Just looked up Cap'n and i run my grow similar in some aspects but I'm not a big fan of the flowering method. It's like a dwc setup on each plant which restricts height, It's a lot of cords/things that can go wrong, and if you haven't dealt with nutrient reservoirs before you don't realize the headache of algae/slime build up (even if it seems lightproof) and the weekly cleanings of reservoirs. This will also prevent you from expanding plant count in the future if you choose to. I suggest starting with a more manual method of growing when you first start so you only have to deal with the normal newbie mistakes and not overwhelm yourself with hydro complicities off the bat.
Thanks for your response. Gotta love RIU.
How do you think it will restrict the height?
The Cap'n (god bless him) doesn't seem to worry about slime, he just pumps out the nutrient each week and replaces it.
I like the idea of effectively ''flushing' the plant every day, to ensure that the entire root mass is thoroughly soaked - and at the same ph as your nutrient solution. When I've grown houseplants in the past, I've always treated them to half an hour fully submerged in the sink every couple of weeks, and they've loved it. Not much chance of pulling out 4, 7-gal buckets with their scrog and doing that every now and then.
