I'll try to find those charts on Google. Thanks!
I didn't feel it was an attack neither... I know how my way to ask question is,and I understand that it may seem a little too much but I hate to have empty spots. I dont't know if you get me.
that's the key. study up on how to use coco properly.
I will try to water with a drip system 4 times a day when the roots will have filled the final pot.
Really? And not to jinx myself, but I've been in coco for years and never prepped it. And I use the cheapest block I can find AMZ. For years I'd just add 5gal of tap(175ppm) water to it, a little perlite and go. Now I have an RO system so I'll just be adding that to the brick. The first water after transplant I just water till it no longer has color to it. I have never heard anyone say that coco was a nightmare for them. I've been lucky I guess... Peace
I made the mistake not prepping my coco.. I'm running through so many issues now. I've learned my mistake and will now prep my coco.
I have a 55 gallon drum that I mix my veg nutes. Running air stones in to 24/7 would cause the pH to drop into the 5's pretty quickly. This is supposedly because the CO2 causes carbonic acid. If I use a water pump to move the water then it's all good and my pH stays stable. I have also put the air stones on a repeat cycle timer so they run a couple minutes every 20 minutes.(my current setup on that barrel as my pump died and I haven't replaced it yet). That works well and the pH doesn't drop nearly as much. Another downside to air stones is all the heat they add from the air being compressed.
Do you leave the stirring pump (before it broke) ON 24/7? Or you have it on a timer?
You can do either. I have one of mine on a repeat cycle timer to run for 2 minutes every 20 minutes. When adding nutrients to my tank I just hit the reset button so it starts pumping, maybe hit it again to keep it going while I add everything. The other two just run all the time. I set my pumps up with a zip tie around the cord and the output nozzle so I can lower it down and it will sit on the bottom aiming up. when the barrel gets low I have to unplug the pump since the water shoots up and hits the lid. Don't have to worry about that if using the air stones. With the air stones running for 2 minutes every 20 I haven't noticed a significant pH drop over about 10 days and I have a big ass air pump on it with 4 air stones.
I have three tanks, one in each room. 2 have pumps, one had a pump and the pump died, so I just stuck an air pump and air stones I had sitting on the shelf on it for now. Works well so if it aint broke don't fix it. Putting the timer on the air pump makes all the difference and the pH doesn't plummet.
I have a res about that size on my flood and drain in my tent, I put a 250 GPH pump in there stirring it 24/7. Thats the same pump I use in my 30 gallon barrels. My 55 gallon had a 400 GPH pump before it died.
Thanks for the info!
A recirculating hydro setup could save a lot of labor. My flood and drain system runs its res the whole cycle with only top offs.
So on day 1 you make a res.
what about powdered nutes? thinking of going maxibloom start to finish with silica and maybe a bloom booster later weeks of flower. but maxibloom is powdered. was considering a mixing plate but i’m not sure how i would do it on one of those..
