Tomato Rockwool Support Gutter Drain

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.

Tomato rockwool support gutter drain.

Reuse and recycle rockwool. Drainage ratio was maintained within 20 50 at each irrigation event. 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. Nutrient solution elements in drain water.

Sign up for the hortimat newsletter. Ground support for tomato growing gutter type. The drainage reached directly the reservoir tank where it was mixed with the new solution. It just makes the situation worse by adding more water near my garage.

Ground support for tomato growing gutter type. 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. 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. Maintaining the proper nutrient level is crop dependent.

Put out cart for rockwool blocks 1 soil blocking machines 2. After this period the plants can be placed at the planting hole to root in into the rockwool slab. Do this careful without damage of the ground cover foil. Table 1 shows the nutrient levels by element or molecule recommended for tomato nutrient solutions measured at the drain.

Rockwool is the fastest and easiest substrate for this but this principle applies to all media. Each gutter had one reservoir tank. The nutrient solution was applied through a drip average flow rate of 1 5 l h 1 irrigation system with one dipper per plant. Elemental levels at the lower or higher margins are not necessarily bad.