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Welcome back Weez!

It seems that the log ends after the 18th of December now, so I guess everything after that disappeared?

Didn't really lose too much.
Crashed around the 21st of Dec.
Only lost 3 or 4 days of posts.
I'm sure somebody worked their asses off trying to recover as much as possible

Weez: I have no previous experience with hydro, so I will be in need of your assistance as my first hydro experiment is a four-plant DWC bucket that's going in this spot. It's up and running but my pH keeps rising fast, like .7 points overnight (meaning going from 5.5 to 6.2), every night, and I'm trying to figure out why or if that's normal... ?
If you are using hydrotron without pre-conditioning it first with an "acid bath", yes it's "normal".
Hydrotron needs to be thouroughly rinsed and then soaked in low PH water for 24 hours or so.

I let it sit for a week. Then re-rinse and I still get PH creep for the first 2 weeks
PITA? You bet,
I have 50 pounds of the crap on-hand and have switched to coco coir in the net pots with a 1" layer of Hydrotron and Rockwool chips in the bottom.
Also found that a few 4" lengths of cotton string dangling from the bottom of the pots will keep them moist as the water level drops and add strength n support to the roots when I switch 'em to a fresh bucket-o-nutes.
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Seems to work, ya?

We've all been hanging out at ICMag while Cdot was down.
KNNA is there, trying to bring them up to speed regarding LEDs.
It's an uphill climb.

Good to be back here in the 21st century.:thumbsup:

Aloha,

Weezard