That’s kinda what i been doing in reverse.Where i live it’s cold right now so that’s why i’ve got my cheap lights out. The gull wing lights they are lights i bought for just this reason with no glass. I turned the heat off in my place and use the lights to heat up the room.Plus they throw more light were they don’t have to go through the glass ,and you don’t have to worry about cleaning your glass in your hoods..That's what I did.
plants drooping in dwc
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That's what I did.
[/QUOTE Man i got her in a 15 gallon tote it was a bitch,but i got it done it’s a pretty sweet little set up now. It will be so easy to take care of her now.When i took it out of there it had the whole bottom of the 5 gallon bucket packed with roots so tight it was unbelievable from the bottom of the net cup down.When i took it out of there it only had maybe a gallon of water in it and it was above the net cup when i started because it was really low and had just refilled it and put to much in it.
That's what I did.
Hey bro i put her in a 15 gallon tote today.Roots were crazy ,they had the whole bucket full from the net pot down it was a bitch but i got it done without tearing it up.When i took it out of the bucket there was maybe a gallon of water is all that was in the bucket and i had just filled it up.Actually the water level was above where it should have been, and it only had probably less than a gallon!!!
Hey can you put to much bubbles into a tote? I went a little over kill i put an 8 inch flat stone in the tote with a 32 watt pump without the manifold i just main lined it. Also two 2inch ball air stones with a 32 watt pump on them to.
I checked out everything after it’s been there for about 12 hours. The Ph is running 6.0 and the ppm is 608 water temp is 65.2. The ppm is running a little bit high it was running 450 or so in the bucket.
Hollatchaboy
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You're gonna have a lot of root mass with a plant that size. Good thing you switched.
Hollatchaboy
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Not really, but remember the more air you pump in, the more co2 you pump into the water causing acid rain effect.
Hollatchaboy
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Ppm on what scale?
well the water is 150 when i mixed it with the nutes.
Hollatchaboy
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On what scale though? 5 or 7 scale?
im not sure what you mean i have a pen that
i’m not sure which is which but on is 1144 and the other is 538 is that what you are talking about i have a pen i check it with
Hollatchaboy
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Yea, sounds about right.
i don’t know why but when i try to get anywhere close to that lucas formula it starts clawing and i have to back it back down to get it to straighten up. I believe that formula is more for a flood system ,or a different kind of system not a dwc system.Even though it says that the formula it makes her claw you even get close to putting that kind of nutes in
When mixed up the nutes like it says to i checked it and it was almost 1000 ppm.i didn’t put it in diluted it down and it still started to claw i had to dilute it down even more. That has got to be the problem because when i dilute it down it starts getting better. What do you put yours at?
Hollatchaboy
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I used Lucas formula in dwc. It worked great for me, but some stains can't handle that much N. It's a 1:2 ratio, so you can just cut the ml/G down a bit, keeping that same ratio. Just watch for deficiency and adjust as needed. I've gotten jacks 321 now, so it's easier for me to adjust, but Lucas works great.
Hollatchaboy
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I did full strength. 1300 ppm on the 7 scale. I got a lil clawing of sugar leaves late in flower, but they never got dark green, so I believe it was from something else.
70's natureboy
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Grow stores sell calibration solution for a whole dollar. It's nice to know how your meter reads.
Hollatchaboy
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Absolutely. Knowing what it reads, and knowing its accuracy are critical in dwc. Both ph and ec.
My pens are fine i just didn’t realize what he was asking me. I’ve got 2 so i know if their reading the same surly they will be right.