Satellite Systems
Custom made to order; Uses a trickle feed system with expanded clay growing media. Pots are on a chipboard stand (very cheap at hardware so not included in price unless desired) with pots/bricks/crates to hold it up. The board is covered in white reflective plastic and a 45 litre tank is on the floor at a lower level to allow the drainage back from the pots/cells. The pump feeds nutrient through the cells 15 minutes out of every two hours and more often when the plants are smaller

Trickle Feed Systems are very easy to use. The Plants Roots grow in an Expanded Clay (Clay ball) medium and are fed once per hour until 3 weeks old and then once every two hours by a drip feed on top of the expanded clay. The timer runs the pump for 15 minutes each feed time.
The first Step is to place the pots on a board which must be higher than the tank. Cover the board with Panda film to keep the board from swelling up with any spills / moisture. Place the pots where they will end up growing. Assemble Pots, Drainage, and the Feederline and place the tank under the tray drain outlet. Once all of the drains are pointed into the tank, and the feederlines are connected to the pots, connect the feederline to the pump and put the pump in the bottom of the tank.

TIP: You can use garden hose on the pump outlet and switch the pump on if you wish to pump old nutrients from your system. Fill the grow pots with the expanded clay balls. Rinse Clay first for best results. Fill the system with nutrient. Mix according to directions or to recommended CF on nutrient tester. Fill to 30 Litres. Mark the level of nutrient on the side of the tank, so you can top up your system with water if the plants get thirsty. By making a mark you can fill up to the same height everytime. Use Nutriboost (recommended) or other Growth boosters as directed. The Pump is a fully submersible pump, and is placed immersed the nutrient. There must be a timer connected to the pump to feed the system for 15 minutes every hour while they are small. When the plants are around four  weeks old, change to one feed every 2 hours. Once every two hours is best when the roots are larger. (NOTE: As a general rule, any more than 15 minutes every hour will make the roots "too wet") 

PLANTING OUT: If starting from seed - PERLITE: place the white Perlite seed raising mix into pots or trays and put the seeds about 2-5 mm below the surface and keep moist with plain water. ROCKWOOL: use Rockwool Cubes by wetting down cubes with fresh water, let them drain off excess water, and then insert seed into the cube about 2-5mm below surface. Keep seeds and seedlings moist with fresh water. Never let them get very wet or they can rot. Do not allow them to dry out or the seed may die. Use fresh water only, as they do not have roots yet. Seeds take approximately 3 to 10 days to sprout and when they have 2 or 3 sets of leaves transplant into system and start feeding them nutrient.
If you are starting from established seedlings - wash soil off roots and place into the pots, then pour the Expanded Clay around the roots in the pot.
If starting from cuttings, transplant into system when roots have emerged from rockwool cube, or insert bare rooted if any other medium.

MAINTENANCE: There is enough nutrient in the tank for about 7 days. If the water level drops below the level that you marked you should top up (with fresh water only). Change the tank every 7 days and mix up a fresh batch of nutrient then.
A good maintenance tip would be to save a sample of the nutrient you mix up, and a sample of the nutrient at the 7 day mark. Bring these samples into the store and we can tell you what you can do to manage your nutrient strength and nutrient pH balances to get optimum performance as well as give you more tips on how to enhance your systems performance. Using an Airpump and an Airstone will increase dissolved oxygen levels in the nutrient. Increasing the Oxygen will result in faster growing and healthier plants. Using Nutrient Strength and pH meters will enhance your ability to monitor and control the growth rates of your plants. Ask us about the benefits of using these meters. Nutriboost and other Growth Stimulants can be used to enhance growth or control the type of growth. Ask Nerang Hydroponic Centre for more details.