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Thought I'd give an update on my system, so I didnt end up buying netpots or hydroton because I am on a 14 day quarantine and live in a rural area, but I came up with an alternative that seems to be working and as of saturday I planted some Romano beans and wanda peas and they are thriving!

I think I will just cut openings into my current seed pods, they should function just like a netpot

I did and it's much clearer now. My holes are 2.5"

After doing some homework on the ol google it looks like there are a few routes I can go with NFT, from using a netpot with a medium to using no netpot and no medium.. Looks like the commercial growers literally stick lettuce right into the pipe and good to go.. only crappy thing about my set up...

Ahh I see, so I dont really even need the netpot to be submerged in the water flow? I can just put plants in that have long enough roots? Right now I'm using these thin plastic cups that go far enough into the pipe that they can rest against the pipe right in the stream. I was thinking about...

So if I went that route once the veggies began to sprout I would then remove them from the rapid rooters and put them in the hydroton?

Another question, I would have to sprout my seedlings in soil before transferring them into this with the hydroton correct?

Ahh that's a good idea, once I can actually get something to grow and survive and get the hang of this my new hobby may be constructing cool looking functional hydro systems.. I am still waiting for my led grow light to show up for this one but the whole coronavirus is delaying it

Thank you for the info!! I should have researched more before getting this going but I was too excited haha And thanks for the compliment, it has a very nice ambience in person because you get to listen to the water trickle down it as well

Hey guys, just built myself an indoor hydroponic system for growing vegetables and proceeded to use soil in a coffee filter in a plastic cup with a hole in the bottom which is then stuck in the hole in the piping. I have zero growing experience and didnt really research before popping the seeds...