Thanks!
That's a great idea about adding the T and the jar of Ona. I am getting a negative pressure, I run a 6" inline extraction fan in the tent and one in the flowering room. Both of these grow areas are in the Same room. I wish I would have gone with 10" fans though. Oh well live and learn, right?
I've been checking out differant hydro grows, and from my own recent Experiance with it, it's deffinately the way to go, as you said it just has to be done right. What are you using for nutes? I have been using AN, I k is there is a lot of controversy, buti love the stuff. It ain't cheap but its the route I am going for now. Are you using RO water? I have been using tap wAter withe chlorine bubed off as I think you told me a couple of months ago. I am switching to RO though because lately my base TDS in my tap water has been 450 ppm. This kind of thru me off because my Rez TDS seems to never go down. I was reading this wrong, I was reading my TDS after I added back pure water, which wAs always adding back 450 ppm. So I started checking before I added water and realized the plants are in fact eating. The lroem is that if I change the Rez soup every 10 days, at 10 days I'm still reading 1350 ppm, at this point it's what ever is in the water. I think it's ca which means I'm gona start haveing a mag deficiency. I think. Supposedly, and this I s of the things I like a bout AN the ca/ mag is in the base so I won't need to add more. This is part of the reason that I'm changing to ro water. I do think that the chlorine is beneficial though and will have to use h202 or clear Rez to keep bacteria threats at bay. Clear Rez is a product that came with my cloner it works wonders. As it turns out after doing some research it's chlorine! That kind of tripped me out. Here I was trying to bubble off the chlorine and then adding it back in. The reason I need this kind of treatment is because my Rez temps are always around 78, but IMO opinion I haven't had a bacteria problem because of the chlorine in the tap water.
My next grow will be in a 6 site diy ebb & flow system. It's so easy to make and it works great! My friend made one, its sooo easy and I ce set up pretty much runs by itself. You can easily build it with less than $200. It's really versatile you can take out and add sites in about 10 seconds, anyways can't wait to start my next grow in it.
Thanks for the great idea with Ona and the T!
couple things.
firstly, imo dont go full ro if possible, that can cause its own probs. if u can make it work great. but if ur reading is high go half and half, that way u water down the minerals but still get their benefit.
secondly, chlorine is a definate no no for growing. im not aware of he product u use but it wouldnt be me. I'd go with liquid o2 for sanitation (peroxide). Not only will u keep pathogens at bay at higher temps, u will also oxygenate the water. used sensibly it is great asset for hydro.
I emplore u to try dwc before building ur ebb and flo system. its cheaper to set up and imo its the best way to grow. u need the same ph and ec/ppm/tds meter for any hydro and so long as u have that ur laughing. A bucket, a net pot, an airstone, how simple is that? But if ebb and flow is the way i wish u all the very best. ebb and flow is just dwc with dry periods lol.
As far as nutes go, ive ran all sorts over the years. Right now in running dutch pro as my base nutrient. Its huge in Holland and it works. Its far cheaper than AN, dutch pro dont try make a million side products to get u to part with cash, quite like bpn. Speaking of BPN i am considering trialling it as i hear good things but the truth is, although i beleive absolutely that cory from bpn has a good product, i dont believe it will do better than what i use now. So its a question of preference. with AN try not to get sucked into all of their marketing hype, its all about money. Having said that they do have some good products, bud ignitor being one of them, it works great especially in coco.
Currently i run:
Dutch pro a+b grow, Dutch pro a+b bloom, Dutch pro explode, AN voodoo juice, House and Garden roots excellurator, AN bud ignitor, superthrive, b-52 and carboload. I play around with diff things here and there, foliar spray with nitrozyme. Oh and cannazyme and guardian for root enzymes. I never get root rot and i run at higher than recommended temps. I use peroxide to sterilise and i put a little in res if i dont use guardian and cannazyme, the peroxide kills the enzymes. check out dutch pro, i not sure if its available where u are but its the best base nutrient ive used so far, and the explode is great too.
