Recharge Day Update - Stroke of Luck ... or Genius?
Who am I kiiding, of course it was luck. I'll explain.
Last night I gave everyone a Recharge (+) treat.
When I do this, I shut off the valve to the main reservoir (12-gallon from AutoPot).
Side Note: * Being an uber nerd (or paranoid) I have shutoff valves to each pot and two around the in-line filter.
If I didn't do this it would just keep refilling itself while my back was turned making their microbial delight.
I then siphon out their mini-reservoirs and use those onboard nutrients stores as my stock fluid for the rest.
Back to the main point of the story:
Meantime, Mother Nature is being a mother (&#%$) and it is minius (-) 4 here.
As a reminder, my grow tent and grow area are up on this second-floor loft in my garage.
I have a mini-split AC with heating capabilities, but it is not ready for below zero temps.
So, this morning I wake up and find that the reservoir is now 54 degrees.
This is where the luck comes in, my plants never had to drink water that cold because I usually don't turn the valves back on until all the Recharge Mix has been taken up.
There is one exception, I have a Mystery Seed that is in a 2-gallon Rain Science pot being fed via a BluMat dripper. At least there, the coco is at tent temps.
Solution:
I'm taking an radiator style heater to set up outside the tent and near the reservoir to augment the tent heat and try to warm up the nutrients.
I used to have an aquarium heater, but got rid of it because I worried about it getting the solution too warm. I could it right now.
Until I get the rez back to normal, I'll take nutrients down into the house to warm up and pour that into each reservoir.
Update:
Once those lights went out this AM, the tent dropped fast and my radiant heater couldn't keep up.
I put one of those small heaters in the tent and the radiator style near the reservoir.
