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Hydroponics / Aeroponics lucas question I'm using GH maxi-bloom and it says that its real close to the lucas formula @ 7grams/gal. what exactly are they referring to, the npk ratio? or to actually use 7grams/gal. In ro water 7grams/gal is around 2ec, 1000ppm .5 scale. I don't go over 700ppm the entire grow. If i mix weaker is it still the lucas formula? more info...

Hydroponics / Aeroponics Root rot and temperature There are always discussions going on about root rot and low/high temperatures. Some people are convinced that you have to keep the temperature of your reservoir below a certain point. For example below 20°C / 68°F. Otherwise your roots will get all messy, brown, stinky. I did some research about it already long time ago, and also visit commercial hydro growers regularly. Never could I find information about the claim for low temperatures. On the contrary, most commercial growers agree... Root rot and temperature more info...

Hydroponics / Aeroponics Vinyl tubing So I am looking for 3/4" ID black vinyl tubing for my F&D drain but the big box stores do not carry black. None of the nursery's or grow shops carry it. Do I try plumbing supply shops or who? I could order it online but I only need a few feet so shipping would kill it. more info...

Hydroponics / Aeroponics Quick Disconnect System? Im curious if there are quick disconnects like my aquarium eheim filter has such as these, would these fit ag tubing? https://www.amazon.com/Eheim-Double...191952&sr=8-2&keywords=eheim+quick+disconnect If not can someone fill me in where to get them as I need to move my bucket from under the light to outdoors everyday... more info...

Hydroponics / Aeroponics How to install Uniseals -Advanced I've always been a big fan of Uniseal. I like bulkhead fittings, too. They both do the same job, and if both are installed correctly, it basically comes down to preference, imo. This thread has tips on how to install them correctly. View attachment 4236809 For this we'll be using a 1 1/2" Uniseal. The hole saw size is 2 1/2". View attachment 4236810 So here is where most things start to go wrong before they even start. Hole saws are different from one maker to the next.... How to install Uniseals -Advanced more info...

Hydroponics / Aeroponics Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks! Outdoor growers are heading inside now so I thought if might be a good time to start a thread on how you can harvest a pound every three weeks from a 7x8' closet. I'll take you through my process from start to harvest. What is different about my system vs. others? 1) 3 separate Aero/NFT flower systems allow me to run a 9 week flower cycle. This allows the buds to fully ripen and also allows me to run strains with more Sativa in them. 2) I... Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks! more info...

Hydroponics / Aeroponics RDWC leaking issue From my previous thread https://www.rollitup.org/t/rdwc-waterfall-design-critique.978555/ , I purchased the HDX totes, 2" bulkhead slip x slip and PVC supplies. Now, I'm dealing with leaking issues. I have tried to apply flex seal glue on the inside of the buckets twice and it still leaks, although leak slower. Installation method 1 - drill 3" inch hole with holesaw and deburr the hole. 2 - install the bulkhead and use plumbing wrench to tighten the nut with the rubber gasket on... RDWC leaking issue more info...

Hydroponics / Aeroponics Jack's 321 Questions Hi, I'm new to RIU, but have been growing and blogging on 420 for a few years. I'm looking to get into making my own nutes to better learn what I've been giving my plants, but also to have the ability to make minute adjustments to the ratios so as to get out ahead of the minor deficiencies I've been plagued with for a about a year now. I'm growing Kush, and have been using GH Flora series and all of their supplements, minus Diamond Nectar. I learned the hard way that both Liquid Koolbloom... Jack's 321 Questions more info...

Hydroponics / Aeroponics Clones from root rot plants Hello lads, I'm from the UK and this is my first post/thread. I have had a disastrous start with my transition from coco to RDWC. First attempt root rot in all 10 plants at 6 weeks old from seed, binned and started again. Second attempt root rot in all 10 plants at 6 weeks old from seed. Luckily I know where I went wrong. This RDWC is a big learning curve In the last few days changed from a sterile unit to using Hydroguard and it seems to have helped, but they are only about 8" tall and... Clones from root rot plants more info...

Hydroponics / Aeroponics Auto-water hempy buckets I've done about 7 grows including a couple successful grows using 3 gal perlite-only hempy buckets with gh maxibloom nutes. The last grow was affected by sporadic watering, i was away for several days and I think the roots dried a bit. Anyways, my plan this time is to put the buckets into a bin filled with 5 gallons or so of nutes and hook up a submersible pump to run for 30 minutes daily flowing fresh nutrients into the buckets. (*the buckets would be raised above the water level and... Auto-water hempy buckets more info...

Hydroponics / Aeroponics Those running a sterile system Sorry another post but I'm having a hard time finding information on this subject. I'm using 50% calcium hypochlorite to sterilize my system. My understanding is a dosage of .10g per 10 gallons is 1ppm but that's not working for me. I premix the pool shock with water and then add that to my reservoir. Today I added 1tsp of hth which is roughly 4g and my total chlorine reached 5 finally but my free chlorine is maybe at 1. My system is as sparkeling clear as anyone could hope but there is a... Those running a sterile system more info...

Hydroponics / Aeroponics Jack's 321 Questions Hi, I'm new to RIU, but have been growing and blogging on 420 for a few years. I'm looking to get into making my own nutes to better learn what I've been giving my plants, but also to have the ability to make minute adjustments to the ratios so as to get out ahead of the minor deficiencies I've been plagued with for a about a year now. I'm growing Kush, and have been using GH Flora series and all of their supplements, minus Diamond Nectar. I learned the hard way that both Liquid Koolbloom... Jack's 321 Questions more info...

