Day 29
If you have a cab from Sunlight Sheds with a Hydroheart please read this...very important!
My unit began to overflow about two weeks ago. At first I thought it was a issue with the control unit but after switching that out it continued to happen. Finally realized it was a design issue with the unit.
The combination of small hydrotron pellets falling through the baskets and root mass were causing flow problems with the unit. In my case this was causing the first few baskets in my unit to overflow. The Hydroheart consists of 8 plant containers placed in a loop driven by a control unit. Due to the flow issues the last few containers were not getting as much water as the first ones so the control unit continued to drain the reserve in an attempt to fill the unit...unfortunately the overflows have runined a wood floor in my closet. Fortunately I've always kept the power strips on top of the unit of this could have gotten really ugly.
If you have a Sunlight Sheds cab call them and ask for a set of screens they have recently developed that is supposed to fix the flow issue. The BS thing is you have to call and ask for them (free of charge). You would think they would send them out automatically as this design flaw could cause electrical shock or a fire. I actually feel really lucky that only my floor got messed up. I guess I'll always remember my first grow when I look at the warped wood floor...lol.
Back to business...
Plants range from 5.5" to 11.5
700 ppm
6-6.5 ph
75/53 temp/humid
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Switching to flowering today 12/12 due to size of plants.
Little nervous as I'm going to have to completely disassemble the unit once the screens arrive from Sunlight Sheds to install them. I can't use the reserve tank until the screens are installed or it will overflow again. I can't delay flowering any longer so I figured once the plants show sex. I'll take out any males and at that time tear down the unit and install the screens.
