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I want to flip soon but not sure if its worth it without a better root ball. What is the small hole in the epicenter for? Im wondering if the water level was too low before the roots hit the water.
ph was a little high, bought a new meter and i'm having to add some ph down. Bought a new hanna ec meter also its reading around 1700. I think its a .7 conversion though because I expected the number to be closer to 1200 with the nutes i added. Water temp 68-70.
Never ran uc before but done a lot of different dwc. I expected a lot more root mass, they have been in the water for over two weeks. Its been a while but it seems like I would get a lot more root mass in two weeks then flip then get some root growth for another two weeks or so then the root mass slows way down.
I think i need to plug the hole in the epicenter so I can run the water level higher, early on. But I thought maybe the hole was there to keep you from getting the water level too high.
Should have the chiller running soon get the temps down. There are no roots coming out of the bottom of the pot, mostly the sides. Im thinking I have bigger issues, some bug or fungus.
think I will dump the pebbles and have a close look at one of the pots
I'm surprised your roots look as good as they do. Water temps must be below 70- unless you're doing something exotic- and below 65 is really preferred for reasons of better oxygenation driving out anaerobic microbes that cause problems.
I agree, my car was supposed to be running a couple weeks ago. I have some manifolds and other fittings I need to pick up in Denver to set up the chiller.Most meters have a way to change scales, just like most thermometers read both F and C.
Leaner nutes are better for high temps, but getting your water temp down remains a priority. In the past you've run sterilants and that only went so far for me. The bugs always won eventually.
I do get that, it is why I bought the uc instead of just putting one together. The plants might come around, I flushed 2 days ago and if they dont look a lot better in a week then I will start over. Hit them with azatrol about a week ago, still have an unidentified bug but the azatrol nearly took them out. They are off to a rough start for sure.. . which you can compare your modifications to . . . for better or worse. understand that the guys at cc have more experience with their system and dwc than you, I, and fifty other growers combined. use that to your own benefit.
good luck.