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Yes, a little hydrogen peroxide would help too. Not the kind you buy in the drug store, the kind you get at the hydro shop. How big is your reservoir?

So, long story short just flood twice a day with very little fertilizer. Thats all you need to know right now.

My system is up and running now, I'm keeping it as simple as possible this run. I will probably drench for 10 seconds then dry for 2 minutes this time around. Once I can finish a crop, I will start looking into fine tuning. Thanks, I will keep reading.

Yeah, I read that some people end up with dwarf plants. Im more interested in the high levels of oxygenation. I'm with you on drenching them. I have all the chemicals needed to make my own fertilizer. Only costs about $5 per gallon to make. I'm going to mix up a batch of the Fatmans drain...

When clones first go into that type of system you only need to flood a couple times a day. Say, once when the light first comes on and once 8 hours later. You don't want to overwater them at this point because you want them to seek out water, thus spread their roots. If you use fertilizer, go...

I had the exact same experience with ladybugs. Limp your way through this crop, spray the next one with Forbid 4f once during vegetative stage and be done with it...

What specific problems did you have that turned you off with High Pressure Aero? How important is it to run it 'flawlessly'? If I have a system that is pushing out the droplets the right size and the temps, ph, ppm and timing is right, do I really need perfection? I really want to keep this...

After this crop I will decide where I am going to go with it. Right now I'm keeping it as simple as possible. My tubs were warm inside because I painted the tops black, so I put some silver insulation on the lids, cooled them way down. They must be in the low 70s now. Were at least 85...

High or low pressure aeroponics? If you wanna try high pressure get an aquatec 6800 or 8800. You can get misters and connectors from multiponics.com. Im giving it my first shot and it's pretty dang cool.

Ive done all that. Did dirt for years. I'm doing DWC now. I've done ebb and flow and drip. I have experience with my co-op partner (in his setup) doing low pressure aero. Now I am doing this. I am going to keep it as simple as possible, but thanks for the warnings :)

I already have a chiller. Right now, the reservoir is in a separate room. Solution temperature is about 59 degrees. When summer comes I will fire the chiller back up. I bought an "up to 50 gallons" aquarium heater for the reservoir, I will warm it up to 68 - 70 degrees. I might run it...

Yeah, I read that one minute start-ups are hard on the pump. The 6800 pump is built to run constantly. I am not sure what the role of the accumulator is, except to maintain pressure somewhere, somehow. That is why I started this thread, to learn stuff like that. I was thinking about running...

I'm using the old 50 gallon reservoir from my Ebb and Gro. Because the solution does not recirculate, it stays nice and fresh. That is one of the good things about drain to waste, almost no chance at getting root rot. I am adding a little hydrogen peroxide every day. A Couple tablespoons...

Roots are popping! Yay! They are the tiniest, finest little hair like roots I have ever seen. Amazing! Can already see the little feeder hairs on them. They are very short now, but once they grow a little I will take some pics and post them. I notice it is very warm inside the totes...

You can spray the undersides of the leaves and knock the mites off. Dont spray poison on them if they are in the flowering stage. When your crop is through get some forbid 4f on ebay and be done with it. One application of forbid during vegetative stage kills mites for the whole crop. Do it...

That was my first thought too. Plants in soil like a wet/dry cycle. Let them dry til the pot feels light before you water again.

We're all learnin'

Low pressure aero is a completely different animal. I have read that HP aero runs even lower PPMs than LP aero. Don't think you would want to go drain to waste with low pressure. You would be throwing out a gallon of solution every time your timer kicked in. Would empty your reservoir in a...

Im running an aquatec 6800 and I don't know what the misters are called, but I got them from multiponics. I'm just running from pump to misters, no pressure valves or accumulators. At least not yet. This run is to get my feet wet. The system is running at 85 - 90 psi. Very fine almost fog...

Question: What is a good starting PPM for vegetative in HP aero? You can see what Im doing by clicking on my signature link. Never did any kind of aero before, so it's all new to me. Thanks, GTS