I had two plants on a res go about a day without feed. Checked the tent this morning and one of the plants was looking very droopy sad. I noticed the tray for that plant had a lot of salt build up on the sides too. And the try was dry too. This is with AN Sensi A+B Bloom and Carboload and Overdrive. And H&G DripClean. And tap/RO water mixed 50/50.
After each grow, or even more frequently I will soak the lines and valves in a vinegar water solution and scrub them. Also be careful you dont lose track of the little green silicon bits.
During a grow I will take the tubing and run water thru it using a syringe. And then hook it up to the air pump manifold and splice together 3 outlets in to one for a lot of PSI to really clean the line.
But none of that worked for me today. At first. After ruling out the lines I had a closer look at the valve. Where the black tube is screw clamped on to the valve, on the other side of that input, is a tiny little hole that the solution flows out of and in to the tray. The valve I was using looked clean to me on all the visible parts, but I missed some salt build up around that hole. That hole is not very visible. Once I cleaned it up, blew air thru it, all was good.
I try to check levels in the tray every day. And lift the pots to check their weight. But I think at some point you can get a clog somewhere and you might not notice it right away. So one must really check the pot weight and tray solution daily. And consider some sort of weekly flushing of the lines too. Especially if you have some bloom nutes in the res.
After each grow, or even more frequently I will soak the lines and valves in a vinegar water solution and scrub them. Also be careful you dont lose track of the little green silicon bits.
During a grow I will take the tubing and run water thru it using a syringe. And then hook it up to the air pump manifold and splice together 3 outlets in to one for a lot of PSI to really clean the line.
But none of that worked for me today. At first. After ruling out the lines I had a closer look at the valve. Where the black tube is screw clamped on to the valve, on the other side of that input, is a tiny little hole that the solution flows out of and in to the tray. The valve I was using looked clean to me on all the visible parts, but I missed some salt build up around that hole. That hole is not very visible. Once I cleaned it up, blew air thru it, all was good.
I try to check levels in the tray every day. And lift the pots to check their weight. But I think at some point you can get a clog somewhere and you might not notice it right away. So one must really check the pot weight and tray solution daily. And consider some sort of weekly flushing of the lines too. Especially if you have some bloom nutes in the res.
