Agriculture Reference
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Figure 9.17 - A close-up of the net pot and lid by Strawdog.
Simply mix your nutrients together in the second bucket. Set
the air-stone in the center on the bottom of the first bucket and hang
the air pump somewhere above the water level on the wall of your
grow room. Use the hole in the lid to feed the airline through. Fill the
bucket up with the nutrients to a level were the net pot just touches the
solution. Turn on your air pump for 24 hours a day. That is it. The
pump will send air through the tube to the air-stone and it is released
into the water. The air bubbles the solution causing it to splash at the
surface wetting the roots and feeding the plant. Check the bubbler
everyday to see how much your plant has drunk. Let your roots get air
everyday by letting a root zone form. Let the solution level drop an
inch below the net pot. The net pot holds the cutting in rockwool and
