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The 3 biggest factors are going to be 1, how much light they get( this is the biggest factor all things being equal) 2, PH management is so crucial, big swings in PH will damage leaves fast and 3, oxygenation keeps the bad bacteria from growing while enhancing growth of the plants ie bigger root ball bigger plant. I haven't gown much but i started with 5 gallon hydro buckets and found it hard to keep the PH stable when they were drinking 1-2 gallons a day. I moved to a General Hydroponics Rain forest set up and a chiller. This set up was idea, it was very PH stable and grew monster plants. This system is about 15 gallons of water total but is very easy to run and being on the larger size i could stretch my changes out to 10-14 days. It works well, the last harvest was 515gr from 4 plants under 480watts of Vero29 cobs in a 3x3 tent. I used General hydroponics nutes @ 50%Soo basically any nutes what are you growing in, what numbers you hitting per light with just a base and cal mag at half strength?
Soo basically any nutes what are you growing in, what numbers you hitting per light with just a base and cal mag at half strength?
So I just flipped my soil room and got all my clones. I have a small hydro setup I want to try next month, when I say small I mean. 4 one gallon dwc setup just to get the hang of things and then upgrade from there. I have my hydro nutrients on the way along with hydrguard. I know I need to keep the water temp as close to 70 degrees as possible. Is there anything else I need to buy or need to know to have a good grow? Thanks
If you arent recirculating it take a page from salt water aquariums. The smaller your rez is the bigger the problems can be like PH swing ect. 10 gal might swing .2-.3 over a couple days. 1 gal might swing a whole point or 2. Same thing with PPM and nute ratios. Can be done but being a newer grower a bigger rez will keep things more stable and make your life easier. Also keep the temp a lot more stable. I wouldn't go anything smaller then 5 gals. That's kind of the bare min standard for single site dwc buckets. Not to mention 5 gals are pretty easy to find from multi places.
I mix in my top off but I have added nutes and ph solution directly to plants tote. Ph at least once a day to plants tote. My roots make up 30-40% of my 12 gallon tote so far with a 50 day veg from seed and 8 days flower so far.Should you ever premix solution in your resivour?
If your using dry nutes then I mix them in a cup or jug and then pour in plants tote. Liquid nutes I’ve just poured into plants tote no premixingShould you ever premix solution in your resivour?
I mix in my top off but I have added nutes and ph solution directly to plants tote. Ph at least once a day to plants tote. My roots make up 30-40% of my 12 gallon tote so far with a 50 day veg from seed and 8 days flower so far.
You may find that you get better results if you mix your nutes one at a time. I place the specified measure in a 1L beaker and mix with a cup or two of top-off water. Then dump in the res. give it 3 or 4 minutes to circulate (@500 gph, it doesn't take long on a 10gal tote). Generally by the time you measure & mix, your ppm's should have stabilized. Rinse and repeat.
The reason i do it one at a time is to prevent the chemical bonding of the nutes themselves. If you place them in direct contact with your res solution the concentrations of nutes may be high enough to cause the various contents to bond together and precipitate out of solution; thus becoming useless and a huge waste of money.
Somehow, it does not seem like a good idea to pour undiluted nutes on your baby roots that are having a hard time to begin with. I use the step-up method of adding & increasing nutes during weekly refresh. When i first put the seedlings in to the grow box; Cal-mag and cns-17 grow with a tad bit of +life are the only nutes the first week or so. After week 1, all of my nutes have been diluted and added one at a time @ 1/5 to 1/2 recommended strength. I continue to increase until week four.
It works for me; for now. :) always looking to do it better though.
I am in the process of working out a daily top-off of (1ml/gal); weekly feeding cycle with a 14% solution change (5gal) with a 5x nute recharge. 100% solution & nute change every 4 weeks. If anyone is interested, i'll start another thread.
My first hydro-growlog
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