Should I be bubbling my water?

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JDMase

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• Apr 1, 2017

• #1

I hand feed Rockwool cubes and looking at other hydro methods, people seem to use bubblers.

So should I be? I usually mix up 22 litres at a time now my plants are in their 6inch hugos. I usually leave the water to stand for a day for the chlorine to evaporate as ive heard that can be benefitial.

What do you do?

 

BJ1617

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• Apr 1, 2017

• #2

I personally use an R/O filter and am running DWC.
Now for your water some people do attach aeration (air-pump,etc) but that's just to speed up the evap of chlorine, you can let your sit and it should be fine. I also hope you checked your local water report to see the composition of your water because if there is chloramine in it then that bubbling is gonna do squat.

 

PetFlora

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• Apr 1, 2017

• #3

I am moving away from air stones/bubblers in my DWC and F & D rezes. Now flooming (circulating nutrients via small pump), but on a deep cycle timer as running the flooming pump more than 3 minute heats 2 g pretty fast

Temps here are already > 80*s. Instead of using a ton of AC, I am now using Igloo cooler with blue ice packs

 

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JDMase

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• Apr 1, 2017

• #4

PetFlora said:

I am moving away from air stones/bubblers in my DWC and F & D rezes. Now flooming (circulating nutrients via small pump), but on a deep cycle timer as running the flooming pump more than 3 minute heats 2View attachment 3917321 g pretty fast

Temps here are already > 80*s. Instead of using a ton of AC, I am now using Igloo cooler with blue ice packs

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Never heard of flooming before. So basically you recirc the reservoir once every 15 minutes (pump runs for say 5 minutes at a time) for example? Have I got that right?

I like the cooler idea!

 

PetFlora

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• Apr 2, 2017

• #5

The on/pause time will have a lot to do with how quickly your pump heats the water- shorter periods are recommended

 

WeedFreak78

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• Apr 2, 2017

• #6

Always aerate mixed nutrient solution to prevent anaerobic bacteria growth.

 

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CouchGouch

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• Apr 3, 2017

• #7

If your rockwool can drain at the bottom and isn't sitting soggy and stagnate at the roots you don't need to aerate . Assuming the rockwool Isn't compressed, I.e. You squeezed it too much. If I was to hand water rockwool that was sitting on a flat surface I'd put something under the pot to elevate it to allow drainage. Rockwool, unless badly compesssd, retains a lot of oxygen, and water trickling through it gains oxygen. It's a great medium to grow in

 

Dreddd

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• Apr 4, 2017

• #8

Huh i'm also only using a small submersible pump to mix the nutrients for a few minutes every 2 hours (to keep the temps low) testing this on a beefstake tomato and its really working well, pearly white roots after 3 months.. no aeration at all..