Shown with 5'x5' lightstand (optional)

Basic package comes with 16 stations and pots, enough tubing to set up as seen in picture (14" spacing) or as offset rows for 'sea of green' growing set-up, tubing, fittings, pump, airstone with line, 35 gal reservoir and set-up instructions.  One reservoir will supply up to 25 stations at this number of stations each site will fill about 3/8-1/2 full (capillary action will pull the water level up a few more inches).  By filling the site full of media but only allowing the site to fill partially you can be sure the roots are supplied with adequate nutrient solution without promoting surface algae or salt deposits.  Adding more buckets to the system will require a larger reservoir or a second 35 gal unit that can be attached to the original unit to create a 70 gal system. 

You may set up a wide spacing, as shown, for most plants. Staggering the sites on the same fill-line will allow for a S.O.G. (sea of green) configuration; this will increase fill and drain times.  A 16 site system in typical configuration will fill a 5'x5' area and a 4'x4' area when set up for S.O.G. A 25 site system will fill a 7'x7' in typical configuration and a 5'x5' area when set up for S.O.G.

The buckets are gravity drain and must be placed above the reservoir. We suggest placing the buckets on a bench if in a greenhouse, burying the reservoir if growing outdoors, or using our lightstand kit to elevate the stations. The entire 16 station system should fill in 7-8 min and drain in about 15 min. The act of flooding the buckets multiple times daily ensures that the media is free of salt build-up and the draining pulls in valuable oxygen to the root system, eliminating the need for an airstone or recirculating drip ring in each bucket.

Any well drained aggregate can be used in the buckets but we recommend Hydroton, perilite, or gravel

Plants may be started out in the buckets or transplanted from small pots.  Soilless peat mixes are acceptable if the plants roots have developed enough to hold the rootball together.

                                                                plant started in peat and finished in our Ebb and Flow System

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