What level of expertise is your
system best suited for?
The Posiflow system by Slucket is userfriendly and effective for growers from
beginners to advanced. Regardless of
skillset, most growers value that the
system runs efficiently and is easy to
maintain. These systems come ready
to grow within 10 minutes of opening
the box. All the parts are packaged
and ready to assemble with no need to
cut or glue any pieces. It’s literally like
putting Lego pieces together.
Do you have other products or
developments in the pipeline?
the water back to the control bucket.
This allows growers to have a central
bucket for controllers and dosing nutrients. One of the greatest features of
the Posiflow system by Slucket is that
it allows for the total evacuation of the
nutrient solution, leaving zero residuals
behind when doing water changeouts.
This is achieved by using the same
pump that floods the system to empty
it as well through the centralized drain
in each site. Growers will save massive
amounts of time while maintaining a
cleaner system overall compared to
other RDWC systems.
What’s been the response
so far from gardeners?
Growers with prior RDWC experience
are thrilled they are finally able to
drain the entire content of the system in
minutes, which keeps the system cleaner
and running optimally for longer periods
of time. This feature helps to maintain
a more sterile environment in RDWC,
which is crucial due to the increased
threat of waterborne diseases. The
Posiflow system also allows each growth
module to fully cycle every four minutes,
so you don’t have to wait for the water
to pull through your entire system since
each module is independently fed.
We are working on producing a
container for the soil and coco market.
These containers will have a front
drain port, making it easier to hook up
drain lines. We are also developing
multiple hydro bucket sizes to make the
system more cust omizable.
“
ALL THE PARTS ARE PACKAGED AND READY TO ASSEMBLE WITH NO NEED TO CUT
OR GLUE ANY PIECES. IT’S
LITERALLY LIKE PUTTING LEGO
PIECES TOGETHER.”
What does Team Slucket enjoy
doing during their time off?
Matt, the owner, is huge into dirt
car racing. We sponsor a local car,
and during the season we spend our
Saturdays out at the track. Working in
the garden is also a big part of how
we spend our time—it’s a great way to
relieve stress!
Where do you see the business
in the future?
We have many containers that will hit
the indoor gardening industry within
the next five years. In this market, we
ultimately aim to offer the only growing
container gardeners will ever need.
Through our extensive experience with
the entire industrial process of recycling
plastics, we have overengineered the
Slucket to ensure durability in the growroom. Our team also plans to take our
patents into other markets, as there is
a universal demand for containers that
have a bottom drain.
Lacey Macri works as head of sales at
CleanGrow Ltd., focusing her time on
business development within the company. She has a bachelor’s degree in
communications and psychology from the
University of California, Davis, where she
worked at the California Aggie student
newspaper on campus.
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