Thanks Folks! This is my second grow with Peter's, and I built this system before I really learned to grow indoors; I'd rather be outdoors on my tractor. The learning curve is much steeper than I expected, and I've made most mistakes a newbie can make. There must be something to the adage of not being able to teach old dogs new tricks.
Arminius, I've been measuring the nutes by weight because Peter's instructions start with 130 ounces to 1000 gals. of the hydro mix and 86 of cal-nit. I never considered the issue of absorbed moisture, until I found a couple of damp balls of cal-nit rolled together the last time I opened the bag. Can I ask the source of the info that led you to measure that way? I've got to get this straightened out....and dude, what a mother collection!
I've got Sleeskunk, Ken's GDP, The Big (Free Leonard) and Dynamite. The current grow I'm concerned about is Sleeskunk, and my previous indoor grows were Kolossus, Satori, Madshack, Afgooey and CBD Critical Mass, with a few individual plants of Dynamite, WIFI and Herijuana thrown into the mix.
Medium Pimpin', yes, I definitely rinse the stones very well over a screen, and when I reuse them it's after they've soaked in a strong H2O2 solution and then rinsed again. When I've dug through the Growstones down in the rootzone they always seem damp, and that's why I've only been watering twice per day. I should have mentioned that they're getting 25 seconds of 'on' time, so that's 500 ml per plant per day; hmmm, maybe I need to increase that
I transplant the girls from 5"x5x"6" pots when roots are coming out of the bottom holes and they're usually a little root bound. I don't have room to veg for long periods, so they go into the cooker when they're about 20" tall.
I.C., I've read a lot of your posts and appreciate the time folks are willing to take helping others who're just learning. I'm going to test the rootzone PH tomorrow, which I've never done before.
Thanks again!
Arminius, I've been measuring the nutes by weight because Peter's instructions start with 130 ounces to 1000 gals. of the hydro mix and 86 of cal-nit. I never considered the issue of absorbed moisture, until I found a couple of damp balls of cal-nit rolled together the last time I opened the bag. Can I ask the source of the info that led you to measure that way? I've got to get this straightened out....and dude, what a mother collection!
I've got Sleeskunk, Ken's GDP, The Big (Free Leonard) and Dynamite. The current grow I'm concerned about is Sleeskunk, and my previous indoor grows were Kolossus, Satori, Madshack, Afgooey and CBD Critical Mass, with a few individual plants of Dynamite, WIFI and Herijuana thrown into the mix.
Medium Pimpin', yes, I definitely rinse the stones very well over a screen, and when I reuse them it's after they've soaked in a strong H2O2 solution and then rinsed again. When I've dug through the Growstones down in the rootzone they always seem damp, and that's why I've only been watering twice per day. I should have mentioned that they're getting 25 seconds of 'on' time, so that's 500 ml per plant per day; hmmm, maybe I need to increase that
I transplant the girls from 5"x5x"6" pots when roots are coming out of the bottom holes and they're usually a little root bound. I don't have room to veg for long periods, so they go into the cooker when they're about 20" tall.
I.C., I've read a lot of your posts and appreciate the time folks are willing to take helping others who're just learning. I'm going to test the rootzone PH tomorrow, which I've never done before.
Thanks again!
