one light one plant one pound....

[ttystikk]

I bought my system used, and should have replaced all the tubing. Also spring/summer weather in the garage lead to issues. The hid lighting heated up the nutes in the tubes and caused bacterial growth.
And my buckets dont fully drain and lave nutrients in the buckets to get hot and master bucket was actually in the tent.
Maybe I could do better with a better setup

Use black tubing and recirculate your water through waterfalls.

 

[sgrowdum]

I think I'm gonna build my own when I fire up another light looking at containers that horse food comes in looks like it will hold about 8 gallons

I'd like to see that when you get around to it.

 

[sgrowdum]

I bought my system used, and should have replaced all the tubing. Also spring/summer weather in the garage lead to issues. The hid lighting heated up the nutes in the tubes and caused bacterial growth.
And my buckets dont fully drain and lave nutrients in the buckets to get hot and master bucket was actually in the tent.
Maybe I could do better with a better setup

The new system comes with 3/4" line and the center drain is suppose to eliminate the standing water. Mine will be in a room and not a tent but I'll be faced with the same type issues as it will all be together. I'm still debating if I want to run a water cooler for the resivior and a higher room temp or keep the temp down and leave the water at room temp. Sorry for the derail OP.

 

[bassman999]

Use black tubing and recirculate your water through waterfalls.

Done and Done, but still no go lol

The new system comes with 3/4" line and the center drain is suppose to eliminate the standing water. Mine will be in a room and not a tent but I'll be faced with the same type issues as it will all be together. I'm still debating if I want to run a water cooler for the resivior and a higher room temp or keep the temp down and leave the water at room temp. Sorry for the derail OP.

Eliminating standing water will help, and I wasnt really in a tent, but was a 4x8x8 diy tent with 2x4s and panda film, so basically the same. Temps got well over 80F in there

 

[ttystikk]

Done and Done, but still no go lol

Eliminating standing water will help, and I wasnt really in a tent, but was a 4x8x8 diy tent with 2x4s and panda film, so basically the same. Temps got well over 80F in there

I had plenty of cooling in my RDWC and had problems, too. That's why I went to a soilless substrate.

 

[bassman999]

I had plenty of cooling in my RDWC and had problems, too. That's why I went to a soilless substrate.

I want to try that soil-less stuff you use eventually.

 

[ttystikk]

I want to try that soil-less stuff you use eventually.

At the recent convention I attended with HLG, I had the chance to talk to one of the principals of Tupur. He said their Royal Gold mix was buffered using wood chips competed with calcium nitrate.

According to him, this has the effect of making the plants far less susceptible to EC and pH irregularities. It has definitely improved the consistency of my results vs RDWC.

 

[sgrowdum]

I recently saw a commercial Ebb & flo grow (rooted meds) using some stuff that looked like big chunks of rocks.. I couldn't get them to tell me what it was. I'm trying avoid Hydroton at all cost but I need something reusable.

 

[bassman999]

At the recent convention I attended with HLG, I had the chance to talk to one of the principals of Tupur. He said their Royal Gold mix was buffered using wood chips competed with calcium nitrate.

According to him, this has the effect of making the plants far less susceptible to EC and pH irregularities. It has definitely improved the consistency of my results vs RDWC.

When I am ready Ill ask you about the use and feeding.

 

[ttystikk]

When I am ready Ill ask you about the use and feeding.

Shockingly simple; 'just like hydro'

 

[bassman999]

Shockingly simple; 'just like hydro'

Drain to waste?

 

[ttystikk]

Drain to waste?

You can if you want. I don't. My 5 gallon buckets sit in trays which hold the runoff long enough for the plant to suck it all back up.

 

[bassman999]

You can if you want. I don't. My 5 gallon buckets sit in trays which hold the runoff long enough for the plant to suck it all back up.

With the size of your plants and the 5g bucket, drain to waste would need to be done often I guess.

 

[ttystikk]

With the size of your plants and the 5g bucket, drain to waste would need to be done often I guess.

Not even once, brother.

 

[horribleherk]

The new system comes with 3/4" line and the center drain is suppose to eliminate the standing water. Mine will be in a room and not a tent but I'll be faced with the same type issues as it will all be together. I'm still debating if I want to run a water cooler for the resivior and a higher room temp or keep the temp down and leave the water at room temp. Sorry for the derail OP.

please feel free to be part of the conversation here wherever it may go sharing the experience is what I think makes the world go around without even knowing it you may have provided someone with some useful advice they can use now or later on

 

[r.i.kid]

You can if you want. I don't. My 5 gallon buckets sit in trays which hold the runoff long enough for the plant to suck it all back up.

don't you run into issues like that?

 

[horribleherk]

At the recent convention I attended with HLG, I had the chance to talk to one of the principals of Tupur. He said their Royal Gold mix was buffered using wood chips competed with calcium nitrate.

According to him, this has the effect of making the plants far less susceptible to EC and pH irregularities. It has definitely improved the consistency of my results vs RDWC.

that sounds interesting do you think it will wick the nutrients up if flooded in a e&f tray from the bottom perhaps in cloth smart pots that used to be my preferred method using coco/perlite

 

[ttystikk]

that sounds interesting do you think it will wick the nutrients up if flooded in a e&f tray from the bottom perhaps in cloth smart pots that used to be my preferred method using coco/perlite

I'm running 2 gallon Tupur buckets in ebb n flow tables at a friend's house, we're growing for his wife who has stage 4 bray cancer.

This is very possibly the lowest effort setup I've ever laid eyes on; the runts don't drown and the big ones never dry out, EC and pH are very stable and I don't need to touch the res more than once a week!

 

[ttystikk]

don't you run into issues like that?

I don't run high EC so I don't have such problems.

 

[brimck325]

as long as it never dries out salt won't build up. same in coco........