lvumlow
Well-Known Member
Hello,
Disclaimer: Newbie question here...
I am wondering what some of you are doing with respect to flushing your roots/root chamber during your grow? How often and what strategy do you employ?
This is my first indoor grow, let alone trying to tinker with a DIY aeroponic configuration so the science can be a little overwhelming for me at times...
I made an effort to journal my grow in detail so i could go back and learn from my mistakes if something went wrong. Now that I am in week 4 of flower, I want to try focus in on all the optimal conditions for my girl and ensure any previuos mistakes are corrected for this critical phase of the grow.
While reviewing my journal entries, I noted various pH and EC fluctuations along the way so I am trying to understand where they came from. It is my understanding that the plant has the ability for both uptake and leeching of nutrients based on its need and monitoring your waste water can help you have a better pulse on what your plant is doing. I have been recirculating into the same resovoir and didn't have a easy way to check the return line but plan to put in a gate valve to make that easier.
I was changing all my nutrients tonight and with the resovoir empty, I was able to lift one side of the root chamber and collect whatever nutrients were left and take some measurements. I expected to see higher numbers from buildup but I saw much higher numbers than I thought. I cycled a full resovoir of fresh nutrients thru the system and took readings again and the numbers were still extremely high? It took 3 flush cycles to get levels down to reasonable levels so my question is should I have been flushing my roots/chamber more regularly? I have been so focused on all the other grow parameters that I didn't even think about buildup in an aero system (I associated it to soil it coco, but not hydro).
Would love to hear what others are doing or what I should be doing to keep everything healthy.
Disclaimer: Newbie question here...
I am wondering what some of you are doing with respect to flushing your roots/root chamber during your grow? How often and what strategy do you employ?
This is my first indoor grow, let alone trying to tinker with a DIY aeroponic configuration so the science can be a little overwhelming for me at times...
I made an effort to journal my grow in detail so i could go back and learn from my mistakes if something went wrong. Now that I am in week 4 of flower, I want to try focus in on all the optimal conditions for my girl and ensure any previuos mistakes are corrected for this critical phase of the grow.
While reviewing my journal entries, I noted various pH and EC fluctuations along the way so I am trying to understand where they came from. It is my understanding that the plant has the ability for both uptake and leeching of nutrients based on its need and monitoring your waste water can help you have a better pulse on what your plant is doing. I have been recirculating into the same resovoir and didn't have a easy way to check the return line but plan to put in a gate valve to make that easier.
I was changing all my nutrients tonight and with the resovoir empty, I was able to lift one side of the root chamber and collect whatever nutrients were left and take some measurements. I expected to see higher numbers from buildup but I saw much higher numbers than I thought. I cycled a full resovoir of fresh nutrients thru the system and took readings again and the numbers were still extremely high? It took 3 flush cycles to get levels down to reasonable levels so my question is should I have been flushing my roots/chamber more regularly? I have been so focused on all the other grow parameters that I didn't even think about buildup in an aero system (I associated it to soil it coco, but not hydro).
Would love to hear what others are doing or what I should be doing to keep everything healthy.