Do you recommend recirculating or drain to waste with your nutrients?

We never recommend a recirculation setup. Drain to waste is pretty standard in Big Ag and commercial grows. Below are a few reasons that make drain to waste the optimal option. 1. pH doesn’t fluctuate as much. 2. Ability to feed a fresh nutrient solution each watering. 3. Less chance of developing root rot. 4. System itself stays cleaner. 5. You are able to flush properly. 6. Better control over what is being fed to your plants. Depending on your growing medium you should only have 2-10% runoff per plant, if that. See our Crop Steering Guides in our How To Grow section of the website.