sterile

Is it necessary to maintain <68F water temps when running a sterile bubble bucket? Interested in hearing about anyones experiences with a sterile grow. If it is still an issue, what are some good ways of keep the temps down? I can’t afford a chiller! (Not yet anyway) I have sprayed the exterior...

Just purchased the 3 gallon octopot system for 12 plants. Need to buy my own rez. This rez will sit with nutrients for days at a time maybe even a week and I am concerned about algae growth, etc. It will be a 55-gallon or 60-gallon rez. I have read that rez color helps such as black allows less...

Starting a new journal collecting all my work. It's been a while since I started my last journal and that one is sort of done. Aeroponics system info: System is running 12V and 24V. UPS system for about 6.5 hours power reserve 110 psi HPA system. Arduino based controller (just simple delay...

So, I ran out of RO (system broke). Did a res change and had to use tap (190ppm). Without thinking, I added hydro guard to the mix as I usually do. Then I read that the contaminants in tap water kill bennies, so I thought about adding H2O2 to the res. But if tap water kills microbes, wouldn’t...

Hi guys, I am running 100L reseviors, sterile, using 35% H2O2 @ 1.5m/L twice a week, for the past few months. Moving to Calcium Hypochlorite to reduce costs. Using this calculator https://handymath.com/cgi-bin/chlorined4.cgi To get 5ppm of Chlorine into 100L of water, using 65% available...

Hello guys. This is my third run with RDWC, and now im paying more attention to details i haven't in the previous ones, like trying to keep my roots white. I choose sterile cause i made an automatic nutes feeding system with arduino and peristaltic pumps. So i just basically do nothing more...

I just started to make some experiments with Calcium Hypochlorite to keep my res clean and dead (sterile). I bought ORP meter which should reveal the oxidation (killing) potential of the water. I tried different measures in different times. The goal is to find out how often and what dosage we...

My set up... It’s an eight site rdwc with 2in pcv. I have a water chiller, 450 gallon per hour pump, one air stone in each bucket and to in my res 35-40 gallons to fill the system up. This is my second run at dwc. Just when I think that I have things figured out then shit hits the fan. In...