Hello to everyone, im new in this forum and to the hydroponics so im seeking for help from experienced growers.
First im gonna try to tell you every detail of my obviously not good enough system.
Im using an ebb&flow made out of pvc pipes, the pipes are positioned horizontally.
The reservoir is totally transparent without anything on top covering it from the sunlight despite of how many times i've read that water+sun=algae no algae has ever appeared in my reservoir. I use some local liquid fertilizer which is natural, to be honest smells pretty weird but I doubt it makes any difference haha
it has every element that I read plants need, except by calcium.
Now to the point, I've planted some green bell peppers, Inside some homemade net pots (I searched in every plant store, and nobody had those stupid netpots) So, I tried at first growing the plants without any medium, just inside the netpot touching the water, and yes, it didnt work, roots rotted in 2 days. After that failure, I looked for the clay balls in stores and surprise again, had no luck, so I decided i would try as I saw in a youtube video; plant in substrate and put the plant WITH the substrated in the netpot... Plants grew pretty good up to 12cm long, that is like in 2 weeks i guess, the they suddenly stop growing! I checked the roots and realized that none of them came out of the netpots, So that was obviously the reason for the growth-stop. (some roots did got out of the pot; white and furry, but they would rot eventually.
Pretty disappoint of all the time i've lost without any success, i decided to break into small pieces a cheap clay jar to use as a replacement of the little clay balls, I tried once more, put the plants in the netpot with clay in them. they looked good for 2 days, but after that slimy stuff started apearing below the pots, and roots havent got out of the pots yet... They are still alive but wilt during day and recover during night (with no sign of new growth.)
I know it is a long post but I just dont know what am i doing wrong...
I regulate my water's Ph level to 6.5 (it gets acidic everyday ) I use tap water, I dont let it sit for 24 hrs, I just get it and pour it in the reservoir every time I change the water. My day temperature is between 28ºc-and 33ºc everyday approx. but the water stays cool all the time, never heats up.
So, can someone please, pleeasee guide me? What is so wrong that wont let the roots of my peppers grow?
(I can post pictures if you need to take a closer look to my system) ThankYou
First im gonna try to tell you every detail of my obviously not good enough system.
Im using an ebb&flow made out of pvc pipes, the pipes are positioned horizontally.
The reservoir is totally transparent without anything on top covering it from the sunlight despite of how many times i've read that water+sun=algae no algae has ever appeared in my reservoir. I use some local liquid fertilizer which is natural, to be honest smells pretty weird but I doubt it makes any difference haha
it has every element that I read plants need, except by calcium.Now to the point, I've planted some green bell peppers, Inside some homemade net pots (I searched in every plant store, and nobody had those stupid netpots) So, I tried at first growing the plants without any medium, just inside the netpot touching the water, and yes, it didnt work, roots rotted in 2 days. After that failure, I looked for the clay balls in stores and surprise again, had no luck, so I decided i would try as I saw in a youtube video; plant in substrate and put the plant WITH the substrated in the netpot... Plants grew pretty good up to 12cm long, that is like in 2 weeks i guess, the they suddenly stop growing! I checked the roots and realized that none of them came out of the netpots, So that was obviously the reason for the growth-stop. (some roots did got out of the pot; white and furry, but they would rot eventually.
Pretty disappoint of all the time i've lost without any success, i decided to break into small pieces a cheap clay jar to use as a replacement of the little clay balls, I tried once more, put the plants in the netpot with clay in them. they looked good for 2 days, but after that slimy stuff started apearing below the pots, and roots havent got out of the pots yet... They are still alive but wilt during day and recover during night (with no sign of new growth.)
I know it is a long post but I just dont know what am i doing wrong...
I regulate my water's Ph level to 6.5 (it gets acidic everyday ) I use tap water, I dont let it sit for 24 hrs, I just get it and pour it in the reservoir every time I change the water. My day temperature is between 28ºc-and 33ºc everyday approx. but the water stays cool all the time, never heats up. So, can someone please, pleeasee guide me? What is so wrong that wont let the roots of my peppers grow?
(I can post pictures if you need to take a closer look to my system) ThankYou
) and some hydroton too. about the Ph, i read between 6.0 and 6.8 is perfect for peppers... so im kinda confused now. I'll also start treating my water, not just using directly the tap water (yes, im urban) Soo, I'll post the results after I get all the correct stuff, perhaps this time it will finally work.
