Introducing the CC Hydro-Organic Small Water Culture System

Mr. Maryjane

Mr. Maryjane

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if you hook up a wick system to the soil, I think this could be an amazing way to grow. because the wicks would keep the soil moist but not dripping(right?), and if regular water is in the bottom you wouldn't have to worry about salts building up(right?) so all you'd have to do is top off the water every once in a while.(right?)
 
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NorCalGrower

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Mr. Maryjane said:
if you hook up a wick system to the soil, I think this could be an amazing way to grow. because the wicks would keep the soil moist but not dripping(right?), and if regular water is in the bottom you wouldn't have to worry about salts building up(right?) so all you'd have to do is top off the water every once in a while.(right?)
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A wick system would eliminate the HYDRO in hydro-organic. This is a really interesting topic and i'm glad i'm on board from the begining to see how this one plays out. My question is how are you going to stop the roots from outgrowing that lower container? And also, i must have missed it, but what lights are you running?
 
NeoAnarchist

NeoAnarchist

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ya i agree with NorCal, how are u gonna keep the roots from outgrowing the small container? and how does soil work as a medium in a hydro system? does the water just feed the plants with moisture, and u just add nutrients to the soil, but wouldnt that drip into the water, causing the water ph to be off? what ph would u even use, hydro or soil?
 
gimley

gimley

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CC- I have an LST question for you since you are a Jedi of the arts: Once you got your plants trained and switched to flower did you keep LST'ing them to get that final shape and height, or did the plants have that profile and then just fill out in flower. I ask because I am in a small set up like yours and have had recent height issues because I underestimated vertical growth during flowering.
 
flabbyone

flabbyone

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My friend has been using those cat litter square pails that come with some brands of cat litter. Some of them are about the same size as the waterfarm buckets without the inside bucket.
He has had problems with water log on the bottom half of the bucket. What he did was to put a 1/4" hardware cloth in at about the top 1/3 of the bucket, then added some coco fibers, some lava rock, more fibers, potting soil mix he uses. He put a stone in the bottom with air pump. He waters as he usually would water his soil grow leaving the water in the bottom for the roots to grow into. About 3 or 4" from the bottom, he put a drain hole so the water would not get any deeper.
I guess in some ways, it is the same system. I am going to show this to him and see what he thinks. I don't think he thought about the plain water in the bottom. He just let his nutrients build up until they reached the drain hole. He waters every so often with ferts and other wise, plain water, just like he does with soil.
I didn't know that there was a name for it!:bigjoint:
 
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