Grow Mediums I want to try hydro, you want to do hydro with me?

[Journey Man]

Yes you are thinking down the right path, any light in the reservoirs is a bad thing. That brownish slime will grow without light though. It is a bacteria and only needs the nutrients, oxygen and roots to live.

I cleqned the tank of the brown things i found... would hydroguard take care of those bacterias? Then there is a chance sm-90 might do the trick.

 

[Journey Man]

Checked temps, 22C... same as when i had the foil. Will see how temps are after 24 hour, its still a bit to warm doe.
I lowered the ppms to 320. 400ppm and climbing was to hot... hoping they will be ok now.

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

I cleqned the tank of the brown things i found... would hydroguard take care of those bacterias? Then there is a chance sm-90 might do the trick.

I know I sound like a broken record but I would not even start a DWC without Botanicare HydroGuard. Yes it will gobble up all that bad growth. Get that black fabric off and use some white styrofoam insulation foil side down. it is cheap and easy to work with. Use some white duct tape to hold pieces together. Get some Orca Grow Film for future use. You will love this stuff. Look at this thread about how to work with it.

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

Checked temps, 22C... same as when i had the foil. Will see how temps are after 24 hour, its still a bit to warm doe.
I lowered the ppms to 320. 400ppm and climbing was to hot... hoping they will be ok now.

It will climb!
After the first week since germination take your PPMs to 800 until second week of flower then go to 1000. Watch that PH.

 

[Journey Man]

@Mañ'O'Green. I cant go 800 ppm now, they would die..... they would not be happy. Wow, man, didnt you say easy with the nutes....
I got i touch of nute-burn having them at 405ppm.. they were good at 320, so i moved back to safesty.

The covering i did today was a must as i did a rez-change in the same time, was a quickfix. I was thinking that black was not optimal but i needed to do something to protect them from light..

I found the orca in my "local" hydro-shop..

Will buy this next time i visit the shop.

Will get some duct-tape and some styrofoam and get it done in the coming days.
But im very supriced how a growing company can sell things that are made for growing, but that allows light to penetrate? Isnt light-penetration like number 1 when constructing a rdwc-system?

Light-leak and the pipe that did not fit... i think we are down to 2 stars out of 5.....

 

[Journey Man]

@Mañ'O'Green. I will start right now, just to make you fel happy helping me out

 

[Gauge Steel]

white matte spray paint

 

[Journey Man]

Paint the buckets?

 

[Gauge Steel]

she's smiling for the camera . Lil whore lol

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Nice roots. Air roots. Herringbone like that shows your getting plenty of air!

 

[Gauge Steel]

Paint the buckets?

yes