Yes I have thought about making a more efficient system to replace my current one. This was deffinitly a learnign experience for me, and will give me plenty of room to think for the future. I am definitly moving away from the STG in my system as my mindset on the whole thing has reset to my normal growing techniques, and the less than natural look of my system is starting to bother me lol..
I will be letting what is in the system grow for now. I have the watering cycles down to help the plants grow, the roots are staying in the STG, but the plants are growing. It also changed my mindset on the way plants grow a little.. The size of root balls are a little less important in a hydroponics system, as the roots will take in up to a maximum of what they are physically capable of doing as long as it is readily available (which is the point of hydroponics). The plants are growing well on the 15/15 cycle and even the sad basil is starting to recover well and is pushing new leaves again.
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