Wow - THAT much ph & ppm drift overnight???

SmokeyMcChokey

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cjsbabygirl313 said:
Unfortunately, the only way for me to rinse the hydroton is to remove that little seedling. To be ho eat I dont think she’s going to make it anyway - her two first leaves are still super tiny and raised stright up. And they look dry too, as you can see here:
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Her sister - on the other hand - looks pretty ok:
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If you rinsed it at all let alone an hour I wouldn't bother running again. The more it's agitated the more it'll produce clay dust.
 
Homie Da Clown

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cjsbabygirl313 said:
Unfortunately, the only way for me to rinse the hydroton is to remove that little seedling. To be ho eat I dont think she’s going to make it anyway - her two first leaves are still super tiny and raised stright up. And they look dry too, as you can see here:
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Her sister - on the other hand - looks pretty ok:
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Ya its being splashed with that wand is why she is like that... Push it down and she should recover..
 
SmokeyMcChokey

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cjsbabygirl313 said:
To be honest I LIKE the drip ring ... I think if both plants were in a system with that drip ring from day 1 they probably would be further along than they are now :-/

Hell, I’d like to merge the two systems somehow. I think there is too much hydroton to deal with in the WaterFarm against such a small reservoir. But the DWC bucket could benefit from a SLIGHTLY larger net pot lid and the addition of the drip ring. Not to mention both need an access port at the TOP to pull samples from and to add water/nutrients.
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They do make 10" bucket top lids. I think hydrofarm does.
https://www.1000bulbs.com/product/91026/GROW-HG10MESHPOT.html?gclid=CjwKCAiAt8TUBRAKEiwAOI9pAEIEMG8T-yY2g9JTI7VyPb1C-huZ5Oc5KPzCuYueDH_kOP5L5Oz82hoCG4gQAvD_BwE
That's going to eat up a lot of water room tho
 
Homie Da Clown

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As for the whole wand or no wand, it has absolutely no bearing on the plant once the bucket is full of roots. You should be able to pull the wand out with all the little holes and turn slightly to aim holes more away from the seedling. If you cant keep from splashing then you need to put it on a timer for 15 mins 3x a day for the first week till we get some roots in the water and out of infant stage. Its fragile like a newborn..
 
cjsbabygirl313

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Well she’ll have to come out tonight when hubby helps me make that access port because it means drilling a 1”hole in the bottom of the bucket that holds the hydroton so we can get an access tube up through it.
 
Nafydad420

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Keep seedling in net pot when he drils. No worries, also, have your hubby cut an inch or two off of the drip rings stem, it will lower it. (Have him measure how far it needs to come down) hope this helps!
 
Homie Da Clown

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Nafydad420 said:
Keep seedling in net pot when he drils. No worries, also, have your hubby cut an inch or two off of the drip rings stem, it will lower it. (Have him measure how far it needs to come down) hope this helps!
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it should push down and I wouldnt cut that as it is piped a certain way to get it to work that way. Its called the venturi effect...
 
Homie Da Clown

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Nafydad420 said:
Keep seedling in net pot when he drils. No worries, also, have your hubby cut an inch or two off of the drip rings stem, it will lower it. (Have him measure how far it needs to come down) hope this helps!
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but i misunderstood what she meant but i think i got it.. He is gonna cut a hold and put 1/2" uniseal, that way he can put a clear blue tube to see water level and to remove some for testing... My bad..
 
cjsbabygirl313

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Homie Da Clown said:
Your gonna pull the rooter out of the netpot?????
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Lol - well, yeah ... how else aee we foing to cut a 1” hole below the hydroton and put in a 1”tub theough all the hydroton? Besides, leaving it in situ WHILE he drills will likely be way more traumatic - no?

This 1” tube will go down THROUGH the hydroton thereby giving access to the water chamber below so i can use a syringe/line to draw out water samples.

That’s the other draw back on BOTH buckets - sitting on the floor you can’t drain them. I have a battery operated siphon i can also put through the access tube to remove water if necessary.
 
Nafydad420

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Homie Da Clown said:
it should push down and I wouldnt cut that as it is piped a certain way to get it to work that way. Its called the venturi effect...
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Right, you have to be careful not to cut the tube in the center, and have to cut both pieces equally to keep it still working. I had to do this because it would go down no further :/
 
Budley Doright

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Just my 2 cents but I’ve always had better luck watering the thing sparingly until roots develop in their new home when running cubes. I flood twice, three tops a day for the first week or so, plant seems to do better but not familiar with water farms.
 
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