PH rise, EC rise, less water usage
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foliage2018
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Yes sir! H2O2 is my closest friend in these days. 3 weeks to the harvest day. How deeply I have to clean my system after that? Ditch the whole hydroton and sterile buckets, pipes and res using strong solution water+H2O2? Or some kind of mechanical cleaning?
5BY5LEC
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Not always. My PH dropped the entire last half of flower.
5BY5LEC
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Just scrub (repeat, scrub as in wipe off residue) everything out with dish soap water and then run physan (quaternary ammonium) or something like that for about 48 hours.
You don't gotta go nuclear on it if you just use the right stuff.
Throw away your netpots and hydroton.
foliage2018
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It's not that easy to hand clean this large system. As well I can't just throw away net pots - they are bound to the system. It's much easier to go nuclear.
baaael
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so hows it all going man
foliage2018
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Update: EC dropped by 0,02, PH stable at 6, water consumption didn't change, new white roots - not much but they are there, leaves are still dying (more yellow and dead than green), buds are developing
I am very curious about the harvest. 20 days to go.
I am very curious about the harvest. 20 days to go.
baaael
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im going to have to read threw it again to see what happened,
hope it come right for u!
,i also have roots sitting in water between floods and am in a bucket system but i have them full of hydroton but i guess its the same thing,
are your in nets in hydroton,then an air gap to the bottom of the bucket,what keeps them from drying out between floods ?
foliage2018
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As you said - net pot + hydroton and airgap between net pot and bottom of the bucket. No drying out between floods bcs frequency is every 2h during lights on.
The main problem with this grow could be not enough bennies. Next grow will be test for Hydroguard or sterile way.
baaael
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bro i got no bennies!,
guess i better rush to the growshop
baaael
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so did you not use any at all or your thinking the dose was to low i take it
ANC
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is a form of chemical defoliation. If seen rooms drop buckets full of leaves every day.
I would NEVER use it again. EVER.
Skybound420
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shawnery
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Honest question and remember all the shit loads of people who grow large amounts of dank with GH!
Does this statement say more about your growing abilities or thiers?
I agree that "water based" nutrients are a waste of money but chemical defoliation sounds like code speak for, I couldn't pull it off.
foliage2018
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I used some from Advanced Nutrients, but it didn't work for me.
baaael
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i also use ta
ok dude,good luck with it and keep us posted
baaael
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are u hitting feeds through lights off buddy im going a half feeds so once every 2hours as i feed every hour at lights on,
every 2 hours seems along time to me as they have nothing to hold the moisture in between feeds,have u checked roots much just before feeds and did u find the roots still moist,i suppose there is alittle water in the bottom to keep the humidity up in the root zone
shawnery
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Good points about root concern although I don't know enough to interact on this exact subject. I will say this though,
Root damage or to much root stress can be the determining factor on whether or not your plants succumb to root rot or other bacteria pr pathogens. Of they are getting to dry that would be a cause right there.
The fact that some of your roots are always in water should stop over drying though, no?
Root damage or to much root stress can be the determining factor on whether or not your plants succumb to root rot or other bacteria pr pathogens. Of they are getting to dry that would be a cause right there.
The fact that some of your roots are always in water should stop over drying though, no?