Hey I'm new to growing, but been burning down for many years. I finally have a space to grow in which is great because I'm tired of waiting on dealers to come by and make me spend all my money. Sooo I have decided to make my own hydro kit. I've already made everything with out much research except at a local hydro store.
My setup is this, I have a 4.5 by 2.5 ft room. It is all painted in new white paint. I think the table is a dwc setup. It is a large tuperwear container with 3 5in. holes in the lid. It has a 135gph submersible pump in it that runs to PVC with 3 hoses running to drippers in the pots. One question I have is if the pots I have will work or if I need net pots. I have the plastic clay look a likes, I wasn't awhere that the roots needed to grow into the water, or does it? They are big pots and I'm using expanded clay for a medium. Do I need smaller pots with less media so the roots can grow into the container?
Also I want to run a hps light because it is a larger room, but I don't want to fork out the money for a 400w. Will a 100w hps with 3 or 4 cfls be enough to flower?
My setup is this, I have a 4.5 by 2.5 ft room. It is all painted in new white paint. I think the table is a dwc setup. It is a large tuperwear container with 3 5in. holes in the lid. It has a 135gph submersible pump in it that runs to PVC with 3 hoses running to drippers in the pots. One question I have is if the pots I have will work or if I need net pots. I have the plastic clay look a likes, I wasn't awhere that the roots needed to grow into the water, or does it? They are big pots and I'm using expanded clay for a medium. Do I need smaller pots with less media so the roots can grow into the container?
Also I want to run a hps light because it is a larger room, but I don't want to fork out the money for a 400w. Will a 100w hps with 3 or 4 cfls be enough to flower?