So tonights inspection was well .. it progressed worse from yesterday or I was not aware yesterday how bad it really was....
So tonights update is as follows .. all tubs in flower where cleaned not sterile but with tap water ....I ran water through every flower plant and aggressively cleaned the roots with tap as well... Poor things are looking sad all over and well we'll see what happens. I did not go sterile as I have not changed the res and I am sure it is full of baddies... That will probably be a sunday thing.. Then i will have to go through and clean the tubs again that time sterile. I need to dial this thing in first.
So I am now drain to waste... tested it somewhat and no leaks and seems to flow as needed. I don't know how much i will be wasting so far as when I cleaned and emptied the tubs.. well when I had open 1/4 hose i was using maybe 1 gallon in a 1 minute feed... well that was veg actually...but too much really ... So I decided to try the drippers again... uggg... but if it works... so...
that made it so slow that I barely drip into the bottom of the tub.... 2 minutes seems ok but it will take even awhile before the bottom of tub fills enough to drain.... it has about 1/2 gallon that remains in the tub even non feeding... no idea if that all will matter... ill have to watch it... the pythium loved the tub water pool...
Feeds are 4 times for 2 minutes a day in veg and 3 times a day 2 minutes in flower.... Seems so little ... I am scared....lol
I worry the hydroton will not be good enough for such little food... no clue.. I was told it would be fine to go down to 2 a day in both...
All that of course is dependent on how many and what size etc.... wasn't really a blanket statement...
I know with Coco it would easily be enough... I just need to do some more research as I know it has micro's etc in it already so I need to adjust on some stuff...
So feel free to pop in with more encouragement as I probably will periodically need it into the near future...
FE
So tonights update is as follows .. all tubs in flower where cleaned not sterile but with tap water ....I ran water through every flower plant and aggressively cleaned the roots with tap as well... Poor things are looking sad all over and well we'll see what happens. I did not go sterile as I have not changed the res and I am sure it is full of baddies... That will probably be a sunday thing.. Then i will have to go through and clean the tubs again that time sterile. I need to dial this thing in first.
So I am now drain to waste... tested it somewhat and no leaks and seems to flow as needed. I don't know how much i will be wasting so far as when I cleaned and emptied the tubs.. well when I had open 1/4 hose i was using maybe 1 gallon in a 1 minute feed... well that was veg actually...but too much really ... So I decided to try the drippers again... uggg... but if it works... so...
that made it so slow that I barely drip into the bottom of the tub.... 2 minutes seems ok but it will take even awhile before the bottom of tub fills enough to drain.... it has about 1/2 gallon that remains in the tub even non feeding... no idea if that all will matter... ill have to watch it... the pythium loved the tub water pool...
Feeds are 4 times for 2 minutes a day in veg and 3 times a day 2 minutes in flower.... Seems so little ... I am scared....lol
I worry the hydroton will not be good enough for such little food... no clue.. I was told it would be fine to go down to 2 a day in both...
All that of course is dependent on how many and what size etc.... wasn't really a blanket statement...
I know with Coco it would easily be enough... I just need to do some more research as I know it has micro's etc in it already so I need to adjust on some stuff...
So feel free to pop in with more encouragement as I probably will periodically need it into the near future...
FE
