Grow Mediums Is this a good method for growing?

[Surfer Joe]

I saw a setup in the store with a 7 L mesh bucket filled with clay balls and suspended in a 10 L bucket about half full of nutrient solution with an air pump air stone in the water making lots of bubbles. The shop guy lifted the mesh bucket and showed me all of the roots of the tomato plant that was growing in the mesh bucket were sticking out through the mesh into the bubbling water.
He said that it was very trouble-free and you didn't have to worry about watering soil pots every day.
I wondered if it was a good method for growing pot since I thought that it's not a good idea for the roots to always be wet. Also, would it be hard to get a small pot plant to sit securely in the clay balls?
It seems that since the roots can extend down into the water, the size of the actual mesh pot is not so important.
I would like to try this out as it seems like a very simple and low tech way of growing hydro method, but I would appreciate any advice or opinions about how good it might be for growing a pot plant.
What are the drawbacks?
Thanks for any advice.

 

[CGR]

Welcome to AFN Sufer Joe :smokebuds: and yes that is Deep Water Culture (DWC) and it's amazing lots of Members use that style i believe Muddy just setup DWC Grow just search DWC here on the site and get ready for a long night of wonderfulness:dance: you can grow MONSTERS with it

 

[Surfer Joe]

Thanks. Does the size of the mesh bucket make a lot of difference in dwc since the roots can grow out and down into the water?
I'm thinking of starting a two-plant hydro setup using this method and was wondering what size mesh buckets to use.
And how do you establish the plant in the clay balls? It won't hold the seed like soil does.

 

[CGR]

Start Them in Rockwool :smokebuds:and once you see roots then place them in the bucket it , did you search the site for dwc? becuse i'm not 100% sure about the size of the net pot personally i go 4inch net pot just a nuff room for a good foundation to hold the plant at full size

 

[Surfer Joe]

Well, I took the plunge. I got two 12 L buckets with 6-inch mesh pot inserts and an air pump and clay balls.
The setup looks really neat but I can't use it until my current grow is done, which will be about 3-4 weeks to harvest.
In the meantime I need to study up about the setups and feeding.
I am already confused when I read a hydro grow journal and people talk about EC as well as PH. I just got my head around PH!
And I want to find the best nutrient products to use with bubble pots.
If anyone can please suggest a few good grow bibles or other info, I would be grateful.