For All Cap Ebb and Grow Users

Have had plenty of issues with this, I'd leave em be unless the unit is having trouble flooding. As long as you flood every so often that little bit of water should be pretty oxygenated really. The roots can grow up into the hoses of the unit which might require action if your bucket won't flood. My two cents, peace.

bigbacon2 said:

Hopefully someone can answer this question for me....
I have a cap ebb and grow system about 14 days into Veg....I picked up the insert bucket on a couple of them and there are major roots coming out of the bottom.. Like 8 inches out of the bottom already.. It seems as they are sitting in a little bit of water.. IS it ok to let them be or should i trim them...Anyone have any issues with this? Thank you ...

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Trim what your roots? If thats the question hell no I wouldnt. I dont have alot of experience but I wouldnt ever trim the roots. When your grow is done your bottom bucket will have alot of root base in there.

Some growers put their pots on raised objects like wood or insulation, pans, ect. This allows the buckets to drain. I leave my water in there seems to not be an issue and I have read that when people raise their pots the roots sometimes go into the hosing caiusing some issues. My 2 pennies

Good luck

BL

What do you do if the roots start to grown into the lines?

bigbacon2 said:

What do you do if the roots start to grown into the lines?

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I dont have this problem however if I did I guess pulling them back and clearing the holes would be required. I would be real gentle though. thats just my 2 pennies

bl

some pics for ebb and grow "growelf" systems

bigbacon2 said:

What do you do if the roots start to grown into the lines?

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You can trim the roots with no ill results. I have done this many times. Also to the fellow that wants to use the system as a DWC, Just make sure that you put some air into the buckets. Lots of air. good luck.

has anybody added sugar to the last two weeks of bloom to increase bud weight and size? i have read a little about it and found that it works on paper, but i dont know anybody that i doing it right now.

ears said:

has anybody added sugar to the last two weeks of bloom to increase bud weight and size? i have read a little about it and found that it works on paper, but i dont know anybody that i doing it right now.

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the bible talks about it. but they dont go into specifics. they just show pictures.

cvbud
yah, i need some real info. how is your grow going?

Hey guys i know its off topic but i have a really bad mite problem i have used Neem Oil once but i feel like my plants did not like it, is there any mite control that i can add to the rez, or does it all have to be foiler fed to the plants, any helps will be greatly appericated

boxing119 said:

Hey guys i know its off topic but i have a really bad mite problem i have used Neem Oil once but i feel like my plants did not like it, is there any mite control that i can add to the rez, or does it all have to be foiler fed to the plants, any helps will be greatly appericated

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lady bugs dude. get yourself a handful of lady bugs at the lady bug farm.

boxing119

lady bugs are good. but you should use something to help fight off bugs like rhino skin. i would look at why you got them in the first place. did you bring someone over and show them your grow? this is the number one cause. did you go somewhere? dispensary, a grow, maybe a grow store. i never go in my grow with out changing my clothes! never! by avoiding these no no's i have never "knock on wood" had any problems wiyh mites or any other bug. plus you should be filtering all fresh air. i use hepa filters that will filter even dust mites. your grow should be clean, and i dont mean dusted. clean like a hospital. if you have mites in bloom do not fog. and if not i bloom you can bomb, with the lights off and filter fans off. remember 1 mite can lay 10,000 eggs! and in three days those eggs will hatch. and those 10,000 mites will lay 10,000 eggs each. so when you bomb you need to bomb 3 or maybe 4 cycles at three day intervals. sorry for my spelling, but my plants dont mind. good luck

anybody...... still looking for info on sugar.

I've added mollasses, basically sugar to my standard bloom nutes starting 3 weeks from havest until I start flushing. I run a 1/2 strength nute mix, gravity, and mollasses. Overall I'd say it works, my buds seem to swell up pretty good. As for what kind of mollasses, make sure you get the unsulphured kind (contains no additives). Anyway long story short, It's cheap... and if it works at all it's worth the couple bucks a run.

ears: start your OWN thread...totally off topic dude...?

anyways, I just sent in my controller bucket to CAP yesterday for a warranty replacement. Hopefully I get it back next week. ( No Power was being sent to the fill pump, even though the light was on )

YES these buckets break too! I had a crack in a grow bucket and I had to suck up 15 gallons of water off my upstairs carpet.

I do not recommend moving things around once you get the plants in there! Water will be everywhere! You will have nightmares of water.

I don't know if anyone has posted this or not, but these things work great for filling/draining your res. http://www.petco.com/product/108265/Aqueon-Aquarium-Water-Changer.aspx?CoreCat=certona-_-productdetail_2-_-Aqueon%20Aquarium%20Water%20Changer-108265

to empty the res, I attach a hose to the end of the fill pump hose, plug the pump directly to a socket, and pump it to waste

filling it up is easy with a hose too, but gotta take the pump out of the controller bucket

dtp5150 said:

ears: start your OWN thread...totally off topic dude...?

anyways, I just sent in my controller bucket to CAP yesterday for a warranty replacement. Hopefully I get it back next week. ( No Power was being sent to the fill pump, even though the light was on )

YES these buckets break too! I had a crack in a grow bucket and I had to suck up 15 gallons of water off my upstairs carpet.

I do not recommend moving things around once you get the plants in there! Water will be everywhere! You will have nightmares of water.

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you should look into the growelf controler you can plug it is to your cap system in a few min. i have replaced all my cap brains as they failed with growelf. you can go to my journal and see them i full effect. the guys at growelf are really good at responding to any needs you may have. i know a few people using them now one is a friend of mine that has 9000sqft. and he has been repacing his caps with growelf. he has.. not sure 6, or 7 in use now, and he loves them too.
maybe some one can tell me how to start a thread, im to stupid to do it by my self.. thanks

ears: to post your own thread, go to a link like this one:
https://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-aeroponics/

then in the upper left hand corner, there is a green + Post New Thread link, and thats how you make a thread. but make sure you post new thread under the correct category. so just navigate to the correct category and click that button.

Thanks also for the tip of the growelf controller. I bought DIY kit for like $80 too and I'll try and build one myself as backup first most likely, but sure would like more of these.

GrowElf looks like quality to me!

dtp5150

thanks for the heads up