Simple Hydroponics, The Wick System

The Wick System is probably the simplest hydroponic system.It is a passive system by virtue of there being no moving parts and where the nutrient solution remaining static in one place.The solution is taken out of a container and led to the plants? roots through the growing medium by capillary action, conducted through one or more wicks.Normally in this system a mixture of of various growing media are used in order to increase to the utmost their capillary capacity.This system contains conventional soil supplemented with fertilizers, with plain water in a container solely for irrigation.As this very compact hydroponic system is so versatile especially in small home gardens for growing in small spaces as it can be set up on a very small scale.This system?s biggest limitation occurs with large plants which need large amounts of water which the wicks are unable to supply in adequate amounts.In this case, the number of wicks has to be increased to supply demand for water!Of course adding pumps would be advantages but this is just an example of the simplest method you can add your own thoughts and idea's at any stage.

Wow this system looks ultra easy and simple, I am a first time grower, I think this my be the way to go.

Thanks for the info!

necro post XD i also wanted more information on this tho. Or if anyone has a simple single plant hydro setup good for micro plz inform me. i know its specific lol

Medical Marijuana said:

The Wick System is probably the simplest hydroponic system.It is a passive system by virtue of there being no moving parts and where the nutrient solution remaining static in one place.The solution is taken out of a container and led to the plants? roots through the growing medium by capillary action, conducted through one or more wicks.Normally in this system a mixture of of various growing media are used in order to increase to the utmost their capillary capacity.This system contains conventional soil supplemented with fertilizers, with plain water in a container solely for irrigation.As this very compact hydroponic system is so versatile especially in small home gardens for growing in small spaces as it can be set up on a very small scale.This system?s biggest limitation occurs with large plants which need large amounts of water which the wicks are unable to supply in adequate amounts.In this case, the number of wicks has to be increased to supply demand for water!Of course adding pumps would be advantages but this is just an example of the simplest method you can add your own thoughts and idea's at any stage.

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Do you have the info. for hydroponic nutes if using hydroton? Do you keep nutrients in the tank all the time?
Is there ONE nutrient that works for all stages. Thanks.

colleenz said:

Do you have the info. for hydroponic nutes if using hydroton? Do you keep nutrients in the tank all the time?
Is there ONE nutrient that works for all stages. Thanks.

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Ionic has (or had) a bloom formula 3-2-6 that worked start to finish. The accompanying "grow" version was 3-1-6. Seem to have changed the formula for more specific soil, hydro, hard water. I was disappointed with the hard water formula. Wish I could find the old "bloom" again. Supplemented with b-1 and a couple teaspoons of epsom and molasses about two weeks into flower, and a bloom booster around week 4-5. Even without any supplementation ionic bloom 3-2-6 will get it done wih a mild flush every other week. Simplest stuff I've used.