Hydroton with flood&drain seperating roots

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Greennner

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I Need your help


My set up is a
Hydroton based flood&drain Table with a Reservoir that Pumps nl in a tray 3×3 ,
All plants sit in the same tray.
It allways happends that some plants have a stronger rot system and make some plants realy small becaus the los root space .

I thought about low bucket or maybe thes "plastik" plantbags in 6-8inc○

Any experience?
 
70's natureboy

70's natureboy

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My experience is different than yours. I used to grow several plants in a kiddy pool with soiless medium years ago and the roots would intertwine together but it didn't seem to affect any of them. I figure the roots can share space without much negative consequences.
 
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RocketBoy

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Greennner said:
I Need your help


My set up is a
Hydroton based flood&drain Table with a Reservoir that Pumps nl in a tray 3×3 ,
All plants sit in the same tray.
It allways happends that some plants have a stronger rot system and make some plants realy small becaus the los root space .

I thought about low bucket or maybe thes "plastik" plantbags in 6-8inc○

Any experience?
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Are you running the same pheno?
 
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Greennner

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No, i run 2-4 strains at the same time in the same time.
Like ;
Legt side skunks right side a quick haze
And 2-4 diffrent plant in ther corners or in the middle
 
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Greennner

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These time i mixed a bit more and its much worst then normale.
My haze Site is very good no Problems.
the other Site ,the skunks looking nice, but they stollen the root space from 5 other plant(2×white jack :(, 2× afghani,og-k), never hade that much lost.
The other plant are not so aggressiv in growth like the skunk
 
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Greennner

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I watch a lot viedeo and read a lot the Last days.
The most viedeos i watched,
they make it with Single pots.

But i would need a bigger flood tray , now the water rises just 2-3 inc .
With pots the NL must be 6-8inces high


Did anybody done both? With pots and without?
 
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Renfro

Renfro

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Smaller plants in the middle of the trays like a stadium and don't move them till harvest.

I currently use 6 inch square pots with hydroton. I am going to change to using a cover with holes drilled for tiny net pots, toss a coco mat in the bottom of the tray and let the roots go wild. Then I don't have to wash hydroton. I don't move my plants though. With the pots it's easy to move them. The 6 inch pot is good for flowering from rooted clone, if you grow bigger then larger pots required. Just not net pots if you wanna control the roots.
 
Axion42

Axion42

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Renfro said:
Smaller plants in the middle of the trays like a stadium and don't move them till harvest.

I currently use 6 inch square pots with hydroton. I am going to change to using a cover with holes drilled for tiny net pots, toss a coco mat in the bottom of the tray and let the roots go wild. Then I don't have to wash hydroton. I don't move my plants though. With the pots it's easy to move them. The 6 inch pot is good for flowering from rooted clone, if you grow bigger then larger pots required. Just not net pots if you wanna control the roots.
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This is how I ended up making my flood system. I bought a 4x8 FRP panel from lowes and cut it to fit my tub, drilled 3 inch holes in it for my 3 inch netcups. Although I don't use the coco mat as this is my little veg system for clones before they go into flower tent so I need to be able to remove them.
 
Keesje

Keesje

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Axion42 said:
I bought a 4x8 FRP panel from lowes
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What is the thickness of these panels? do you support them in the middle?

Axion42 said:
Although I don't use the coco mat as this is my little veg system for clones before they go into flower tent so I need to be able to remove them.
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For how long can you veg them before the roots get entangled?
How far apart are the netcups in the veg system?
 
Axion42

Axion42

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Thickness is like 1/8" or 3/16" thick. And yes you have to support the center but that is where my overflow is and its raised up level with top of tray. Roots are going to get tangled, just gingerly separate them.
 
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