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Ogiesel
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Yeah I haven't posted here in a while I have a more active log of this grow on a different site.
Timer intervals, my current interval 2 seconds on, two minutes and 45 seconds off. There is no set standard for the timer intervals it varies from Plants sizes always down to plant genetics. If I start from seedlings I normally go three seconds on and 2 minutes off. As they grow bigger eventually switch it from 3 seconds on to two seconds on and then the off time moves from 2 minutes off to 2:15 to 2:30 to 2:45 to 3 and so on and so forth. You'll need the timer that you can set multiple intervals at different times of the day. For instance sometimes I'll have my timers run at 2 on and 230 off during the day for 14 hours and at night I'll have it for 2 on and 3:30 off for 10 hours. They even have timers that automatically flip from day to night intervals via a built in light sensor. Pretty dope.
My pump has a bypass that caps out at 125 psi, but my nozzles have a restricted flow rate that keeps it as 50 microns. The microns are what's key when growing aero. You might have a high pressure pump but you could have inadequate nozzles that are too high or in some cases too low in micron size. The more nozzles you have per tote
The better. With more nozzles you can decrease your on time and increase your off time. I'm currently running four nozzles per tote two on each side. You can built your own aerocloner for very cheap and they do work very well if kept maintained. If you run the pumps 24/7 it's basically just a "glorified" hydroponic setup.
I'll try to get some pics up later today of the girls. They've ran into two huge problem in their lives. The first one, happened about a month ago. I let the reservoir run out of water on accident and they completely wilted , right in the beginning of the budding stage. They recovered somehow and kePT on budding, then with all these major storm weve been getting hit with, I was out of power for over 72 hours. I had to manually feed my plants with water to keep them alive, it was brutal. But we've survived and they're still trying their best to bud out
what's your tent setup looking like? Have you started a journal for it yet? the only reason I opted to go without an accumulator is because I've heard stories about them blowing up haha, & knowing my luck , it would happen to me ! Besides, I'm perfectly fine just paying for a new pump every couple of years anyway lol. I always have another backup pump ready incase one fails, & I haven't had any problems with my pump yet.
I haven't used it in this current grow now that I think about it. Probably would have helped tremendously. If you check out my first grow, I had some insanely nice plants that took off like rockets. I used it during that grow and I think it helped alot. Your best bet is the rockwool and trim it back as much as you can before you introduced them into your aero setup. The more roots your clone or seedling has when you introduce them, the faster they will take off.