Hydroponics / Aeroponics 5 gallon coco How much should I be watering with a 5 gallon coco? I currently have one 5 gallon pot with like 30% perlite, and the other pot with zero perlite. I am doing a test to see if it truly makes a difference. I have been watering everyday with 1 gallon between the both and since I have been watering everyday, they have runoff. They're currently in veg right now.. But the past week they have been droopy, should I up the feed to 1 gallon and wait 1 hour after the lights kick on, then feed 6 hours... 5 gallon coco more info...

Hydroponics / Aeroponics Fox Farm Bottled nutes & hydro I'm only experimenting with hydro, using fox farm bottled nutes (big bloom/grow big/tigerbloom) how would i go about feeding my plant in it? what should i start off with? NPK% of grow big is 6-4-4 NPK% of big bloom is 0.01-0.3-0.7 I won't even bother with adding in tiger bloom, i know i don't wanna use that yet. I'm gonna be in something that's 1 gallon If there's any addition information someone needs to help me, let me know. more info...

Hydroponics / Aeroponics Should i wash my Coco Croutons before the first use? Like the title says. I've always used hydroton and i know i have to wash those before hand, but not sure about the coco croutons. This will be my first time using them. Anyone used it without washing them, did you notice any negative side effects? more info...

Hydroponics / Aeroponics A little confused I ran into root rot or algea my last two tries using hydroguard at first until getting root problems than switched to sterile. Both times the plants got beyond repair very quickly. I kept temps down with chiller and everything was in the sweet spot but still failed quickly. In my cloner which now has 4 left over plants in it, incase my system fails again, which would no longer be considered clones. They're currently 12" with roots 2 times as long with weeks of root pruning. For weeks I've... A little confused more info...

Hydroponics / Aeroponics What is the proper water temperature for cloning using a cloning machine Hey people lets talk about cloning temperatures...some say 70 some say 80. When I take clones using Rapid Rooters and a Dome... I get quicker roots in summertime when the temp is 80... in the wintertime the temp drops down to around 70 and the clones take twice as long to root. I have the ez cloner its running a temp of 78*F.... people are saying you want to be at 70*F....WHY? Is it just because the slime monster and bacteria say away with the colder temps??? They have clonex clear rez... What is the proper water temperature for cloning using a cloning machine more info...

Hydroponics / Aeroponics Understanding feed schedule Hi. If nute scheme says 0.8 ec nutes, does this mean, if tap water is 0.4, a total of 1.2 (0.4+0.8 or does this mean a total of 0.8 (0.4 tap water+ 0.4 nutes)? more info...

Hydroponics / Aeroponics Aquarium heater as chiller thermostat howdy folks! I have a diy chiller I made from a dehumidifier, but wanna get away from the timer setup I have it on. I thought of using the heater in conjunction with the chiller, but that seemed inefficient. So now I’m thinking of just taking the heating element out and splicing into it to turn my chiller on. Am I dumb enough to make this work or just not there yet? I know they have ink birds and all sorts of pre manufactured things, but I’m a diy’er. Any advice other than saying... Aquarium heater as chiller thermostat more info...

Hydroponics / Aeroponics Ph Down with? I want to try Coco and the PH I have with my Tap are 7.9. If I put lemon juice in the pH drops but hours later it's going up so that's not what I want! How I can decrease the pH for longer than 12 hours? more info...

Hydroponics / Aeroponics My RDWC I finally got around to putting this together. Been sitting on this stuff for a while, pulled the trigger last night. View attachment 4226972 View attachment 4226973 View attachment 4226974 View attachment 4226975 View attachment 4226976 View attachment 4226977 View attachment 4226978 View attachment 4226979 View attachment 4226980 View attachment 4226981 I have a 980gph water pump with the outlet pointing at the surface of the... My RDWC more info...

Hydroponics / Aeroponics First RDWC build!!! After several less than stellar soil grows (yellowing and stressed plants by week 5 of flower producing high quality but mediocre yields at best) I decided i wanted to give hydro another go but wanted something requiring minimal maintenance and supervision, and going the 5gal bucket hydrofarm wasnt going to cut it for me. I wanted to create and be handy so after many hours of scour(ing) and reading i decided to build an RDWC system using 19gal totes and a 27gal reservoir to feed em. I... First RDWC build!!! more info...

Hydroponics / Aeroponics Using Fridge Filter for Tap Water Anyone ever tried running something like this inline and seeing how it much it drops the PPM? https://www.homedepot.com/p/EcoPure...cIFEhstEK5XB7aAQw9BoCwdcQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds ... Using Fridge Filter for Tap Water more info...

Hydroponics / Aeroponics Measuring run-off digitally... Hey... hey... Just wondering if anyone has ever used something like this to measure run off. I was thinking of installing one on the main pipe flooding my system and then on one the pipe exiting the drain tray going to waste. I can then measure the difference for each flood. View attachment 4225787 I run a remote system so looking at ways to measure and automate. I've already ordered a Arduino unit and a load of soil moisture sensors so I can build my own rockwool moisture... Measuring run-off digitally... more info...

Hydroponics / Aeroponics Skywalker OG 10 Gallons DWC Video tour. (10th day in flower) Please skip to 14:45 of the video for the plant, this is my second grow, first was in soil, this forum has given me a lot of knowledge in growing ,let me know if you want to see future contents! Thanks! more info...