[Snook]

Originally Posted by 967

Hey guys I have a ppk grow going at the moment using floranova grow (Got a bit lazy and like to try different nutes, 1 part appealed to me). Anyway I filled my res's at .9 pump and 1.1EC top off (both ph 5.8) and let shit go for a week, when I checked again it was .9ec and ph 5.3 in the pump tank, while top off tank was drained...

Does this signal a root problem with the ph dropping instead of rising? Plants look sweet as, but last run using a clean 2 part nute I only ever had slight rising of ph and lowering of ec. Thought that's how shit was meant to be?

Have a circulating pump in top off tank hooked up to same timer as feed pump. Only being fed twice a day though will now bump that up to 4 times. Point of that statement is both tanks getting circulation twice daily.....

Thoughts?

Cheers

High 967. I have used Nova bloom in the past for veg>bloom with good success and still use it for seedlings and mothers at 400-450ppms. But the idea of bubbling the volume rez although good to keep ppms stable and not precipitate/separate makes me want to warn of clogged feed lines, I still use 1/4" feed lines from vol rez to control rez.. I have stopped adding pre-mixed nutes to my volume rez while at the same time feed lines are open. IMO, the dirt/crud that builds up in the bottom of the volume rez circulates that crud which is sucked into the feed lines and potentially clog that/those lines. that line is shut down for a couple hours before topping off volume rez before reopening so that dirt/crud doesnt have the chance of being sucked into tat line... my feed schedule is about a quart every 1.5 hours, 24/7 in bloom. I do not look at PH very often.. makes me crazy. I've had no ph problems with Jacks+ that I know of .

[967]

I can't get jacks here and not that keen on importing it, so I just use what I can source locally. Usually change up the veg nutes, use whatever I feel like at the time, while I have settled on flairform bloom for flower (2-2-6)

Shit is by far the best I have found personally for flower...

[967]

Also am running 1/4" feed lines 2 per plant tee'd off open ended (so 4 streams each plant). And 1/4" from top off to pump tank - so far so good

Cheers

[Hydropimp]

Hey fellas anyone know where to get the 7gal feed pans other than tractor supply or rualking.

I order 4 and there are giving me some bs about another warehouse.

Tractor supply does not do shipping. Have to look for a third party to go in pick up and ship.

Aint that some shit.

[MrBungle]

https://www.amazon.com/KMD102-7G-FEE.../dp/B001C45FTO

Holy crap I just saw the difference in pricing... never mind that link!! lol

[Hydropimp]

Amazon wtf. Dude must know lol.

[Hydropimp]

Is it better to have a 3.5gl bucket on top for the 5 Light 4 plant 8' ceiling layout?

[Miraculous Meds]

Originally Posted by Hydropimp

Is it better to have a 3.5gl bucket on top for the 5 Light 4 plant 8' ceiling layout?

Its plenty of medium for that amount of light. Now you end up with a 10" pot instead of the 7 gal is about 7" I think. I like the 3.5s in the tree grow rooms because they aren't as wide as the 7's. Apples and oranges, you can make both work fine.

[Earlmarne]

Originally Posted by Hydropimp

Hey fellas anyone know where to get the 7gal feed pans other than tractor supply or rualking.

I order 4 and there are giving me some bs about another warehouse.

Tractor supply does not do shipping. Have to look for a third party to go in pick up and ship.

Aint that some shit.

I order mine from rural king online

[Hydropimp]

Placed another order. I got most of the stuff i need to build the system just need the feed pans.

The turface i need to buy is the turface all sport pro right