Great use of the space....+REP
Not to hijack your thread......I see you are using FF chunky perlite, have you tried to re-use it and if so what did you do (if anything) and how was the result? I have heard of others re-using it with decent results. I am making my last run with soil and will be switching to a system similar to yours, ebb/flow, square traditional pots, perlite....etc.
Thanks in advance
Hey Ship, thanks for stopping by! Hi-jack, I wish, don't get much peeps on here. I don't mind the question at all bro!
First of all, The Fox Farm Chunky Perlite is 20 bucks a bag that last me about 6 months with out recycling it back in. If you want to re-use it, I would flush them in a bucket and then soak in a 10-20% bleach with Dawn soap over night. Then flush, and dry it all out. To me, its too much of a mess to re-use it.
I use the old perlite to mix into cheap soil mixes for my fruits and veggies out side and all other plants. The Perlite still has some what of a nute charge to it, so I dont rinse them off as I want the nutes to trickle on down back to plants.
And using fresh new Perlite is already sterile and has no PH. Just make sure when you start to use it, use a mask, you don't want to inhale the white powder off perlite, its supposed to be bad for your lungs from what I hear. What I do, is use a strainer from the kitchen, and rinse off all the powder, then place in pots for planting.
Ph your water a tad lower then normal and you should be good. I water 6-8 times during the lights on for flowering. Clones make roots really fast and spread out quick. I have had great success with this as a grow medium. Not a lot of peeps out there grow hyrdo with it, not sure why, but its works great! Let me know if you have any other questions. Looks like your setup will be a lot like mine.