Hydroponics

mightyboogie said:

hallo guys.
i start growing my mother plants on a tray in rockwoll under flourescent.i m using GH ferts.my reservoire is 10 liters for 5 plants.one week ago i placed the rockwool cubes in pots filled with claypebbles.than my ph and my ec started to grow.before transplanting in claypebbles everything was stabile(ph 5.8/ec 1.2)
i adjust the ph daily...is this ok?do i harm the roots if i add ph down daily?
is my reservoire too small???
i might not washed the claybebbles too well?is this the cause of my fluctuations?
what should i do?

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Yes, your reservoir is too small, it would be better at twice the size. But a small res just means that you must maintain it daily. Are you topping off with plain water daily? What kind of pH Down are you using? The pH will move up or down depending on several things. It's best not to make a lot of adjustments, and as you get to know your water and nutes, you can let the pH move and only adjust it when it goes out of range.

HTH

yes i top it with fresh water daily and i change it completly at 4-5 days.i ll change my reservoire tomorow with a biger one...i m using bio nova ph adjusters.my ph/ec is only going up.today i v seen some brown tips...this means too much ferts or roots sress because of the ph...my ec grew in one day from 2.1 to 2.4.my plants are 5 weeks old.
the problem is my tap water has an ec of 6.6.after adding ferts i have an ec of 2.1(this means 1.5 wich is aprox 750 ppm) i use milwakee ec meter.
but this problems came up after i put the plants in clay pebbels.my ec and ph are growing due to this or it can be more factors?
tnx

Hey guys I just picked up an aerogarden pro 100 to fuck around with as my other garden is dirt, sorry to say. Do I have to germinate before planting in the aero garden? And also, what light schedule should I start them at?

Thanks to all and to all a good light.

I don't know anything about the AG, I haven't even seen the infomercial. Have you read any of the threads here about the AG? I would start with the stickied thread called "The Aerogarden."

HTH

yeah I did but sometimes it's hard to read all of the posts to really understand whats going on. Thats why I decided to see if anyone on this thread knew anything about it.

Did U get it a Costco? I saw em there last week. I looked at it, but it would appear to me (no expert or anything) that the light sux and will not produce tight nugs.

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Yeah thats what I figured but I got it for free and it's just a toy on the side from my soil garden.

you could check my thread...

Mini Aeroponic Garden

here are a few shots of what I got....

Buds with roots... lol... pretty fun grow actually, taught me a lot...

But I have upgraded...

Cheers...

I bought a 56x56x78.5" tent, 450w hps light and mh conversion bulb, vortec fan 8" big ass carbon filter, hydroton, air pumps, nutes, vents, flexiable and solid vent tubing, on craigslist for 300$. You can definitly find stuff around and just make your first grow tomatoes if your worried you were reported or something. Its not illegal to grow veggies just trees. Definitly check craigslist in your area. Might find someone moving looking to dump cheep!!!

Hey Potroast...

I got a Hanna Grocheck pH & TDS/EC monitor... just like the one on the photo...




I have a pH probe, a TDS probe and a Ground probe... the 4th wire is the power...

When I am calibrating, what do I need to do with the ground probe?

Does it need to be in the calibrating solution with the probes? Both pH and TDS?

Thanks for your help...

Gypsy...

Yeah, Man! That's the same monitor that I have. I think the grounding probe is used with the pH electrode, so I use them together in the 4 & 7 calibration solution. I don't use any special cleaner for the pH electrode, I just soak it in isopropyl for 20 minutes before calibrating.

You're gonna love that thing.

HTH

potroast said:

Yeah, Man! That's the same monitor that I have. I think the grounding probe is used with the pH electrode, so I use them together in the 4 & 7 calibration solution. I don't use any special cleaner for the pH electrode, I just soak it in isopropyl for 20 minutes before calibrating.

You're gonna love that thing.

HTH

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Cool man..

Thanks a bunch...

How much are those meter's I am just to lazy to search the web. This website is the reason why I go online.

ROCafellaheads said:

How much are those meter's I am just to lazy to search the web. This website is the reason why I go online.

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Well, I did some heavy searching and I found it... lol...

Here you go man...

HANNA GroCheck Combo Meter HI 981404N

Good Luck...

Gypsy...

Thanks for the link. All I can say is Wow! The price is $118, and when I bought mine they were $200.

thanks for the link man

........yes, that looks to be an excellent score there, considering I have about $150 in a milwaukee ph51 pen thing and thier ppm meter too..

Hey potroast, in your opinion, will I create major stress in my girls if I veg them in 3" net pots for a week or so(until the roots show out of the net) in a Rubbermaid DWC bubbler and then go into my AreoFlo20?? Do you think the roots would be too fragile? I am hoping to go from my dwc cloner into hydroton filled 3" net baskets into another dwc(making it tonight), then to the areoflo. The reason I cant just run them straight to the areoflo is that it's committed to my 12/12 room......
Do you forsee any problems I may be looking at??

As always, thank you very much for all of your help!!

growinman

I see no problems with your dwc to aero plan. It's best to veg the plant in the container that they will finish in, with as little disturbance as possible. But once roots come out of the netpots, they are wet and pliable, and can be handled easily even if long.

HTH

Hi Potroast... Hope all is well in your world...

I apologize for the copy and paste, but I thought I'd share...

The following is one of the main reasons why I am so happy with hydro...

Thank you for all your help... I have read a lot of your posts...

Anyways, here is the saga of the 2" clone, taken 2 weeks into flowering...

Cheers...

GypsyBush said:

So I figured this would be a good time for another comparison... lol...

The first picture was taken on 09/06/08...

The second picture is the same clone on 09/21/08...
Not bad for 15 days eh?!

All of the following pictures were taken just a few minutes ago... so almost 2 months have passed...

I am sorry I do not have a shot of the plant with the roots hanging down... They are about 5 feet long and I could not figure out how to get the shot without my hand on it... until I put it back and then I am not going to fuck with it anymore...

So... these are the shots you get ... but it should illustrate very well the current stat of affairs....lol...

Oh, and I have already taken 6 cuttings from this, before the pics...

The roots are the ones on the right, closest to you...

A backside shot, showing what is, in my opinion, the perfect "HPS veg stretch" for cloning...

This next photo reminds me of the Incredible Hulk for some reason...

Braids of Life...

And a final, close up shot...

Cheers...

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Hi people im experimenting some problems with my first grow
and no one seems to have the right awnser

my girls are 2 months old im suppose to start flowering but
something happened to them.

i woke up one day and found that all the new leafs turned yellow
only the new leafs

the yellow is comming from the inside

Themp: 78
Rh: 43%
Ph: 5.8 Ph
Nutes: im using
Liquid Karma and
Pure Blend PRO BLOOM

i have been reading alot and i found this

Sulfer: plants suffering from Sulfer definciencies
exhibit yellowing of new growth.



i started them from seeds and its my first grow
so i have alot of love for them

Help Riu !!!