Sounds pretty similar to the “kratky” method. I’ve seen interesting results with cannabis, but at the same time it’s pretty hard to go the whole grow without adding water or atleast changing it at flip.
I think it’s semi transpiration, my VPD isn’t totally dialed in, but definitely could be evaporation, especially before the canopy fills out, but the lung room stays pretty cold, the wife likes the house at 19c… so combination of it taking water up to transpirate, and if I have PH issues yeah, there could be some lockout and they would both exacerbate other issues and each other.
My last grow at flip.
In a round about way, I do kinda, I check the ph and ec every morning and adjust as needed. So even if I feed it heavy, a day or two later it’s gonna be dropped back under 2.0. It basically cycles and this helps vary the ph as well to get uptake across 6-7ph.
The conversation is appreciated, and I like your attitude. Yeah there’s a million ways to grow, and there’s not one “right” way, just because hydro works for you, doesn’t mean I may be able to do it the same. People need to find what works for them, not try to do what people peddle as the best.
I used to be in soil until last year, so this is my 4th grow with the aero and light. First was dialing system in, second was trying figure out flip time, third is turning out fantastic and being chopped this weekend.
I’m also gonna be going through some growing pains here, switching nutrient lines, so gonna have to figure out the nuances of that line. Gonna be mixing it 50:50 with the old line till I run out of the base nutrients.
Oh I add new solution all the time, the plants drink obviously. It’s just you only have to do that a few times in veg and then either change water or just add more in most cases, if there’s no need to care for algae or some shit. In flower I refill the tank a couple of times a week. Then the last weeks I just give water.
Oh, I don’t know about mixing nutes. They might have crazy chemistry and different balances and whatnot. Or do you mean mixing the solutions, right? Probably better, but I’ve never done it though. I’m not saying there’s a risk. I’m just not aware and there might be, because I don’t know since I’ve not looked into that. Depends on the complexity of your nute line I guess. Some have all kinds of crazy chems to buffer PH and whatnot.
oh remember to try and cover any holes going down to the where nutes rune so you keep algae off as long as possible. i have h2o2 that I use to countermand it but it was a problem this grow and has been a few grows for me.
But it’s a weed, just don’t be too rough and it’ll be fine
Sounds pretty similar to the “kratky” method. I’ve seen interesting results with cannabis, but at the same time it’s pretty hard to go the whole grow without adding water or atleast changing it at flip.
I think it’s semi transpiration, my VPD isn’t totally dialed in, but definitely could be evaporation, especially before the canopy fills out, but the lung room stays pretty cold, the wife likes the house at 19c… so combination of it taking water up to transpirate, and if I have PH issues yeah, there could be some lockout and they would both exacerbate other issues and each other.
In a round about way, I do kinda, I check the ph and ec every morning and adjust as needed. So even if I feed it heavy, a day or two later it’s gonna be dropped back under 2.0. It basically cycles and this helps vary the ph as well to get uptake across 6-7ph.
The conversation is appreciated, and I like your attitude. Yeah there’s a million ways to grow, and there’s not one “right” way, just because hydro works for you, doesn’t mean I may be able to do it the same. People need to find what works for them, not try to do what people peddle as the best.
I used to be in soil until last year, so this is my 4th grow with the aero and light. First was dialing system in, second was trying figure out flip time, third is turning out fantastic and being chopped this weekend.
I’m also gonna be going through some growing pains here, switching nutrient lines, so gonna have to figure out the nuances of that line. Gonna be mixing it 50:50 with the old line till I run out of the base nutrients.
Oh I add new solution all the time, the plants drink obviously. It’s just you only have to do that a few times in veg and then either change water or just add more in most cases, if there’s no need to care for algae or some shit. In flower I refill the tank a couple of times a week. Then the last weeks I just give water.
Oh, I don’t know about mixing nutes. They might have crazy chemistry and different balances and whatnot. Or do you mean mixing the solutions, right? Probably better, but I’ve never done it though. I’m not saying there’s a risk. I’m just not aware and there might be, because I don’t know since I’ve not looked into that. Depends on the complexity of your nute line I guess. Some have all kinds of crazy chems to buffer PH and whatnot.
oh remember to try and cover any holes going down to the where nutes rune so you keep algae off as long as possible. i have h2o2 that I use to countermand it but it was a problem this grow and has been a few grows for me.
But it’s a weed, just don’t be too rough and it’ll be fine