Hi im new to hydro but have grown in soil for many years.
I have built a 5 pot flood and drian system with a drip and 6inch airstone under each pot .When the res floods the drip and and airstones kick in the drip only being installed as back up and for seedling stage.Im looking for a timing routine for the flood and drain i have it flooding for 10mins then draining for 20mins but im having major probs lol i have 5 nl#5 in there at the moment and they look awefull.Im also having major ph probs with it rising from 5.2 to 6.8 every day.the plants are 14 days old but man ive never had plants look this bad.could i have damaged the root system beyond repair?i just want to take clones as soon as i can from these as i dont think they would produce well after the stress they have obviously been through.Im growing with 1000 watt hps in clay pebbles and using the full canna range of nutes if any one can give a bit of help it would be greatly appreciated as hydro is starting get me down but the fear of failure is keeping me from just binning it going back to soil .
NODROG Reviewed by NODROG on . FLOOD AND DRAIN TIMING Hi im new to hydro but have grown in soil for many years. I have built a 5 pot flood and drian system with a drip and 6inch airstone under each pot .When the res floods the drip and and airstones kick in the drip only being installed as back up and for seedling stage.Im looking for a timing routine for the flood and drain i have it flooding for 10mins then draining for 20mins but im having major probs lol i have 5 nl#5 in there at the moment and they look awefull.Im also having major ph probs Rating: 5