AeroKing
Well-Known Member
I need help optimizing my rain forest veging box
I am using my rainforest66 for Vegging my 5 week old Nir B-52
I am wondering if I am using enough nutes?
How gradually do I up my ppm of nutes?
Continue at (3:2:1) ratio or go to a (2:2:2)?
How do you add nutes to the res? Do you pull the pump out and pour them down the middle?
The bubblewand doesn't seem adequate as it only produces a 2" wide circle of bubbles around the perimeter. They are mostly aligned with the roots, though. (Ill try to get pix of this too). The pump might be a little undersized, too. I'm thinking about getting a 2nd smaller wand or a couple of stones and upgrading the pump.
What have others used for aerating a setup like this?
These will only be mothers. Is there any tricks to help optimize plants for cutting into clones? (pruning, npk ratios, enhancers?...)
I am using my rainforest66 for Vegging my 5 week old Nir B-52
- 79-87F in 3x3x6 box, humidity is 50-40%(a/c on order)
- 400W MH and 4 100w eq 5k CFL, Lighting is 18/6.
- Distilled water(switching to R/O next flush)
- GH micro, gro, bloom (3:2:1) Started at 300ppm, 2 weeks ago, now @ 490ppm 4 days ago.(switching to flora nova next flush)
- 5.4-5.8 ph adjusted once every 1-3 days.
- water is chilled 70'f(night) to 75F(day - the A/C should help this, I hope), Mister is 1 hr on 1 off, solution is constantly recirculated through the chiller.
- Seeds started in Rockwool cubes now in hydroton, Most roots have hit the res.
- 48" Bubble wand installed in rez, around the circumference of the base.
I am wondering if I am using enough nutes?
How gradually do I up my ppm of nutes?
Continue at (3:2:1) ratio or go to a (2:2:2)?
How do you add nutes to the res? Do you pull the pump out and pour them down the middle?
The bubblewand doesn't seem adequate as it only produces a 2" wide circle of bubbles around the perimeter. They are mostly aligned with the roots, though. (Ill try to get pix of this too). The pump might be a little undersized, too. I'm thinking about getting a 2nd smaller wand or a couple of stones and upgrading the pump.
What have others used for aerating a setup like this?
These will only be mothers. Is there any tricks to help optimize plants for cutting into clones? (pruning, npk ratios, enhancers?...)