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Night Owl Seeds is / was the “side project” by Daz from Mephisto Seeds.   A lot of the genetics used in Night Owl seeds is mephisto gear - such as the Chem de La Crème, Sour Stomper Etc.     

O.K. here we go with version 2 of my SIP.   Be prepared I outdid myself on the artwork this time 😆         I have borrowed heavily from Slims set up here but I like this and it has some distinct advantages over the original set up. First, let's start with a breakdown from the bottom going up.   The very bottom will be a 2'X4' flexitray. I selected these as I believe they are the deepest trays on the market, if anyone knows anything deeper let me know.   I will install the aquavalve on one end of the tray and surround this with some sort of cage to protect it from the weight of the bed above. I was thinking about making a cage out of plastic egg crate but I might need to find something more heavy-duty. I also need to confirm the height of the aquavalve as it will need to sit below the level of the top of the tray.   I will surround this area outside of the aquavalve with lava rock and cap this off with horticultural grit to give me a level surface for my bed.   For my grow bed I would like to go with a 2'x4'grassroots fabric bed. The bottom of this would act as my membrane so I would no longer need the terram fabric. this bed leaves me with very little clearance around the tray or tent so as I mentioned above I need to check that the aquavalve would fit below the level of the tray so that my pot would sit level. If I am unable to use this bed I could swap to 2 larger fabric pots but would lose a significant volume of soil from this.   The layers in the bed would stay roughly similar, I would start with a layer of sand at the bottom.   I love the idea of replacing the lake clay with akadama, this seems like a much better option (I'm going to say damn  the expense but my wallet is angry at you @BilgePump 😁) Do you have a recommendation on size/ do I need the super small stuff   The rest of the bed would stay the same, with wood chips as a carbon source, followed by my living soil and a mulch layer on the top.   So what are the benefits of this system over the original, well there are a few as far as I can see:   1) The water reservoir is stored outside so I can keep a pump in it to keep the water moving and oxygenated. 2) With the reservoir outside the tent I can make it much larger so could go much longer without having to worry about watering. 3) If I find my bed is getting too wet I can easily control the moisture levels by shutting of the flow from the reservoir. 4) I get a bigger grow bed using this method 5) I don't have to sacrifice growing space for my reservoir.   So what do you think? Is there anything else we can do to improve on this?  

Lol I got sweets in these packets. The ones I got weren’t close to 600mg  a legit 500mg had sweating buckets and a rough panicky time for a while  the supposed 600mg I got done nothing. I know it’s a scam & can buy the packaging in bulk. Sometimes it’s worth a punt, most times not though.