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When you see roots transplant. Put 2" of hydroton down then set the cube on top and fill the rest. Waterline should be about 1" below the net pot so the bubbles breaking the surface lightly mist the net pot. Top feed 1 cup a day of nutrient solution until the roots hit the water. Your ppm should be about 150-300.Growing for my first time ever, and decided to go HYDRO DWC 4 buckets with no reservoir and a aeration bubbler system. At this point I have germinated seeds with rockwool about 4 or 5 days ago and they are starting to grow about 1/2 inch to 2inches from the rockwool.
I am trying to figure out the next step as I plan to set up my 32x32 tent in the next couple of days.
I have 2 1000W giixer LED lights (full spectrum)
How do I know when exactly is best to transfer rockwool to pellets? And are there any tips for putting in clay pellets and adding water in any way?
Will have more questions to follow regularly, any and all help much appreciated
cheers
Growing for my first time ever, and decided to go HYDRO DWC 4 buckets with no reservoir and a aeration bubbler system. At this point I have germinated seeds with rockwool about 4 or 5 days ago and they are starting to grow about 1/2 inch to 2inches from the rockwool.
I am trying to figure out the next step as I plan to set up my 32x32 tent in the next couple of days.
I have 2 1000W giixer LED lights (full spectrum)
How do I know when exactly is best to transfer rockwool to pellets? And are there any tips for putting in clay pellets and adding water in any way?
Will have more questions to follow regularly, any and all help much appreciated
cheers
When you see roots transplant. Put 2" of hydroton down then set the cube on top and fill the rest. Waterline should be about 1" below the net pot so the bubbles breaking the surface lightly mist the net pot. Top feed 1 cup a day of nutrient solution until the roots hit the water. Your ppm should be about 150-300.
Will check them out.I realized I have "10 liters Viastone grow rocks" which I believe is slightly different from hydroton or other clay pellets?
I think it will be alright using these but maybe hydroton may be a better medium and worth the investment?
Asking below about nutrients.When you see roots transplant. Put 2" of hydroton down then set the cube on top and fill the rest. Waterline should be about 1" below the net pot so the bubbles breaking the surface lightly mist the net pot. Top feed 1 cup a day of nutrient solution until the roots hit the water. Your ppm should be about 150-300.
How close are the lights and what are they? May be a bit close
Massively important are ppm and pH meters in hydro. They are your plants lifeline. You may also need ph down.I have not read/researched much about ppm yet, so I am not too sure about monitoring that yet or its importance. I guess the more nutrients means the more PPM. Ordering PPM meter now.
Can't give them just RO bud. Have to add back 100ppm calmag and 2ml per gal of each nutrient. With such low salinity the osmotic pressure will be way to low and you will see issues pretty quickSo I have been monitoring PH closely and have a PPM meter now. I have been keeping my water Ph between 5.5-6.5 so far. RO machine I flushed for almost an hour according to directions, water Ph comes out around 6.2 from RO. I used only RO water to fill up my buckets and ppm is low around 15 only right now. No nutrients have been added yet.
Thanks for your support again Aqua man. I will be measuring how much water I have in my 2 buckets today. Pour it in another bucket and add the nutrients. Then I top feed it through the pebbles back into the bucket with the plant. Using 2ml of each per gallon.
Got both lights running and are closer now, maybe 12-16 inches away.
Turned AC on, now temp is around 72degrees. Water temp around 75 degrees.
CHEERS!
Your perfect man. Even 320 is close enough.OK, changed the water to 50-50 RO and NYC tap water, about 1.75 gallons each, 3.5 total. Added 7ML of each nutrient bottle to each of the 2 buckets/plants.
Check PPM and it was too high about 320ppm. So I added about another 1000-1400mls of RO water to get the PPM down to about 290ish. Water level me be a tad high but not really...
Think I am good with the water now, but how do I add more going forward. Aquaman you said about a cup topfed daily, with the same ratio of nutrients...
kept Ph around 5.8
Water temp is good at around 73.4 degrees
Having an ISSUE maintaining the air temperature. I was reading it should be around 65-68 degrees in the tent, but I cant get it under 70, in fact its closer to 80 degrees under the lights. I also have a fan going in the tent and AC running at 60 degrees in the room.
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