Hydroponics

I don't remember much but I will never forget taking a friend to the hydro store for the first time. We walked in to see two guys that looked like that just came home from snowboarding with like a 1000 dollars worth of shit under there arms. We looked at each other and just smiled. Anyway back to the story, he ended up buy a boxed system called the Mega Garden system for way to much money. A couple hundred bucks I think. Maybe more. Now I get most of my stuff from home supply stores. I run ebb/flow and other than nuts, the only thing I really buy are the flood and drain fittings and hydroton. I buy the res and tray at any home supply store and then I buy some plastic spray paint and spray the outside bottom of the tray and the entire outside of the res. Painting them prevents light from growing funky things. I'm trying out a air stone in my tray that comes on with the pump. I want to see if there are any significant changes. Will see.

RANDOM QUESTION FOR YOU GUYS.. cant find quik answer:

1) Never done a drip system b4, how often do I need to drip and for how long? Currently I have it set for 5 mins every 3-4 hours just like my flood table.

using hydroton only in coir starter cubes not RW.

THANKS ROAST AND FRIENDS

Hey PotRoast I started my own thread. It is called First Time Growing... I posted about my nuets. I was given nuets and was not sure as to whether or not I had everything or not. I posted pics of all the nuets I have and I have asked everyone as to whether or not I have everything I need or not.

EVERYONE PLEASE CHECK OUT MY THREAD: it is called "First Time Growing..."
I can use everyone's input.

Thank You

Matt

does the pump run constantly on dwc setup

Yes, on passive systems like dwc with an air pump or other pump roiling the surface to keep the nute solution moving around and aerated, the pump runs 24/7.

For drip systems, many run 24/7, especially when using a large-particle aggregate, like hydroton.

HTH

i want to do a hydro system or ebb and flow with 1 gallon pots of soil. anyone know what level ph it shoudl be at?

word420 said:

i want to do a hydro system or ebb and flow with 1 gallon pots of soil. anyone know what level ph it shoudl be at?

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you can't use soil with hydroponics. it has to be something that drains water quickly and wont soak it up.

5.6-5.9 ph should be good

lorenzo08 then if the my water and nute is soaked into the soil then i can just water it less than?

like just put the timer on for less time and only like twice a day?

word420 said:

lorenzo08 then if the my water and nute is soaked into the soil then i can just water it less than?

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are you doing hydroponics or soil? they are like black and white, 2 different things. soil only gets watered every few days or whenever, by hand or with an automatic watering system. hydroponic gets watered automatically a few times a day and doesn't use any dirt.

but its a soil-less kind of soil... it works just the same ive been doing for a few grows now. i put my 1 gallon pots of soil in a 4x4 tray and i have a 40 gallon res on the bottom of it. i give it 1 feeding a day for first 2 weeks of flowering after that i give 2 feedings but i never did ph though my mentor told me i didnt need to in my area. but im not sure no more. im just wonder what ph should it be because i know dirt and hydro are different. i use the sunsshine mix#4

Potroast... Lorenzo... VV.. calling all the big dogs....

Gypsy needs some brains on his team... the 2x4s are winning...!!!!

What is the best way to set up these lights and ebb/flow trays ???

Thanks guys...

Gypsy...

word420 said:

but its a soil-less kind of soil... it works just the same ive been doing for a few grows now. i put my 1 gallon pots of soil in a 4x4 tray and i have a 40 gallon res on the bottom of it. i give it 1 feeding a day for first 2 weeks of flowering after that i give 2 feedings but i never did ph though my mentor told me i didnt need to in my area. but im not sure no more. im just wonder what ph should it be because i know dirt and hydro are different. i use the sunsshine mix#4

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you should always keep an eye on ph, especially in hydroponics. if you see problems showing up on the leaves, ph is the first thing you check.

ty lorenzo. so my ph should be 5.6- 5.9 i think u worte?

what does the claw mean? what could the problem be if the lower leaves are slowly turning a solid yellow over the whole leaf? they are about 3 weeks old in ebb and flow. could I be watering to often? I moved my hps light up a little higher, and tested the temp with a glass of water and a thermometer sitting in with the plants. it said 72~73F. it's about 82F near the ceiling, so I think the temperatures are ok. I'm watering every hour and a half and using fish tank stone for a medium. should I slow it down to every 2 hours or 2 and a half hours? I don't want the roots to dry out to much and cause problems.

is this the right forum for ebb and flo i have a few questions if it is

anyone know if i can use TOP FIN PH DECREASE TO LOWER PH

cheers.

also any good cheap tds meters i can buy online in canada.

Lorenz... What are you growing in? Rockwool, Coir? Got a ppm meter? I was having the same symptoms and it turned out I wasn't giving enough nutes cause I freaked out about a little burn. Over compensated, ya know? I'm in rockwool though so I only flood twice a day. Anyway, I stopped the flush and went back to 3/4 strength and the yellowing stopped. The yellow leaves will not recover however. I just pick them when they look spent.

I might be able to help, Chuck.

HELP ASAP!!!

Ok my friend who knows that I am about to start my first grow just showed up like 2 hrs. ago with 4 clones from a co-op. I need to know if I should put them under the light right now @12:25am? Because I really wanted the light off between 12am - 6am and on during the day from 6am - 12am. I am unsure if I put them under light now do I have to continue giving light during those times or can I wait until 6am before giving the plants any light.

Thank You

Matt