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Don't know how I missed this tag, sorry dude. I agree, the heavy defoliating early on isn't beneficial and those cubes tend to get overwatered easily and lead to rootzone issues.I like your approach! I’m a longtime Rockwool grower, totally new to crop steering but I just started using an Aqua-x this cycle
You should have a lot more growth by now, let’s figure out what’s slowing things down a bit.
Why are you defoliating so heavily?
How do the roots look at the bottom of the cubes?
I have a feeling you may be overwatering a bit and not letting the roots establish throughout the cube.
@Dirtbag if you don’t mind me asking, what do you think?
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Well what I’ve been doing lately since they almost died has been completely saturating them with 1.8 - 2.0 ec and getting run off and letting them dry out before I water again. And I usually use RO but sometimes I use the waste hose from RO system to fill up res if I can’t wait for it to fill up. I’m filling up5 gallon buckets right now with RO because I haven’t got a resivior yet and sometimes I need some water ASAP and I can’t wait for it to fill up so that’s why i use the waste water sometimesYeah I would drop that nutrient and run something else in the 500-650ppm range. Or just use that nutrient in a lower dose.
Also bumping temps and a couple other things could help. Do you use tap water? RO? How many times per day do you feed? How much per feeding?
That isn't good, when they dry up a lot the ec spikes in the media.Well what I’ve been doing lately since they almost died has been completely saturating them with 1.8 - 2.0 ec and getting run off and letting them dry out before I water again. And I usually use RO but sometimes I use the waste hose from RO system to fill up res if I can’t wait for it to fill up. I’m filling up5 gallon buckets right now with RO because I haven’t got a resivior yet and sometimes I need some water ASAP and I can’t wait for it to fill up so that’s why i use the waste water sometimes