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PH up/down options with rdwc?

Hydroponics / Aeroponics PH up/down options with rdwc? Pretty much just the title. I used the GH ph up/down this grow and they were great for most of the grow, but during the last few weeks of flower ive had to use a LOT of up. Im getting a little more drift down now than I was for veg and early flower. itll drop 0.3-0.4 over 3-4 days, but it takes like 40-50ml of the GH ph up to bring it from 5.6-5.7 to 6.0+ Is there something more concentrated I can use or should I just buy bigger bottles and get used to using this much every few days? more info...

Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks!

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...

4 wks in rdwc, health check please....

Hydroponics / Aeroponics 4 wks in rdwc, health check please.... I'm one month from seed, would like some opinions on the health. Lights are mars epistar 320 @ 2.5ft 350ppm using: canna Vega, calmagic, and rhizotonic. Ph 6.1 Humidity 30% Water steady at 68f, tent is 72f. Hard to get warmer in my basement when it's 0 outside! On top, their doing pretty well. I see slight curl on edge of leaves, think I might have slightly been high on ppm (450), so I dropped to 350. My question is how do my roots look!? They're turning a slight brown color. My... 4 wks in rdwc, health check please.... more info...

PH up/down options with rdwc?

Hydroponics / Aeroponics PH up/down options with rdwc? Pretty much just the title. I used the GH ph up/down this grow and they were great for most of the grow, but during the last few weeks of flower ive had to use a LOT of up. Im getting a little more drift down now than I was for veg and early flower. itll drop 0.3-0.4 over 3-4 days, but it takes like 40-50ml of the GH ph up to bring it from 5.6-5.7 to 6.0+ Is there something more concentrated I can use or should I just buy bigger bottles and get used to using this much every few days? more info...

Water chiller a necessity ?

Hydroponics / Aeroponics Water chiller a necessity ? GH waterfarm 8 pack Lights - 2 x Optic 4s 4x8 room No co2 Greenleaf Nutrients Megacrop CXHydroponics Regenaroot and Wiltguard I’ve only done a few DWC grows years ago and never used a water chiller. It seems like most people are using them now a days. If my room isn’t putting off a ton of heat can I get by with out one ? What are the ideal water temps? What are considered high temps for water that could hurt the roots ? more info...

PH rise, EC rise, less water usage

Hydroponics / Aeroponics PH rise, EC rise, less water usage Hi guys, I'm in the week 3 of flowering and I need some advice. A few days ago I noticed that my plants started to use less water per day (10% less). This was followed by slightly raised EC by 0,03EC. It was a bit confusing bcs I lowered the humidity and room temperature a day before (from 27 to 26 celsium, from 56 do 50 humidity) - I was expecting the plants will start to use more water bcs of the lowered humidity. From this point the EC was constantly rising, so I diluted the water in the... PH rise, EC rise, less water usage more info...

Help with Uniseals

Hydroponics / Aeroponics Help with Uniseals Hello, I am installing an RDWC system using 2" Uniseals, 2" PVC, and 27L HDX totes. I cut my holes in the totes using a 3" hole drill bit, but when I place the Uniseal inside the hole, it pops in fairly easily and is not very tight. Even when I insert the 2" PVC pipe into the Uniseal, it just slides right in with no reluctance. What am I missing/doing wrong?? All the videos on youtube show people struggling to get the PVC into the Uniseal, but mine slides in like butter. Appreciate the... Help with Uniseals more info...

Input needed from a experienced RDWC/UC grower

Hydroponics / Aeroponics Input needed from a experienced RDWC/UC grower Hello, I'm new to the Forum but would like to thank those who take the time to post helpful info. Looking for a little help from an experienced grower on a Setup I'll be building in the near future. It's a Under Current system in a 8'x4'x8' tent (considering 8'x8'x8'). I'm new to this type of growing so any suggestions to help improve the overall design/efficiency, would be much appreciated. I've attached a Picture below of what I got sketched out so far. I will be adding in some... Input needed from a experienced RDWC/UC grower more info...

PH rise, EC rise, less water usage

Hydroponics / Aeroponics PH rise, EC rise, less water usage Hi guys, I'm in the week 3 of flowering and I need some advice. A few days ago I noticed that my plants started to use less water per day (10% less). This was followed by slightly raised EC by 0,03EC. It was a bit confusing bcs I lowered the humidity and room temperature a day before (from 27 to 26 celsium, from 56 do 50 humidity) - I was expecting the plants will start to use more water bcs of the lowered humidity. From this point the EC was constantly rising, so I diluted the water in the... PH rise, EC rise, less water usage more info...

What PH meter do you recommend?

Hydroponics / Aeroponics What PH meter do you recommend? I'm tired of going through cheap pens like clockwork and am seeking something more reliable with a replaceable probe. I just ordered the 2 following meters off of amazon and am awaiting a Christmas Eve delivery. Blue Lab PH Meter Milwaukee MW602 Both meters have replaceable probes. The MW 102 has a... What PH meter do you recommend? more info...

