New room...

desertsquirrel · Jul 3, 2011

we will be slabbing in the next few days. ill have pics up.

1971 · Jul 3, 2011

thank you. :)

was your reason for not aerating the reservoirs due to ph fluctuations?

LikemindS · Jul 3, 2011

Thats one hell of a veg man!!!

kamdavs · Jul 3, 2011

you mentioned that you never DTW, ever. Can you explain why?

MakinGoo · Jul 3, 2011

That's a Kick Ass set up.. Nice work

desertsquirrel · Jul 3, 2011

kamdavs said:
you mentioned that you never DTW, ever. Can you explain why?

it says it right in the title. Waste.

beyond waste (of nutrient and water), your throwing away your best resource for knowing whats going on in your root zone. and you lose pH swing.

imo dtw is one of the worst decisions a hydro grower can make.

MAYBE if its your first run and "arnt into learning and stuff". i would recommend dtw.

desertsquirrel · Jul 3, 2011

1971 said:
thank you. :)

was your reason for not aerating the reservoirs due to ph fluctuations?

i will do a thread on this issue soon. but no it is not related to pH.

Steel Erection · Jul 4, 2011

If you dont use stones how do you aerate your reservoirs ? -SE

desertsquirrel · Jul 4, 2011

i dont.

Steel Erection · Jul 5, 2011

How often do you change your res?-SE

desertsquirrel · Jul 7, 2011

slabbed..

1971 · Jul 7, 2011

Slick!

Alright, details please :) how often you watering and how far up the slab do you water? those look like botanicare tables.

did you ever post your home-made nute profile? i realize you are using a commercial brand, but was curious the ratios on your own mix :)

thank you again!

desertsquirrel · Jul 7, 2011

Steel Erection said:
How often do you change your res?-SE

It depends on what i am watering. But on average every 2-3 weeks.

1971 said:
Slick!

Alright, details please :) how often you watering and how far up the slab do you water? those look like botanicare tables.

did you ever post your home-made nute profile? i realize you are using a commercial brand, but was curious the ratios on your own mix :)

thank you again!

Watering with the slabs is tricky. Initially its the first 2 days in order to make sure they are fully soaked. After that it starts at every 4 days and goes all the way to once per day if your roots can fill them. I flood the whole table to the top.

Like i said they had GH here and my buddy spurr has a bad ass GH profile i am using. Its posted on the first page but i will repost it here.

I will add some profiles for my other rooms on the other threads tonight/tomorrow.