this is a good setup.
two suggestions i can chip in,
and i'm just sharing knowledge, i'm not saying your setup isn't awesome, because it is
number one is:
check if the floor those pots are sitting on is cold(it looks like a hard cement floor so it probably is), and if the bottom of the pots are colder than the top because of it. if so you should try to get them up a little bit on a table of some sort, to about hip height if you can(that'd be ideal). or just put a couple bricks under each pot with some cloth on the top brick. you want to help hold in the slight heat the roots get. a nice stable temp throughout the entire root system will promote its growth. and it'll keep your ladies from getting too cold. i think a root will be more comfortable growing in room temp soil or even slightly warm soil rather than cold soil.
numebr two is:
i wouldn't have your seedlings in a clear dixie cup. light could be penetrating deeper than you think from the sides, and light kills roots on contact. being white(white reflects something like 80 or 90% of light) the perlite could be reflecting light from the sides up into where the roots want to be. just take some duct tape or electric tape and wrap that cup up. that way the perlite won't be glowing a bright white, and the roots will feel comfortable to grow out against the sides, and won't be punished for doing so. again this will promote root growth. if they grow out to the sides anyway, and light gets on them, you'll see them start to yellow and eventually brown and die, and that's no bueno.
these are small things, and you'll have a good grow regardless, but like i said before it's just some friendly suggestions. the small things matter if you want that extra ounce or qp.
i admire your engineering, very innovative hydro table, and cheap too
well done dude. you could get a 25 buck 250 gal/min pump from a grow or pet store and just shove it in your reservoir. besides getting a little more sprinkle in your tubes, it'll take up less space because it'll be under water in the reservoir, and it'll be ridiculously quiet because of the same reason. the sound of the water pouring into your res will be louder than the pump, THAT'S how quiet they are under water, totally worth the 20 or 30 bucks in my opinion.
hope you can take something from all that, bravo mudd
you'll have plenty.
i'll sub
i wanna see this through.