PH rise, EC rise, less water usage

Hydroponics / Aeroponics PH rise, EC rise, less water usage Hi guys, I'm in the week 3 of flowering and I need some advice. A few days ago I noticed that my plants started to use less water per day (10% less). This was followed by slightly raised EC by 0,03EC. It was a bit confusing bcs I lowered the humidity and room temperature a day before (from 27 to 26 celsium, from 56 do 50 humidity) - I was expecting the plants will start to use more water bcs of the lowered humidity. From this point the EC was constantly rising, so I diluted the water in the... PH rise, EC rise, less water usage more info...

Using Pond water with hydroponics ppm questions

Hydroponics / Aeroponics Using Pond water with hydroponics ppm questions hey guys I have a 12 site ebb and grow system My homes water is hard, 1800 ppm hard I have a beautiful pond in my back yard that’s treated every year and super clean Pond is full of life, turtles, fish, frogs , etc I’m running a pump from the pond to my gardens res and backup barrels, I’ve used this water for Cannabis for years in my outdoor grow in smart pots etc My question is now that I’m doing hydro using this pond water I’ve got to account for my nutrient solution ppm, My... Using Pond water with hydroponics ppm questions more info...

Input needed from a experienced RDWC/UC grower

Hydroponics / Aeroponics Input needed from a experienced RDWC/UC grower Hello, I'm new to the Forum but would like to thank those who take the time to post helpful info. Looking for a little help from an experienced grower on a Setup I'll be building in the near future. It's a Under Current system in a 8'x4'x8' tent (considering 8'x8'x8'). I'm new to this type of growing so any suggestions to help improve the overall design/efficiency, would be much appreciated. I've attached a Picture below of what I got sketched out so far. I will be adding in some... Input needed from a experienced RDWC/UC grower more info...

cal/mag in hydro

Hydroponics / Aeroponics cal/mag in hydro do i need to use a cal/mag supplament in hydro and if so at what rates for grow vs bloom more info...

PPM going down....

Hydroponics / Aeroponics PPM going down.... This is my first go at hydroponics. I keep reading about ppm going up in the reservoir, but why does it go down? I though plants drank more water than used nutrients? Should I just add the base nutrients straight to the res to bring them back up? more info...

Billy's Water Works

Hydroponics / Aeroponics Billy's Water Works So here's the plants. 44x chocolope cuttings. They're rooted into 3 inch rock wool and I then put them on top of net pots full of grow stone and vegged the roots out of the pots in a little ebb and flow system, ready for the tubes that are about ⅔ full of flowing water. 1 full day of 12/12. View attachment 4207207 I mixed my feed a little stronger than I normally like (1.2ec normally) but still in a nice range . View attachment 4207208 pH seems fairly steady. I've renewed all... Billy's Water Works more info...

Which clay pellets do you prefer?

Hydroponics / Aeroponics Which clay pellets do you prefer? I will be running Ebb and Flow in 1 gallon pots my next grow and I was wondering which clay pellets do you prefer? I have either Plantit or Hydro Crunch in my area or I could order some Hydroton brand from Amazon. I have seen in reviews that Plantit has PH issues I guess. more info...

Input needed from a experienced RDWC/UC grower

Hydroponics / Aeroponics Input needed from a experienced RDWC/UC grower Hello, I'm new to the Forum but would like to thank those who take the time to post helpful info. Looking for a little help from an experienced grower on a Setup I'll be building in the near future. It's a Under Current system in a 8'x4'x8' tent (considering 8'x8'x8'). I'm new to this type of growing so any suggestions to help improve the overall design/efficiency, would be much appreciated. I've attached a Picture below of what I got sketched out so far. I will be adding in some... Input needed from a experienced RDWC/UC grower more info...

New DWC Aerocloner leaks!

Hydroponics / Aeroponics New DWC Aerocloner leaks! Hello all -- My friend needs help! He was saving his homemade cloner aero bucket for his clone tent, but rockwool sucks in DWC and he's had to cut every big of rockwool out after it bread pythium for the SECOND time in his DWC buckets... see his concurrent thread (link https://www.rollitup.org/t/rockwool-root-rot.980877/ ) Down to his issue at hand... he started setting up his homemade aero bucket to transplant his root rot shocked plants to. However, he's having some water... New DWC Aerocloner leaks! more info...

How to get an extra gallon and more root space in a 5 gal bucket system

Hydroponics / Aeroponics How to get an extra gallon and more root space in a 5 gal bucket system When I built my RDWC I wanted to easily be able to control the water level. I'd like the water touching the hydroton until the roots start to show, then have the water level an inch or two below the pot after the roots start to come out. I got this idea from a bucket grow. I was thinking other people could use this also to add water to their existing system. So with this you can raise the net pots up and add a gallon to the bucket and still have the water level where you want it. Just cut... How to get an extra gallon and more root space in a 5 gal bucket system more info...

RDWC Nutrient Schedule Feedback

Hydroponics / Aeroponics RDWC Nutrient Schedule Feedback So I have done a bunch of looking around and put together a possible feeding schedule. I would appreciate feedback. This is a RDWC setup using RO/DI water. more info...

Jack's 321 Questions

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...