Haha jeez thanks for clarification. So one more question. Why in the world would one use such a complicated system in lieu of rdwc or ebb and gro buckets?
I think the slight increase in ec just means there is a little bit of water evaporation or you're feeding just slightly too much. If you use high quality ferts with little ammonia based nitrogen you may not notice tip burn or curling at a slightly high ec. Or perhaps yes you are leaving behind...
Nah some evaporation over time even with no plants will cause slight rise in ppm. However your res will never really be static. It'll always be evaporating and as plants go they'll be drinking. Other factors like low or high humidity will effect water levels over time. Also don't quote me on...
Like just about everyone has said I usually go 3ish weeks before change. I top off with ph'd water in early veg and flower and in the heat of both I'll top off with nutrients if the ppm dips by 300 or more in between changes. Sometimes I have time and do it a little earlier. Sometimes I'm lazy...
I used to just run the table full of hydroton and rockwool cubes. Worked fine cleaning after was a pain but whatever at least you get to burn one while picking root bits out of your trays
Edit: just to recognize the terrible spelling my fat thumbs on my phone.
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Ya I'm a bit of a gorilla in the garden and certainly wouldn't trust the wife fat thumbing all my babies haha. I'll stick with some sort of rooting substrate. I usually pop em in a towel. And when they split go straight to the cube. I have only ever lost 4 of the 100 or so I've run to rot so I...
I've been using the 1.5x1.5 cubes to pop seeds in for a while but I've noticed when my ladies get top heavy they like to sort of roll around pivoting on the smaller cube. Does anyone use the bigger cube for starting their seedling? Would that really even make a difference? I run rdwc with net...
I got a tangie auto freebie coming this week. I'll join in just to see what happens. I'm about 6 weeks from harvest so it may be a little CFL run for a few weeks but what the hell why not. I got a blue dream matic and some Josh d og I was going to run while the clean out and new totes move...