onefishtwofish
Active Member
Hi everyone,
I posted this several days ago in the bubbleponics forum with 0 replies, perhaps you all are better to ask.
I have the large net pots that fit into a bucket and are often used for bucket DWC applications. I am a organic soil guy and I usually add all of my amendments at transplant and flower in these pots running a water only (just add water) system and I like primarily because there is very little that can go wrong and I can easily leave it for many days at a time without concerns about ph, ppm, etc.
I have been looking into self irrigating planters and wick systems to make my job even easier, and I am considering what would happen if I put a lighter soil mix in the pot and threw it in a bucket with an airstone and some water possibly with a low ppm of some organic nutes.
I could dump out the water weekly, and water by hand or run a drip system for the soil if/when the roots can't wick the water up out of the res yet, but the fizz of water from the bubbles could wet the soil just enough to not have to do anything, and that is the goal. Healthy plants with low maintenance.
My reasoning is based in experience with no drain beds, DWC and that in nature the taproots extend to the water table while the roots in topsoil do most of the feeding.
I have been trying to poke a hole in the theory of my hybrid design and also find someone who has done this before or something similar, because I can't.
No haters,
Thank you,
one fish
I posted this several days ago in the bubbleponics forum with 0 replies, perhaps you all are better to ask.
I have the large net pots that fit into a bucket and are often used for bucket DWC applications. I am a organic soil guy and I usually add all of my amendments at transplant and flower in these pots running a water only (just add water) system and I like primarily because there is very little that can go wrong and I can easily leave it for many days at a time without concerns about ph, ppm, etc.
I have been looking into self irrigating planters and wick systems to make my job even easier, and I am considering what would happen if I put a lighter soil mix in the pot and threw it in a bucket with an airstone and some water possibly with a low ppm of some organic nutes.
I could dump out the water weekly, and water by hand or run a drip system for the soil if/when the roots can't wick the water up out of the res yet, but the fizz of water from the bubbles could wet the soil just enough to not have to do anything, and that is the goal. Healthy plants with low maintenance.
My reasoning is based in experience with no drain beds, DWC and that in nature the taproots extend to the water table while the roots in topsoil do most of the feeding.
I have been trying to poke a hole in the theory of my hybrid design and also find someone who has done this before or something similar, because I can't.
No haters,
Thank you,
one fish
