I would treat it like hydroton..... 4 or 5 time during lights on. For 15minHR,
Got back early this morning and plants have gotten bigger but look about the same. I was wondering what flood schedule do you think I should be on for 20 3 gallon buckets with those growstones at 18/6? they seem to dry pretty fast.
Thanks!
dang that sucks man, hopefully the tea does the trick for us. Keep us posted as will I!Looks like the same shit I'm battling, gave me a horrible case of root rot. Also just started my tea yesterday.
i hope so HR! Thanks for this thread! Hope to add some good info soon!Hiesenberg tea will solve that slime
I am at way lower levels than that now. 2g/gallon mixed at 2oz/50 gallons as an avg.I keep telling myself to brew some tea but damn, using bleach is too easy. Only minor issue is that I do use 30% more ph down than I normally do. I use 1.5g per gallon mixed at 1oz per gal.
How often are you hitting it with bleach?I am at way lower levels than that now. 2g/gallon mixed at 2oz/50 gallons as an avg.
Last week my rez. temps were 75deg f and higher and I had to up my dose to 4oz/50 gallons. Rez. is still crystal clear.
Ph seems relatively unaffected at these levels
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Once at rez change I am adding 2-4 oz of the solution/50 gallons. It is lasting a week or better without redosing. (thank goodness)How often are you hitting it with bleach?
I will say this, if your going to relie on bleach, you should have a chlorine meter. Bleach just doesn't stay around, it's an oxidizer just like h2o2. That's how it works. I had some slime and I shocked the system with 8ppm of bleach. Came back 2 hours later, it was at .5 ppm. A single dose will certainly not last a week. Especially only 2ppm.
Strange you have slime in EF though. Reduce your watering frequency perhaps. Or, run the tea. The plants love that shit!!
Hell raiser. We're you the one just using pondzyme instead of the tea?
Once at rez change I am adding 2-4 oz of the solution/50 gallons. It is lasting a week or better without redosing. (thank goodness)
With a clear rez at the end of nute mix life.
very interesting! I noticed when we were using the chlorine and switched from H&G to MaxiGro which has more ammonia based N, the slime seems to increase as well. Anyone know why this is?
Originally posted by 1itsme"
smell is not a good indication of chlorine concentration, heres why. bleach (sodium hypochlorite), and pool chlorine (theres like 3-4 different chems used as chlorine for pools) dont have a particularly strong chlorine smell. when it's in a pool (or res) it reacts with organic material (usualy something with n like protiens or ammonia) and forms nitromines. niromines stink like chlorine and arent as efficient as sanitizers (they do stay in solution alot longer tho). when your doing a pool route and ppl complain about too much chlorine hurting their eyes, (generaly right @ the time algae starts showing up), the way you fix it is to shock the pool. eg. you add more chlorine -raise the avail chlorine lvls at least 10x higher than the nitromine lvls. what that does is cause the amonia to turn to a gas and come out of solution. ppl usualy think theres less chlorine the day after you shock a pool bc it doesnt smell or burn their eyes. of course its not true there's way more. yoiu need 2 different tests to tell how much chlorine there is. personaly i would avoid any organic material in the res (also any amonia or urea based n) while you are using chlorine as it will significantly reduce the effect of the chlorine as a sanitizer. hth & gl
Ok here is the post. about chlorine and how it reacts with organic matter and such.
Same here, hope to find an answer as well!Good info I thought that total chlorine testers measured both free and ummm, not free? Chlorine.
I never had good luck going the chorine route. I would love to learn how though as the slime is basically why I ditched DWC and went back to EF this round.
hi joe,
how long have you been running those levels of bleach? That seems very high compared to my 24/ml daily dose of bleach and I thought I was on the extreme end. That's what it took to maintain 4ppm of free chlorine in my system. Have you measured yours using a chlorimeter? Be interesting in what you find.
very interesting! I noticed when we were using the chlorine and switched from H&G to MaxiGro which has more ammonia based N, the slime seems to increase as well. Anyone know why this is?
I wonder if this has been my issue all along. Problem is, what nute DOESN'T have ammonia based N in it?
Same here, hope to find an answer as well!
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It is working great in both my e&g and f&d systems at the doses I described.Good info I thought that total chlorine testers measured both free and ummm, not free? Chlorine.
I never had good luck going the chorine route. I would love to learn how though as the slime is basically why I ditched DWC and went back to EF this round.