wow thats AWSOME that you are using your basement, first of all, and second you have 58sqft. Right now they are about 1 month old. I am using 1/4 strength(test the waters) Super Nutrient SVA (1.5-0-2.6) and Super Nutrients SVB (.5-.5-5.0). Its a two part formula for vegging. I have different...
One bad thing of planting in hydroton is when vegging for one you don't which are male and female. When you pull the males you will leave dead rotting material and that will cause disease. I suggest a drip system somewhere else to veg your plants under cfls or hps and a place to determine sex...
yea that would be great... thats what i did with the 600w and was great being able to move them and spin them around and not having to worry about stressing out the plant. one of the biggest reasons people use hydroton is because it does a great job of aerating the roots of the plants in the...
yea next time im going to start the seedlings/clones in either 6inch/8inch rockwool (hand feed them initially to start then flood/drain) or put them in the 4 inch rockwool and (flood/drain) with the hydroton so the roots can spread.
Later I want to build a separate smaller tent just for...
yea i just think the main prob this time was the roots had no where to go with the 4 inch cubes, if there had been hydroton under the rockwool, i think the plants would have remained growing fast and strong.
yea my roots were just bunching up under the rockwool. i had no hydroton in yet; the cubes were sitting on a black tray. i will have to try that out jondamon. thanks
What size rockwool cubes are best to grow?
I had a grow (started with seedling in it) with 8 inch cubes(could have been 6 inch, been a while forgot) and my babies grew fast and strong(600w HPS). The roots were coming out of the cube by the 4th week and growing into the hydroton. Plant grew...
What size rockwool cubes are best to grow?
I had a grow (started with seedling in it) with 8 inch cubes(could have been 6 inch, been a while forgot) and my babies grew fast and strong(600w HPS). The roots were coming out of the cube by the 4th week and growing into the hydroton. Plant grew...
So I have been cleaning my hydroton for my flood/drain system. I washed them with water and hydrogen peroxide. Then I baked them for about an hour at 350 degrees. I did it last night and was finishing today when my smoke alarm went off. I looked for any smoke or fire, NONE. So I was thinking...
So I have been cleaning my hydroton for my flood/drain system. I washed them with water and hydrogen peroxide. Then I baked them for about an hour at 350 degrees. I did it last night and was finishing today when my smoke alarm went off. I looked for any smoke or fire, NONE. So I was thinking...
You should really soak the rockwool for 24 hours because the manufactures put a harmful glue in the rockwool. once you soak it for 24 hrs, the glue toxins should be removed. I make sure i do that exspecially for seedlings. -IMO
"i just like to disinfect my water just to make sure its clean. and i have never had a problem boiling my water."
didnt you read what i wrote?
Disinfect .............. Sterilize................. its the same thing
or i dont understand what you meant by "Boiling it sterilizes it man."...