Should I continue watering while lights are off During 12/12

[JohnnyBravo]

I just started 12/12 flowering stage and I have all my equipment connected to my timer.....Is it ok to stop my drip feeding while lights are off....Do my plants need water when the lights are off.....see photo for my system

 

[Lestat2888]

is their glass or fiber glass or something around the whole hydro? i like your set up a lot man! oh, i have no imput though sorry.

 

[HashPlant]

Your plants look like babies. Isn't it too soon to flower? They are clones right?

You shouldn't water during the dark period.

You should bury the top of your rockwool cubes 2 or 3 clay pellets deep. The algae on your cubes should disappear if you do this.

Is that the light you are using? Why are you drawing air from the room? If you are using a fluorescent light a oscillating fan would be a much better option.

 

[email468]

nice and tight and clean JohnnyBravo!

I use an aeroponic system with the roots dangling in oxygenated water so I don't know if what I do translates to your system. But I water for about an hour during the middle of the dark period and constantly when the lights are on.

 

[JohnnyBravo]

Your plants look like babies. Isn't it too soon to flower? They are clones right?

You shouldn't water during the dark period.

You should bury the top of your rockwool cubes 2 or 3 clay pellets deep. The algae on your cubes should disappear if you do this.

Is that the light you are using? Why are you drawing air from the room? If you are using a fluorescent light a oscillating fan would be a much better option.

This is a picture from 3 weeks ago....used it to illustrate what system I'm using....They exploded with growth once I got my nutes and ph sorted out...They're now 18 inches....I used six 2' T5 HO Flouros to veg and would highly recommend their use.... very tight node spacing.....Also the air vent is connected to a 150 cfm booster fan...pumping cool air in from an ac vent in another room....keeps closet temp between 75 and 80 degrees.....Wish I still had my buddies camera to show what 3 weeks of those T5's produced....My first grow is way better than I was expecting....Thanks to input from RIU members!!!!

 

[Coors]

nice and tight and clean JohnnyBravo!

I use an aeroponic system with the roots dangling in oxygenated water so I don't know if what I do translates to your system. But I water for about an hour during the middle of the dark period and constantly when the lights are on.

Hey Email, you say you use oxygenated water?? do you mean that you add pure O2 into the water with an air stone??

 

[email468]

Hey Email, you say you use oxygenated water?? do you mean that you add pure O2 into the water with an air stone??

No i do not use pure O2 - i figure the roots get plenty of oxygen from the water because there is an aeroponic mister - which would be good enough but i also have two air pumps - one with one of those flexible tube air stones and a dual-head without any air stones just shooting into the water. My reservoir looks like a jacuzzi!

 

[Coors]

Cool!! I was thinking about trying to use concentrated 02 like from a dive shop or a welding supply company, and pumping that into my reservoir, and possibly onto the roots themselves once I build My aeropinics setup.

 

[email468]

i remember you saying something about that on another thread. I don't know enough about it to offer any input.