Bit of an off key question, and I suspect the answer will be no due to the the levels of absorbsion, but I was wondering how well broken up corks would work as an alternative to clay pellets or other substrates.
Its for a vertical garden project which I'm making for uni, using recycled wine bottles and an airlift system.
Obviously the corks would fit in nicely with this theme, plus I'm totally skint, so would save me a few quid on bags of pellets.
As an alternative I do have a bag of perlite kicking around the flat, would this work better than cork?
Its quite important that most of the water passes through the system within a couple of hours as it is run on a loop and the water needs to get back to the reservoir in time for the next air lift (they will be schedules for about four loops a day.
Any thoughts or guidance would be massively appreciated guys.
Kind regards D
Its for a vertical garden project which I'm making for uni, using recycled wine bottles and an airlift system.
Obviously the corks would fit in nicely with this theme, plus I'm totally skint, so would save me a few quid on bags of pellets.
As an alternative I do have a bag of perlite kicking around the flat, would this work better than cork?
Its quite important that most of the water passes through the system within a couple of hours as it is run on a loop and the water needs to get back to the reservoir in time for the next air lift (they will be schedules for about four loops a day.
Any thoughts or guidance would be massively appreciated guys.
Kind regards D
