Entourageeffect
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Howdy? So I have a basic idea of how things work, doing my research now before I start my grow and I have a couple questions I can't seem to find an answer to, so here they are:
1. Do you guys that rdwc use a ph doser to keep your ph stable in between res changes?
2. This is a total newb question but how do you do your res changes?
2 a. The question I have is that it seems to me that you want to change out all the nutes and water in the system, so for the sake of conversation let's say you have 4, 4 gallon buckets, and a 20 gallon res, total of 36 gallons in all. I've seen on some systems there is spigot in the res, so that's self explanatory, but what about the buckets that your plants are in? Do you physically take the plants out or use a pump to drain the buckets the plants are actually sitting in? I know there is a return line and pump to the res, but my head keeps telling me that it probably wouldn't be a good idea to run those pumps to the point they are dry, is that logic sound or am I thinking to much?
3. I've seen vids on microbial tea, is the benefit of using this the same as introducing mycorrhizae? If it is not, at what point do you use a microbial tea? Do you make your tea and then add nutes to that tea?
Thanks for reading and any response you can offer
1. Do you guys that rdwc use a ph doser to keep your ph stable in between res changes?
2. This is a total newb question but how do you do your res changes?
2 a. The question I have is that it seems to me that you want to change out all the nutes and water in the system, so for the sake of conversation let's say you have 4, 4 gallon buckets, and a 20 gallon res, total of 36 gallons in all. I've seen on some systems there is spigot in the res, so that's self explanatory, but what about the buckets that your plants are in? Do you physically take the plants out or use a pump to drain the buckets the plants are actually sitting in? I know there is a return line and pump to the res, but my head keeps telling me that it probably wouldn't be a good idea to run those pumps to the point they are dry, is that logic sound or am I thinking to much?
3. I've seen vids on microbial tea, is the benefit of using this the same as introducing mycorrhizae? If it is not, at what point do you use a microbial tea? Do you make your tea and then add nutes to that tea?
Thanks for reading and any response you can offer
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