was seeing a little drooping in my week 3's. realized i had the circulation pump running 24 hours. Of course the heat allowed pathogens and killed all the dissolved oxygen. Hit it with dose of calcium hypoclorite and exhanged the circulation pump for an air pump. The girls are looking better now.
++Hellraizers++ DO AND DONTs and in and outs of the ebb&grow/ebb&flow systems
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georgeforeman
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how is everyone's ebb and grow/flow doing? I just got over a mysterious def battle that turned out to be fungus gnats. Hopefully that was the problem 
Warlock1369
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Gnats suck. Well hope you got it all worked out.
hellraizer30
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I dont want to seen like a brokin record but i to just got hit with a major def issue, i figured it out thoughhow is everyone's ebb and grow/flow doing? I just got over a mysterious def battle that turned out to be fungus gnats. Hopefully that was the problem
so i start off using 5.5 water to condition my growdan! Normally this puts the medium at 5.9 to 6.0 thats
perfect in my opion, but i got complacent and not checking the medium before use
well that was a bigmistake, shit was 6.5 must of been a hot batch of medium! So always check before use! If you find its to high
drain off the water and poor a fresh batch of 5.5 into it
this should help. Fungus gnats love coco and growdan 
not much you can do about that!
How do you check the ph of your rockwool? Do you squeeze out some water and measure that? I always thought we weren't supposed to squeeze rockwool as it would compress it and reduce the amount of airspace within the cube.always check before use! If you find its to high
drain off the water and poor a fresh batch of 5.5 into it
georgeforeman
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oh no, i think the directions on the bag say never to squeeze or compress. The air pockets are what makes rockwool great. For ph, you need to do a runoff test.
homebrewer
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I tested those Grodan blocks for about a year and have gone back to the atami blocks. The Grodan's were more dense and held more water for longer, that can lead to issues in some environments like algae, gnats and root problems.I dont want to seen like a brokin record but i to just got hit with a major def issue, i figured it out though
so i start off using 5.5 water to condition my growdan! Normally this puts the medium at 5.9 to 6.0 thats
perfect in my opion, but i got complacent and not checking the medium before use
mistake, shit was 6.5 must of been a hot batch of medium! So always check before use! If you find its to high
drain off the water and poor a fresh batch of 5.5 into it
not much you can do about that!
hellraizer30
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Atami blocks hmm never seen them but il do some research on them
hellraizer30
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Funny you mention that! Word from another buddy is that stuff is great! So i almost picked up a small bottle,
but was trying for a freebie to test it lol. From a look at the bottle its got everything that pirahna has and
about 50% more than any other product, so its real strong!
HR,
Another question. I germinated a single seed and have it in a grodan block. I was thinking of messing around and making up a DWC bucket and put in in there in my little veg room. My question is can I use the Grodan croutons in there or is the hydroton better to use in that system?
Thanks!!
Another question. I germinated a single seed and have it in a grodan block. I was thinking of messing around and making up a DWC bucket and put in in there in my little veg room. My question is can I use the Grodan croutons in there or is the hydroton better to use in that system?
Thanks!!
hellraizer30
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For dwc i would go with hydrton
Thanks bro!!
hellraizer30
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No prob.......!
drgreentm
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What's up HR, the Titan rocked! I chopped a little wile ago and figured I would share. Total weight was very close to 44 from my 8, 50/50 large nug and smaller nug but all pretty good, my next run is only 6 large plants and they are looking very happy, switched to the whole DM gold line and it seems very good hope I can get a bit more this run but I'm happy with it all and all.
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hellraizer30
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Very nice drg!