aeroponic grow

[rza733]

Never. Don't ever add nutrients to your reservoir unless you know what you are doing as far as EC and PPM.

That's why you need to flush about every 3rd feeding or at least once every three weeks in that size res.

Thanks for the quick response

I currently have a ph meter that i got off of ebay so i will be able to monitor that at least.

So let me see if I got this right. Your saying with my current setup that i want to basically starve the plant then add the fox farm ensuring that I dont over feed the plant?

Again sorry for being such a noob at this..

[Opie Yutts]

You would only want to flush them and then have them suck on plain water for a few days if there is some kind of problem like lock-out, which is very possible when you don't know your PH. If there is no problem, just start feeding after 2 weeks of growth, but start at about 1/4 strength. And whenever you change brands, don't start at what the directions call for, since sometimes they are too aggressive.

[OLDJIMMYBONES]

looks prity good

[rza733]

what is the difference from using distilled or purified water? I have been using purified water with my grows is that wrong to do?

[Opie Yutts]

I would check into that and find out exactly what's in your purified water. If it is like reverse osmosis, where all the metals and trace elements are stripped out, then you need to add CalMag or something to make up for it. Iron, zinc, all that stuff is important. I use well water just fine. Most people use city tap water just fine if they neutralize the chlorine either with drops or by letting it sit out for about 3 days so all the chlorine can evaporate.

I don't know what the difference is between distilled and purified. Try running it through a search engine.

[OLDJIMMYBONES]

think distilled water is heated into steam then cooled back to liquid which is clean water, and purified can be filtered/reverse osmosis, but not 100% im too lazy to look it up

[Opie Yutts]

That sounds about right if memory serves.

[wordsandwich]

in the past few days I have noticed some pink slime in my res...it has gotten everywhere, it's all in the roots and clogging up the flow of the aerogarden..

i will post a few pics later...anyone have any ideas as to what it may be?

[OLDJIMMYBONES]

pink slime....?? hmmm....

whats everything your adding to your revisor?


i just skimmed the last page quickly and noticed that when you added the air wand that you have the tube going through the hindge on the.... water adding lid <- dont know what to call it, has it been like that for a wile?, letting water in the revisor can result in a bad mold problem

[OLDJIMMYBONES]

did it at all resimble somthing like this only in pink?

this is Plasmodium Stage of Slime Mould