What the most effective setup to run in hydro tubes? I'm most interested in experiences and links.
Recirculating-SWC and NFT have the downside of needing to water the plants until the roots grow down into the water flowing in the bottom of the tube.
Low Flow Aero avoids this by providing water to the roots while they are still only in the netcups, but introduces more failure points with a more complex system.
Which is really more effective?
My other question is about creating even flow in the supply pipes, while providing water to tubes that are on a slant in a stadium style setup.
Having the supply line (bottom grey line) run on a slant creates a problem with maintaining even pressure at the top vs the bottom of the system if the supply connection is placed in the middle of the pipe (as the central red arrow at the bottom indicates). Maybe moving the connection up towards the top would even out the flow?
Would an even supply line (top grey line) suffer from the same problems in pressure because of the different drop down heights to the tubes?
Recirculating-SWC and NFT have the downside of needing to water the plants until the roots grow down into the water flowing in the bottom of the tube.
Low Flow Aero avoids this by providing water to the roots while they are still only in the netcups, but introduces more failure points with a more complex system.
Which is really more effective?
My other question is about creating even flow in the supply pipes, while providing water to tubes that are on a slant in a stadium style setup.
Having the supply line (bottom grey line) run on a slant creates a problem with maintaining even pressure at the top vs the bottom of the system if the supply connection is placed in the middle of the pipe (as the central red arrow at the bottom indicates). Maybe moving the connection up towards the top would even out the flow?
Would an even supply line (top grey line) suffer from the same problems in pressure because of the different drop down heights to the tubes?
