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Yeah it's a doddle mate. To empty it you just stick a bit of scillicone tube into the end of the pump. I empty every 7-10 days. Can go longer but it's not advisable. Keeps everything balanced and saves any guesswork if you just empty it every week. Gotta be careful what you put in them though. I've had a few plants get that big they were drinking 15L a day in full bloom and the Res only holds 20. Pump will blow at 2L so gotta watch it if your doing monsters. Stick 4 wee plants in it or 2 autos though and you just top it up every few days cos there's less root mass.ive seen you talk about nft so many times, finally went and had a look what it is...
watched a couple vids
that does look easyyy
and less work than coco and daily watering lol
wanted to switch to los but this seems even less work than that?
do you fill the tank one time and just keep adding nutes when theyve all gone? or how often do you change water? with eachfeed?
how you even empty it without moving all the plants elsewhere?
with having a lot of info to take in ive mostly skipped any hydro stuff but this thing is interesting lol
Nah the roots don't dry out when you're changing. The pump they come with would blow if you tried to pump it all the way out the room though. Pump gets set to barely a dribble so they come with a really low power one. I've got 80gal/h pumps from Amazon for doing that though. Were only £8 each. Use a garden hose to get it up the attic too lol.seen, so with a long enough hose you could literally run it and drain it into the sink if needed? then have the new feeds ready mixed to go straigh in? i guess you dont want to mixthe nutes up in the tabk while its recirculating over the roots?
and they wont dry out whilst doingthe change?
top it up daily with plain water or diluted feed to keep ec in range?
Yeah sterile product. Need something to keep the Res healthy and stop bad bacteria growing in it. I usually use sm-90 which just kills everything in it aswell as being a root booster and a pesticide but it got banned last year and this my first hydro run since realising.sterile product as in the tank wasnt sterile before plants went in?
what nutes you use? there organic lineups for this?
It sounds technical but it's 200ppm for the first week then roughly 100ppm per week of veg to keep it steady. Give or take anyway. Not an exact rule but it's close enough.Nah the roots don't dry out when you're changing. The pump they come with would blow if you tried to pump it all the way out the room though. Pump gets set to barely a dribble so they come with a really low power one. I've got 80gal/h pumps from Amazon for doing that though. Were only £8 each. Use a garden hose to get it up the attic too lol.
Regarding the feed strength, it takes a while to get used to it. You just gotta chase the ppm untill the penny drops and you realise what you're doing.
Right now mine are on 350ppm which is dropping 10ppm per day so I'd just top up with the same strength. That's about as close to perfect as it gets.
If it was dropping much more I'd go for 20% stronger. If the ppm was rising I'd add 20% weaker.
As they'll be bigger next week I'll be going upto 450ppm when I change it later so that hopefully I still get that 10ppm drop each day.
That all make sense? I confuse myself sometimes lol
If your in the UK have a hunt about and you'll get them cheaper than that mate. I got mine for 30 and 35. Onestopgrowshop got em for 35 but can't mind where I found the other one.got it.
lots to think about, with the initial cost of switching to los, for the one i wanted it was expensive lol 100quid 50l bag... would need 2 lol
the nft systems arent tooo much looking thougg, 205s at about 42.. 424 kit 75
would need a longer one or a few of the smaller ones though to spread them in my space lol
Yeah mate that's what hydroguard is. Living bacteria that keep everything healthy and clean. There are organic hydro nutes. They come with a fresh set of problems though. Especially regarding pump and line blockages. And if you do get root rot or anything like that then you can't just bleach it out. I've seen a couple people do organic hydro but it's not something I'd advise. Lot more mastery involved.TNC MycorrHydro - Mycorrhizae for Hydroponics | The Nutrient Company
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you seen this shit?
is this a kind of living organic hydro system? you wont be adding ph chems or synthetic nutes or it will kill all the bacteria? so this would be fed with teas or what?
id really like to go organic but aint seen no organic bottled hydro nutes looking around lol
little confused about this though
30 sounds better lol only had a quick look anyway. sure i could find better
Oh aye, I thought it was yours lol.sorry OP!sorry to the OP btw we hijacked his thread lol
That's 3 pounders though mate. Once they've been in the Res for 2 weeks the growth rates go mental. Even autos quite easily turn into pounders with these things. My record auto in a pot is 4oz. Same strain in same time with same lights got me 22oz in the NFT.gt604 85 quid for 3 plants in bloom? lol