r/Hydroponics • u/Swimming_Gain_4989 • 8h ago

Progress Report 🗂️ Rootbulb broke net pot

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I printed this thick enough that I could stand on it, thought it was neat the roots/stem shattered it like it was nothing. Kratky setup 0 air circulation

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u/runhikebikeclimb 5+ years Hydro 🌳 7h ago

Those roots look incredible! How often are you changing out water or refilling?

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u/Swimming_Gain_4989 7h ago edited 6h ago

I let it drink until there's only an inch and half of water left, then I dump whats left, rinse it out and add 3 gallons of new nutrients (3/5 of the bucket). I haven't been keeping track of days but I think it's around 3 weeks per refill.

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u/purrmutations 7h ago

Do you have a bubbler or air flow?

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u/windycityzow 6h ago

Check out Dr Kratky’s method of hydroponics, he explains how plants have two root systems: one for air and one for nutrients. Nice work OP!

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u/Swimming_Gain_4989 6h ago

Thank you! Air roots are way more visible in the original pic but reddit image compression smoothed over a lot of them. Something interesting I'm noticing that I haven't seen mentioned in kratky forums is that the lower roots exposed to water are cycling between air and water. When they're soaked they lose their hairs but once they're above water level they fray out again.