Don't those use an air pump to force water into the drip ring? I thought that was the design?
Is it hooked up right? How does it running 24/7 help with having to top up the Res?
Peace.
Tav.
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Don't those use an air pump to force water into the drip ring? I thought that was the design?
Is it hooked up right? How does it running 24/7 help with having to top up the Res?
Peace.
Tav.
You shouldn't have to spray your seedling. The bubbling inside the bucket will raise the humidity plenty if you have the top covered with seran wrap. There is no where for the humidity to go.
I prefer to use a clear party cup because it gives the seedling room to grow.
Peace.
Tav.
I prefer to use a clear party cup because it gives the seedling room to grow.
Peace.
Tav.
Ok, simply said, no. Water must be pumped to the halo and that's a totally different system. The "miniature 45gpm" water pump sits inside the bucket to bring water to the halo and or dripper via a separate supply tube. Think of it this way. A fish aquarium. Air supplies fish with oxygen thru an air pump. Water get's filtered thru a water pump and filter.
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Man Alley, I have to say you lost me a little.. So you suggest I get another pump and put it in my bucket along with the bubbler it came with. And once my seedling breaks ground I should let this system run 24/7? I thought I was going to set it fo feed the plant like 3 times a day or something along those lines....
@tav; I recommended spritizing because it looks like a rather large bucket with a small airstone at the bottom. While this will generate humidity, don't forget how fast peat rooter plugs dry out. This would cause the seedling to die pretty fast. I understand your concern of excessive humidity causing damping off, but that's why it's a delicate process. You have to be focused primarily on the rooter until the seedling root system breaks through the pellet. The outside humidity is irrelevant if the rooter dries out, which it will because of the size of the pot. This is my experience at least and I don't think he's doing any harm checking the moisture of the pellet and spritzing it only if it dries out.
@a_w: I understand your willingness to help and I have a great appreciation of your extensive knowledge with these systems (far more than mine) but wouldn't his current set up work as is? When I ran DWC I had much the same system, no submersible pump & just an airstone.. The set up you're speaking of uses a net pot filled with hydroton and the rest of the bucket filled with water + a submersible pump, no? What he's running is kind of like a hempy sort of deal with an airstone to add some "aeroponics" to it. This was the set up I ran before switching to hempy just to "KISS". I guess my question is, will his current set up not work? I don't see any reason it would not.. it's his first grow in the set up, why further complicate things and add other factors if he can get by with what he has? Please don't take this as an attack or any thing of the sort, I just know when you first start growing if you add a bunch of other factors you can really mess shit up.
@a_w: I understand your willingness to help and I have a great appreciation of your extensive knowledge with these systems (far more than mine) but wouldn't his current set up work as is? When I ran DWC I had much the same system, no submersible pump & just an airstone.. The set up you're speaking of uses a net pot filled with hydroton and the rest of the bucket filled with water + a submersible pump, no? What he's running is kind of like a hempy sort of deal with an airstone to add some "aeroponics" to it. This was the set up I ran before switching to hempy just to "KISS". I guess my question is, will his current set up not work? I don't see any reason it would not.. it's his first grow in the set up, why further complicate things and add other factors if he can get by with what he has? Please don't take this as an attack or any thing of the sort, I just know when you first start growing if you add a bunch of other factors you can really mess shit up.
So... 36hrs after planting her... I woke up today... and what do I see? Her little face shining up @ me!! Wow.. 1 for 1 I was worried I hadn't done something right!! Guess I can start a grow journal now... Thanks for the help guys... 
No, let them go.. in very extreme cases you'd have to remove the shell from the cotyledons with a very thin razor. Don't do it just yet though, it can take more time. Until the first set of leaves, no nutes is perfectly fine or ONE drop of veg nutes if you're feeling confident, not a teaspoon, but a drop, like an eyedropper drop per gallon of water. It's not looking for nutrients yet as it's looking for where to build a root system and where it's light source is.
I wouldn't give her Cal-Mag yet either. Be careful with nutrients, more is never better, it almost always leads to stress, stunting and burn. Especially in aero/hydroponics as the nutrients are typically taken up much much faster.
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