Thanks for the quick response!! I'm watering today so I'll give that a try. It is a new strain for me so I'm sure I'm going to run into this stuff till I get it figured out. I'm ocd when it comes to this and I want it perfect! I'd say they've been in the blocks about a month. Pic 2 is just a shitty pic. It seems to me that the new growth starts out a little pale and when it grows out like the stuff underneath it in the pics it starts browning. Thanks again bro!
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Always pre soak the blocks in 5.5. Not sure about the N deficiency. Probably not a ph issue since I use a hanna grochek meter and re check it with ph liquid. But who knows!
ringlead3r
Active Member
I want to see a pic of ur roots on ur perlite flood table grow if u would I ran perlite and had a hard time watering 1 time a day without seeing overwatering
GreenDyl
Active Member
Hey what's up everybody, just wondering if I could get some help with some ph issues. I'm using the Titan ebb and grow 5 gal buckets. I'm having terrible ph fluctuation where my ph will go from 5.5 to 7.2 overnight. I'm using heavy 16 nutrients which is veg a and b, roots excel from house and garden, heavy 16 prime, and like 2 scoops of great white. First I was using airstones in my Rex but the guy at heavy 16 told me I shouldn't use any airstones just a recirc pump. Plants are like a foot tall and are looking kinda sad and its been a week since the transplant. Wondering what I can do to stabilize the ph.
doniawon
Well-Known Member
u might want to mention your ec/ppm levels for the op.
hellraizer30
Rebel From The North
Heavy 16 prime is some thick stuff! 16 can be tricky in a titan!
Unless your in soil or your brewing that great white i would switch to orca....
heres my thought on the titan or anyother like system.
you need to keep the water moving in the rez... I installed a pump the runs 15min every hour.
this pump pulls water up and then back to the res like a water fall.
keeping the water moving will help combat the bacteria, ph will raise
always in the event you have a outbreak.
heavy full line is dirty and more catered to dtw....
if you want performace and cleaness go with canna
also start brewing tea its a must! A simple aquashield/orca/ewc/mollases
tea wil kill it lol in a good way
hellraizer30
Rebel From The North
Zone will not help.
you can try a number of things like
h202
bleach
zone
but nothing touchs a well brewed tea
legallyflying
Well-Known Member
I would seriously cut out all the other shit your adding except base nutrients.
Seriously, all that shit is completely unnecessary. I've been there. Roots excel, liquid light, great white, blah blah blah. End of the day? Fucking waste of money...especially if you don't know what your doing with it. Like running an airstone with roots excell....instant gunk! And ph FUNK.
Dump, rinse, refill with base grow nutes at 600-700. Leave them alone. I would be SHOCKED if you had root rot in ebb flow.
BTW..love great white...but you only need to add it once or twice if you have some medium for it to establish in.
Cheers
Seriously, all that shit is completely unnecessary. I've been there. Roots excel, liquid light, great white, blah blah blah. End of the day? Fucking waste of money...especially if you don't know what your doing with it. Like running an airstone with roots excell....instant gunk! And ph FUNK.
Dump, rinse, refill with base grow nutes at 600-700. Leave them alone. I would be SHOCKED if you had root rot in ebb flow.
BTW..love great white...but you only need to add it once or twice if you have some medium for it to establish in.
Cheers
hellraizer30
Rebel From The North
Orca and air stones works great no issues there..
looks like a zink deff......paco
looks like a zink deff......paco
Belle of Buds
Member
Wow, this is a great thread! I've been doing lots of reading and I finally have my very own DIY Ebb and Flow system set up and running. Everything is going really well. I'm subbed up here because there is so much good info here!
Here's my set up.
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Here's my set up.
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Good luck!! What strain are you growing?
Belle of Buds
Member
Thanks! the three clones on the left are Veneno and the 9 seedlings are Bubba 76.
hellraizer30
Rebel From The North
Hey belle how high do you flood that table?
Belle of Buds
Member
Hi Hellraizer. I started it at 2" for the first week and then I added another extender and I flood to 3" now. That's probably as high as I'm gonna go. That goes to the top of the net pots.
hellraizer30
Rebel From The North
Watch for floating hydroton but it sounds like your floading high enough! Getting water to the roots till they
get rooted in good is important. Once you see them get growing you could go back to 2in
get rooted in good is important. Once you see them get growing you could go back to 2in
Belle of Buds
Member
Thanks for the input. Um... I do have floating hydroton... is that bad? And I am starting to see little white tips starting to peek out of the rocks so my roots are def growing! When should I cut it back to 2"?
hellraizer30
Rebel From The North
I once had a 2x4 table setup with hydroton almost the same as you.. And when i flooded
i went to much and the net pots started to roll over
was a pain in the ass till i backedoff the amount of water.
thats a concrete mixing tub right?