Recent content by HydroManster

Have yet to see a design more efficient than the UC system. A high pressure aero would probably come very close but the price difference between a UC system and high pressure aero would be substantial. Also, the UC system would be easier to maintain and learn on as opposed to HP Aero. You can...

Never used any set pattern or time really. For soil it is super important to keep the biology in the soil alive as this is what is needed to break down organics and make them available for uptake by the roots. Biology in the soil also plays several other very important roles. Never understood...

That is basically a version of DWC so you can use pretty much use any hydroponic nutrient that you fancy. A good clean complete product would be recommended. What is your experience level with hydroponics? Maybe to start with a one part complete nutrient would be suggested. In fact the link you...

The only way to find out if the strain has the actual hermie trait is to do a genetic profile and see if it is present.

What kind of lights you using? They look super stretched out. Not sure what you guys are looking at but they do not look happy at all. They look like they have been searching for light. Check the node spacing. This is happy looking to you guys??

Not at all Alaskan1. You can just continue as you would normally. Doing weekly changes will make sure your "balance" stays optimal. One way to "maintain" the balance is the night before your weekly change out is performed, add H202 29% at 3ml per gallon. This will kill off everything and make...

You have to be careful in interpreting what a falling ph can mean as well as PPM going up or down. The most common reason for the ph lowering when PPM stays the same or increases is that the nutrient solution is to strong. A healthy system with healthy plants will cause a rise in PH and a...

You cant add too much tea really, but you can add to much fulvic and humic acids and biology that are in the tea and in the items used to make the tea; and to much of these items can cause deformed growth for starters and MANY other problems as well. I would caution that you CAN indeed add too...

Looking like your making progress for sure. New growth does not look like it is clawing up anymore so that is great! The ones that were already showing claw will likely keep the tips curled down but that is of no worry at all. All the new growth and young growth looks good now. Another...

The Under Current guys has developed there own line of nutrients especially designed for the UC system. They are really good nutrients that were developed over a 2 year period by the fine folks at CC. The nutrients are called CS Nutrients or "Current Solution" Nutrients. Not sure if they are...

Sounds like a plan! You know your on target when you need no ph adjusting after mixing your nutrients. The fact that you landed on 5.8 with out the need for ph up or down is EXACTLY what you want to strive for. Let it float all the way down to 5.2 and all the way up to 6.3 in the coming...

Yep, you want to always lower the water level to create a air gap when you get into flowering stages (about a inch gap will do). This does a couple of things, one being it simulates a drought and this causes the plant to grow even faster. The other thing it does is allows for a gas exchange to...

You might be ok and just stay where your at if you are seeing the rise in ph and drop in PPM. When you see the ph lower and PPM stay the same or rise then you know it is to strong. Your about where you should be now anyhow as far as PPM levels go. In about a week if everything stays the same...

I am not sure that is the best idea either. Are you for sure at week 3 of flower right now? Try running RO water with about 150PPM of cal/mag for about 24-48 hours, then bring your PPM up to around 500PPM - 600PPM with your bloom formula. See how they respond, if your 3 weeks into flower, you...

Those plants look way over fed to me. The leaf tip burn is a sign of a lack of cal/mag but it looks to be due from lockout as opposed to under feeding. You could probably run just plain water to the end at this point and they will still look over fed at harvest. For most strains, in hydro...