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Currently working on my first hydro drip system and have some questions. I'm not sure where I would post such questions on this site so any direction is appreciated and remember be gentle its my first time.

I have a 32gal res. and 2ea 3ft long 4x4 square pvc tubes that will hous 6 total mesh pots. I will want to know how much or often to run the water and at what rate? Also would like to know what temp I should keep the room? Once I get everything assembled I can take pics and post, then maybe get some feedback on what if any thing to do different.

Welcome to riu, I can only say that you should try to keep your room around 75 deg.

May I inquire as to whether you have grown marijuana before? If so, by what method and what was/were the result?

if you have it so the water nutes flow back in the res you can leave it on all the time as long as the feeder tube is 1/4 inch because these not to much water and therse enough air to make them grow

the room and nute temps should be nearly the same 70-78 degrees, use a res chiller if you need to, ac in the room, or heat if its colder, as long as you have a good drainage, its ok to let the roots get soaked, I run a top feed steady stream 15 minutes on 15 off during the lights on and once for 15 minutes steady stream in the middle of lights off. if you wanna run steady drip with no off period, make sure the drainage is proper for the amount youre dripping, it should drain as fast as the drip, so no water builds up leading to root rot!!!!

I have tried dirt but since I'm an idiot I can't get the nutes right. I have done hydro before with most if not all the credit going to my brother. With hydro the results were fair and much better than dirt. I think I've learned a little since then (7 yrs ago) and will try to learn more. My brother isn't around anymore for me to consult so I'm going at this from memory and internet researching.

Ask for other peoples setup pics that are similar to what youre doing, get a good idea, my resevoir is under my plants like a DWC system, but i have it drip fed on top also

nd2slodwn said:

I have tried dirt but since I'm an idiot I can't get the nutes right. I have done hydro before with most if not all the credit going to my brother. With hydro the results were fair and much better than dirt. I think I've learned a little since then (7 yrs ago) and will try to learn more. My brother isn't around anymore for me to consult so I'm going at this from memory and internet researching.

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the nutes should be followed to a ''T'' from the directions on whatever youre using, once you get good at growing you can experiment with nutes and youll see what the plants do, make sure your PH is between 5.5-6.3 with hydro very important.

nd2slodwn said:

I have tried dirt but since I'm an idiot I can't get the nutes right. I have done hydro before with most if not all the credit going to my brother. With hydro the results were fair and much better than dirt. I think I've learned a little since then (7 yrs ago) and will try to learn more. My brother isn't around anymore for me to consult so I'm going at this from memory and internet researching.

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How about an ozone generator or a co2 tank or generator? Is one better than the other or should I just have a co2?