PPM/EC related issues possibly

min0r

min0r

Well-Known Member
here's some photos of my plants that aren't drooping.
unnamed (2).jpg (i just put this one in flower, doing an experiment)
unnamed (3).jpg
i'll upload a pic of my biggest one that's doing the best so far later.
 

Attachments

maxamus1

maxamus1

Well-Known Member
min0r said:
i'm running a krakty system with a red solo cup & a net pot. next pay check though, i'm getting 1 gallon mason jars, putting black socks over them, throwing in an airstone, and hopefully i'll be golden.
i'm using the bottled nutes because its what i had on hand, and i was eager to try something new and experiment..
What's d/o?
Click to expand...
Dissolved oxygen and good luck boss. Ive never done the krakty method i have heard of it though but if i remember correctly its just useing your soil flooded with water correct? Also i dont think that method uses air stones to add D/O to the water.
 
min0r

min0r

Well-Known Member
maxamus1 said:
Dissolved oxygen and good luck boss. Ive never done the krakty method i have heard of it though but if i remember correctly its just useing your soil flooded with water correct? Also i dont think that method uses air stones to add D/O to the water.
Click to expand...
that's not what it is.
i'm doing a slightly changed version. i'm keeping the water levels at the same place, every 12 hours i'll change out the nutrient water with fresher/phd nutrient water,
 
min0r

min0r

Well-Known Member
and if the problem would be d/o, how come none of my other plants are reacting the same?
 
maxamus1

maxamus1

Well-Known Member
min0r said:
that's not what it is.
i'm doing a slightly changed version. i'm keeping the water levels at the same place, every 12 hours i'll change out the nutrient water with fresher/phd nutrient water,
Click to expand...
Ok let me see if i understand whats going on here. So you are using the solo cup as your net pot that sits above the res correct? Are you using the the rockwool as your medium? And man that seems like way to much work but if its working. As far as why its affecting one and not the others hard to say not sure about your set up so it could be a mix of things. It could be the first to show or it might not be getting as much D/O as the others.
 
min0r

min0r

Well-Known Member
maxamus1 said:
Ok let me see if i understand whats going on here. So you are using the solo cup as your net pot that sits above the res correct? Are you using the the rockwool as your medium? And man that seems like way to much work but if its working. As far as why its affecting one and not the others hard to say not sure about your set up so it could be a mix of things. It could be the first to show or it might not be getting as much D/O as the others.
Click to expand...
okay. so the air stone will fix this? and my plants wont die?
 
min0r

min0r

Well-Known Member
maxamus1 said:
Ok let me see if i understand whats going on here. So you are using the solo cup as your net pot that sits above the res correct? Are you using the the rockwool as your medium? And man that seems like way to much work but if its working. As far as why its affecting one and not the others hard to say not sure about your set up so it could be a mix of things. It could be the first to show or it might not be getting as much D/O as the others.
Click to expand...
i put these two in a bigger container with still water, they were good for a day, but started showing these signs right after so i'm thinking maybe thats why. i've had them switched back to the redsolo cups for 2 days now.
 
maxamus1

maxamus1

Well-Known Member
Honestly my suggestion would be to try dwc first seeing that thats basicly what you are doing now. After you get the hang of that then experiment with hydro. The only reason i suggest this is that dwc is the easiest of all the systems. Only really need the air pump and a tote.
 
min0r

min0r

Well-Known Member
maxamus1 said:
Honestly my suggestion would be to try dwc first seeing that thats basicly what you are doing now. After you get the hang of that then experiment with hydro. The only reason i suggest this is that dwc is the easiest of all the systems. Only really need the air pump and a tote.
Click to expand...
once i get the 1 gal mason jars i'll be treating it like dwc.
i was gonna use a 45gal tote, but the 1 gal mason jars just seemed a bit more reasonable.
i'm gonna have an 8 way air flow control plugged into my 20W air pump nozzle, with 6 tubes going into each of the 4in air stones in the 1 gallon mason jars.
it sounds like a good plan in my head.
the air stones require 2.5w> ea so the air pump should work pretty well.
 
maxamus1

maxamus1

Well-Known Member
min0r said:
once i get the 1 gal mason jars i'll be treating it like dwc.
i was gonna use a 45gal tote, but the 1 gal mason jars just seemed a bit more reasonable.
i'm gonna have an 8 way air flow control plugged into my 20W air pump nozzle, with 6 tubes going into each of the 4in air stones in the 1 gallon mason jars.
it sounds like a good plan in my head.
the air stones require 2.5w> ea so the air pump should work pretty well.
Click to expand...
I would advise against the mason jars as you dont want any light getting into the roots you can pick up a 10 or 12 gallon tote at home depot or lows cut a hole in the lid for the net pot and a hole for the air hose just make sure you get the black heavy duty ones or if you want smaller ones i think they have 5 gallon ones but they may be to small. Also not sure how big that air pump is so not sure if it will run all those air stones but try it on one or two and see how it does and go from there.
 
min0r

min0r

Well-Known Member
maxamus1 said:
I would advise against the mason jars as you dont want any light getting into the roots you can pick up a 10 or 12 gallon tote at home depot or lows cut a hole in the lid for the net pot and a hole for the air hose just make sure you get the black heavy duty ones or if you want smaller ones i think they have 5 gallon ones but they may be to small. Also not sure how big that air pump is so not sure if it will run all those air stones but try it on one or two and see how it does and go from there.
Click to expand...
i'm gonna be covering the mason jars with black socks. this will also make it easier for me to train the plant with paper clips.
i can PM you the link to the air pump i'm getting, if that'd help.
 
maxamus1

maxamus1

Well-Known Member
min0r said:
i'm gonna be covering the mason jars with black socks. this will also make it easier for me to train the plant with paper clips.
i can PM you the link to the air pump i'm getting, if that'd help.
Click to expand...
Or you can post it here whichever you prefer. If you plan on keeping them in the one gallon you will have trouble with the roots being compacted so i would suggest flipping right to 12/12.
 
min0r

min0r

Well-Known Member
maxamus1 said:
Or you can post it here whichever you prefer. If you plan on keeping them in the one gallon you will have trouble with the roots being compacted so i would suggest flipping right to 12/12.
Click to expand...
they block links on public posts for some reason.
i think the roots will be okay. worst case scenario, i have to break the jar & replant into a tote lol.
 
maxamus1

maxamus1

Well-Known Member
min0r said:
they block links on public posts for some reason.
i think the roots will be okay. worst case scenario, i have to break the jar & replant into a tote lol.
Click to expand...
Cool deal boss i wish you the best. If you have any issues im sure there will be someone on here to help ya.
Peace and respect
Maxamus1.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top