I would have liked to play more but never did get a cycle timer. I know many commercial veggy growers fun a continuous spray. Kinda gave up on sprayer's and returned to the old faithful flood and drain
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I have rails already drilled and ready to go, just always thinking the roots would be a pain to deal with. There is a product called slim duct that I think would be cool to try in the 5.5" size. The top snaps in place so basically if laid horizontal there is a rounded trough with a snap in place lid but not sure about light penetration. Easy access to the root zone and spray heads would be nice.
Must have been an inaccurate reading yesterday checked this morning before work and it was 5.8 so still rising but not near what I thought, the 400mh I threw in there came out because the cheap ipower duct booster I was using to keep temps down from it went out on day 2. So the 250 watt CFL it is. So the res temps were a little higher then normal yesterday (68 degrees) (usually 62-64) maybe the ph meter read inaccurately because of that idk, it's a cheap meter, not to worried because new roots are still nice, and still doing a fresh bleach wash and Rez change today after work. Will see how things go from there.I started with a drip system, then ebb and flow, then flood and drain, then LPA, then back lol. And started outdoors at 14-15 so wow.... 45 years lol. And still know crap lol. It's weird that your not getting rid of the shit, it would be nice if an aero guy could help out! You should start a thread in the aero section but beware a thousand cures will be thrown at you lol. I used a pond microbe a few weeks ago and within three days I had algae anywhere a tube was exposed to light, added extra dose (their recommended dose) of 2 ml per liter and poof gone . But it was not pondzyme
I'm in 5" fence post. I just lift a net pot if I want to look in, never had an issue with sprayers. I was worried about access to the roots, but it hasn't been an issue. If the res is good the roots are good.
Are you measuring your EC as well? Never tried solventless but would love to design something using refrigerant or CO2. The reason I asked about the EC is mine will rise slightly or lower slightly depending on EC.Must have been an inaccurate reading yesterday checked this morning before work and it was 5.8 so still rising but not near what I thought, the 400mh I threw in there came out because the cheap ipower duct booster I was using to keep temps down from it went out on day 2. So the 250 watt CFL it is. So the res temps were a little higher then normal yesterday (68 degrees) (usually 62-64) maybe the ph meter read inaccurately because of that idk, it's a cheap meter, not to worried because new roots are still nice, and still doing a fresh bleach wash and Rez change today after work. Will see how things go from there.
Smashed some rosin last night, tried a big glob this morning before work ....
Very effective, very tasty. Solventless.
That's what I have ready to go, just never hit the switch on them and I said fuck the sprayer's, had to many issues to warrant running them
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I can measure the EC when I get home.
LOL there is no other way than to jump lol. Once you get things rocking you'll see that they can take a higher EC, well I did and went from .6 to 1.2 EC in a couple of weeks.
Have u tryed advanced there shit is the bomb haven't had to worries about pH at all they get all they need because it chelated
Hey Tripp, no I haven't tried advanced, I have some trial size bottles of b 52 and nirvana on my shelf but didn't plan on using it, really impressed with everyone's turnout with botanicare, next run I'm going to try out cyco, buddy runs it and always has great lush green fast growth
I followed him when I first started and as much as admired what he did with his plants I didn't agree with some advice. I did pick out a bunch of his stuff and incorporate it in my trays. Your roots are looking way better FYIHey guys, another update before a Rez change tomorrow, roots are improving greatly in the veg system still. Plants overall are looking healthier then ever. Tomorrow when I change the Rez I'm going to follow the super stoner recipe, I might or might not add the other additives I have that are not included in the recipe, I'll decide tomorrow, the girls are finally noticably eating though, this whole time my ppm/ec has stayed almost the same and finally it is dropping, causing a slight ph rise. But yay! Glad to know they are eating, still not sure if they are getting as much as they should/could but the ec has went down from .7 to .6 in maybe 72 hours. (25-45 ppm decrease daily)
But I'm still having issues with my cloner bucket, I'm starting to really think about just parting it out and making a larger system if I can fit it in the tent. I'm starting to think the fact that it only holds 2 gallons is going to constantly give me headaches, I can't stop the ph from rising, I thought I had the answer with the brown sludge I found but maybe not, (still very happy I found that) i have another pump I might just try and put the lid of it on a bigger bucket so atleast it can be 4 gallons or so. I wish I could fit the "cooler cloner" side by side but I just don't think I can pull it off, Might be setting up that other 3x3 tent I've been considering sooner then I anticipated, I also want to get another 250w CFL over the veg unit so it's 500w of CFL. Liked having the 400mh in there more but after the cheap duct booster went out after a day I switched back.
Anyways here's some pics from last Thursday (first 2) and then today
. You tend to learn lots when things go for a shit lol. Your air stone in the cloner might be the culprit re ph climbing, I ditched all air stones and my ph was way more stable. I just use water pumps now to add DO to all my trays.
Hey bud; no Airstone in the cloner, I wish that was the answer, any ways I'm excited to say I should be finishing up my new cloner this evening. I was mentioning wanting to do a cooler cloner, haven't been happy with my bucket lately, lid is cracked, water leaks out around the net pots because the holes are drilled a wee bit too big, only holds 2 gallons of water so it's a pain to keep cool and I think a larger Rez will maintain ph better. Found a matching tote to my vegger with a black lid already and it will fit like a glove next to my vegger in my system and also allow many more plant sites. Hopefully after that and I have a brand new pump I can use I can maintain much more stable numbers in the cloner, I recently added the use of a white board in my space haha! Simple tools make things much easier, now I just write my ec/ppm/ ph down every evening when I check and then I can monitor what it has done throughout the week,I followed him when I first started and as much as admired what he did with his plants I didn't agree with some advice. I did pick out a bunch of his stuff and incorporate it in my trays. Your roots are looking way better FYI
Well the not changing out res's and just refilling may work for him but really think it's not way to go, he must have magical water lol. Haven't read anything lately but there were a few things that he did that I would not do but it seemed to work for him, found him kind of cranky if you asked to many questions lol. I don't get the guys that just give three word sentences for advice and no explanation as to why it works, not very helpful for a newb like myself that tends to ask to many questions I guess lol.
far there's 7 diff strains in here mob ,hg,bd,ak47,gsc,liberty haze and critical kush
. It would be nice to get the canopy as even as possible. I just harvested all of my plants halfway down and there's a massive amount of fluff left so I'm going to let it keep going. The issue I had was no room left to train and I didn't lollypop anything, poor light penetration. Never had so much fluff from plants it was like a whole other grow going on in the middle lol.