im going to do a run in a month with growdan cubes I call them crutons lol just sick of cleaning rock
thats what im using right now in my flo n gro. ill keep u posted how it goes if u want. i started with clones in the system cause i had two other strains but one getts to tall to keep them even but i plan to flip them to 12/12 in a week or so. oh i got some airstones running as of today will see how that goes next im goin to get some h2o2im going to do a run in a month with growdan cubes I call them crutons lol just sick of cleaning rock
i flood 2 times a day. i use tap water and after i add my nutes my ph is around 7 then i use gh ph down. i fill my rez to 45 gal. ru using rockwool or clay?
i guess u r suposed to soak the small cubes for a few seconds in 5.5 ph water but the bigger blocks i think its like 15 min. thats what the video said. i didnt soak mine and my ph moves from 5.8 to 6.1 after a few days
i use the sunleave grow rocks,their fired shale,they only need to be rinsed once,and are ph neutral,i put it in 6in nets,i cut a 6in hole in the 3gal bucket lid,and the roots just hang down from the bottom of the nets,(unrestricted for growth) and for an oxygen kicker i put a small airstone at the bottom of each bucket in the water that remains in the bucket,as well as two large airstones in the res, they get a bubble flood 4 times a cycle,they love it! the rocks are very easy to reuse,a quick rinse in the net pot and their ready to go again,i use less rock,less cleaning,less weight,kind of a dwc/ebb and gro/bubble bucket (excuse the quality of pics,but it will give ya the idea)
Hellraiser should remember the heated debate with kitty about this.
lol I remember a bunch of heated debates with kitty guess the kitty got ran over!
i went with rockwool for the same reasons of washing the clay and it seems like a lot of work to prep them. ill pre soak my 6 in rockwool for 15 min in 5.5 ph. my buckets r a lilttle bigger than the cap system so next time im goin to use the small grow cubes or curtons as hellraizer called them on the bottom and the 6 in on top and see how that goes
i have used the same rock for 3 different grows,the ones i use are 3/4in and have had no problems with them falling through the net pots as the slits are very narrow,not familiar with the bags,something new,or just for sample maybe,i have read the main concern with hydroton is that after a few use's they tend to absorb pathogens since they are porous,as it was explained,after a few use's break one of them open and you can see what has been absorbed,even after rinsing