Archive for June, 2010

Well, the hydroponics system is growing food. We have held off on publishing the information for the hydroponics system because, though it may grow food it is not nearly as effective as we would like it to be.

We are now working on moving from a DWC (Deep water cycle) system to an ebb and flow hydroponics system.

Though the current DWC system seems to work we have had an issue with root rot and stunted growth. Keeping the PH balance in the current system has been difficult and not very user friendly.

Everything I have read leads to me believe that the issue is a PH buffer in the water or nutrients system we are using.

Though we have used reverse osmosis water, the PH still seems to be a problem even after I have balanced it and after adding the nutrients into the system.

We will publish a how-to on both systems as soon as I have a way to fix these issues. I don’t want to encourage anyone to build a system that is clearly faulty.

With the current system the plants seem to cycle between healthy and happy and wilting and sickly.

If you have any suggestions please drop us a note in the comment area, the sooner we can get this up and 100% functional the sooner we can post our build with the results.