I have been trying to find a good thread about the cap e & g system but haven't been able to find one yet so thought I would start this and see if I can get a good discussion going and compile a good overall document on the system.
If you are using the cap e & g system please give your feedback to the following questions and feel free to add anything else of interest you can think of.
What medium do you use? Were there other mediums you tried and then switched? I have tried stg inserts and hydro-ton but have much better results with hydro-ton.
Did you do any customizations to the system like raising the buckets 1 inch higher than the controller? I put 1 inch spacers in the outer bucket so the inner bucket wouldn't be sitting in water all the time. I also put hose clamps around all the tubing after I had one come off and get water everywhere.
Do you use the Cap system for both veg and flower? If so what were your feeding schedules for both stages? If you don't use the system for both veg and flower what did you use for veg and how easy was it to move/transplant to the cap system?
How often did you change the rez?
Which Nutes do you use?
Pros and cons of the CAP system?
Thanks to all
ok first off i have extensive experience with ebb and flow in both trays and buckets. I have used this system as well as the greentrees. now to answer your questions.
1. i currently use shredded coco, which i am trying for the first time, and so far i love it. i used to use hydroton with good success. Reason for changing is the ease of coco, and much better vigor. Hydroton is also a pain in the ass to clean.
2. i made some upgrades like the tiles etc. but the new greentrees system has incorporated larger diameter hoses, raised buckets for drainage, adjustable floats, basically all the things that needed to be addressed have been handled by greentrees.
3. i used a separate room for dedicated veg and moved the inner buckets to my dedicated flower room. i have also vegged and flowered in the same system at my other garden. i use mainly house and garden, with some additives from botanicare. your feed schedule is dependent upon your plants i tailor my nute strength etc. based on how my plants react.
4. i change the res every 5-7 days
5. house and garden, but i am doing a test for a new company in the UK
6. the CAP bucket system is complete garbage. their design is flawed and old. i burned out 3 brain buckets in one cycle, and my friend burned 2 in one month. i was lucky and caught it or i would have lost my whole crop which is 96 plants and 20k watts (Medical Collective grows)
BOTTOMLINE if you wanna use this system i would recommend getting the one from greentrees they started it and they have the best most up to date system. i can get you a great deal on a system if u want and drop ship it, i have my own store. if you have any questions i'll check in from time to time to answer them.
If the rocks are small enough to go through the inner buckets, then the rocks are too small to use....... Perhaps the place you bought it from gave you the wrong size?
