Pi Wall . . . . . anyone???

skunkd0c said:

i like simple things where there is less to go wrong, i am not a fan of all that plumbing that comes with more complex hydro systems, which often do not give any better results
that is why i grow NFT

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You and I think alike; I reconfigured my big tub RDWC system so it's topfeed and thus no longer needs an airpump or stones. Works better, too.

ttystikk said:

You and I think alike; I reconfigured my big tub RDWC system so it's topfeed and thus no longer needs an airpump or stones. Works better, too.

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i would worry too much mate, i would be checking every connection every seal
that piewall thing looks cool and all but it has 2 connections running to every plant site and a pot for every plant even thinking about that makes my brain hurt lol
the sprayers or the drain/return line in the pots could get blocked by too many roots or whatever there is like 50-100 chances of this happening with all those pots
running clay pebbles in it wouldn't give it much moisture buffer, roots could dry out
most likely would be better with some perlite or something and growing in perlite is not so great
with NFT you can grow medium free

i try to avoid the need for any plumbing , with NFT all that is required is a submersible pump

the vertical rockwool slab idea has only one drip line maybe two at the most per slab which could have 6 -8 little plants per slab and a drain at the bottom to collect the run off, which is just a bit of guttering they make rockwool slabs designed for vertical feeding so it should be fine, less things to go wrong overall imo

Do you think one get bigger yields growing this way????

I'm starting to think like the d0c, perhaps too much looking after with all that pipework . . . . .

I'm testing 5 Little Dwarf Auto for a mate that is thinking of four of them in a 1.2 tent with a mass of T5 bulbs in the middle . . . . .

It's not for me though, I like m good old soil

It's fine for SoG, but not everyone wants to grow that way.