Hey icmag cats..
So I been a organic gardener my whole cultivation career. I want to try something new that makes less of a mess. Recycling soil and transplanting perpetually makes a large mess..atleast for me.
Im kinda sick of cleaning and the back breaking work of turning soil all the time to keep up with my garden.
I started growing organically because I felt it was simple and, it is. I like not having to measure nutes and check ECs but on the flip side, I gotta mix and cook soil, and transplant all the time. So it has its ups and downs.
Anyway, enough yappin' why I am doing things differently.
My new system I am building is a RDWC using 8- 27gallon totes and a control reserv.
I learned in my time that an air lift AACT brewer is a much more efficient way of restoring dissolved o2 in the water then using air stones.
So why do all the hydro guys add air stones when running a RDWC system? I thought the point of RDWC was to connect all the containers together and drop nutrient solution back in from the top breaking water surface tension and creating massive amounts of dissolved o2?
I mean that is what I plan on doing so I dont have to run any air stones. Doesnt the same concept hold true even though it is not an AACT; that is why we make air lifts, because it is so much better then air stones, right?
Just wrappin' my head around this new world of hydro....thanks peeps and dont worry, my heart will always be in organic gardening.
So I been a organic gardener my whole cultivation career. I want to try something new that makes less of a mess. Recycling soil and transplanting perpetually makes a large mess..atleast for me.
Im kinda sick of cleaning and the back breaking work of turning soil all the time to keep up with my garden.
I started growing organically because I felt it was simple and, it is. I like not having to measure nutes and check ECs but on the flip side, I gotta mix and cook soil, and transplant all the time. So it has its ups and downs.
Anyway, enough yappin' why I am doing things differently.
My new system I am building is a RDWC using 8- 27gallon totes and a control reserv.
I learned in my time that an air lift AACT brewer is a much more efficient way of restoring dissolved o2 in the water then using air stones.
So why do all the hydro guys add air stones when running a RDWC system? I thought the point of RDWC was to connect all the containers together and drop nutrient solution back in from the top breaking water surface tension and creating massive amounts of dissolved o2?
I mean that is what I plan on doing so I dont have to run any air stones. Doesnt the same concept hold true even though it is not an AACT; that is why we make air lifts, because it is so much better then air stones, right?
Just wrappin' my head around this new world of hydro....thanks peeps and dont worry, my heart will always be in organic gardening.