Watering from the bottom up. (wicking)

greasemonkeymann said:

Holy crap! Bubbling from the electricity? That's pretty scary, I wonder what that did to the roots.. I remember reading about some study regarding electricity being supplied to the roots, sorta like shock therapy, I suppose... i'd imagine it wouldn't be at quite THAT high of amperage though

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vitamin_green_inc said:

http://forum.grasscity.com/organic-growing/1151159-noobwannbs-self-wicking-smartpot-ghetto-setup.html/page-48

Idk if it takes you to the first post, I have been reading on this for awhile. Uses smart pots and just waters into the trays(full of perlite or other wicking source) and then does teas outside of the trays. Seems to be the perfect passive-hydro combo with organics.

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Dr.Pecker said:

Its enough to kill you. I just unplugged it when I seen what was going on. I know it didn't kill them.
pretty much the same thing only i had lava rock in the bottom of the pot they're heavy and don't float. another difference is I used living soil and just used water. I even had worms living in it.

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greasemonkeymann said:

you misunderstood me, I was referring to the minuscule Milliamps being used to stimulate root growth, it was a study done regarding plant growth and electricity, it was done a couple decades ago. I was just kidding
A 115v 20amp circuit that is dead grounded (via water) will absolutely kill you deader than hell, that's about 2500 watts of love

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