So basically I just transferred my plant from the soil pot to the bp system i guess this is my first step to being a bubblehead lol so what i did was get the soil out of the pot as much as i could and tried to get it out without injuring the roots(some broke obviously) then i cleaned them and just stuck it straight in the hydroton
the main goal, the BIG deed to accomplish is to get ALL the soil off, or the pH wil be very very very difficult to control. Damaging a few roots is no big deal.
(about halfway in the netpot, maybe lower) with no rockwool used distilled water and 1/2 nutes was this the right method?
what are some ways of keeping my res the right temp?
should i have all of the ports open on the irrigation hub or just the one that im using?
Open them all, it will help cool the water and add more oxygen as it falls from the hub.
right now i left 3 on 3 off just to be safe im not sure about the distrubution rate and what is the right amount.
could anyone with more experience with bp/dwc give me some pointers pleaseee? havent found a ton of posts about soil to bubbleponics here and if you look at the pics here that i just took of the plant in dwc and check my old posts this is all that it has grown in just about 2 months in the soil so something had to be done this is a dutch passion bluberry seed thats just short of 3 months old
The SH kit really excels when you start a seed or new born sprout in it. But youa re still going to experince some VERY RAPID growth now.
Everything you need to know is in my Tutorial:
Roseman's DIY Bubbleponics Tutorial - Marijuana Growing
Cooling?
To get the temp down and the humidity up, try these:
You need a fan pulling heat out and a fan pulling cool air in.
You have to have an oscilating fan on the plants.
Lay wet rolled up like a cigar wash rags everywhere.
Hang a soaking wet bath towel on a cloths hanger and let it drip into a pan or bucket.
Put a frozen milk jug of water in front of a fan or let it drip into something by putting a pin hole in it.
Get a bucket, put ice in it or frozen water and blow a fan into the bucket, blowing cool air everywhere. And you can put Pine Sol or ONA in the bucket for Odor Control.
Put saucers and cups of water everywhere.
Mist the plants with plain pH water.
Put Frozen cups of water on the lids and everywhere around the plants.
a friend here named Dystopia posted:
I've got some tips and tricks for controlling reservoir temps...
First, insulating your res really helps stabilize the temps. Wrap mylar or insulation around it; I build my reservoirs out of ice coolers (attachment 1).
I used to put blue ice bags in the res if the temps started to rise, but I can no longer recommend putting ice in the root zone. During my last grow I did this, and the plant closest to where I put the ice definitely didn't like it; it ended up stunted and there was a bald spot in the root zone where the ice went. And as the root mass grows there's generally not enough room to stick ice bottles in the res anyways.
If you want to use ice to cool the res you might want to try the following ideas:
1. I jury-rigged some quart and half-gallon jugs using drip line and a drip-line shut-off valve (attachment 2). What I do is freeze them overnight and then stick the line in a hole on top of the res in the morning (attachment 3). This serves a few purposes: 1) provides a slow flow of cold water to the res throughout the day, so the roots aren't shocked by a rapid change in temperature; 2) keeps the res topped off; and 3) serves as a ghetto A/C for the grow area. The main disadvantage is condensation; I have to keep a rag under the jug to soak up water.
2. I built a semi-recirculating DWC for my latest grow (water pump is on a timer). Basically, I have a separate reservoir that is connected to my plant reservoirs via plumbing and a pump. I'm doing this for several reasons: 1) one thing I hate about DWC is that you generally have to lift the lid to do any maintenance in the res - a separate res allows you to easily do maintenance without disturbing the plant reservoirs; 2) I'm planning on doing a ScrOG - once the plants are in the screen lifting the lids becomes problematic; 4) more water means that things like temperature, ph, and nutrient concentration are more stable; and 3) if I need to cool the reservoirs I can put ice in the shared res without worrying about the roots. The main disadvantages are complexity, size of system, and more nute usage.
Some other ideas:
1. Put your air pump in a cool area. It seems like most people put their pump on top of the reservoir under the lights. If it is hot where you put the pump, then you're going to be pumping hot air into the res. I try to put mine outside the grow area if possible, or as close to the inlet as possible.
2. Direct some airflow from the inlet over the res using a fan.
3. If you use a humidifier like what Roseman recommends try directing the air from the outlet over the res using a fan. Acts kind of like a swamp cooler; I've found it lowers the temp over my res by about 5*.
4. Running a water pump continuously in the res will cause the temps to rise. I think I have a good idea how the stealth hydro system works, for instance, and I can certainly see the advantages of it during the early stages of growth. However, once the roots are in the water I'm not sure if running the pump continuously is necessary - maybe one of you users can help me out. If it was me, I would put the pump on a timer and run it kind of like an ebb and flow once the roots are in the water - like for 10 minutes 5 times a day - IDK.
Of course, like Roseman says, the best way is to keep your room temp down if you can. 75* is out of the question for me, it costs too much to keep my A/C running all day at 70*, especially since no one's home anyways. I keep my A/C at 80*, and my grow room at 85*.
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