I'm a beginner wondering if anyone has good experience with these systems. I am about to start running an alien easy feed system...
When keying in the system I had some issues with the timer (a valve that lets the water pass from the tank to the trays at regular intervals for a set amount of time, then it stopped working all together. I was advised to just take off the timer, which would mean there is a constant flow from the tank to the trays (the trays have a value to stop overfilling).
Essentially, the fabric pot will be constantly sitting in some feed. This seems like it could provide some issues i.e root rot...
I am using a Coco/pebble mix
Also I am wondering if I should hand water (top feed) initially for a while when the plants go into the (30l) fabric pots to ensure the plants/roots are settled before bottom feeding or can this cause issues?
One more thing, is it possible to flush the plants from the top every now and then to get over the issue of salt build up or could this just cause further problems?
Hope that makes sense, any help or other general guidance with these systems would be greatly appreciated
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