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    Hi folks
    I'm not new to growing I used to grow a 16 pot drip system with coco years ago so Im used to using ec and pH meters.

    My base ec is. 71 and my pH is 7
    My question really is which would be easier to control an nft or shallow water culture?

    I'm pretty limited on hight hence why I've chosen these two systems.

    After this grow it would only be used for 4-6 plants depending on strain I was growing.

    Thanks for any advise. M

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    I'm off to google SWC... never heard of it before
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    Now that's ever so interesting

    I have no idea still to the answer to your question but there are some great vids showing lettuce growing in swc

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    Nft is easy to work with and great for restricted height, I used it for a few year and loved it, make sure to put a net a couple of feet above though as they’ll keel over when they get heavy

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    They are both going to take daily checks and alterations of pH and ec, the reservoir size wouldn't be a large enough buffer for longer durations. I've grown in nft, it sure works but if you can't be there to check every day you will run into issues
    When you do things right, people wont be sure you've done anything at all.

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    Hi thanks for your input

    The daily checks is not a problem.
    It's more about hight I would of grown in coco again but a good sized pot tends to be tall. And I need it shallow.

    Hence why I was looking into the nft 424 as its only 20cm deep and has a res of about 45ltrs


    Plus I've decided I'm only going to do two plants and put them under a screen to maximise bud sites. So hopefully that would help with being more stable

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    My mate has got height restrictions and he grows in soil but he uses wash basins , good size but no bigger than a system

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