Tomato Rockwool Support Gutter Drain

End cap with drain code.

Tomato rockwool support gutter drain.

Allow 15 30 of the volume of liquid going in to drain out the bottom of the medium to maintain optimal nutritional conditions in the root zone. Ground support for tomato growing gutter type. Table 1 shows the nutrient levels by element or molecule recommended for tomato nutrient solutions measured at the drain. Each gutter had one reservoir tank.

This ebb and flow tray will support your tomato plants and will be periodically flooded with nutrients and water that the tomato roots will absorb. Do this careful without damage of the ground cover foil. Elemental levels at the lower or higher margins are not necessarily bad. Reuse and recycle rockwool.

It just makes the situation worse by adding more water near my garage. It must be sturdy enough to hold up your plants or be placed atop additional support and placed higher than your reservoir to allow excess water to drain down into it. The nutrient solution was applied through a drip average flow rate of 1 5 l h 1 irrigation system with one dipper per plant. Drainage ratio was maintained within 20 50 at each irrigation event.

Nutrient solution elements in drain water. After this period the plants can be placed at the planting hole to root in into the rockwool slab. In winter period a 2 3 cm vertical drain hole can be cut at the lowest point of the slab at the side of the drain gutter just before planting. Instead of sending water away water comes out of the top of the plastic that is secured around the gutter drain with the velcro and zip tie.

Rockwool is the fastest and easiest substrate for this but this principle applies to all media. The drainage reached directly the reservoir tank where it was mixed with the new solution. Maintaining the proper nutrient level is crop dependent. Put out cart for rockwool blocks 1 soil blocking machines 2.