Soilless Media - Flushing Before Use?

[Underground Scientist]

Im fairly sure your mistaken. Use a 1kw bulb or risk it blowing up.

Use a 600 watt ballast for the 600 watt bulb.

It's a Vivosun 1000 watt dimmable ballast. You could look it up.

 

[growingforfun]

It's a Vivosun 1000 watt dimmable ballast. You could look it up.

Did a quick look and didnt see anything saying it was differant than otuer dimmable ballasts...
I have a few of random brands myself. They are made to dim the bulb they are rated for.

 

[Underground Scientist]

Did a quick look and didnt see anything saying it was differant than otuer dimmable ballasts...
I have a few of random brands myself. They are made to dim the bulb they are rated for.

I wasn't aware of that, thanks though. You are correct.

 

[Underground Scientist]

PG Rated Veg.

 

[growingforfun]

I wasn't aware of that, thanks though. You are correct.

No prob bud ive burned out ny equipment before and hate it.

Btw, dont rip the power cord out of your ballast, unplug it from the wall. Even if your in a hurry an have another cord where your taking that ballast

Lost my fav electronic ballast that way...

 

[Underground Scientist]

I have the 1000 hps and mh, gotta get a 600 MH bulb.

You know what though, these vivo ballasts stay way cooler than the junk I had from years ago.

 

[St1kybudz]

You are simply feeding the plant more tham it uses causing a build up of nutes just water for a day or two will drop the ppm of your run off thus changing the ec ph and all the good shit

 

[St1kybudz]

And as far as flushing it I've never done it but I'm a light feeder (just enough does just fine) I flush before harvest but never planting but I mix my own soilless mix 5 parts peat 5 parts coco 6 parts perlite and 4 parts verm and I add zero nutes before planting just water in with 100 to 150 ppm nute solution then proceed as usual

 

[Olive Drab Green]

You don't flush organics, if it happens to be organic. Just a heads-up.

 

[Underground Scientist]

And as far as flushing it I've never done it but I'm a light feeder (just enough does just fine) I flush before harvest but never planting but I mix my own soilless mix 5 parts peat 5 parts coco 6 parts perlite and 4 parts verm and I add zero nutes before planting just water in with 100 to 150 ppm nute solution then proceed as usual

Right, I actually planted some with just microbes, and 8ppm water. First watering, I'm not sure why I checked it, but the run off was over 300. Existing salts in the peat. I checked a cup of just peat. Over 500 ppm came out with 1 flush straight out of the bag.

 

[Underground Scientist]

Just got some GROW!T Clay Pebbles (Hydroton). I want to experiment with using these with Peat. I want to try using this as a drainage layer. I've noticed my 1 gallon pots dry out quite a bit and get quite dry but it stays moist in the bottom inch or two. I'd like to even out that moisture distribution, and make sure I'm not choking the base roots out with water when it is watered. I might back the perlite off a little and mix a few pebbles in the mix itself to help with aeration.

 

[growingforfun]

Just got some GROW!T Clay Pebbles (Hydroton). I want to experiment with using these with Peat. I want to try using this as a drainage layer. I've noticed my 1 gallon pots dry out quite a bit and get quite dry but it stays moist in the bottom inch or two. I'd like to even out that moisture distribution, and make sure I'm not choking the base roots out with water when it is watered. I might back the perlite off a little and mix a few pebbles in the mix itself to help with aeration.

Try doing the mix with the media first, at a 3:1 soil:hydroton ratio. Imo this is better than a base layer, but base layers help in 5g plus.

 

[Underground Scientist]

I think I found the soilless medium I'm going to like. Sunshine Mix #4, I like how it feels with the coco in there with the peat, plenty of perlite, biologicals, trace silica. I tossed in 10% hydroton. I'm not flushing it.