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That's exactly what I was going to do, but Instead of air pruning the roots, I was going to have a 2 inch layer of clay pebbles at the bottom. Could also turn it into an ebb and flow once the roots gets to the pebbles under the pot..

My ebb and flow system has a reservoir smaller than this, and it uses more water per cycle (each time it goes off). I had drainage issues with this system and wanted to try something new, hence this.

About 50L

You can see a bit better from these, along with space available.

I'm going to have a reservoir, which it recirculates to/from, the idea is to fill/adjust from that.

It's going to be a recirculating drip system can hold up to 6 pots

Got caught up apologies

Hi all, just wanted a couple of tips, is this going to work lol. It has a drain at the bottom and will be recirculating. What do we think abiut watering times etc? Going to use a Mars ts 1000 over this. Thinking of doing 6 autos. Any thoughts? Will upload pics in set up, just wanted to run a...

Hi yes I agree the grows Ive seen have all been amazing. Fast growth, minimal water and nutrient usage too. I will post a video of the system I have made this week.

Yeah it's got a constant flow of water so it's more if a DFT system. Thanks for all the replies!

Okay thankyou

Yeah thanks for the tip, might make the rez bigger, gonna run some tests soon as it only take around 3 litres to run :neutral:

If anyone's interested this explains what I'm talking about perfectly. You get the best of DWC AND NFT! Air stone dies, your safe until you fix it, pump fails your still good! Lot less room for error I'd say.

https://puregreensaz-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/puregreensaz.com/how-deep-flow-technique-dft-hydroponic-systems-work/amp/?amp_js_v=a6&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQKKAFQArABIIACAw%3D%3D#aoh=16325576156314&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fpuregreensaz.com...

Thanks for the response, good to know. I'm just barking up the wrong tree, had me thinking what am I smoking for a second

I believe what I'm trying to make is actually a DFT system. Same as NFT but holds more water at once, so if your pump dies for whatever reason or clogs, your plants won't die from lack of water.

This diagram explains the system I'm talking about. The only difference is that the inlet and outlet are on the bottom instead of the sides. Any help from anyone with diy NFT experience welcomed.

The inlet and outlet are on the bottom of the container instead of each end like a normal nft system. I have fittings that don't allow any rootmass to grow down them at all. So blockages shouldn't be a problem.

You can see the roots sat on top of a thin layer of water here, just the first pics I found on google.