when to water my babies in a hydro system??

first off i have to say this is the best web site ever! well im going to start growing in hydroponics. my method is the ebb and flow fill/drain whatever u wanna call it. my reservior is right under my growing tray. i did some timing and here it is : the time it take to fill up is 6:00 minutes +-seconds and it takes 10 minutes +- seconds to completly drain. im going to be starting them off in a rockwool then have a coco coir at the botton for the roots to grab on to something and sum hydroton to top off the top. the questions are : how long do u think i should water them for? how many times a day? does watering them during certain time of day matter? thanx ahead of time for all ur post

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uote=ozzie831;153694]first off i have to say this is the best web site ever! well im going to start growing in hydroponics. my method is the ebb and flow fill/drain whatever u wanna call it. my reservior is right under my growing tray. i did some timing and here it is : the time it take to fill up is 6:00 minutes +-seconds and it takes 10 minutes +- seconds to completly drain. im going to be starting them off in a rockwool then have a coco coir at the botton for the roots to grab on to something and sum hydroton to top off the top.

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why would you do this? The hydroton doesn't hold water like either the coco or the rockwool. Then when your ready to harvest you will want to save and re-use the hydroton, whcih means you'll have to dig it out of the other medium. Coco makes a nice mulch for your yard plants and rockwool doesn't. Why create this problem?

the questions are : how long do u think i should water them for? how many times a day? does watering them during certain time of day matter? thanx ahead of time for all ur post

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[/QUOTE] I would suggest you read AL B Fucts post "How to get a harvest every two weeks. Remember he is using flock rock wool in 8" pots plus the h2o2, which allows him to water just once a day. I use coco in 8" pots and do the same. VV

i dont want to fill it up wit hydroton i just want enuff to hold up the plants im sure the coco coir will do that but to b on the safe side. and even if i did have a lot in there wouldnt the water just drain since it dosent hold n e water?? so what would b the problem? i plan to get my clones in a small rockwool cube after transfer them to a bigger rockwool cube then just put it on top of my coco coir and let the roots grow into that and spread out

I think you'll find that the coco will eventually contaminate your system and cause you a lot of problems. A friend tried a similar thing and it clogged up quickly...and he found that if the coco was too dry it will float before it hydrates fully...

good luck

bt dt

lol man i just got on to see what responses i got and its 2 late cuz i came back 4rm the hydro store and bought a roll. ehh it was 30 bucks not 2 much cash incase i decide i dont wanna use it. i got a question where i live its legal to grow and smoke marijuana with a medical card should i worry about growing then? sometimes i still get a bit paronoid u know?

then i guess you better hop on the Compassionate ACT of 1996 then buddy