yes Interesting I can only see a couple little problems with this. one is making sure you have a plant that the root mass will not block the tube causing a water back up in the pipes .root masses can even block a drain completely causing a resovoir to empty into the pipe and then onto the floor. the second problem is the tipping of the tubes for drainage.I started out doing that many years ago only to lose plants due to power outages . always make sure your tubes are level that way there is appr, 1/8 of an inch of water in the tubes just in case of any emergency.{i have had long power outages without losing a plant doing it this way .} what ever can possibly happen will in any method of growing. It is our job fix it before it happens lol.
The way i see it is if that is what you can afford then try it ! if you see you want bigger later you can then save up for those.

thanks taz.. all i needed to know if you thought it was worth the trouble.. think i'll wait a while on it tho..a little worried about an overflow and it going all over the hardwood floor.. im getting things ready for the bubble buckets.. i just like the speed and growth of the aeroponic system's.. that was and still is my main reason for wanting one.. thanks again for all the help and addvice your thread has provided.. and something for you to think about.. makeing a new thread with a start to finish grow with your system.. just an idea.. no biggy

peace dude

Damn bum deal about the fire 'Taz...

While reading Yell (s) post about the 4" pipe, I got to wondering... Just how Big of a root mass are we talking about anyway? I've seen 'Bubbler' root balls I don't think you could get into a 4" pipe. BUT, I wonder... If ya took a foot and a half section of 1 1/2" PVC pipe and cut it in half 'length wise' and glued it to the inside bottom of the big pipe directly under the pot hole, couldn't this be a By-Pass to prevent back-flooding?

I saw that Lowes has 8" pipe for US$ 23 per 10' length but nothing bigger. L8R & Peace...

I have one question about your fantastic set up. Why do you need to glue the small baskets to the plastic and then place the entire piece in a larger basket rim. Would the small basket not support a plant on its own if it were placed dirrectly into the pvc? Sorry if you've answered this already but I've read the post a few times and all I can see is that you say it is neccissary if you don't want to use extra medium but I can't figure out why.
Sudo

Yes the small basket would support the plant. but the reason for the big hole is to get the root system out when the plant is ready to be harvested. It is easier to get the roots through a 3 1/2 hole rather than a 2" hole .. the second reason is the cut 3 1/2 basket acts as a wedge \ / so the glued 2 " basket and corrogated plastic wedge into place . this prevents any tipping of the plants.

re Jimbo { it would work if you kept your plants small enough. }

bump. good post

wow thats quite a setup you have there. im thinking of going hydro, i only grow in dirt right now

seabc how much light do you run there?

Peace
Just add the 5th light, so up too 5000 watts running in that room. You can see the 4 sodiums, look on the one side above see the 5th, The one side with the 3 lights, comes down first, then a week after other side, then 2 wks later the middle. With a veg room, i just keep rotating, as i take plants down. SeaOfGreen

im jealous