizing an ebb n flow tray is to use individual square pots.
Mobility. In pots, you can move a smaller plant starved for light to a different location where it would get better light.
You also use much less media when you use pots, plus, it seems easier to mix the types of media.
The differences are pretty much common sense stuff, I'm sure there are many more benefeits to using pots.
happy growing.
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