need help with drip system

[smokedoja]

you need a ppm meter to find the ppm (parts per million) i think there like 50-150 bucks....

those plants look over watered... ..... . . . ... ... .. .. . . . btw

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I have a drip system. So the water is always running, how can i make sure i dont over water? Ive reed that it can be good to turn the water on every 2-3 hours for 15-30min. what should i do??? FYI... I put more clay balls on the top so it can help hold the plants up better (I still have not bought a fan yet)
and cuz roots are starting to grow, about a 1/2in up the base of the stock. But now they aren't exposed. So what do i do about the water if thats the problem. They just dont look healthy!!!

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now here are som pic of the brown spots. The plants are low by the drip ring and i know sometimes water gets on them ( so when the lights are on i can cause burns??) last pic is of the roots growing befor i added more clay to cover them..... .. . . . .2nd to the last pic is a plant that has always looked lik this if someone can tell me y? it has light green spots everywhere!! hey if u double click the pic you will get a bigger pic... to see it better thanks for everyones help

[The House]

ok I have the same system. You need to get a regular lamp timer for the air pump. When I fist start I have the timer turn the pump on every 3 hours for 15 mins. No water at night (it's resting time). Have those bulbs as close to the plants as you can without burning them. I also use the same nutes with great results. Just follow the chart on the nutes and you should be good. i've never used a ppm meter and everything is perfect. Maybe i'll post you a pic soon. Hope this helps. BTW did you put a divider in the clay pellets to seperate the plants?
-The House:thumbsup:

[bongerstonerd00d]

Wots pH ?
Wots TDS ?
Get a fan blowing gently on those plants.
Move those lights as close as you can possibly get them.
Why 3 plants in one Waterfarm ?
Rockwool cube should be covered. You do not want light on the roots.


Save yer money, get ya a HPS to flower with.

Search Weedhound and Xcrispi posts, they grow some nice crops using the Waterfarms.

And, IMHO, two things you must absolutely have to grow 'dro is a TDS meter, and pH tester. But, what do I know Incorrect pH when growing in hydro means yer plants get zero nutes ! Doesnt matter what nutes you use if the pH is out of whack. Here is a chart for you to take a peek at. Notice the optimum pH for your plants to uptake nutes is ~5.8. Since those Waterfarms have such a small volume of water in them you might need to pH down a few times a day.

http://boards.cannabis.com/attachmen...0&d=1121829312


Growin green,
b0nger

[palerider7777]

ok I have the same system. You need to get a regular lamp timer for the air pump. When I fist start I have the timer turn the pump on every 3 hours for 15 mins. No water at night (it's resting time). Have those bulbs as close to the plants as you can without burning them. I also use the same nutes with great results. Just follow the chart on the nutes and you should be good. i've never used a ppm meter and everything is perfect. Maybe i'll post you a pic soon. Hope this helps. BTW did you put a divider in the clay pellets to seperate the plants?
-The House:thumbsup:

um u do need a ppm/ph meter u might get away with it for awhile but if things are goning wrong like burns wilting and stuff like with this thread why do u say u still don't need a meter to find out whats going on u do need it to find out and the 15mins every 3 hrs is right but when they get bigger and have a good root system u can run them 24/7 or 1 hr for every 3 off

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ok i have no divider and only 2 are femnized so when the males show i will take then out and there will be more room. My ph tester is... well here is what i have, as u can tell I just have to do my best.

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I will get a ppm, ec and a better ph meter when i can this will have to do for now

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They are gitting big so fast now and i was just wanting to know when to start them on the bloom nutes, keep in mind that in the first 2 weeks i had some plants die on me and being the noobie I am I just thought I would start more to take their place, so there is 3 plants that are 7-10 days younger. I'm not sure what to do here?? (none are starting to bloom yet so i dont know whats male or female)