Plumbing is not available where I have my tent set up, though that would be great if you have an RO setup. I don't sell, but even then I was speaking about the cost difference between soil and hydro, I am not sure how much of the additional nutrient cost is offset by less electricity and no soil...
I am really liking the switch since I went to hydro. But they are right, it is not really less work. I only have a couple plants, they go through about a gallon of water each per day right now, so for me, I am lugging water in quite often. Also swapping and cleaning the res every 7-10 days takes...
PPM down to 700, they are chugging the water pretty good too. I added 4G RO water with 1350PPM nutes to bring my res to 1000PPM and PH 5.8
Nutrients:
G- 20ml
M- 40ml
B- 60ml
F+- 5ml
LKB- 20ml
C/M- 10ml
I don't grow coco, so I will differ to someone with experience with the medium. If you can pull one into natural light it may also help get a good picture.
Looks like you have clawing, taco wing and the tips look like they got burned. Back off the nutes for sure. Try easing into the nutrients more gradually. Are you measuring your tds/ppm? Tap water or distilled or RO?
The tent is 2x4x7. My res is an important 18g tote. I like the design of that thing, I bet I could make something like that. The Scroggins is just pvc, I used round phone wire, but will be swapping that with some sort of nylon cord.
Rez swap
Ran 10 gallons on ph adjusted tap, ppm after rinse was near the starting tap. New batch of nutes in RO water.
G- 20ml
M- 40ml
B- 50ml
F+- 5ml
KB- 15ml
C/M- 10ml
SZ+- 5ml
PPM- 874
PH- 5.8
Oh yeah, I have a little 90w LED I usually use for the first week or so when I put in clones until their roots build out some. I don't know if it actually helps, but I still do it :)
Loving your new space as well, I have been lurking :weed:
Thanks Missy!
It's been a learning curve, but fun. Not LED, running a 600W HPS. After these 2 are done, I have put together an ebb and flow to give it a go running 6 smaller plants to see how that helps my veg times.
You may want to consider shifting the wall over a foot and giving yourself a little extra room in flower, and a little less in veg.
I also grow in a small space (2x4x7), I use that tent for flowering, and have a little 2x2 cabinet that I use to root my clones. I cannot do a true perpetual, but...
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This is the whole kit. Works great for a 5g bucket, just need your netpot
I should also mention, I also just switched to hydro from soil, so I am just getting my head around it. I went with GH 3 part with Floralicious+, liquid Koolbloom, Cal/mag and StressZyme+. No issues so far, but I have been watching it like a hawk since I am not sure what to expect. I started...
I did a remote res for the same reason, I wanted keep the res water in the cooler air outside of the tent and I did not want to deal with lifting pots in a screen. You can also get a gromet for the bottom of the bucket and a barbed elbow and include a fill tube. This would allow you to both...