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interesting. back it up hey.

Duhh, yes it should wick up 8 inches. Thats the same height, or close to it ,above the reservoir that batos are. You can use small cups...

wow thats great info thanks!

i keep reading perlite wicks up, one guy even said it can wick upwards 2 feet? so if i had a single line into a container that is wide...

thanks for the info guys.

I grew hot peppers like you are talking about and they did great. Basically I filled my containers (bato buckets) with straight...

This is how we were taught to grow at horticultural college. Perlite in styrofoam fruit boxes. Very effective. The feed water trickles...

I tested exactly what your asking about. About 10-15 years back I remember some talk of this and I remember seeing some commercial...

Perlite in a bato will wick the nutrient solution up. Two lines per bato is they way they usually go in commercial vegetable production...

If you let the top drip drop on the stem it will get to the roots everytime.

I only used 1 line. The main line was 1/2" and had 1/4" tubing for the feeds into the buckets. I didnt use drippers, rings or...

nice man thank you. mini sprayers thats good idea, lots cheaper than the watering rings. im using100 % perlite not pebbles, i think the...

nice, bell shaped under the irrigation point, thats the info i was looking for! thank you! yeah the plant really loves it it looks the...

haha yeah this is the plan :) MHPGardener growing tomatoes, yep thats where i got the idea from, dutch buckets, theres others too that...

so if i put a single 4mm top feed line into a 12 liter bucket of perlite will the water spread out as it goes down or does it more or...