Thank You GrowAce for sending over The Air Cube Oxygen Grow System for me to try out. In this video I set up the system and started a lettuce grow.
This system uses the ebb and flow (flood and drain) hydroponic method, and I’m grow lettuce for my first grow. Next I’m going to try some herbs, and then once the weather is warmer (my grow room gets chilly at night in the winter) I’ll grow some tomatoes….Hubby wants strawberries, so we’ll see….
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Very cool!…I have been looking at similar systems..many have you make a reservoir out of totes etc..this looks much better!
Very nice. This will be great to see how it progresses over time and find out how the cost/benefit results end up.
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Nice set up. The buckets are so deep, you could probably grow root vegetables. If you have any toddlers around make sure to lock that "brain bucket".
So the reason we use elevated ebb and flow systems is that if there is a failure of ANY kind there is NO leak. Water will either drain all the way into the rez, or if the switch fails the pump runs constantly and just cycles back to the rez. There are many, MANY ways for this system to fail and create a giant 50+ gallon mess.
I understand it's value. The footprint is level and doesn't require any structure to be built. But in my opinion this consideration is not worth the convenience. Not to mention elevated plants are easier to work on than floor level.
ALL that said: What a GREAT review. You were so thorough and clear. There are no questions as to how this system operates or it's construction. Well done.
It would be nice to see the speed difference in harvesting lettuce between this ebb & flow system and the Kratky system. It would seem that this system is more conducive to growing fruiting vegetables because it's easier to monitor and refill the nutrients and unlike lettuce you don't have to start over after 3 harvests when the lettuce begins to get bitter. Great job on the review, can't wait to see results.
Can see result the next video?
very interesting… i've been looking at different types of hydroponic systems that might do well for growing root vegetables, like carrots, turnips, potatoes, etc., and this seems like it might work well for this. have you thought of trying to do a small crop of carrots or radishes in one of the buckets? i bet you could get really good densities since all of the nutrients needed would be delivered via the solution and the growing medium would really only be needed to provide support and spacing between plants. i've seen some attempts using aeroponics and dwc that resulted in deformed tubers due to restriction of the roots by net-cups or cloning collars.
Good video. Was wondering about the lights. How would one know how big the lights should be? For how long should they be turned on? What type of light is to be used? At what distance should the light be placed from the crops?
This lady does fantastic review and tutorial-type videos. This video was 13:40 and has all the information that's needed, but some people would have made it an hour long video. lol