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    Nutrient Solution Problem. Have to change ever 4-5 Days. Flood and Drain, PleaseHelp!

    I added in a 1/4 tsp of pond-zyme a few days ago when I cleaned/sterilized everything and swapped out my res. so far ph has stayed right at 5.7 without moving and so far so good on the water still being clear and not smelly. Think that pond-zyme solved my problem.... I would never give my...
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    Nutrient Solution Problem. Have to change ever 4-5 Days. Flood and Drain, PleaseHelp!

    Also I have heard mention of light proofing my reservoir. It is sitting completely under my flood table where no light is hitting it. He'll, I have to use a flashlight to see in it when I ph the solution. So I don't think that is the problem. The only time light gets to it, like for everyone...
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    Nutrient Solution Problem. Have to change ever 4-5 Days. Flood and Drain, PleaseHelp!

    I have to use a storage tank because the place that I have my grow has no plumbing. So I bought a 265 gallon storage tank for 20 bucks from my buddy and ran 300 ft of hose out to fill it. Figured that was much better than running all of that hose out once a week to swap out my water.
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    Nutrient Solution Problem. Have to change ever 4-5 Days. Flood and Drain, PleaseHelp!

    I thought peroxide would provide extra oxygen in the nutrient solution which would help to establish beneficial bacteria I plan to add (subculture b) Am I wrong?
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    Nutrient Solution Problem. Have to change ever 4-5 Days. Flood and Drain, PleaseHelp!

    After doing a little research I was thinking about picking up some Subculture B to add to the reservoir as well as some hydrogen peroxide. Do you think that will help me out? Also, I don't know if I could add this or not but I bought some Orca Liquid Mycorrhizae for my cloner that I could add in...
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    Nutrient Solution Problem. Have to change ever 4-5 Days. Flood and Drain, PleaseHelp!

    Could you give me the names of some good products to use for either options. I am sorry, still somewhat of a beginner here but much better off than I was 6 months ago haha. I really appreciate the response. Also, I would ideally like to go with the least expensive option or pretty close to it...
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    Nutrient Solution Problem. Have to change ever 4-5 Days. Flood and Drain, PleaseHelp!

    Hey guys, I am driving myself nuts trying to figure out what my problem is with this Flood and Drain setup I am running. I am running a bonticare 4x4 table with a 40gallon reservoir under the table. I have a 345 gph pump that floods the table for 15 mins every three hours only while the...
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    Flood and Drain Setup NO growth dieing clones PLEASE HELP :(

    ***Was the owner of the hydro store, he only comes in 1 day a week and that's who I buy all of my shit from bc I get a mad discount. Said hes been growing for 10 years.. So who do i believe lol?
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    Flood and Drain Setup NO growth dieing clones PLEASE HELP :(

    I mean they had a flood and drain table setup at the store with some plants in 6" net pots and hydroton just like I have, they were doing just fine there... Last night I looked at my netpots and I actually have some big thick roots coming out of the bottoms of them, so maybe things are ok? If...
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    Flood and Drain Setup NO growth dieing clones PLEASE HELP :(

    I ph'ed it down to 5.7. Ive been keeping it on the low 6 side never leting get higher than 6.5 but I guess that could be too much? I don't have a ppm meter to find out what my water is originally before adding nutes because I am growing with a two part system and the guy at the store said I...
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    Flood and Drain Setup NO growth dieing clones PLEASE HELP :(

    Hey whats up guys. I am still somewhat a noob to growing as I have only has 2 successful harvests and they were both in soil with organic nutes. Anyhow the guy at the grow store turned me on to flood and drain and my buddy was doing it this way too, he said its easy. I have a 40 site aero...
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    OHIO, Where's DEATH STAR?

    South of Columbus here. Have it. Shoot me a message.
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    Light Heat Burn?! Please Help New Grower here

    About 16" give or take an inch
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    Light Heat Burn?! Please Help New Grower here

    Hey guys, running an aero tub with GH lucas formula (8ml micro/ 16ml bloom) under 1000w HPS that I just upgraded from (2 400w MH bulbs) 2 days ago. Anyhow, everything was looking great yesterday afternoon when I checked them and this morning I took a look to find my tallest plant (13") with...
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    Guide for Diagnosing Plant Problems

    If my plants are lacking phosphorous and I'm running the Lucas formula (8ml micro/ 16ml bloom) in an aeroponics tub under 1000w HPS, what can I add?
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    New Ballast running super HOT, please advise!

    The local hydro store swaps it out for the duration of the 5 years, they have been here for 20, I would like to think they're not going anywhere... Thats the only info I have. The link shows the exact ballast but I cant find any specs on it yet...
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    New Ballast running super HOT, please advise!

    I meant if it burns itself up or if its faulty, obviously the last thing I would want is a fire... Unfortunately I cannot find any mfg info, Its literally an off brand ballast that my local hydro store sells. "Simple Gear Box MH/HPS 1000W Convertible" is what is on the box. I just checked the...
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    New Ballast running super HOT, please advise!

    Hey whats up guys, I recently upgraded my lights from 2 400w MH to a 1000w HPS setup (I'm getting ready to flower). I have to be honest, I'm guilty of it being a budget grow, so im sure that's part of the reason its running so hot.. Anyhow, I setup my new light today and got it going. I let it...
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    In the first few weeks of new setup Looking for tweaks and advice.

    Okay man well I just went out and switched some things around. Unfortunately the timer I have right now only lets me set it for 30 min increments so... I set the timer to turn the pump/sprayers on for a half hour then be off for 1 hour in a 24 hour cycle. Hopefully that will be good enough for...
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    In the first few weeks of new setup Looking for tweaks and advice.

    The clones were rooted in a humidity dome in rockwool for 10 days. I transplanted them in an 18 gallon tub in 3" netpots. I mixed up 2 gallons of nutrient solution in R/o water with a ph of 5.8. as far as the nutrient solution I went over that in my first post. I haven't been able to get the...
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