@Wisher619 hey brother you never chimed in yesterday about that ph up statement ole boy made..
I have a family and I just realized that it is doing more damage than good. I let the hype get to my curiosity and found out that it is not what they say it is. Not for me. Although the system really grows the plants. You have to know how to start them though. Make sure the water level is set level with the bottom of the basket so the seedlings do not drown. The bubbling action will force a mist up to the seedling roots. Make sure you do not let the rockwool dry out until the roots get into the solution. Then they will take off. Another mistake I made was not clipping the ends of the roots as they grew. When you clip the roots, it causes more side roots to develop which allows more root area to be exposed to the air in the solution. If you just let the roots grow straight down then you get less exposure. The more the roots are spread out the better. I also found out that the 25 dollar ph pens are better than the 400 dollar blue lab meter because this meter is subject to power surges. It happened to me and screwed everything up. Caused my ph reading to be way off. Make sure you keep an eye on the air hose going into the nutrient reservoir. I stepped on it a couple of times and dislodged it which shut off the air flow. Days before I realized it. Not good. If you go down too far on the ph using ph down, never use ph up to fix it. You will have to drain everything out and start new. The ph is the toughest thing to get right. But it is awesome when it is correct. I would always get the ph around 6.0 and let it rise to 6.5 and then have a plastic bowl container and put a couple of ml's of ph down in it and then fill it up with the solution by holding it under the water entry in the nutrient solution reservoir until it was full then pouring a little at a time into the nutrient reservoir and allowing it to circulate and watching the ph and doing it over until the ph was right. Never put straight ph solution in the reservoir. It will stunt the plant. Good luck. I want to have a clear mind. That is why. You need a chiller to keep the water at 65 degrees or the roots will not make it. The hoses from the chiller to the reservoir and the pump to the chiller are clear. You can get it at home depot or Lowes. I did not send them to you because they had crud in them.
Using clear lines to the chiller the crud he is talking is prob algae?
But never use ph up?????
never put ph solution in the epicenter because it will stunt the plant.
Maybe because it circulates it so fast, compared to my waterfarm, or do you think maybe some of my problems was from putting straight ph down or up in my epicenter?
The reast i already understand and know, but those ^^^ 2 things I didnt know..
your thoughts?
his logic is a little askew
I understand what he is saying
but here is the deal
the dude probably isnt adept to hydroponics
everything he is saying is common sense
also if you over do it on the ph
you never want to chase it
you just have to start over
reason why you set your ec and let the system run for 24hours
you will then see where your ph sits
you then add little by little until it is set
for myself
when mixing my res
I know that I need 2ml ph up per gal
you I mix 17 gal of feed and then add 34 ml ph up
let it run for 24hours
I hand water with straigh phed ro for 1 day
kinda clearing out the salts
then check the res....should be sitting at 5.9-6.0
then I will do an extended feed and back to normal
that is about every week to 2 weeks depending on how many plants I have
