++Hellraizers++ DO AND DONTs and in and outs of the ebb&grow/ebb&flow systems

Warlock1369

Warlock1369

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The reason behind not flooding at night is plants don't take up any nutes or water at that time. Reason I do is I don't like leaving roots to dry for more then 6 hours. So I flood once. Also in a ebb&flow system later roots can be sitting in water without air. So flooding once every 6 hours will give new DO in the water. But other then that there is no need to flood. It's so cheep to do so I won't change.
 
hellraizer30

hellraizer30

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akpaco said:
Yep! supposedly saturday night. They say it's not going to be as bad as the last one, we'll see. Our power went out an hour before my set off time and came back at 6am at my on time!
Got lucky!!

Been trout fishing?

Thanks Warlock!
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Little bit but mostly hunting got three caribou and now im looking to get a goat!
 
Warlock1369

Warlock1369

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hellraizer30 said:
Little bit but mostly hunting got three caribou and now im looking to get a goat!
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Goats are allover moms place. Nice slow cook with some hickory to smoke the meat and it's good. Or pit goat. Same way you make a pig in the grownd. Hawiian style. Melts in your mouth. Wild goat is tuff and gamey.
 
Penyajo

Penyajo

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I am using 4x4 rockwool blocks. They just seem to hold soooooo much water. But I am going to listen to you guys and start flooding a bit more. When I get home from work this afternoon I will take a few more pics and post um up so you guys can see what I got going on. STAY HIGH!!!
 
Trap Bunkin

Trap Bunkin

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um, I should add that everything I stated is for use in hydroton or other media that doesnt hold much water.

Rockwool holds ALOT of water. You may want to flood less or set your cubes on hydroton in pots to get more floods in.
 
Penyajo

Penyajo

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Yeah. That's ehat I am trying to say. When I soaked the blocks with 5.5 they held that water for almost 7 days. Then I flooded it when they started to dry out a bit. But they wont start to droop for a solid 3 days. And that is with a very short flood time(only about 5 min. Oh well they are growing great I was just a wondering why I only have to water every three days lol. STAY HIGH!!!
 
hellraizer30

hellraizer30

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Penyajo said:
Yeah. That's ehat I am trying to say. When I soaked the blocks with 5.5 they held that water for almost 7 days. Then I flooded it when they started to dry out a bit. But they wont start to droop for a solid 3 days. And that is with a very short flood time(only about 5 min. Oh well they are growing great I was just a wondering why I only have to water every three days lol. STAY HIGH!!!
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Theres nothing to worry about, flood them x3 and you will be fine.
 
Warlock1369

Warlock1369

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The RW will stay wet for along time but it needs flooded a few times a day to flush out old stale water and bring in fresh o2
 
Penyajo

Penyajo

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Warlock1369 said:
The RW will stay wet for along time but it needs flooded a few times a day to flush out old stale water and bring in fresh o2
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This is what I was looking for. I just didn't want my RW to just keep sucking up more and more water. I was worried that they would start to be deprived of oxygen. I will go ahead and switch it to 2 times a day once in the morn and once inthe afternoon. Thanks for the help guys. PS I will still throw up some pics in a lil bit to show off the ladies. STAY HIGH!!!
 
Penyajo

Penyajo

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Sorry guys got a little drunk last night and didnt get around to booting up the ole computer and uploading the pics. But I had to trans plant a few more clones into their new homes(4x4 blocks). I flooded the tray twice yesterday and they seemed to enjoy it. Any ways heres a pic so you can see how they are coming. The front two rows are Qrazy Train and the back two rows are Querkle. STAY HIGH!!!034.jpg
 
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akpaco

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HR or anyone have an idea what size res i would need for a 2x4 table using 4x4 growdan blocks?

Thanks in advance!
 
georgeforeman

georgeforeman

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i trying to setup a ebb and flow pre-veg system to transition rooted clones to ebb and grow. Right now i have the system built, but the plants are in net cups that are suspended in a bucket (similar to an aero system) and the roots are hanging underneath the pots. The plants are in rockwool in 3" net cups, should i be concerned that the roots growing out of the medium will dry out and air-prune?
 
Warlock1369

Warlock1369

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You will be fine along as you have it feed 3times when lights are on. The big issue is your clear bottom. Get it covered and light tight.
 
Penyajo

Penyajo

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Hey guys whats going on. Just stopping by to say what up! Hope all is well with every one. I am starting to get my set up dialed in. All the girls are going crazy as hell right now. Well any ways snapped a pic for yall to check out. STAY HIGH!!!015.jpg014.jpg
 
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