Cropking 48 Plants Continuous Flow NFT Hydroponic System Hardware and Pump

A nutrient film technique, NFT, hydroponic system contains channels where a shallow stream of water with dissolved nutrients continuously flows by the bare roots of plants. The upper surface of the channels is exposed to air so plenty oxygen surrounds the roots. An external reservoir allows easy collection of the nutritive solution for analysis and adjustments. A pump keeps the culture solution constantly recirculated through the entire system.

1. Test your water source and amend as necessary.
2. Dilute pre mixed concentrated liquid nutrients or make your own enriched water solution with individual soluble minerals or organic fertilizers. 
3. Fill the reservoir with the prepared culture solution.
4. Turn on the pump.
5. Place starter plants in rockwool cubes or suspend freely into solution.
6. Harvest when your plants reach a desirable size with intermittent solution tests and top ups in the growing interval to keep up with nutrient depletion and evaporation.
7. Start another cultivation cycle by sowing your own seeds in the available germination space.

Specifications:

• 8 ft long sunlight resistant food grade PVC watertight channels. x 4
• 4 ft long food grade PVC removable top covers with 1 in x 1 in pre punched planting planting holes. x 8
• Each channel topper has 6 holes within 8 in intervals to allow for adequate plant spacing providing a total of 48 plants to be simultaneously cultivated.
• Active Aqua 400 GPH, 24 W, 120 VAC indoor and outdoor oil and BPA free environmentally and aquaponics safe submersible water pump. x 1
  
• Culture solution reservoir. x 1
• Complete feed and drain plumbing.
• PVC primer and cement to glue end caps for algae growth prevention included.
• Powder coated steel support table with adjustable legs to calibrate slope. x 1
• Length x Width x Height: 4.6 ft x 4.6 ft x 2.6ft.
• Easy to assemble and clean.
• Made in the U.S.A.

*Optional artificial light support rack not included.

Use to grow your own seedlings, leafy vegetable greens and herbs all year round outdoors, indoors or in a greenhouse, experience with produce and organic growing for the hobby grower before expanding cultivation into larger systems, introduce gardening for educational purposes at home or in the classroom, test nutrient quantities on different plants to make up the optimum culture solution, cultivate speciality plants and stack several NFT 8-4 systems together to expand your growing endeavours.