Cover the tops of netpots. No need to have the light beating on the hydroton. Get ya a piece of panda plastic or something similiar. Cut a + in the center of where each pot is, then lay on top of your rez. Slide net pots thru the + you cut and put them back in their spot in rez lid. All you will have is the plant exposed to the light. Thats exactly what ya want. White side up, of course. The more light you can block from your rez, the better your grow will go. Less probs with root rot, lower rez temp (more oxygen), etc etc etc. Lights + rez water = no-no.

As stated above, 7.0 pH is as useless as tits on a fish when growing hydro. I pH to 5.8 and go from there.

With warm weather approaching, unless you are south of equator, keep eye on rez temp. If you need to cool it, freeze a few bottles of water. Toss one in the rez as needed to keep temps in check. IMO you NEVER want above 70 degrees, but thats only my two cents. Hold it around 65 and your plants will send you thank you cards. You grow yer way, I grow mine

Goin green,
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bongerstonerd00d Reviewed by bongerstonerd00d on . Need Emergency Room help plz Hi, Take a look at these plants plz. They are about one month old. Can't get em to stop sagging. They are under a 400 HPS with a 55 watt 5000K cfl on the side. Ph was just now changed from 7.0 for two days to 5.9. They had root rot which I had cleaned out with peroxide and left peroxide in the tank for a day. That is an econo stealth grow cab. There are now 200 PPM only with Floralicious grow and Flora Nova Bloom, 1/4 tsp each in a 3 to 5 gallon tank. There is very good circulation of Rating: 5