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Hey @SweetLeafGrow! Yes in a Gorilla 4x4 with height extension kit installed. Good luck! Can’t wait to see you new system set up and watch your next growYou're going to rock this grow! Great setup, are you in a 4 x 4?
I am building a 4 plant site system now and can't wait to get it going.
It is what it is. I’m in a basement corner and don’t have a ton of control over the environment. I’d rather have the water temp on the lower side than have the opposite and have to invest in a chiller. Plus I’ve read the bad bacteria like it warmer so again a little cool ain’t bad in my mindArent your water temp, air temp and humidity on the low side?
Thanks!Good luck w your maiden voyage! Nice setup.
Curious on opinions in this regard. Last grow I was draining entire system once per week and refilling with freshly ph’d water and adjusted nutes up as the weeks progressed. Also adding orca for good bacteria each time. From what I’ve read it’s better to keep that water in there and just add more after a certain percentage is gone. Adding nutes and additional good bacteria as needed. What’s the best practice here and at this point should I just let the system go as is or add some nutes and orca as I wait for water to continue to drop below net pots?
I too am of the school where my water is 1 inch below the net pot and change water when needed.So there is some disagreement among hydro growers, some run the water up into the net pots, others do not. I am in the latter camp, the one time I ran the water higher got me into trouble. I always run 1" below the bottom of the net pot, even if you don't have roots showing. The surface agitation of the water is enough to get moisture up into that newly forming root zone.
Generally, the more water in your system, the easier it is to stabilize the ph. The problem with those large net pots is in order to keep the water level below the nets, you cannot get as much water in the system. For you, I would say that isn't as much an issue as it was for me in the one plant system.
As far as res changes, I started out changing the res every week but I do believe that is unnecessary and can waste nutrients. I'm still learning, but what I am doing now is changing the res when it needs to be changed by reading the plants. For example, I am running a strain and flipping to flower, so I changed the res for the first time to get the bloom nutrient ratios for the next phase of growth. I would also want to change out if I was reading something with the plant and having a hard time figuring out what is wrong. Changing out the res gets you a "reset" of everything where you know what you have in the water and can eliminate other possible causes of the issue if that makes sense.
The most valuable thing I have learned from Moe and Aqua is to learn to read the plants. I'm still learning HOW to read them, but once you start looking in that direction, you will learn them just the same as me.
Always something going on with my 4 plants and they all have different needs even when they have the same mom.
As my wife said, they are identical, each with her own personalities.That is very interesting. I would assume that 4 plants from the same mother would perform identical. I'm preparing to run my new 4 plant system with 4 clones from the same mom so Imma gonna get a good taste I am sure! Looking forward to the learning experience and the big harvest!
Well there are 2 different strains. In the picture showing the 4 pots Grandpas Cookies on the left, Wedding Cake on the right. All 4 clones, cut then after about 10 days to gets roots going relocated to their new home at the same timeThat is very interesting. I would assume that 4 plants from the same mother would perform identical. I'm preparing to run my new 4 plant system with 4 clones from the same mom so Imma gonna get a good taste I am sure! Looking forward to the learning experience and the big harvest!
A little concerned about root discoloration. Seeing slight brownish color. Oh and found out my digital thermometer that is recording water temp is 10 degrees lower than actual! Long story as to how I found that out but glad I did, water is actually around 74 F so wondering if I need a chiller to cool it down?
Anyone have opinion on how roots look and if the warmer water might be encouraging bad bacteria? Should I do anything at this point or just give it another dose of Orca and hope the good starts to take over the bad?
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Did the feel and smell test, no sliminess smells organic or plant like nothing fowl. Pics below
Changed water Tuesday left about 4-5 gallons of old water in system. Was at 0.8 EC tried bumping up a little ended up at 1.0 EC or 500ppm on the 500tds scale. PH of course kept dropping thanks to buffers in tap water but pretty good at monitoring and adjusting keeping it under 6 around 5.7-5.8 when leveled out.
Aeration looks good in my opinion. Tried dropping water to get 1” below pots but as Sweetleaf mentioned with these big pots PA supplies hard to run it that low and keep recirculation going. Afraid if I go lower a little water consumption will cause level to go below return.
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