How to do SoG in pots with hydro

curious2garden

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• Jan 27, 2019

• #61

myke said:

ive built many of these,small scale like your pic for my wife.They hold candels T lights,for the yard or camping.Big scale, so re bar and 2"pipe.These hold umbrellas for when your camping.Now there going to support plants.
Thanks for the idea.

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Nice you can do that!

 

myke

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• Jan 28, 2019

• #62

So Im assuming I want to fill my tray with pots?Finding trays the right size will be hard,most are too big for my space.
Cutting down storage totes is an option.

 

Thundercat

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• Jan 28, 2019

• #63

Yeah you would ideally fit as many pots in your tray as you can for this style grow. How big is your space?, they have trays almost every size imaginable.

 

myke

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• Jan 28, 2019

• #64

Thundercat said:

Yeah you would ideally fit as many pots in your tray as you can for this style grow. How big is your space?, they have trays almost every size imaginable.

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Ill need to get pots first,size is kinda an L shape.I have one 42x18 ish.then a 24x18 is what ill have to find to fill the L.

 

myke

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• Jan 28, 2019

• #65

So at 4" deep flood thats about 17 Imp gallons,15 min timer ,what size pump ?About 75 ish ?

thx

 

myke

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• Jan 28, 2019

• #66

How much water will the hydroton absorb?

 

Thundercat

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• Jan 28, 2019

• #67

Hydroton absorbs almost no water. It gets wet, and then it drys back out. Thats why it works so well for flood and drain. You can get more air and more water to the roots more often.

Figure you want your tray to fill in under the 15 minutes if you can. I don't remember how big my pump is. I've had smaller ones in the past that I had to run the timer for 30 minutes to make sure the tray got totally full. Either way it works.